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

Willie Penrose: I congratulate both the Minister, Deputy Creed, and the Minister of State, Deputy Doyle, who are both excellent and well deserved appointments. Both Ministers have served long apprenticeships and I have worked with them on the agriculture committees in recent years. As Labour Party spokesperson on rural affairs and agriculture, I look forward to working constructively with them. Is it...

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

Willie Penrose: Another potential impact is divergence of animal health and phytosanitary regulations, which are very important in terms of co-ordination and co-operation on animal health between Ireland and Northern Ireland and between Ireland and the European Union. I ask the Minister also to consider the subject of energy supply. The cost of energy would loom large in the event of Brexit because...

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

Willie Penrose: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (8 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Bill, which was before the Houses of the Oireachtas in February 2016; the important issues addressed therein; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14696/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (8 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 259. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if she will consider reform of the rateable valuation system, with a view to modernising same, so as to ensure that any referred system provides for appropriate valuations rates reductions and abatements, particularly where new businesses are starting up, and where same are located in rural areas; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (8 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take not to allow any further communiques to issue from his Department exhorting jobseekers to use financial institutions rather than post offices to collect their payments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14544/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (8 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) has applied before the deadline for basic farm entitlements pursuant to the Scottish derogation provisions from the national reserve, if he will further confirm that they have been awarded their entitlements pursuant to the said provisions; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (8 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 627. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will take steps to ensure that the necessary funding to enable the N4 realignment project between counties Westmeath and Longford to proceed is allocated, as the route corridor has been identified, necessitating a decision he made on the emerging preferred route, without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children and Young People’s Policy Framework (8 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 678. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he will take pursuant to the programme for Government to implement the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014-2020, Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures; the objectives of the National Youth Strategy 2015-2020; to reverse the reductions in financial support afforded to various organisations which are...

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: I thought we had two minutes each.

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: In fairness, three of us are sharing time. That allocation of time is incorrect.

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: That is a disgrace.

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: The Acting Chairman can extend the time allocation.

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: The Acting Chairman is a good country man.

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: I am glad to have an opportunity, along with my colleagues, to raise an issue concerning the impact of the decision by the Central Remedial Clinic, CRC, board to terminate the Irish Pensions Trust, IPT, pension with immediate effect for the employees of CRC. I want to state that I communicated by letter on 2 June 2016 with the chief executive officer, CEO, the chief financial officer, CFO,...

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: In recent years they doubled their contribution from 5% to 10% of their wages, and that was accepted by the Pensions Board in February 2012. It is pushing matters to say that this decision to close the scheme was taken just prior to the staff being informed. I have no doubt there was a great deal of evaluation and assessment carried out by the professionals involved. That is why I believe...

Topical Issue Debate: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: What makes us all very suspicious is that the scheme has €28.5 million in assets and €30.5 million in liabilities, which is a €2 million deficit. It could easily be made up. The Minister of State is no doubt aware that some schemes may have fallen into deficit due to various oscillation of equities and the bond market but these have all recovered. What is perplexing is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (14 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 314. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application by a person (details supplied) under the carer's allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15723/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (14 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 481. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of the nursing home support, fair deal, scheme will be finalised; when the outcome of same will be revealed to the general public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16030/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (14 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: 526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the appropriate grant aid and finance will be available to allow persons who have been approved for participation in the new afforestation scheme, which permits them to plant small areas of land for forestry purposes, will be made available to those who have had approval for same, as it appears that the provision of finance...