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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to advance the construction of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31362/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (20 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: 151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to expedite an application for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); if a decision will be made without any further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31363/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (20 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: 258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to expedite the disadvantaged area payments due to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31365/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Sector: European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development (20 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: I welcome the Commissioner. I notice several former colleagues of mine sitting beside him, one of whom I have not seen since 1979. In regard to voluntary regulation pertaining to the various links in the food chain, the unavoidable fact is that the major multiples will continue to run riot leaving a cohort of producers in their wake. They will continue to embark upon various below-cost...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: 149. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to replace gardaí who have retired in County Westmeath or are transferring out of the county on promotion (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31941/16]

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (26 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: On behalf of the Labour Party, I express sincere sympathy to the family of Paddy Lalor on his recent passing and to members of the Fianna Fáil Party on their sad loss. Being a fellow midlander from a neighbouring constituency, I knew Paddy well. He had a relative living near Mullingar who belonged to a different party - he soldiered with me - and Paddy and I used to a joke about it....

European Council: Statements (26 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: Following on from the European Council meeting last week, it would be easy for all of us in this Chamber to focus on Brexit. I will certainly make some references to it. Given that the British Prime Minister, Ms Theresa May, took only a few minutes to set out her views at about 1 a.m., it clearly was not the focus of that meeting, but I will come back to the issue. On the issue that...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: I warmly welcome this Bill and I have no hesitation in offering Labour Party support for its passage into law. I commend my colleague, Deputy O'Callaghan, for doing a fine job in publishing this comprehensive Bill. It is sensible, constructive and balanced. The Government has no credible excuse to delay its implementation. It can clearly be improved upon and various amendments from all...

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: The Minister's only remaining contribution, and I am astounded by it, is a threat to personally veto all future judicial appointments until he gets his own way. That is a disgrace. He regards the need to fill his political trophy cabinet as taking precedence over the constitutional principle of collective Cabinet Government responsibility. He seems to think nothing about standing in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (26 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: 133. To ask the Minister for Health when the issue pertaining to pensions entitlements which has been ongoing in relation to employees of the Central Remedial clinic will be resolved; if, in this context, his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to the present uncertainty persons who have recently retired have to resort to jobseeker's allowance rather than their due pension...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (27 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: 113. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a decision has been approved to increase the extended mooring fee from €278 to €1,260 per annum for the Grand Canal area at Sallins, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32491/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (27 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (details supplied) admitted to Tallaght hospital, Dublin 24, for an urgent procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32489/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (27 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the planned closure of a centre (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the terrific benefit to families of this centre and the huge loss of its closure to them; his plans for a replacement unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32492/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (2 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he will make to the RACE scheme, following significant criticism of the current operation of the scheme by the Ombudsman for Children and the way it applied to students with learning difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33026/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Implementation (2 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if any exception or allowance is being made to the rules governing the spreading of slurry where flooding situations have arisen and where factors are outside the farmer's control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33025/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (2 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 218. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when arrears due to a person (details supplied) will be paid out in respect of a claim for carer’s allowance which was awarded upon appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32819/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (2 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons employed in the greyhound industry here as the last specific figures were attained some five years ago from the Indecon report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33027/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (2 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 403. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to instruct Bord na gCon to appoint only independent members to the control committees operated within the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33028/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (2 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the frequency with which the board of directors of each greyhound track under the IGB meets; the dates of the meetings of each board held over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33029/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Administration (2 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 405. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the accounts for Bord na gCon for 2015 have not been published to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33030/16]