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Control of Exports Bill 2007 [[i]Seanad[/i]]: Report and Final Stages (14 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: I am delighted to have been in a position to support this Bill. As I stated this was eloquently advocated by my colleagues Proinsias de Rossa MEP and Deputy Michael D. Higgins. Deputy Higgins has focused on this for 30 years and I thank him for giving of his time in the House to this matter. I appreciate that he is a spokesman on other matters and it shows his interests and that he is...

Community Allotment Schemes. (14 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 9: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if a local authority has sought funding for the provision of initiating community garden allotment schemes within its authority; his views on such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5574/08]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (14 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the tax allowances and credits due to a person who is the father of three children and is living with the mother of the said three children, which partner is not employed outside of the home; if that person is entitled to tax credits for said three children. [5842/08]

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (14 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 99: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people over 66 years in Dublin 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5; the number of people over 66 years in Wicklow, Kildare/west Wicklow, in Laois/Offaly and in Longford/Westmeath; the number of public bed facilities available for elderly people in each of the foregoing geographical areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Agency Workers: Motion (19 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: I move: That Dáil Éireann notes: the growth in employment agencies and the increased use by employers of agency workers, particularly in the construction sector and in the hotel and services sectors; that increasing numbers of new jobs are considered temporary and are being filled by agency workers; that agency workers, including vulnerable migrant workers, are being subject to inferior pay...

Agency Workers: Motion (19 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: At the outset of this important debate, I wish to express in the strongest possible terms the opposition of the Labour Party to exploitation and discrimination in the workplace, against any employee, whether full-time or part-time, contract or agency. We deplore the situation where a section of our workforce, namely agency workers, has not been afforded the same level of protection in our...

Agency Workers: Motion (19 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: It reduces opportunities in that they are nearly slaves.

Agency Workers: Motion (19 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Blame the Portuguese.

Agency Workers: Motion (19 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: What does the Minister know?

Agency Workers: Motion (19 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: The Minister can accept our Bill next week. We will solve the problem for him.

Agency Workers: Motion (19 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: I intervene to welcome to Deputy Ned O'Keeffe whom I know supports this motion.

Written Answers — Veterans Groups: Veterans Groups (19 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 134: To ask the Minister for Defence the amount of subvention provided in 2007 to support and encourage the work of the officially recognised veterans groups (details supplied) and the provision made in 2008. [6340/08]

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (19 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 150: To ask the Minister for Defence the progress made in regard to promoting greater cooperation and knowledge sharing between the coastguard, the Navy and the Air Corps to ensure that the waters surrounding Ireland are safer for seafarers and coastal communities and preventing their use for the illegal importation of illicit drugs. [6341/08]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (19 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 632: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps, to have an application for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied), who wishes to visit this country, immediately expedited, particularly in the context where this person has visited this country for two previous three month stays, during which they abided by all rules and regulations...

Written Answers — Education Convention: Education Convention (20 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she proposes to establish an education convention to consider the future of governance and management in the primary school system here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6050/08]

Written Answers — Schools Ownership: Schools Ownership (20 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 167: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of the 3,300 primary schools which are owned in whole or in part by the State through her Department or the Office of Public Works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6051/08]

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (20 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 323: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to have an application for a visa in respect of a person (details supplied) who wishes to visit this country, immediately expedited, particularly in the context where this person has visited this country for two previous three month stays, during which they abided by all rules and regulations...

Written Answers — Milk Quota: Milk Quota (21 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if she will lobby the EU to increase the annual milk quota in view of the worldwide growth in demand for dairy products. [7099/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (21 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath immediately admitted to Midland Regional Hospital to have a left hip replacement carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7243/08]

Tax Code. (26 Feb 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 22: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the revenues collected from excise duties and VAT from motor fuels and other oils each year from 2004 to 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7718/08]