# thomas-pringle - Sunday 5 May, 2013
Responding to queries from TheJournal.ie this week, seven independent TDs confirmed their support for the bill with five still undecided.
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# thomas-pringle - Friday 3 May, 2013
Thomas Pringle has plans to change the current system, which makes it illegal only to solicit prostitution but not to buy it.
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# thomas-pringle - Saturday 13 April, 2013
In response to queries from TheJournal.ie this week, most TDs who have opposed the tax have said they will comply with it but at least seven said they will not pay even though it puts their Dáil seat at risk.
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# thomas-pringle - Thursday 6 December, 2012
Pat Rabbitte said the government had had to choose between cutting carer’s allowance or cutting respite care.
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# thomas-pringle - Wednesday 28 November, 2012
The independent TD said that if the court decides he’s liable for a six figure sum he does not have the cash in hand to pay.
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# thomas-pringle - Tuesday 27 November, 2012
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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The European Court of Justice has ruled that the eurozone’s permanent bailout fund is lawful.
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Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
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# thomas-pringle - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
The ECJ will today discuss whether the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) is legal under existing EU law.
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# thomas-pringle - Wednesday 10 October, 2012
Enda Kenny would not say if all the documentation related to the controversial selection of sites for primary care centres would be published during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil today.
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# thomas-pringle - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
Enda Kenny says a report outlining a possible ‘two tier’ child benefit system have not yet been brought to cabinet.
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# thomas-pringle - Thursday 27 September, 2012
The Minister for Social Protection says every member of government “has confidence in every other minister”.
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# thomas-pringle - Wednesday 1 August, 2012
The EU’s permanent bailout fund still has to clear the hurdle of the German Constitutional Court which is expected to issue a ruling in September.
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# thomas-pringle - Tuesday 31 July, 2012
Instruments of ratification – the final leg in the approval process – will be formally lodged in Brussels today.
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The Independent TD had challenged the ESM Treaty, arguing that it involved a loss of sovereignty for Ireland and needed a referendum.
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# thomas-pringle - Wednesday 18 July, 2012
Enda Kenny came under fire over the proposed restructuring of the Health Service Executive during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil today.
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# thomas-pringle - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
The Dáil’s Committee on Members’ Interests has said that the independent TD has not provided sufficient information for it to establish whether or not it can investigate his tax affairs.
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# thomas-pringle - Monday 9 July, 2012
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
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However, a legal issue has been referred to the European Court of Justice.
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# thomas-pringle - Tuesday 3 July, 2012
A statement said the Oireachtas “had never envisaged” that TDs would use the allowance for travelling to meetings about the household charge.
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Independent TD Thomas Pringle said that he did not use expenses to travel around the country to urge people to boycott the household charge as other independent deputies have done.
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# thomas-pringle - Wednesday 27 June, 2012
The independent TD is being investigated by the Members Interests Committee after revelations about his company’s under-declaration of VAT.
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# thomas-pringle - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
The Select Committee on Members’ Interests needs to figure out if Mick Wallace’s tax affairs fall under its jurisdiction.
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# thomas-pringle - Friday 8 June, 2012
Both Joan Collins and Thomas Pringle believe that evading taxes is entirely separate to rejecting an austerity agenda.
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The Wexford TD could either face bankruptcy action or a criminal prosecution – both of which would see him quit the Dáil.
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# thomas-pringle - Thursday 7 June, 2012
Independent TDs and the United Left Alliance have criticised the Wallace after he admitted evading VAT.
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# thomas-pringle - Thursday 24 May, 2012
One TD is ordered to leave the chamber as Eamon Gilmore and Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin exchange fire during Leaders’ Questions.
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# thomas-pringle - Tuesday 22 May, 2012
Thomas Pringle agreed a timetable to exchange documents with the State during a filing yesterday.
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# thomas-pringle - Friday 18 May, 2012
Simon Coveney has attempted to squash speculation over a second referendum after Richard Bruton’s comments yesterday.
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# thomas-pringle - Tuesday 8 May, 2012
Enda Kenny takes aim at opponents to the Fiscal Compact and their proposals for enforcing a balanced Budget.
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# thomas-pringle - Tuesday 17 April, 2012
All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.
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Thomas Pringle says he wants the High Court to establish whether the European Stability Mechanism requires a referendum.
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# thomas-pringle - Monday 2 April, 2012
The junior minister said “mistakes were made” and the Government needed to pause before taking more decisions.
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# thomas-pringle - Saturday 24 March, 2012
Three of the nine TDs involved in the campaign against the household charge have criticised the Socialist Party TDs for taking key speaking slots at today’s rally in Dublin.
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# thomas-pringle - Wednesday 1 February, 2012
The Dáil Technical Group hopes the President can help force a referendum on the EU treaty if the government is advised against holding one.
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# thomas-pringle - Thursday 15 December, 2011
A group representing landlords said its members would be forced to pass on the charge to tenants as TDs today outlined their reasons for not paying.
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# thomas-pringle - Wednesday 14 December, 2011
Socialist Clare Daly and independent Thomas Pringle both say they will neither register for, nor pay, the new household charge.
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# thomas-pringle - Monday 5 December, 2011
Micheál Martin, Gerry Adams and Thomas Pringle have criticised the Government’s Budget measures in a series of televised addresses.
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# thomas-pringle - Thursday 22 September, 2011
A busy day in presidential campaign as David Norris’s attempts at being nominated by the Oireachtas appear to be fading as both he and Dana now look set to pin their hopes on local council support.
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# thomas-pringle - Tuesday 20 September, 2011
David Norris would appear to have the best chance of being on the ballot paper but he faces an uphill task. We crunch the numbers to find out who independent TDs and Senators are supporting.
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