Parents need more time to secure school bus tickets
A Donegal TD has issued calls for a two-week open period for parents to pay for bus tickets under the school transport scheme. Independent TD, Thomas Pringle has made the calls following representations from a large number of parents who had their payments rejected because they arrived late. …
Pringle blasts changes to Dáil speaking rights
A Donegal TD says the changes in speaking rights the Government pushed through before the Dáil summer recess was another attempt to silence alternative voices. Independent TD, Thomas Pringle says it’s an example of the Government using their dominant position to control the House and break up the opposition voice.…
Ardara resident to create political history
A Donegal-based activist will make history at the National Convention Centre in Dublin today when she becomes the first female traveller to sit in the Seanad. Eileen Flynn, who currently lives in Ardara, grew up on a Traveller site in Ballyfermot in Dublin. She is one of the…
Pringle urges government to provide further support for Regional Airports
Regional airports are needed due to ‘inadequate’ road networks in rural Ireland. This is the message being highlighted by Donegal TD Thomas Pringle. He has been reacting to concerns that government subsidies to regional airports are costing thousands of euro. The Independent TD says the air hubs…
Pringle urges caution when removing pandemic payments
A Donegal TD has urged the government to give very careful consideration to any plans they have to phase out the pandemic unemployment payment. The emergency payment, which costs the State €200m a week, will be slashed for part-time workers by 40% before it is phased out for full-time…
Department of Justice is unsuitable for dealing with Asylum Seekers
The Department of Justice is not the right place to support or deal with Asylum Seekers. That’s according to the Donegal Independent TD Thomas Pringle. Deputy Pringle says the Department does not have the mindset to allow it to deal with the needs of communities or residents…
Existing housing policies exclude those in need of public housing
Donegal Independent candidate Thomas Pringle says Fine Gael’s housing policies are built around the private sector, rather than the thousands of people in Donegal and across the country who are in need of housing. “We need homes for people, not houses for profit,” he said. He claimed Fine Gael’s Rebuilding…