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Topical Issue Debate: Railway Stations (17 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: The Minister said the operation of a single platform would create an undesirable operational risk. However, in his letter of 30 October 2014, Mr. David Franks said he was satisfied that current operating rules and procedures could sufficiently address it. I was waiting for the answer the Minister got. I have been around long enough to know how officials and bureaucrats work. That puts an...

Topical Issue Debate: Railway Stations (17 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: He should. He would learn a lot. He should forget about the bureaucrats.

Topical Issue Debate: Railway Stations (17 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: I have.

Topical Issue Debate: Railway Stations (17 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: Exactly. I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (17 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 283. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to ensure a full debate takes place in Dáil Éireann in relation to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, trade deal with Canada with special focus of the investor state dispute settlement, which permits and empowers foreign companies to sue sovereign governments when laws are enacted nationally...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (17 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 284. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if it is the intention of the Government to pursue under an Article 218 (II) reference to the European Court of Justice under the Treaty of the Functioning of EU to clarify the legality of the investment arbitration proposals in Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement under EU law; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Other Questions: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 54. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to carry out a study on the way the social protection system can better protect widows and widowers. [36034/16]

Other Questions: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: There has been a major deficit in the social protection system with respect to widows and widowers under the age of 66 with respect to the vulnerable circumstances they find themselves in. We need to show maximum compassion to those people, especially widows or widowers with children. Perhaps it is time to review the role of system, particularly with a view to extending the household...

Other Questions: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Minister for his reply. Those increases are acknowledged and they are a help to people, and I acknowledge the Minister's role in that regard. He will appreciate the vulnerable circumstances of a family when the main breadwinner has been lost, especially in the period up to when children are of school-going age. Perhaps he might review the household benefits package with a view...

Other Questions: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: I believe I am correct.

Other Questions: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: I was shocked that I was correct about that. I, like the Minister, thought it was the other way around.

Other Questions: Social Welfare Code (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Minister for his response and he has pointed out some aspects. I am not clear on this but Deputy O'Dea seems to be very clear on it. I was shocked about this and it only came to my attention in recently. That would be an anomalous position and it would compel people into other forms of social welfare which may not suit their circumstances. If a person is compelled into...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 67. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on complaints arising from the operation of JobPath. [36031/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Administration (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 69. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans for securing the future of community employment schemes; and if he will allow persons referred to JobPath to be able to apply for community employment positions. [36033/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Poverty (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 74. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to tackle child poverty. [36032/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit Eligibility (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his future plans to support self-employed persons access jobseeker's benefit. [36035/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 154. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made by her Department on a deportation order (details supplied) in the context of the correspondence and additional information provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36257/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will publish updated and significantly enhanced guidelines for wind farm development; if he will ensure that such guidelines take cognisance of the detailed submissions made by communities across rural Ireland into the evaluation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36334/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: 523. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to improve broadband speeds in large geographical areas such as County Longford which, in the context of a recent survey carried out by a company (details supplied), indicates that it has an average broadband speed of 22.5 Mbps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36333/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of the UK Referendum on Membership of the EU on the Irish Agrifood and Fisheries Sectors: Teagasc (22 Nov 2016)

Willie Penrose: We are asking the witnesses to prognosticate in a vacuum, which is very unfair. I smile to myself when I hear everybody talk about how we should have this or that done. How can one do anything in anticipation of what might transpire when Article 50 has not been triggered yet? If one takes the Greenland scenario, one would think it will take far more than two years to unravel the multitude...