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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 683. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that will be made available to Longford and Westmeath County Councils to enable them to complete estates which are unfinished, and for which no bonds or other finance might be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46435/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 692. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in detail the precise amount of grant aid allocated to Westmeath County Council under all housing heads provided by his Department to the local authority for each year since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46688/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 693. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the amount of funding provided by his Department to Westmeath County Council for new sewage schemes; sewage improvement schemes; water improvement and upgrading schemes for each year since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46689/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (5 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 856. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to have disadvantaged area payment paid to a person (details supplied) in County Longford as same is being held up due to digitisation problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45616/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Improvement Scheme Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 906. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the reintroduction of a targeted farm drainage scheme as part of a farm improvement works programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46434/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Road Network (5 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 1252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline in tabular form the amount of funding provided by his Department to Westmeath County Council for road construction, improvement and realigment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46689/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: The position pertaining to the issue of apprenticeships is currently subject to a review and is very pertinent. The committee has reviewed this matter and recommends that the committee contact the Department of Education and Skills and the Higher Education Authority requesting replies to a number of individual queries we raised. Perhaps they could address some of the issues that Mr. Brady...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: I welcome the opportunity to make a contribution and, I hope, some constructive observations on the Bill. I appreciate the economic backdrop against which the budget was constructed. I recall vividly the first few Cabinet meetings I attended from March to June 2011 when our reputation was in tatters and on the floor. I am somewhat bemused by the contribution of the previous speaker who was...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: We only had enough money in the national coffers to pay pensions, wages, for public services and meet day-to-day commitments for five months. How quickly people have forgotten, particularly those who contributed to our losing economic sovereignty; that is beyond me. Fianna Fáil has rewritten history and reinvented itself at a pace that has astounded even some of its own members and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Assessments (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person, who is liable for the local property tax and has had difficult health circumstances, and in error, accepted the valuation proffered by the Revenue Commissioners initially in relation to their property, and paid same for 2013 and whereby the said valuation is way in excess and notwithstanding the opportunity for self-assessment was not availed...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who furnished instructions to the Revenue Commissioners to deduct the property tax on a weekly basis from their State pension and who notwithstanding the aforesaid instruction, which was furnished within the appropriate time period has now received correspondence from the Revenue Commissioners...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide all the various grants and approvals, given for schools at primary and secondary level in County Westmeath since the 1 April 2011 to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47432/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 145. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will take steps to have an application for payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in respect of a designated bog to which they are entitled to compensation and whereby a map has already been prepared showing the area in question and which no subsequent reply has been received in respect thereof,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will take steps to expedite an application for a Garda clearance certificate application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath which is required for their work with the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47426/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (12 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report and recommendations of the review group which is currently examining the apprenticeship scheme will be available; the steps he will take to establish a credible apprenticeship system which would facilitate young persons to achieve qualifications in various trades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48338/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (12 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend the new transport rules which restrict the maximum height of loaded trailers to 4.65 metres as it will result in significant added transportation costs in its current form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48041/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Fallen Animal Collection Scheme (13 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue for debate. The publication on 1 November 2013 of the TSE (fallen animal) subsidy scheme and, more particularly, the revised terms and conditions contained therein have been a cause of great concern and angst among the farming community, the Animal Collectors' Association and knackeries. This arises because of an invitation for...

Topical Issue Debate: Fallen Animal Collection Scheme (13 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: Does the Minister of State not find it strange that they start closing the door when the horse has bolted? Why have post-event consultation rather than pre-event consultation? Why not work with the stakeholders and have a consultation with them to work through this? Unless I have gone bonkers altogether, if the cost of rendering rises due to the removal of the current competition and at...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Unfinished Housing Developments (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance the position pertaining to financial bonds issued by the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation in relation to the construction of various housing estates throughout the country; if he will give an assurance that these bonds are fully honoured when called upon by the relevant local authorities to ensure they are in a position to complete such estates and take...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 475. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when progress will be made in respect of the regional water supply scheme in Lanesboro, County Longford, in respect of which a preliminary report was submitted to the Department by Longford County Council in May 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49425/13]