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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (26 Sep 2019)

Willie Penrose: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation in which some caretakers in secondary schools are in a similar situation to school secretaries (details supplied); if an assessment of their conditions will be carried out to ensure that the perceived disadvantage they are now suffering will be remedied without further delay; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (26 Sep 2019)

Willie Penrose: 191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to relax the 15 hour rule, which applies to persons in receipt of carer’s allowance and-or carer’s benefit (details supplied); if same could be increased to 19 hours in line with criteria applicable to such participation in other social welfare schemes; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (26 Sep 2019)

Willie Penrose: 202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason local authority outdoor employees who are now retired are not linked to the cohort of outdoor employees in respect of their pension entitlements in view of the fact that they do not receive an increase in their pension when the wages of the local authority employees increase; if same will be reviewed with a view...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (3 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly by which if a self-employed person that files an income tax return and has not paid their local property tax, the Revenue Commissioners apply a 10% penalty to their total tax liability (details supplied); if he will make appropriate adjustments to the legislation in this regard; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 239. To ask the Minister for Health the progress been made regarding the development of a new statutory scheme for home care since his most recent statements on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40448/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 240. To ask the Minister for Health when the next stages of consultation will commence in the development of homecare regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40449/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions regarding nutrition and hydration to be included in the statutory scheme for homecare to ensure that those in receipt of homecare packages receive good nutritional care,including screening for and management of nutritional deficits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40450/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (9 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons currently on work permits and attached to a singular employer and-or sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38877/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Deputy for sharing his time. We in the Labour Party are acutely aware that on the cusp of Brexit, the Government had to set out some robust measures to protect jobs in the economy as a result of Brexit but it missed opportunities to promote economic equality and to significantly invest in climate change measures and social housing in particular, as well as to make provision for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (10 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 32. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the regional variations in the eligibility and allocation of services relating to publicly funded homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30437/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) is paid the appropriate compensation for cessation of turf cutting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41513/19]

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: It is very timely that we should be discussing the national minimum wage and the living wage. The Labour Party's position is clear and unambiguous: no one working full-time should be living in poverty. The Labour Party supports the living wage and we want to see a genuine living wage become the minimum standard that applies to low-paid workers in Ireland. While I am speaking on the...

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: However, the law allows for any employer to make a declaration if it cannot afford to pay the minimum wage. This rarely, if ever, occurs. We should be clear that if some small employers, like shops located in rural areas, are genuinely unable to meet the specified increase in the minimum wage, the facility exists for them to declare, faithfully and honestly, that they are unable to accede...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme (15 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has communicated with the Minister for Rural and Community Development regarding the low allocation of TAMS II funding under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020; if so, his plans to re-allocate this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30466/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (15 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 504. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live lambs imported on a weekly basis since 1 January 2019 from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42329/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (15 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live lambs imported in 2018 from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales; if all were destined for direct slaughter in Irish meat processing plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42330/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (15 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if live lambs imported direct for slaughter are not eligible for the Origin Green status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42332/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (15 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the controls that are put in place to ensure that live lambs imported from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales are correctly labelled according to EU country of origin regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42331/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (15 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the context of the recent climate action plan announced by the Government together with various proposals announced in budget 2020 to promote decarbonisation and a response to climate change, he will request Iarnród Éireann to take steps to review its decision not to reopen the railway station at Thomastown, Killucan,...

Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: The forthcoming Council meeting is clearly one of the most important to take place in recent times. We are acutely aware of the significant amount of speculation surrounding the Brexit negotiations. We are also acutely aware of the impact of Brexit and are now debating the outcome of same in a vacuum, as deliberations appear to be heading towards a deal or arrangement, the details of which...