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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (16 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the implications for rural areas of the target of 1 million electric cars by 2030; if so, if it is planned to offer a range of additional incentives, particularly aimed at rural communities, to encourage motorists towards electric vehicle ownership as recommended by the Citizens’ Assembly;...

Living Wage: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “not to increase the national minimum wage; and” and substitute the following:“— instruct the Low Pay Commission to ensure that the national minimum wage becomes a genuine living wage from 2020 onwards, with appropriate legal protections for small- or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who can show they cannot afford to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Army Barracks (22 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when upgrade and refurbishment works to the cookhouse and dining hall at Custume Barracks, Athlone, will commence and be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43616/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Recruitment (22 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment campaign for pilots and air traffic controllers will be launched before the end of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43617/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 160. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax exemption available to a single person under 25 years of age; the income a person can earn which is totally exempt from tax as a single person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43614/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (22 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received an application from Athlone Institute of Technology and Limerick Institute of Technology to come together to form a new technological university for the region pursuant to the Technological University Act 2018; when a decision will be made thereon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43619/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (22 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles attached to Athlone and Mullingar Garda districts as of 11 October 2019; the equivalent figures as of 1 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43618/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service Staff (22 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers who left the Irish Prison Service in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of prison officers that joined the service in 2018 and to date in 2019; if a new recruitment campaign for prison officers will be launched early in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43622/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knackery Industry (22 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if commitments given on the commencement of a bridging scheme to address the financial crisis in knackeries will be honoured in full as per the agreement reached on 16 September 2019 between his officials and an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43167/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency Remit (22 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 516. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has reviewed a judgment (details supplied); his plans to introduce primary legislation to deal with the issues raised therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43615/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (22 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 517. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount it would cost in 2020 if the budget for local authority anti-litter anti-graffiti awareness grant increased by 50%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43623/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (22 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the qualifying criteria for the large sports capital grant of €2 million; the types of organisations or groups that can apply for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43620/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commencement of Legislation (22 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when section 2 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 will come into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43621/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the income disregard means test for carer’s allowance, which has not changed for 11 years further to her decision in budget 2020 to increase the number of hours that a family carer can work to 18.5 hours; the number of carers projected to have their allowance reduced in 2020 and 2021,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: Have I not an opportunity to introduce my question?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: I have a right to give my introduction.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: I have to wait until the Minister replies.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: I have spent my political life advocating for and highlighting the carers' plight. I welcome the increase from 15 hours to 18.5 hours. It is long overdue. It has been called for. It has not changed since 2006. The Minister cannot disguise the fact that there has been no increase in the income disregard for the carer's allowance to match. The Minister has, in effect, created a potential...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (23 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: It is 50 years since I first advocated for the abolition of the means test for carer's allowance. It would be administratively simple. Millionaires will look after people without claiming it but it will suit people who are only €10 over the limit and all that nonsense. There is something wrong. Some 116,000 people are eligible for the carers' support grant. Only 81,000 are in...

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: I am from the heart of rural Ireland, Ballynacargy, and I am acutely aware of the vital importance of the delivery of broadband to many hundreds of people who reside in areas like Rathowen, Legan, Ballymore, Drumraney, Carrickboy, Abbeyshrule, Milltown and so many other rural areas. Many in those areas could set up telecottage-type industries and work productively from their homes. I...