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Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Cathaoirleach for the opportunity to speak on this motion on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. I would like to welcome the survivors, relatives and the Justice for the Forgotten campaigners to the House today. I fully support this motion which calls on the Government to urgently address the matter of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings directly with the British Government in order to...

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...being given with regard to closed services? Our childcare sector is in crisis. Childcare providers are struggling with a severe lack of funding and a lack of qualified staff available. Social Justice Ireland has reported that one out of every two childcare workers earned below the living wage rate for 2021, despite the increasing demands on childcare workers to improve their skills...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...scepticism about meeting the summer deadline, citing the need for careful consideration and to avoid unintended consequences. During pre-legislative scrutiny of the Bill at the Joint Committee on Justice, it was advised that a health impact assessment of the legislation should be made. It has been called for by almost 80 NGOs and advocates. Will the Tánaiste clarify that the sale...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (2 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the Irish residence permit card fee will be completed; if a reduction on these fees is anticipated for this year’s Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20513/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration could be given to having an emergency humanitarian visa scheme for Sudan to allow Sudanese people living and working in Ireland to apply to have family members join them here, even on a temporary basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19617/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Prisoners Abroad (30 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 17 October 2023, if she will provide an update on the progression of an application by a person (details supplied) to move from a prison in Britain home to Ireland, as their father is extremely ill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19181/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (23 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she proposes to extend the remedy under section 14 of the Criminal Justice (Perjury and Related Offenses) Act 2021 where there is a time limit of three years in initiating a prosecution for the offence of making a false declaration or if there is a remedy available for declarations that fall outside the limit in the Act;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (16 Apr 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an elderly Irish person (details supplied) who has been given a custodial sentence in France could have their sentence transmuted to be served in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16072/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (20 Mar 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 813. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many individuals released on licence in the UK have returned to Ireland during their licence period in the past five years; whether these individuals have been provided with any supervision, support or any other form of engagement by the Probation Service; whether any consideration has been given to entering into a formal...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...while at the same time scrapping a €160 television fee is unaffordable? This demonstrates how the Government repeatedly fails to implement targeted measures that will benefit those who need them most. Social Justice Ireland recently revealed that Ireland’s rich-poor gap stands at €960 per week, or €50,115 per annum, in 2024. It noted the impact of...

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ..., which are also struggling to deal with the backlog of thousands of courts summonses. Some 70% of all drug offences were for personal possession in 2022. This is contributing massively to the clogging-up of our justice system and to draining Garda resources. It is clear that our priorities are completely wrong here and that our justice system is wasting its resources on people who are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Tusla will confirm funding allocation for 2024 for an organisation (details supplied) in Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4112/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 421. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a funding allocation for the role of client support for an organisation (details supplied) in Donegal will be made again in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4113/24]

Social Welfare (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 Jan 2024)

Thomas Pringle: ...establishing a statutory maintenance authority and prescribing amounts for child maintenance in order to reduce the burden on women of having to litigate to seek child maintenance orders. The justice committee also recommended that a statutory child maintenance agency be established. It is time that Ireland started to show due respect to lone-parent families and also to carers, the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (17 Jan 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will be supporting South Africa in taking Israel to the International Court of Justice accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza; and if Ireland will support the people of Gaza in the International Court of Justice following violations by Israel of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2023)

Thomas Pringle: ...events of that day and a number of inaccurate records are in existence. At the time, he was told he would receive a commendation for valour. That never occurred. A reply from the Minister for Justice to a parliamentary question from me says that the window for consideration of historical cases closed in 2017 and that the issue was out of time. The Department of Justice has consistently...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how the priorities and performance targets (including consultation with the Garda Commissioner) pursuant to section 20 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 are reviewed and revised, particularly concerning cold case investigations of unsolved murders related to the Troubles; how co-operation with UK law enforcement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Thomas Pringle: .... The Minister said in her opening statement that she commends each and every garda for restoring order to the streets as quickly as possible and for their ongoing efforts to bring those responsible to justice. Will there be a review in the Department as to what was done or not done on that day? Would such a review look at the lead-up to this and the policing of the far right in this...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Thomas Pringle: .... That raises questions about the intent and workability of the Bill in the future. The consultation on the actual Bill is fairly lacking. The Community Law and Mediation centre and the Environmental Justice Network Ireland have stated that they were disappointed that the Bill has proceeded to Cabinet without prior inclusive public consultation, indicating a weak commitment to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (23 Nov 2023)

Thomas Pringle: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 17 October 2023, when a person (details supplied) can expect to return to Ireland, having regard to the fact that the British authorities have now processed the application for transfer to complete their sentence in an Irish prison, and that their father has been diagnosed with...