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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Development (10 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 354. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in the context of proposed Waterways Ireland canal by-laws, which fail to take cognisance of user requirements, tourism development and local communities, he will ensure that conciliation and agreement is reached with the relevant groups prior to the implementation of any such regulations; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture and Fisheries Councils and Report on Promoting Sustainable Rural Coastal and Island Communities: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (10 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: I remember when headage and so on were introduced in respect of sheep. Coming from a drystock part of the country, all I saw in the midlands for six months was a mass invasion of sheep. Everything turned white. I use that situation as an example. I am apprehensive about what will happen in the dairy industry. There are Food Harvest 2020 targets and so on, but people might get into the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if in the context of the recently announced review and scoping exercise being carried out in relation to the mother and child home operated in Tuam between 1925 and 1961, if it is his Department's intention to expand this review to include other such homes around the country in such a review, including the mother and child home in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (17 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that any consideration of proposals to apply the VAT rate on 23% to herbal teas, vitamins and health supplements are roundly rejected and not implemented as such an imposition would have a negative impact upon employment in these industries, and also in relation to the price sensitivity and ability of consumers to utilise such products;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that his Department will keep CSPE as a compulsory subject at junior certificate level, as any proposal to redesignate CSPE as a non-compulsory subject would remove equality of opportunity in regard to human rights and citizenship education in the Irish education system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26075/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (17 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 476. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if in the contexts of correspondence from the deputy chief medical officer, dated 11 April 2014 to his Department identifying that the limited number of peer revised articles and research about the influence of wind turbines on human emotional and physical health requires to be addressed; if he will ensure that this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (17 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 477. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in respect of the wind energy guidelines 2006, that notwithstanding the recognised concerns, that the Department of Health had no input into the finalisation of these guidelines, especially in relation to recommending a safe level of noise; his views that this was a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (17 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that with regards to both the wind energy development guidelines 2006, and the review of same, that a health vacuum exists and that in the context of this health vacuum, that local authorities have a legal obligation to protect community health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26078/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (17 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an undertaking that, in relation to the wind energy development guidelines 2006 targeted review, the Department of Health will have a central and lead role in recommending a safe level of noise which protects community health in the revised guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (17 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government that pending a review by the deputy chief medical officer and the Department of Health of the impact of wind turbines generated noise upon communities and persons, if in the interim, he will confirm that the World Health Organisation standards pertaining to the maximum noise limits which will be permitted to apply and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (17 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for single farm payment will be adjudicated upon in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if same will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25949/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tax Code (17 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exemptions and or reliefs available to a person who is 42 years of age and is returning home to inherit a farm from their elderly parent; the assistance available in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25950/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (17 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 743. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to publish immediately the findings of the regulatory impact assessment on plain packaging of tobacco products and in particular if cognisance was taken of the likely increase in the illicit trading of tobacco products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26104/14]

Topical Issue Debate: PSO Levy Review (18 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue which is a vital topic for debate on the floor of Dáil Éireann. The PSO levy has had a serious impact on a series of end users of electricity. The levy was introduced by the government in 2000 to ensure that Ireland had a percentage of indigenous electricity generation, peat resources principally from Bord na...

Topical Issue Debate: PSO Levy Review (18 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. I am acutely aware of the reason for the levy but we cannot continue to foist charges on industrial and domestic consumers. If the estimated wholesale price of electricity in the all-island market falls by 9% or 10%, the savings should be passed on to the consumer and end user but there is a peculiar anomaly in that, as the Minister pointed...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Gender Balance Issues (24 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has reviewed its gender equality policy as published in 2001; his views that a policy published 13 years ago should be the subject of a fundamental review to assess its effectiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27396/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Gender Balance Issues (24 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has reviewed its policy on diversity in the Civil Service as first published in 2002; his views that a policy published 12 years ago should be the subject of a fundamental review to assess its effectiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27397/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Anti-Racism Measures (24 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the survey on racism undertaken by the Public Service Executive Union which revealed that 61% of respondents do not know if their employer has an equality policy with a specific anti-racism component, 68% report that their employers' policies are not well known at all, 3.5% report being the subject...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (24 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 495. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Garda stations at Ballinacargy and Multyfarnham, County Westmeath will be provided with the PULSE system, to enable gardaí to carry out their functions and duties immediately and more efficiently and without the necessity to have to recourse to Garda stations located a considerable distance from these locations in order to access...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (24 Jun 2014)

Willie Penrose: 496. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a replacement motor vehicle will be made available to a Garda station in County Westmeath, as the existing vehicle is having its engine repaired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27297/14]