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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of loss of income that will arise for the local authorities in counties Westmeath and Longford as a result of the planned abolition of the non-principal private residence charge; the way this will be compensated for by the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49427/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Upgrade (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the extension to Longford fire station will be sanctioned, as the local authority is ready to proceed once sanction is received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49428/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Anti-Social Behaviour (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when section 62 of the Housing Act will be amended to enable more effective and focused action to be taken by local authorities to help combat anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49430/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the housing assistance payment will be introduced and if deduction at source has been agreed with all stakeholders; his plans to defray the additional costs that will be incurred by local authorities who will have to implement same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49431/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the money allocated for the upgrading and renovation of local authority houses in counties Westmeath and Longford; the amount of moneys under each appropriate head that will be allocated to each local authority in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49433/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 724. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding that will be made available in respect of local improvement schemes to the local authorities in counties Westmeath and Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49426/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licence Applications (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 742. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to remedy the situation which has arisen in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford and deal with the clear discrepancy that has arisen in respect of the specified category of vehicles to which they are entitled as a result of their application in May 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 743. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be allocated to Longford County Council to enable the N55 Granard Bypass to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49432/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2012: Discussion with Coillte (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: In respect of the wind energy proposals, has Coillte entered into agreements with companies in the midlands as a pre-emptive measure without taking cognisance of the fact that there was going to be a strategic environmental assessment? Why would Coillte do that given that there is a significant amount of opposition, particularly where they are located close to residential and rural areas?...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary schools in County Westmeath that benefited from funding in the sum of €4,038 million in 2011, €1.542 million in 2012 and €1.7 million to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49786/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the post primary schools in County Westmeath that benefited from funding in the sum of €3.26 million in 2011, €4.235 million in 2012 and €1.8 million to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49787/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (20 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any grant aid available to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has obtained a place at Bristol Academy of Music to study a degree course in music; and if there is any financial assistance that may be given to them in terms of their accommodation [49788/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Funding (20 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the co-financing funding that will be available from the Government under the rural development plan between 2014 and 2020 under which approximately €330 million per annum is available from the EU; if consideration is being given to include measures that will be supported in terms of investment aid, land mobility and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (20 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49832/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Eligibility (21 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15 has been refused mortgage interest relief in respect of the purchase of their new house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49914/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports: Discussion (21 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: I apologise for being late but I heard some of the contributions. Obviously the TLT closure is a significant issue that affected the part of the country that I come from. The placing of TLT International into receivership has sent shivers through the wider agricultural community and a significant element of competition has been removed. I concur with the view that with factories being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2013: Motions (26 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: I welcome the Minister. I am probably one of the few present who was a member of the select committee in 2001 when one of his predecessors, Joe Walsh, brought the existing legislation before it. I welcomed the Act at that stage and I welcome it again now. One of the matters which left a sour taste in people's mouths at that time was the tax exemption for stallion breeders. Many could not...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Investment Bank Establishment (27 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance if in line with the commitment in the programme for Government, he will take steps to introduce the necessary legal and administrative mechanism to enable a strategic investment bank, which would be stand-alone, and along the lines of KFW in Germany and that which prevailed with the former Industrial Credit Corporation Bank, so as to assist in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [51030/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51031/13]