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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take steps to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is paid a single payment entitlement under the 2014 European Union single payment scheme; if same will be expedited in view of the fact that the person has submitted the appropriate proof of ownership of the lands that are the subject matter of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (12 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that appropriate payments are paid in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the 2014 single payment scheme as an early decision is vital in the context where, due to a dispute, this person is not able to make an application under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme, which has to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (12 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 416. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the context of applications for repossession orders at various courts, including county registrars sittings, she will take steps to put in place a solicitors panel, equivalent to the Legal Aid Solicitors Panel, which would ensure that each of the householders have appropriate legal advice and representation available prior to any such...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Provision (12 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that appropriate transport is provided to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has to attend a hospital on a daily basis in order to obtain required treatment, or alternatively, if he will ensure adequate finance is made available, by way of an exceptional needs payment, as this person is in receipt of a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates Applications (12 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Longford was refused a primary medical certificate, which the person recently applied for, despite the person suffering from a very severe stroke, which has left the person completely paralysed on the right side, severely immobilised and in need of a modified car and electric wheelchair in order to get...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (12 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 511. To ask the Minister for Health the plans the Health Service Executive has for the St. Loman's Campus in Mullingar in County Westmeath, and in particular the front of the campus, which is the main building section thereof; if consideration will be given to converting and refurbishing same, in order to provide accommodation and long-stay beds for elderly persons from County Westmeath, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: I congratulate the Secretary General and wish him well in his very important position in terms of the development of agriculture in this country. I refer to the Russian ban. Can Mr. O'Driscoll give an outline as to the impact to date of the ban on the various Irish agricultural sectors and on the particular sectors affected? It appears to me that the agricultural component of the TTIP...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: Are any of them successful?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: It is difficult to get across the line. That means three out of four are dead, as it were.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Report on Developments in EU: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (12 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: I remember this being introduced in 2005. I was not happy with the system that was set up. I might as well be honest with Mr. O'Driscoll. It is no use being dishonest in here. My experience with it is as Mr. O'Driscoll says. In fairness, one gets a good run. However, one would have to fight hard to get a good run. It is not mandatory that it be 14 days. Surely, there is a flexibility...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (13 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ensure that appropriate high speed broadband is available to the residents of Ballynacargy in County Westmeath, and the surrounding areas; when progress will be made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18732/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility (14 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 15 July 2014, the progress that has been made in amending the Protection of Employees (Employees Insolvency) Acts 1984 to 2006, in order that they encompass the definition of deemed insolvency, in line with paragraph 4 of European Union Directive 2008/94/EC, and which would ensure employees have access...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (14 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 77. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Construction Contracts Act 2013 will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19111/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (14 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for retention for a Stamp 4 European Union permission, which was been lodged in May 2012 by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19110/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Establishment (19 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for permitting this important issue, which focuses on the urgent need to secure approval for a new secondary school in Kinnegad, to be addressed on the floor of the Dáil this evening. It is important that this matter reaches the Dáil, as it has done in the past by means of the parliamentary questions I have been persistent in raising. My colleague, Mr....

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Establishment (19 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. The Minister for Education and Skills should consider the M4 study, which indicated that between 2011 and 2017 the demographic need was pressing. One can always get a set of criteria to suit whatever outcome one wants to achieve. There are very few primary schools outside a major urban centre with 560 pupils. In the satellite areas for 5 miles...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (19 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance if the anomaly whereby pensioners with a pension in excess of €12,012 pay the universal social charge on all of their pension, which costs them up to €1,572, is likely to be addressed under the current pay review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19772/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions Levy (19 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 160. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in the course of the current pay review, he will ensure the pensions of retired public servants, which were reduced under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act in respect of such persons' pensions in excess of €12,000 per annum by between 8% and 28%, will have same restored as quickly as possible; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (26 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 417. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 343 and 344 of 12 May 2015, if he is aware that the person (details supplied) in County Westmeath actually applied for the herd number to the relevant district veterinary office on 24 April 2014, and a copy of the said application is available to prove same; if, in this context, this decision...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (26 May 2015)

Willie Penrose: 418. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to address the issues raised in correspondence regarding an application under the single payment scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; if this will be positively dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20417/15]