Results 1-20 of 41 for cork speaker:Thomas Pringle

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: EU Regulations and Directive on International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: Is it not possible for children from Cork to be trafficked?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Arson Attacks: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...been scattered all over the country. These hatemongers go to an area and spout hate and someone in that area then picks it up and decides to act on it. Somebody different will be doing that in Cork, Donegal and Kildare, but those hate merchants are the cause and drivers of it. We will ask the Garda about this but from our guests' knowledge, is there legal responsibility? Could the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Nov 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...for a long time in settings across the country as well. Known people have been orchestrating the violence that has taken place and that has led to this. We have seen it at the libraries in Cork, on Sandwith Street, in East Wall in Dublin, and outside the Dáil. We have seen it all over the place. What actual monitoring does An Garda Síochána do of the far right and what...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (7 Nov 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 803. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for probate in Cork. [47608/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (7 Nov 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 804. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of units currently awaiting probate in Cork. [47609/23]

Final Report of the Independent Scoping Exercise into the Circumstances surrounding the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell: Statements (17 Oct 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...about the treatment of the O’Farrell family stay in Monaghan because we do not want to admit that it could be going on right across the country. I wonder what the bail system is like in Donegal, Tipperary, Cork or Kerry because if it is anything like the bail system in Monaghan, we are being failed and let down every day in this State. It is incumbent on the Minister to address...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Jun 2023)

Thomas Pringle: .... To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expand the current Passport Service and open a number of regional passport offices to cover the different counties outside Dublin and Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29685/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (13 Jul 2022)

Thomas Pringle: 50. To ask the Taoiseach if a court action affecting the former State Solicitor for Cork took place during their tenure in New York, USA and the Seychelles up to their retirement in 2013, if the State sought any guarantees that it would not affect their role; and whether that is something that the State takes a view on. [35274/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (13 Jul 2022)

Thomas Pringle: .... To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any further plans have been or are being developed to bring passenger rail services from Derry to Donegal Town, Sligo, Galway, Limerick and Cork in order to provide a working railway service along the west coast of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38181/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2022)

Thomas Pringle: ...as he was making his first attempt to ascend to the position he now holds. We talked at some length about privatisation within healthcare. I remember he used the private Bon Secours hospital in Cork as an example of private healthcare's over-reliance on the public system and the public purse to prop up its operations. He told me he was committed to the public provision of healthcare....

Cork University Maternity Hospital: Statements (30 Sep 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...rate the incident as serious, but did express concern about the adverse publicity for the hospital if the situation came to public attention, according to an email sent by senior pathology staff in Cork, and as reported by RTÉ. This says it all. Then we see the HSE's excuse for everything now. The hospital group said that the delays were due to the challenges in sourcing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (9 Sep 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the new solar farm (details supplied in Cork accessed funding through the IDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41927/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (9 Sep 2021)

Thomas Pringle: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the person or body that are the beneficiaries for the new solar farm (details supplied) in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41928/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ..., the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman also stated: I made a submission in respect of two planning applications on the lands of the Bessborough mother and baby institution. These applications were rejected by Cork City Council and An Bord Pleanála respectively. I will continue to engage with all relevant Departments with regard to this question. I was not aware that the Deputy's question...

Traveller Accommodation: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...local authorities’ failure to provide appropriate accommodation for Travellers. I listen to those who say "Nothing about us without us" so I reached out to a Traveller woman named Anne from Cork to get input from the community most affected by recent reports. On 24 May the Ombudsman for Children published a scathing report on conditions at a site in Cork. After three years of...

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

Thomas Pringle: ...Some 74% of those fined are male, 53% are in the 18 to 25 age group and 24% are in the 26 to 35 age group. Most of the fines were given out on Saturdays and Sundays, and the southern region has the highest number of fines issued, at 6,157, with Cork city and Limerick being the areas with the highest number of fines in that region. Some 886 fines have been given out in Donegal out of...

Companies (Protection of Employees' Rights in Liquidations) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 May 2021)

Thomas Pringle: ...workers as much as it does those involved in it, it would make some difference. Yesterday, Deputy Mick Barry and his staff hosted a briefing with some of the Debenhams workers from the Waterford, Cork and Henry Street stores and elected representatives. Michelle had not had much sleep after trying to stop the removal of stock from the Waterford store on Monday night. She told us that...

Regional Airports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Nov 2020)

Thomas Pringle: ...8.8 million. The task force presented three sections encompassing 12 recommendations. One of those categories is "Rebuilding Regional and International Connectivity". Recommendation No. 6 states that for regional airports in Cork, Shannon, Donegal, Ireland West and Kerry, "a stimulus package should be put in place concurrently...to encourage the rebuilding of traffic". The task force...

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Thomas Pringle: ...because it has the numbers. This is despite the Minister's party colleague acting as if he were in opposition while in government and saying how terrible this is and how much it will impact on the poor fishermen in west Cork. Yet he will vote with the Minister to ensure it is implemented. That is the sad reality of it. Many problems have been laid out in respect of the penalty...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Jul 2020)

Thomas Pringle: ...are available to rent for less than €2,000 per month and 12 of those properties are outside Letterkenny. That is a county of 138,000 people. This is a huge crisis. It is not just a crisis in Dublin, Cork and Galway, but right across the country. Everywhere has been left behind. I do not believe that what the Government is doing will deal with it. That is the sad thing about...