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Written Answers — Pharmacy Services: Pharmacy Services (6 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she and the chief executive officer of the Health Service Executive are taking to ensure that a resolution of the dispute between the HSE and the Irish Pharmaceutical Union, is brought forward without further delay; her views in this context, on the appointment of an arbitrator in order that all the issues can be ventilated...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 268: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will authorise a primary school (details supplied) in County Westmeath to proceed to construction without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3961/08]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (6 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will give unequivocal approval to a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath to enable it to proceed to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3962/08]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (6 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Education and Science her plans to provide necessary additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if same will be given the necessary approval for this vital accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3963/08]

Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: He is a survivor.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: This House has passed the so-called prompt payments legislation. In that context, is the Minister concerned at the failure of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to honour its contractual commitments to farmers entered into under the REPS programme to make appropriate payments on the due anniversary date? Is that not a clear abdication of the Department's responsibilities...

Live Register. (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the steady increase in the number of people out of work, as recorded in the monthly live register figures and the continued loss of jobs in the manufacturing sector; the action he is taking to address this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4075/08]

Live Register. (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: The position is quite clear. For almost a decade the Government has been sailing along, buoyed by the economic boom and thereby lulled into a false sense of security, smugness and complacency. The Government has been given a free ride for almost a decade but it is now faced with significant economic turbulence. The Government always claimed credit for everything that happened, with...

Live Register. (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: When the Minister of State embarks on trade missions, why do the delegations not include county managers and representatives of trade organisations and councils based in areas bedevilled by unemployment and where an IDA Ireland factory has not been built? Will he take this issue on board to ensure industry can be attracted to those blackspots? Given that competitiveness is important, does...

Skill Shortages. (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: A significant number of jobs have been lost or continue to be under threat. In the context of the importance of the manufacturing sector, particularly upskilling, is FÁS the only agency that will be used? As Deputy Varadkar noted, how will we meet targets if FÁS is constrained by a curtailment of numbers because of the public sector recruitment embargo? There is no argument that...

Business Regulation. (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: I have a particular interest in this area as well. Our committee set up a red tape index to measure bureaucracy in business. Is the Minister of State aware of the legislation and regulations small business owners are forced to read, understand and implement? There are almost 1,000 different major legislative items that affect the business. These include taxation, industrial relations and...

Business Regulation. (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: I know the Minister of State has done so.

Telecommunications Networks. (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: The initial roll-out of broadband coverage here was a pure cock-up. The big boys who got involved wanted only to give coverage to the major towns. The rural areas meant nothing. Residents of areas such as Westmeath and Longford create the highest demand for broadband. Is it not important to tackle this fundamental infrastructure deficit to benefit industries such as telecottaging, which...

Employment Rights. (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Is the Minister of State satisfied that another Gama case will not arise in this country? Will he ensure employees are paid an appropriate wage commensurate with their work? Recent reports suggest certain seafarers are only receiving 50% of what they should be receiving. Is the Government concerned about this and about the fact that some employers seem to have ways to circumvent the law?...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has undertaken an assessment of the implications for industry, in regard to competitiveness and employment levels, of recent EU proposals that would require Ireland to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4045/08]

Written Answers — Price Inflation: Price Inflation (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the findings of the recent Eurostat report, Consumers in Europe, which found that Ireland had the highest prices in Europe, after Denmark, of 29 countries surveyed; his views on the findings of the report; the steps he will take to ensure better value for consumers here; and if he will...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who is in urgent need of surgery gains immediate admission to St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4463/08]

Written Answers — Unemployment Levels: Unemployment Levels (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 114: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of people who have been registered as unemployed for each of the past three years ending 31 December 2005, 31 December 2006 and 31 December 2007; the number of factory closures and lay offs which have occurred in County Donegal for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4333/08]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 115: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of job losses and redundancies which have occurred in Killybegs, County Donegal, for each of the past three years, ending 31 December 2005, 2006 and 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4334/08]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (7 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when her Department will give approval for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath to provide an extension to enable it to have the appropriate level of accommodation to facilitate the numbers that are attending the school; if she will take steps to have same expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4462/08]