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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: I accept the Minister is trying to do his best in a difficult situation. The interruption of the beef task force meeting on 14 October has not helped. I did not support the actions taken then by certain individuals. Those actions were not helpful because the task force is critical. Many farmers in Longford, Westmeath, Offaly and adjacent parts have contacted me. They see it as absolutely...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: I am aware of the legal injunctions and as a barrister, I am acutely aware of how they should be dealt with. It is incumbent upon the ABP Food Group to show some positivity and to cultivate and create a positive environment. I am aware, as the Minister may be as well, of one of the people involved in the situation in Edgeworthstown. I urge that situation now be addressed in order that a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Beef Industry (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: It is very hard to retreat and they have been cheerled by too many in this House in the past. I was not one of the people cheerleading, thank God. Regarding beef producer organisations, how many applications have been received and how many have been processed? Will the Minister ensure that they are set up with such a structure that they do not start running from Billy to Jack when somebody...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: I am glad to have the opportunity to address this Bill in the Dáil today on behalf of my colleague, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, who is unavoidably absent. I have to say at the outset that, as a former Minister of State for housing, I was well acquainted with the late Simon Brooke. He was the driving force behind the Clúid Housing Association and he made a stalwart contribution towards...

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: Perhaps I am not as sharp as I thought I was but I am finding it difficult to follow some of this. I am aware of the Supreme Court case and these amendments have been landed before us as a direct result of that. Obviously, efforts were made to try to refine this. I understand the principle behind the incarceration element in trying to deal with Supreme Court judgment but, like Deputy...

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: That is fair enough.

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: We raised this issue in the course of the debate on this Bill and I thank the Minister for taking note of the points made. They were not made for any political purpose, but rather to ensure the law works as was intended when the Low Pay Commission was established. Every party in this House might be in government at some stage. We wanted to take the politics out of it. That was very...

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute on the important issue of the pension age. We are on target to have one of the highest ages in Europe at which people can access the State pension, despite Ireland having the youngest population in Europe and the third highest fertility rate. The latter two facts mean that in 50 years' time, Ireland will still have the lowest proportion of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the Departments that have been obliged by court orders to provide discovery in respect of the action initiated by an association (details supplied); the number that have done so; if a review of the data necessary to achieve delivery of the required discovery documentation has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49442/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 193. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to get the beef task force up and running; when the first meeting will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49392/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the outcome of the tender process for the three independent studies to be conducted as a result of the beef agreement reached in September 2019 will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49394/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Imports (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantities of chilled and frozen beef imported from Poland in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49393/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Promotion (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to counteract vegan propaganda which is particularly damaging to Ireland and its rural communities in view of the unique production and export capacity for beef here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49395/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Aid (27 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is grant aid available for persons wishing to construct a granny flat at their residence which would enable a young couple to reside in the existing dwelling house and the elderly parents to reside in a new granny flat (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49443/19]

Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: Deputy O'Dea introduced the Bill in January 2018 to provide for the extension of powers of the maintenance recovery unit of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to make a District Court application for payment order in respect of jobseeker's transitional payment to one-parent families. One can see where Deputy O'Dea is coming from. There may well be a lacuna in the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (28 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will reintroduce a Gleeson style commission on the Defence Forces to examine terms and conditions to include a comprehensive review of contracts, duty allowances and technical payments for the members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49594/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (28 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will take steps to expedite an application for residency by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49593/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (3 Dec 2019)

Willie Penrose: 104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he will take to facilitate a group (details supplied) to achieve affiliate status to a union on the basis that it has publicly committed to never strike if such affiliation is granted. [49686/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (3 Dec 2019)

Willie Penrose: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance when a report (details supplied) into local public banking will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50136/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Registration (3 Dec 2019)

Willie Penrose: 295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to significant issues that arose recently for companies that must register their beneficial owners with the register of beneficial ownership (details supplied); if this system can be streamlined in order to ensure the file of the registration details is informed of the precise reason for rejection;...