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Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (30 Jun 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 417: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if grant or assistance will be made available to most persons who wish to purchase wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25896/09]

Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (1 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money which will be needed in 2009 to pay for supplies of Tamiflu and other measures to address the swine flu pandemic; the location where such funds will come from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26328/09]

Written Answers — Health Service Management Costs: Health Service Management Costs (1 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has requested a reduction in the money spent on advisers, media consultants, bonuses and other costs associated with senior management in the Health Service Executive; if so, the response she has received; the action she is taking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26329/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (1 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will confirm that she received correspondence from a person (details supplied); if in the context of this correspondence and the details contained therein steps will be taken to have the appropriate apologies issued to the person concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26594/09]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (1 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will indicate to schools in County Westmeath who will lose at least one teacher at either primary or secondary level from September 2009, if he will review the circumstances by which such decisions are made and restore such schools to their existing complement of teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26625/09]

Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: Deputy Stagg was in order.

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: I am not caught up by the tone or tenor of Deputy Varadkar's amendment. Were Members to continue in that vein, it would be possible to regulate businesses out of existence. As for talking about trust in politics, if Members continue to speak in that vein, they will perpetuate the myth that no one is trustworthy. The de minimis thresholds of €2,500 or €3,000 in this regard are peanuts...

Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (2 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if organisations or groups from Counties Westmeath and Longford made applications for approval for funding under the recent tranche of payments approved pursuant to the scheme of community support for older people; if so, the names of each organisation which sought such payment; the reason such payments were not...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (2 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is entitled to a mature student grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26985/09]

Small Businesses Report. (7 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 32: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if her attention has been drawn to the recent report published by ISME which found that 50% of firms surveyed had applied for credit and had been refused by their banks; the steps she is taking to address this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27643/09]

Small Businesses Report. (7 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: The Minister of State will note that the focus of this question is jobs. It is important that money flows to create new jobs and to sustain and retain existing jobs. Ordinary people and owners of small businesses are saying banks are running rings round the Government. They got huge funding for recapitalisation with no lending conditions attached. There is a credit famine which knows no...

Small Businesses Report. (7 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: Absolutely. We can concur on that objective, but I want to ask a related question. Into what black hole did the €350 million that was to be made available by the European Investment Bank, EIB, disappear? It does not appear to be going where it was intended or was Mr. Fielding out of date when he stated that some banks were ignoring EIB funds for SMEs, that two thirds of bank staff had no...

Small Businesses Report. (7 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: I am glad to hear that.

Small Businesses Report. (7 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: I know that, too.

Redundancy Payments. (7 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: The Deputy should wait until Saturday night.

Redundancy Payments. (7 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: I raised this last April and advocated that the Department contact the Revenue to set up this scheme. Can letters of comfort be provided not just for the Revenue but also for a business to say that the money, whether €6,000 or €8,000, is due? Small companies could show that to the banks in order to release another few euro.

Proposed Legislation. (7 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Minister of State. This is important because it fulfils a commitment made under the 2016 agreement. It is important that the measures are aimed at modernising and streamlining the joint labour committee systems, including the rationalisation of the number of the committees involved and the appointment of professional chairpersons with experience. Does the Minister of State...

National Minimum Wage. (7 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: The Department of Finance has made a submission so the Government has a position on it. The Labour Party does not think there is any justification for decreasing the minimum wage or cutting in any way the basic levels of social welfare, so we may as well start from that premise. The arguments for increasing it can be discussed with regard to current economic circumstances. Many of those...

Electricians' Strike. (7 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: In the last number of days, the Labour Party has urged that intervention in this strategically important industry be undertaken at the earliest possible opportunity. The industrial action taken by more than 10,000 members of the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union, TEEU, is a serious development which could have significant consequences for industrial relations. As was pointed out...

Electricians' Strike. (7 Jul 2009)

Willie Penrose: The partnership process originated in the 1980s when there was a difficult industrial relations environment. It has played a key role in dealing with a number of issues. Has the Minister spoken, directly or indirectly, to representatives of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions or the Construction Industry Federation to ensure a resolution to the dispute sooner rather than later? As we all...