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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I echo and support the calls for more time to be given for the Planning and Development Bill because it is vitally important. For legislation that will be of such importance right across the country to be guillotined like this is wrong.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: There is no doubt the scheme is open and, as the Taoiseach said, there have been 1,500 applications, but thousands upon thousands of houses have to be redressed. It is a scheme that will last 25 or 30 years, at the rate the Government is going at present. It is a scheme that does not meet the needs of many people. There are people in their 50s and early 60s who are looking at having a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: It is 29 years at the last-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2024)

Thomas Pringle: It is bewildering the amount of hype and positivity there is on the Government benches at the local election results which have delivered to the Government net seat losses overall. The Government is entitled to celebrate, and I say, "Fair play to you". Political squabbling will go on between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, and them and Sinn Féin and so on, but, in Donegal, Fianna...

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Chair for the opportunity to contribute to this social welfare Bill. I welcome the introduction of a pay-related jobseeker's benefit, which is long overdue. However, the Bill missed the opportunity to also address the extremely low rate of illness benefit. It is my understanding that under the new system, those who lose their job will now be entitled to a maximum rate of...

EU Directive: Motion (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I was called in the nick of time. I thank the Chair for the opportunity to speak on this directive on combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and CSAM. The directive addresses a number of important issues such as investigations and prosecutions of offenders, the increased possibilities for perpetrators to hide their identity, the increased presence of children on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: As the Taoiseach can imagine, many young constituents in County Donegal go on to study in the North given its close proximity to home and given the housing shortage in Dublin at the moment. At the beginning of this yea,r it was announced that funding would be made available for 25 additional medical students qualifying to study medicine in Queen's University from September 2024 and that, as...

Neutrality and the Triple Lock: Motion [Private Members] (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak on the motion. I pay tribute to People Before Profit for bringing it forward, rather than the Social Democrats. There has never been a more important time to protect and preserve Irish neutrality, so I support the motion fully. It is incredible to see the significant U-turn all three Government parties have taken in their views on neutrality....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from an increase in the vacant homes tax to ten times the annual local property tax rate in a full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24141/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from an increase in the residential zoned land tax to 5% of the land’s annual value in a full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24142/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected cost of extending the Junior Certificate School Programme Demonstration Library Project staffed by a qualified librarian to all DEIS schools [24147/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected timeline for delivering on the 2005 commitment to extend the Junior Certificate School Programme Demonstration Library Project staffed by a qualified librarian to all DEIS schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24148/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of providing family hubs for the 1,981 families currently accessing emergency homeless accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24138/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of expanding the Housing First programme to the 1,981 families currently accessing emergency homeless accommodation, and to include in that cost the provision of wraparound services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24139/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 10 of the Stability Programme Update 2024 that is designated for housing that is for building social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24140/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected revenue yield from an increase in the vacant site levy to 25% in a full year. [24143/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected revenue yield from an increase in the derelict site levy to 20% in a full year. [24144/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first year and full year cost of increasing the ECCE capitation grant by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24145/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: 157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first year and full year cost of increasing the affordable childcare subsidy for children under three years of age by €1 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24146/24]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Thomas Pringle: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on this motion regarding the maintenance and repair of local authority housing. I support the motion and its call to significantly increase funding for a social housing retrofitting programme to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy poverty. However, I note the motion lacks a rural aspect, which is disappointing. Although there...