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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (16 Dec 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 524: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if his attention has been drawn to the impact the cutbacks in education spending will have on a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath, and in particular the impact of the loss of teachers in the school due to the increase in pupil-teacher ratio of 2.6 teachers equivalents the loss of disadvantaged allocation one teacher...

Written Answers — Schools Refurbishment: Schools Refurbishment (16 Dec 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 528: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when approval for refurbishment works which have been promised for a school (details supplied) in County Longford will be allowed to proceed in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46400/08]

Estimates for Public Services 2008 (17 Dec 2008)

Willie Penrose: I thank my colleague for sharing time. While it is his brief, I wish to say a few words because I have some knowledge of this area. I endorse the Minister's decision on behalf of the people last week, as it was a matter of national interest. We are well on our way back to market recovery. It will take some time because some organs of the media carried adverse publicity and used...

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (17 Dec 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Transport when he will publish the report on CIÉ (details supplied); if legislation will be necessary arising from this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46350/08]

Written Answers — Parking Regulations: Parking Regulations (17 Dec 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 126: To ask the Minister for Transport if he is reviewing and updating legislation in relation to parking; his policy in relation to the growing problem of larger vehicles parking in residential areas; the measures he will take to combat this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46373/08]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (17 Dec 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 272: To ask the Minister for Transport if, in view of the particularly adverse weather conditions which have been prevailing in the midlands area, including Westmeath, Longford, Offaly and Laois, he will take steps to provide a special allocation of funding to the relevant authorities in these counties to enable them to grit and salt the roads which have been virtually impassable...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (17 Dec 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 302: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has reviewed the appeal from a person (details supplied) whose application for a holiday visa for two weeks over Christmas 2008 was refused on 17 November 2008; if the additional substantive information submitted will permit the appropriate time limited visa to the person; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (17 Dec 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 456: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his competency and power to sanction an application for rates, remissions or rebates proposed for start-up businesses by local authorities pursuant to section 2 of 1970 Local Government (Rates) Act; if local authority members can devise a system to alleviate the rates payable by start-up companies on a...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (17 Dec 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 546: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grants available for persons in houses which are in need of insulation for heat preservation and retention if there are grants available for upgrading windows through Sustainable Energy Ireland or through his Department; if he will furnish the relevant documentation in support thereof; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Community Policing: Community Policing (18 Dec 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received from the Garda Commissioner the report of the working group developing proposals for a comprehensive model of rural and urban community policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46758/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (18 Dec 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he has taken or plans to take arising from the report of the Hartnett Inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied), who died in Garda custody in Clonmel, County Tipperary, in 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46757/08]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (27 Jan 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contacts that he has had with a transition team appointed to advise President Obama through the special committee established to discuss the future of Guantanamo and extraordinary rendition; the details of such contacts, meetings and the conclusions which were reached. [1957/09]

Written Answers — Arms Trade: Arms Trade (27 Jan 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 161: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the volume of armaments being sold and exported to the Middle East and other areas of conflict by members of the European Union; and the volume and value of such sales for each of the past five years. [1956/09]

Written Answers — Community Employment Schemes: Community Employment Schemes (27 Jan 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will take steps to reduce the period of time for which a person must be registered as in receipt of jobseeker's benefit or allowance from 12 months to 3 months in order to allow persons over 55 who have recently become unemployed to become eligible for participation on community employment schemes, as...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (27 Jan 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 216: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she has taken in conjunction with the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland and FÁS, in relation to the Arklow and south Wicklow area, with up to 1500 jobs being lost in recent months, including the closure of a company (details supplied); if efforts have been made by the agencies to...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Jan 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 334: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason county child care committees have not been informed in relation to national child care investment programme capital funding of their 2009 indicative budget for each county; the reason for the delay in conveying this information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2246/09]

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (27 Jan 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 524: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when county child care committees will be informed of their 2009 indicative budget, regarding the national child care investment programme capital funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2245/09]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (27 Jan 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 485: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to assist a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is in need of admission to a hospital to have a particular procedure carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1884/09]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (27 Jan 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 486: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will outline, in the context of nursing home subvention and the fair deal legislation, the position where a person who sustains serious personal injuries that render such a person permanently incapacitated so as to require ongoing and permanent accommodation in a nursing home as to whether or not the relevant Health Service...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Subventions: Nursing Home Subventions (27 Jan 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 487: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way in the context of the fair deal legislation, a person who is permanently confined to a nursing home as a result of an accident which leaves the person permanently incapacitated, will have any damages arising from such an accident treated in the context of an assessment or otherwise for the subvention payable as part of the...