Results 3,081-3,100 of 7,024 for speaker:Willie Penrose
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of grants provided under the two programmes of grants for community and voluntary organisations during the past three years; his plans to expand this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19009/10]
- Written Answers — Pre-school Services: Pre-school Services (11 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the grants that are available for the provision of sessional pre-school facilities by persons who wish to provide same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19356/10]
- Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (11 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the date for the official opening of the Royal Canal from Dublin through to the River Shannon; if in this context it is the intention of Waterways Ireland to have at least seven people to act as patrol and supervising personnel along the stretch of canal from Killucan, County Westmeath through to the Shannon; if he...
- Enterprise Stabilisation Fund (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: Question 43: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation the number of companies that have applied to date for assistance under the â¬100 million Enterprise Stabilisation Fund; the number of applications accepted; the amount paid out to date; the reason the fund was cut by â¬22 million; the further reason the cut was not publicly disclosed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Enterprise Stabilisation Fund (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: Is it correct that â¬22 million has been cut from this fund? The Minister said he is reviewing the situation and that like all expenditure allocated in his Department, the fund must be subject to review. The â¬58 million spent up to end 2009 supported approximately 7,500 jobs. Up to the beginning of March this year, some 26 applications had been received, from which nine companies were...
- Enterprise Stabilisation Fund (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: There is â¬6 million left. If these companies receive the average support given to the other companies, approximately â¬450,000 or â¬420,000, they will require approximately â¬13 million. The Minister will be short of money, assuming they all qualify. Why would any curtailment be put on this sector, in particular? It is export led, there is growth in that area and it is sustaining...
- Enterprise Stabilisation Fund (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: No, it is â¬13 million.
- Grocery Industry (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Innovation when he will implement the commitment contained in the Revised Programme for Government 2009 to introduce on a statutory basis a code of practice for the grocery goods sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19458/10]
- Grocery Industry (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: Is it fair that some commercial companies are abusing their strong or dominant position in the grocery sector by exerting undue and unfair pressure on other commercial companies with which they have business relationships or transactions? That is clearly an imbalance of power in the supplier-retailer relationship in the grocery trade which leads to unfair practices being employed....
- Grocery Industry (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: Yes, a full report. We have sent the Minister the interim report.
- Grocery Industry (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: Surely the Competition Authority can go into a concern and carry out a investigation, as the UK competition authority did. We learned the plain facts in the course of our investigation. We do not know who was involved because it was carried out anonymously and in confidence so we do not know who the players were. However, the position is clear. People are afraid to come forward and give...
- Departmental Properties (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: I refer to significant tracts of land available across the country, including in the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's own county, contained in the portfolios of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. If these lands are not been used or are unlikely to be required, they should be transferred to the local authority such as the county council or town council-----
- Departmental Properties (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: County enterprise boards and county development boards or the employment action groups within those jurisdictional areas should be allowed to promote and foster employment opportunities that are not encompassed within the IDA or Enterprise Ireland areas.
- Departmental Payments (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: I thank the Minister of State for his useful reply. Cash is king in sustaining businesses and many profitable ventures have gone under because of a lack of cashflow. Has any Department which has not stepped up to the plate, a lagger, been subject to late interest penalties under the European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2002? Under the regulations,...
- Departmental Payments (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: There is no choice in the matter. Under the 2002 commercial transaction regulations, a Department is required to pay an interest rate of 7% above the ECB rate, which means 8%, on any late payments it incurs. That is the penalty that should be imposed on Departments and semi-State agencies which go beyond the 30-day requirement.
- Proposed Legislation (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: I wished the Minister well last Thursday when he introduced the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2010 in the House. He made a good start by indicating his receptiveness to Opposition amendments. Ministers who close their minds generally end up with the smile on the other side of their face because we chase them up. Will this merger generate any savings? There is a significant degree of overlap...
- Proposed Legislation (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: But that is part of it. It is a fundamental of the Labour Party that we stand for trade union rights, and it is important that those are not taken away at the stroke of a pen. That is what has happened with Section 4. I said that in this House 18 months ago and I am still right.
- Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: Question 75: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the steps he is taking to combat the continuing high level of unemployment as indicated by the April 2010 live register figures and ongoing announcements of job losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19172/10]
- Written Answers — Debt Management: Debt Management (12 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on amending the Bankruptcy Act, 1988 and, in particular to amend the provisions having regard to the current economic climate; if due cognisance will be taken of the provisions introduced in the UK to address hardship, particularly in the context of home repossessions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Garda Transport: Garda Transport (13 May 2010)
Willie Penrose: Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda personnel engaged in providing driver and security services to the members of the Government, members of the Judiciary, former Taoisigh or former Ministers; his plans to review the numbers involved with a view to transferring some of these Garda officers to front-line duties fighting crime; and if he...