Results 1,001-1,020 of 7,024 for speaker:Willie Penrose

Written Answers — Registration of Title: Registration of Title (20 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 431: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to have an application for registration in the Land Registry Office by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23847/06]

Written Answers — Special Educational Needs: Special Educational Needs (20 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has downs syndrome and is in full time education has not been afforded a full time special needs assistant assigned specifically to them; if in this context her Department will take steps to ensure that what was promised in correspondence of 22 December 2005 is afforded...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 471: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her Department's proposals in relation to a recent survey carried out by way of independent study for her Department as to the provision of secondary school facilities for the Kinnegad area of County Westmeath, as it is an increasing area of population; if it is proposed that a secondary school would be put in place by 2011 based on...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her Department has received a comprehensive submission from the board of management of a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath seeking a new school which is required to accommodate the significant increase of school going children in the general area and which is projected to increase by 350 per cent; if she will give...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (20 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 496: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position in relation to the provision of a new primary school at Forgney, County Longford, as same is required in view of the recent projection relating to pupil numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23861/06]

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: I wish to share time with Deputy Costello.

Road Traffic Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (21 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: I am glad of the opportunity to contribute on this important legislation and wonder whether we can ever legislate for human behaviour. Driving is as important to people as the three Rs that were such an essential part of our education, yet this has never been recognised. Nowadays, people as young as 14 or 15 get the opportunity to drive, particularly on farms where they have quad bikes etc....

Schools Building Projects. (21 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: I welcome the opportunity to raise this matter, which is of considerable importance in terms of the safety of the students attending Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar, and greatly concerns parents and the board of management of the school. Coláiste Mhuire is one of a number of secondary schools in Mullingar and my own alma mater. I remember attending the school in the late 1960s. I appeal to the...

Written Answers — Departmental Briefings: Departmental Briefings (21 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of briefings given in each of the years 2004, 2005 and to date in 2006 by officials in his Department to Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, other than those given at meetings of Committees of the Houses; the number of these that related to each political party; the number that were delivered to Members of...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (21 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 83: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the name, purpose and numbers employed in each of the regulatory bodies under the auspices of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23518/06]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (21 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to have the application of a person (details supplied) for permission to remain in the State processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24030/06]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (21 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will examine correspondence (details supplied) with a view to ascertaining the steps which can be taken to facilitate the entry of the person into Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24031/06]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (21 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position relating to the application by a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath for additional ancillary accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23992/06]

Written Answers — Air Corps Equipment: Air Corps Equipment (22 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the frontline aircraft of the Irish Air Corps are not able to match the speed of a regular jet airliner; if he will respond to the attached analysis of military aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23738/06]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Equipment: Defence Forces Equipment (22 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 62: To ask the Minister for Defence the items of surplus equipment and other goods which have been disposed of in each of the past five years; the mechanism for disposal of different categories of army surplus; the income from the sale of army surplus in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23737/06]

Written Answers — Farmers' Markets: Farmers' Markets (27 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food if she will provide this Deputy with a list of all the farmers' markets operating here that her Department is aware of; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24597/06]

Written Answers — Farm Incomes: Farm Incomes (27 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 101: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the action she has taken at EU level to protect the income of dairy farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24606/06]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 162: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of planned hospital developments that have been requested by her Department to be put on hold pending a completion by her Department of a value for money analysis; the process involved; if she will confirm if phase 2B of Longford Westmeath General Hospital, Mullingar is subject to this cost benefit evaluation;...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department has instructed that the planned second stage of phase 2B development at Longford-Westmeath Hospital, Mullingar, be put on hold, while same is subject to the Department of Finance's value for money assessment; if so, the reason such an important infrastructural development which has been planned for up to...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Jun 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the impact plan that is being put in place by her Department for the completion of phase 2B of Longford-Westmeath Hospital at Mullingar; the estimated cost of same; the completion date for same; and if she will assure the people of Longford and Westmeath that the completion of this overdue health facility will no longer...