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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Pre-Nuptial Agreements (17 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of progress in terms of legislative proposals to accommodate pre-nuptial agreements to enable them to be enforced by the courts; if any consideration has been given to the report of the study group on pre-nuptial agreements in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40233/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 561. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the initiatives and funding available to Westmeath County Council and to Longford County Council to develop social housing; the provision in terms of financial allocation that is available to each local authority to assist them in delivering their own social housing stock in their own right; if plans are brought forward...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (18 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider in the Finance Bill an amendment to increase the time limit specified of four years for recovery of arrears of tax, due to omitting to claim for legitimate and allowable expenses, such as medical bills, as specified in section 865(4) of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; if this will be increased to six years, which was indicated to this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Renewals (18 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take with the National Driver Licence Service to ensure an application for renewal of a driver licence is dealt with immediately, as it is being held up on the basis this person uses her maiden name, although she has used her maiden name since she first received a licence in 1974 and has never used her married name,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: I welcome the allocation and I know how important it is. I will not expand on the views I put forward on Second Stage of the Horse Racing Ireland (Amendment) Bill, as they were very sincerely held. The level of support I have received for some of the things I said suggests that HRI needs to come down to earth. It is getting a lot of money from the State, but how much money did it raise on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: The HRI wants to get its hands on it. We see that in the Bill. We want accountability. The Minister has worked hard on this, but I want to make sure the dead hand of bureaucracy does not stymie an activity that is carried out by volunteers and has been very successful across the country. That is what I see at Castletown Geoghegan, Doory or anywhere else I go. The €59.2 million is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: This is important. It is part of the levy-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: I am here to make a point, and if the Vice Chairman wants to expel me from the committee for making points on behalf of small people he should do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: Do so. I have had enough of this. It seems that one part of the Government is trying to protect certain sectors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: I made a special effort to get here this morning to do this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: How dare the Vice Chairman say I fell out of bed on the wrong side. I came here to argue a point. That is insulting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: This is going to be part of the Bill and I want to know about it. Information is important. The Minister is here and he is the boss. Is it intended to go back to market value in the case of the foal levy? Is it fair that the lower the amount, the more the person has to pay? The percentage decreases from over 1% down to 0.9%. A number of people have contacted me on the matter and I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: Five minutes at the most.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2015: Motion (18 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: And that correspondence will be sent along the lines of my proposal and that members get a copy of it.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (19 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is in receipt of disability allowance is entitled to the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41146/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Alert Programme (19 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to review the cost structures which apply to texts in relation to community alert text schemes, which are a considerable cost to communities which are playing a crucial role in preventing and in detecting crime, particularly in rural communities; and if in the context of correspondence (details supplied), if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Cycling Facilities Funding (19 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 245. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department has received an application from Longford Tourism for funding to develop a cycle route from Killashee to Keena in County Longford; the progress of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41148/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (24 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 202. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the issue of reactification has been finalised for a person (details supplied) in County Longford who is farming, and who is entitled to the farm payments associated therewith; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41230/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (24 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 272. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for grant aid from a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme 2, dairy equipment scheme, will be approved given that it was submitted in early October 2015 and given that the person needs approval to ensure the work proceeds, as otherwise it will have to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (24 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: 443. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has made in relation to the death of a person (details supplied); the steps he is taking to engage with the parents of the person concerned; the nature and frequency of contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41328/15]