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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (26 Feb 2019)

Willie Penrose: 597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to a teacher in circumstances (details supplied); if such persons that commenced in 1991 are not allowed to change their PRSI contributions and opt for a class A contribution; if so, if the person was to resign their post before 56 years of age and move to the private sector by which they would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Willie Penrose: I thank Professor More for his very illuminating and learned paper. A few months ago, in 2018, veterinary officials made their presentation, and I suggested that we would be talking about this in 2040 and 2045. I was wrong; I will be long dead, as will many others. We will still be going about this issue in 2060. The professor might be familiar with the River Shannon. People spoke about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Willie Penrose: I do not think so. They are so poorly paid now that I would rather be a vet. It is a source of concern. It has been said we must tighten up risk-based management and two clear skin tests are not sufficient, and that we are a victim of legislation because it is not tight enough. Anything that comes from Europe is usually strangling legislation so I am very worried to hear Professor More...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (26 Feb 2019)

Willie Penrose: A blind man and a deaf man would know that.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (27 Feb 2019)

Willie Penrose: 142. To ask the Minister for Health when the Spinraza treatment will be made available to SMA suffers in view of the fact it is the only treatment available for this condition and it has been approved funding across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9951/19]

Independent Radio Stations: Motion [Private Members] (28 Feb 2019)

Willie Penrose: The Labour Party broadly supports the thrust of the Private Members' Bill and in particular the recommendation on the future funding of public service broadcasting set out in the committee report of November 2017. It was recommended that the Minister establish a new scheme to assist with the funding of independent, regional, local and community radio and television to produce local news and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (5 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: 58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review public service pay in view of the recently agreed deal with nurses; his further plans to open pay negotiations with trade unions and other social partners; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10640/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (5 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: 165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to consult with public sector unions in respect of public pay negotiations; if the recent negotiations with nurses will have a knock-on implication for other employees in the Civil Service; if so, the likely implications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9969/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (5 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in respect of outstanding pension restorations that resulted as a consequence of reduction in pensions during the economic crisis; when pension reductions in respect of public sector workers with pension of under €35,000, under €70,000 and above €70,000, respectively, will be restored in full; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Supply (6 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: 20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding certain subjects being taught by the one teacher across multiple schools further to recent reports; the subjects that are in particular demand; the teacher unions and representatives of teachers which have been consulted on these proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10877/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: Reference has been made to supporting small employers across the country. I received a communication from a representative body for hairdressers stating that the Government is determined to increase dole queues, close down small to medium sized businesses and deny creative, artistic young people an opportunity to gain employment and learn skills for life. It is crushing small to medium...

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: It will come as no surprise to anyone that the Labour Party welcomes and supports the motion on the issue of drug addiction. I congratulate Deputy Joan Collins and her Independents 4 Change colleagues on the tabling of this worthy motion which at this juncture is timely. When the former leader of the Labour Party, Pat Rabbitte, was a Minister of State in the late 1990s, he commissioned the...

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: I remember very well that everything came down on his head at the time. Last year the Labour Party called for the decriminalisation of users of illegal drugs in the case of people who were addicted. As Deputy O'Reilly said, many people are confused because they do not understand it is proposed to decriminalise the user only. It is important to get the message out that we are not saying we...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector Funding (12 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: 624. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the recommendations of the report Developing Funding Criteria for Volunteer Centres in Ireland will be implemented (details supplied); the options being considered; the timescale in which these decisions will be reached; if the necessary funding will be granted to services such as those in counties Westmeath and Longford; and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (12 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: 675. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the impact the abolition of training rates is having upon small businesses that are under pressure due to significant rates of VAT, PRSI, rates and other costs in their attempt to employ young persons as an apprentice; if training grants will restored in such circumstances; and if she will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte: Chairperson Designate (12 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: I apologise for being late but I had to deal with another important issue. Mrs Gray is very welcome. She has much experience and given that she comes from a rural area of County Longford, I anticipate that her sympathies may be more consistent with the importance of the industry in places such as rural County Longford or rural County Westmeath, where I come from. She will know the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte: Chairperson Designate (12 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: It will be huge and I commend Coillte in that regard. I salute its arrival in Newcastle Wood. It is a large area and I know that the former Deputy, James Bannon, would be excited about its upcoming opening if he was present. It is a new area that Coillte has entered and I acknowledge the constructive role it has played. It is the type of thinking that Ms Gray will bring to the business....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte: Chairperson Designate (12 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: That is good. I had better not tell my daughter that.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Eligibility (13 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: 49. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a mobility allowance or similar supports to those in receipt of a disability allowance and other related payments. [8113/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (13 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: 169. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order vans attached to the Westmeath division as of 1 March 2018 and 1 March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12693/19]