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

Willie Penrose: Pat Rabbitte was not there giving out money to National Toll Roads.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (24 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the insurance contribution record of a person (details supplied); the level and amount of arrears that would be payable to the person due to their mistake; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44052/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (5 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that the correct tax free allowance is granted to a person (details supplied) who is on emergency tax basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44599/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (5 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures available to parents to have their child enrolled in secondary school for the academic year commencing September 2020, and in which it has been indicated that the child has been placed on a waiting list, which indicates he or she may never be admitted in view of being significantly down the waiting list; the remedies or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Correspondence (5 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 529. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 18 September 2019, the steps he will take to examine the reason the HSE has still not replied to urgent correspondence (details supplied); if same will be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44591/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (5 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 1048. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carer's allowance will be granted to persons who care for incapacitated children or persons; if same will be granted automatically to carers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44598/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 1109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45415/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 1130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding land that has been rezoned; the period of time within which building thereon must take place; the penalties that arise for failure to utilise zoned land that has been specifically zoned for residential purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44433/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Unfair Trading Practices: Discussion (5 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: I was not here for Ms Tacon's presentation but I read it, and it was interesting. The GCA has had significant success under the grocery supply practice code it introduced in the UK. That is obviously important. I am interested in how retailers interacted with the GCA in investigations. Regarding the competition authority in this country, in order to provoke an investigation the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artists' Remuneration (6 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to research by an organisation (details supplied) into pay and conditions for performing artists that showed that a third earn less than the minimum wage and that working in the performing arts is characterised by poor conditions and precarious employment; her plans to address same; and if she will...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: On my behalf and that of the Labour Party I tender deepest sympathies to the Kelly family, particularly Maura and the children, Emily, Peter junior and Joseph, as well as his brother, Vincent, and the wider Kelly family on their sad loss with the death of Peter in January 2019. I am the last constituency colleague left standing who served with him here. Peter was a politician of the old...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Abbey Theatre (6 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans and the proposed timeline for the renovation of the Abbey Theatre; the funding allocated to the theatre arising from budget 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45456/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (6 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to finance the construction of realignment works along the N55 between Ballymahon, County Longford, and Athlone, County Westmeath; when Transport Infrastructure Ireland will be in a position to fund developments and improvements on this route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45685/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (7 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 26 September 2019, the steps being taken to ensure that the appropriate wage structure of €13 per hour is paid out by the schools in respect of caretakers employed by voluntary secondary schools and whose wages are funded by way of capital grants paid to the school; when the new agreement that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (7 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 10% increase that was recommended by the arbitrator for the payment of caretakers by voluntary schools between 2016 and 2019 was implemented; if caretakers that did not receive the graduated increase between the years are now entitled to arrears and backdating of their pay to cover the period between 2016 and 2019; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (7 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment of the conditions of caretakers in secondary schools will be carried out to ensure that the disadvantages that they have sustained over a number of years will be remedied and that the appropriate work and conditions applicable to all employees nationwide, such as entitlement to overtime or other such benefits are catered for in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (7 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount made available to pay caretakers in the respect of the scheme introduced in 2009, which provided extensive capitation grants to voluntary schools to employ caretakers and came into being following the withdrawal of the original employment scheme in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45892/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (7 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of voluntary secondary schools and private schools that receive assistance by way of capitation grant to provide for secretarial caretaking services; the system used to allocate to each school the particular amount to enable them to meet their particular needs in these areas; the supervision in place to ensure that persons employed...

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill on behalf of the Labour Party. The principal objective of any budget is to, as far as possible, reallocate resources to ensure the most vulnerable people living in our society are protected. There are important provisions in this Bill for which I want to compliment the Minister on achieving. It...

Inquiry into the death of Shane O’Farrell: Motion [Private Members] (12 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: It is now well over eight years since Shane O'Farrell was killed in a tragedy in August 2011. He was lawfully cycling his bicycle near his home in Carrickmacross. It was clearly an horrific and traumatic tragedy for a brilliant young man who had just completed his thesis for his masters degree in law. Clearly, he had a very bright future ahead of him. It was a traumatic loss of a loved...