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Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (10 Jul 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 811: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for long term residency by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29096/08]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (10 Jul 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 812: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be informed of the position regarding their passport and GNIB card; when same will be restored to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29097/08]

Leaders' Questions (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: Why was €37 million taken from the budget for apprenticeships? The Taoiseach is trying to cod us.

Job Losses. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 112: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to stem the number of job losses, in view of the fact that the numbers on the live register have increased by more than 70,000 in little more than 12 months; if she will provide new training opportunities for those who have lost their jobs; if she will encourage the creation of new...

Job Losses. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: I do not know whether I am living on the same planet as the Government and the Minister of State. This Government is imbued with inertia, as illustrated by the response I received today, which can be best described as lethargic and limp. Is the Minister of State trying to tell me that the lists of people who have lost jobs in Waterford, Cappoquin, Tipperary, Tullamore, Cork and Edenderry...

Job Losses. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: They are all substantive. I will take no snide comments from the Government benches. I deal with real people.

Job Losses. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: I always stood for what I believed in.

Job Losses. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: I may disagree with that.

Job Losses. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: They are all workers.

Job Losses. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: I am not dismissing them.

Public Sector Reform. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 114: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a speech (details supplied) reflected her views; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31095/08]

Public Sector Reform. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: It is a shameful and broad-brushed attack on the Civil Service and public service. The majority of public servants are decent, hard working people, some of whom are on pitifully low wages and struggling to survive. Clerical officers are an example. Of course, there is an urgent need for public service reform. Everybody knows that and public and civil servants accept it. However, while...

Public Sector Reform. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: I hope I am the balance.

Public Sector Reform. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: "Do unto others what you would do unto yourself" — one of the first actions of the Taoiseach was the creation of three new posts of Minister of State.

Public Sector Reform. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: Let us deal with that issue here and the cost it imposes.

Public Sector Reform. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: Does the Minister agree with the statement made by the Minister of State, Deputy John McGuinness? If so, what practical actions will she take? If the Minister does not agree with him, she should say so. I would like to know if it is the position of the leading party in Government that the public service is responsible for the condition of the economy.

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 135: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment her plans to implement the recommendations of the high level group on business regulation, received by her on 6 August 2008, regarding a reduction in the burden of red tape on business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30906/08]

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: It takes five of them to mark us.

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: I might have disagreed with the broad thrust of what the Minister of State, Deputy McGuinness, said in his previous statement. However, I am totally ad idem with him on this matter. The Minister of State should slash and burn all the bureaucracy and he will have my full support.

Business Regulation. (24 Sep 2008)

Willie Penrose: That is what we want to do — eliminate them from it altogether. In businesses there is the possibility of 100 different forms ranging from seven or eight pages up to 80 pages. The Minister of State is on the right track, and as he has a business acumen and background I expect him to be able to get it right. He recognises that businesses are significant collectors of taxes, including VAT,...