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Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Legal Cases (25 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: I did not say the Attorney General was conservative.

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Legal Cases (25 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: The Minister should not pull that one on me. I know who is conservative.

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Legal Cases (25 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: No. It was the bureaucrats, and she is not a bureaucrat.

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Legal Cases (25 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: Exactly. Let us try to get it back.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Motor Insurance Regulation (25 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is the normal procedure for insurance companies which provide insurance cover for commercial vehicles to carry out policy reviews to ascertain what the vehicle is being used for and what goods are carried in the vehicle and to identify the owner of the vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12130/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (26 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to communicate with the Revenue Commissioners to ensure that a person (details supplied) whose house was under construction in 2014 and which has been completed and is fit for habitation is not subject to the local property tax until 2017, which is in accordance with the correspondence furnished upon inquiry in February 2014 by the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (26 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: 135. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the assets and income an adult dependant must have before being disqualified from receiving the adult dependant allowance where a spouse is entitled to the state pension (contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12435/16]

Workers' Rights: Motion [Private Members] (31 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: Fairness and decency at work sum up the aspirations of all working people throughout the world in their working lives. This involves opportunities for work that are productive and deliver fair outcomes, security in the workplace, better prospects for personal development and social integration. In Ireland it means, among other things, paying a living wage and giving decent terms and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Tax (1 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 119. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider issuing directions to local authorities to provide a small portion of the local property tax to estates which have been taken in charge and have their own established residents associations, so as to facilitate them in maintaining open spaces, landscaping, grass cutting and other decorative works; and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (1 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 126. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13870/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 173. To ask the Minister for Health how he will ensure a person (details supplied) is admitted to a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13867/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (1 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 174. To ask the Minister for Health his proposals to enable persons employed by the Health Service Executive at clerical officer and other grades to continue employment beyond 65 years of age if they so desire; if he is considering amending the statutory framework to allow persons who express this desire to do so, particularly in the context of other changes in recent years in the welfare...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (2 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 89. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that there will be no reduction in home help and home care packages for elderly persons and persons with a disability in 2016; the total funding available for home help and home care packages; and if there is a funding shortfall within the Health Service Executive for the provision of these vital supports. [13735/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (2 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 95. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive has suspended recruitment of doctors, nurses and midwives in hospitals until further notice, given the significant number of vacant posts across the health system; if so, when the moratorium will be lifted; and the levels of additional recruitment across all sectors of the Health Service Executive he expects in 2016. [13734/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (2 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.. [14168/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (2 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 210. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the domiciliary care allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14169/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (2 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 211. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) under the disability allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14170/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (2 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 282. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take steps to address and rectify the issues referred to in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14182/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (2 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 283. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payments under the basic payment scheme for the past number of years; payments under the areas of natural constraint and disadvantaged areas schemes for 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14183/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (8 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has assessed the effects of a British exit from the European Union on the food and agriculture industry, his progress in developing potential trade arrangements and minimising the disruption and negative impact on Irish producers and consumers; and the options for agriculture and the agrifood sector, given the extensive trade...