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Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (8 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 290: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government that assistance would be provided for smaller manufacturing firms to realise the potential of information technology by appointing a director for the research and development programme support structures. [17943/08]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (8 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 291: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to fund regional skills advisory groups. [17946/08]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (8 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 292: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to expand the training networks programme. [17947/08]

Written Answers — National Stadium: National Stadium (13 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 113: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the status of the National Sports Campus at Abbotstown; the estimated completion date; the estimated cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17679/08]

Live Register. (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the large percentage increases in people signing on at certain social welfare offices; the extra resources she will provide for the job facilitation service to meet the growing demand at these offices; and the work of her Department in co-ordinating welfare to work measures with other...

Irish Economy: Motion (Resumed) (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: I wish to share time with my party leader, Deputy Eamon Gilmore.

Irish Economy: Motion (Resumed) (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: The stream of negative economic data on unemployment, inflation and tax revenues show clearly that the Celtic tiger era has come to an end and that the Government has no worthwhile policies to reverse these negative trends. It has been on auto-pilot so long it does not know what to do. Since the beginning of this year, consumer spending has slowed, unemployment has risen significantly,...

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way she proposes to deal with the anomalous position of the social insurance status of company directors as outlined in the 2007 report of the Social Welfare Appeals Office. [18607/08]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason there is a significant delay in the decentralisation of the Health and Safety Authority to Thomastown, County Kilkenny; the number of staff who have been recruited to the HSA, as well as REACH, on the basis that they will be moving to Thomastown; when she will transfer public and civil service...

Written Answers — Designated Areas: Designated Areas (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received an application from a group (details supplied), to extend the RAPID areas within their particular geographical remit; if in this context, he will take steps to include two additional estates as pointed out in a submission for inclusion in RAPID; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on an application for additional funding by a school (details supplied) in County Longford, which is being examined by his Department's review group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18910/08]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 240: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application by Westmeath County Council to replace and renew a significant number of houses built as part of a low cost scheme in the early 1970s (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if, in view of the urgency attached to having new dwelling houses provided for the residents who have been...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application by Westmeath County Council to provide essential sewerage facilities in Rathowen, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18909/08]

Order of Business (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: He carries the easel, the paint and the brushes.

Order of Business (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: I want to ask the Tánaiste a question related directly to her brief which is important for the functioning of the legal and administrative basis of companies in Ireland. It relates to the mammoth task of the company law consolidation reform Bill, which has to consolidate 13 Acts and approximately 1,100 sections. Is the Minister content that she has sufficient parliamentary draftspeople...

Order of Business (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: It is, and I will tell the Leas-Cheann Comhairle why.

Order of Business (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Every sports club in the country is waiting for the allocations and cannot begin work.

Order of Business (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Last year, one would be knocked down by the motor cars of Deputies and Senators arriving with the packages, some of whom did not even know where the clubs were and had done nothing to advance the cause. This money belongs to the people, not to any particular political sector. I am persecuted by clubs that want to know. I am sure there are many clubs in County Donegal and the Tánaiste will...

Written Answers — Drugs Awareness Campaigns: Drugs Awareness Campaigns (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if research has been detailed to determine if recent articles in a national newspaper had an effect in educating parents, teenagers, volunteers and so on in the dangers of illicit substances and their misuses; if so, the action that has taken place or the funding allocated to underpin such actions; and if he will...

Written Answers — Substance Misuse: Substance Misuse (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the seminars or meetings he or his officials has attended within the EU Framework or otherwise in relation to the misuse of illicit substances; the countries involved; if there is compatibility with other countries in trends of misuse in relation to age groups, communities, employment factors and so on; and if he...