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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Fee (8 Oct 2015)

Willie Penrose: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that the Irish Dental Council will review a decision to refuse a person (details supplied) in County Dublin a licence to practice as a dentist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35154/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (8 Oct 2015)

Willie Penrose: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Student Supports Service is insisting upon a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath being assessed upon her parents income in terms of assessing eligibility for a higher education grant, given that this person is clearly independent; if the grant will be issued to this person without delay to enable her to pursue the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Oct 2015)

Willie Penrose: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in detail, the treatment by the Revenue Commissioners of debt write-down from the perspective of capital gains tax, whereby persons who are insolvent are granted appropriate debt write-downs due to their financial non-viability, and whereby seeking capital gains tax upon such write downs is clearly counter-productive, in terms of a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (13 Oct 2015)

Willie Penrose: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to ensure that fees earned by personal insolvency practitioners are exempted from the provisions of value added tax, as their role is totally different from that of a liquidator or receiver; if he is aware that a decision of the first-tier value added tax tribunal in the United Kingdom found that individual voluntary arrangements...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (13 Oct 2015)

Willie Penrose: 380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate, and provide, the reasons students (details supplied) have not been granted their higher education grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35398/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Oct 2015)

Willie Penrose: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a longstanding application for accommodation for a new school (details supplied) in County Longford will be approved, as the current accommodation is not adequate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35756/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations Upgrade (13 Oct 2015)

Willie Penrose: 470. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to hold discussions with Iarnród Éireann to progress the re-opening of Killucan railway station in County Westmeath, which can be made fully functional for an outlay of €1.3 million and which would qualify for funding under the new capital plan for transport, the new rural investment plan and Border, midland...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (20 Oct 2015)

Willie Penrose: 417. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to increase the allocation of Garda Síochána resources to the Lismacaffrey area of County Westmeath, given recent burglaries and attempted burglaries in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36095/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (21 Oct 2015)

Willie Penrose: 64. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath did not receive a payment under the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36671/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (22 Oct 2015)

Willie Penrose: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is in receipt of an invalidity pension will be entitled to the free fuel allowance, which the person has not received to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37075/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (22 Oct 2015)

Willie Penrose: 181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure, that the appropriate rectification is carried out in respect of lands which are being farmed by a person (details supplied) in County Longford, and for which the person has submitted the appropriated evidentiary documentation to indicate due entitlement to the payments arising from same; that this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Spent Convictions Legislation (22 Oct 2015)

Willie Penrose: 224. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of all provisions of the spent convictions legislation, in particular the sections dealing with how minor offences committed a number of years ago are now dealt with in terms of the records of persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37071/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is entitled to an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38392/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (3 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure that a payment under the single payment scheme due to a person (details supplied) in County Longford is immediately paid, as all the appropriate transfer documents have been submitted, and as this payment is urgently required by the new applicant farmer; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (3 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the steps he will take to ensure that all payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the area-based scheme are immediately paid, as the farm in question has been selected for the satellite inspection, which appears to be holding up the payment of the entitlements; if payment will be expedited...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (3 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 552. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to fully implement the provisions of the Charities Act 2009, and in particular to bring forward appropriate regulations in respect of charitable fundraising activities; if she will liaise with the Charities Regulatory Authority in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37546/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (3 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 859. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to enable a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath to be immediately admitted for a hip replacement procedure at Cappagh Hospital in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38393/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 860. To ask the Minister for Health when the Health Service Executive will honour its commitment to ensure that the appropriate investment in palliative and end-of-life care services is provided in Counties Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath, which currently have no level 3 hospice, have been allocated the lowest level of regional State investment in palliative care nationally over the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (3 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 1010. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate a shortfall in the payment of the remote area grant for the years 2001 to 2011 to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath, who was paid the rate of €3.20 rather than the normal rate of €5.10 which applied to similar situations, and who resided a particular distance from the school where a public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Industry: Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (3 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: I thank Mr. Comer for coming here today and for not reading out his presentation verbatim. At least he presented it without reading through it. We could all do that. I am somewhat surprised. Twelve months ago I sat here and warned people. I was an agricultural consultant for many years and met many farmers. I warned dairy farmers to be wary of what was about to happen. I cautioned...