Results 161-180 of 629 for justice speaker:Thomas Pringle

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...if they do not include addressing the extortionate expenditure on tax relief for people with private pensions, which has cost the Exchequer billions over the years. In discussing pensions, I always look to Social Justice Ireland for guidance, as it has consistently produced excellent analysis, proposals and fully costed measures to inform Government decisions. I suppose the clue is in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 1104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to issues raised at the meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice regarding discussions about GDPR and data protection; the work her officials are undertaking in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30646/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (15 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 1105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to bring forward further legislation relating to the Data Protection Commission and Commissioner; the work her officials are undertaking in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30647/21]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 10: In page 6, to delete lines 26 to 30 and substitute the following: “ ‘climate justice’ is the concept that those individuals, corporations and societies that have contributed most to the problem of global warming must contribute most to its solution; this concept has four core principles, as follows: (a) in accord with the commitment of the...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: I move amendment No. 11: In page 6, to delete lines 26 to 30 and substitute the following: "'climate justice' means the importance of taking action to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gases and to adapt to the effects of climate change in ways which— (a) support the people who are most affected by climate change but who have done the least to cause it and are the least...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (2 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 181. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the implementation and allocation of the Youth Climate Justice Fund in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30098/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Co-operation (2 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures in place to liaise with European counterparts if suspected sex offenders are travelling between jurisdictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29926/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Co-operation (2 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the safeguards in place to stop suspected sex offenders travelling between jurisdictions in Europe if they are a possible flight-risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29927/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Programme (2 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of projects supported by the Garda youth diversion programme in 2021; and the number of beneficiaries under the programme. [30133/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Programme (2 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding for the Garda youth diversion programme in each of the years 2007 to 2021, in tabular form. [30134/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Safety Partnerships (2 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposed membership of the local community safety partnerships; if it is envisaged that the membership will include local drugs and alcohol taskforces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30135/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meaning of just transition and climate justice in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29278/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (1 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who has applied for citizenship (details supplied) will be allowed to travel to another part of Europe to take up a job opportunity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29552/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...up in Donegal for people to report others for breaching restrictions. The hotline was discontinued very soon after launch because it was never going to work. That is not the way to motivate the public. The Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill is quite a name for legislation. There is much that needs to be improved in our health service and also in our criminal justice...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...to share this slot with me and she is not here. We will be back in tomorrow for it anyway. I thank the Acting Chairman for the opportunity to debate Second Stage of the Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021. As the Minister knows, this wee Bill is intended to amend four not-so-wee Acts. This Bill provides for amendments to section 2 of the Health (Preservation...

Ballymurphy Inquest: Statements (18 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: On Tuesday, 11 May, there was finally some justice for the ten people murdered in the Ballymurphy massacre. Fifty years after the tragedy of August 1971, an inquest, led by the coroner, Mrs. Justice Siobhan Keegan, found that the ten people killed were entirely innocent. The inquest found that nine of the victims had been shot by the British army. However, due to the lack of investigation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (13 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (Amendments) Bill 2019 will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas in the current Oireachtas session in the context of a recent report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25410/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current turnaround time on applications for Irish citizenship via naturalisation through marriage to an Irish citizen from the time of application to citizenship being granted or denied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22691/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current turnaround time on applications for Irish citizenship via naturalisation generally from the time of application to citizenship being granted or denied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22692/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the citizenship applications of healthcare workers will be prioritised given their importance during the Covid-19 pandemic; the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22998/21]