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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: I had six such people with me last Saturday.

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: -----to live up to and, today, deliver the aspirations of the heroes of 1916 and to ensure the people of Ireland are free from the tyranny of foreign people holding Irish debt. Today we declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland. We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the unfettered control of Irish destinies and one small step in that direction is to...

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: It will make certain that which was uncertain and over which great anxiety floated. It will create a more tangible and manageable horizon for distressed and anxious borrowers to head towards. Its worth is that it creates for them the perception that the tunnel is now short. Its value is that it imbues them with the confidence to believe that it is the light of hope and of a future with...

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: I will conclude on this point.

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: We have an extra ten minutes at the end of this.

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: It is the stimulus that stimulates them to believe in themselves again, to believe in this great nation and to see this nightmare end. This is a relatively small amendment but its impact is huge and its message significant. The dynamic amendment has the capacity to shift the mind space and thinking of distressed persons, who have otherwise abandoned all sense of hope. It is proximate....

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: I welcome the introduction of the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015, the central core of which contains the objectives which together with my party colleagues I sought to achieve when I published the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Bill 2015. I thank the Minister for adopting the central principles of that Bill and enacting them in to law. I also thank all Deputies who engaged in a...

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: With sleight-of-hand and adroitness, which only financial institutions can display, it was neatly transferred to the borrower-debtor.

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: That should not be forgotten. The bankrupt is required to make full disclosure of all assets and income to the official assignee. Also, if there is any change in the bankrupt's circumstances he or she must make that known to the official assignee. Bankruptcy remains a stigma, although perception in that regard is reducing. Bankruptcy is a matter of public record and it affects a person's...

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: It is important that issue is addressed. It is also important that professionals and so on declared bankrupt are able to continue to act in their professions. Bankruptcy is not a moral sin. People should be able to continue to act in their profession. It is no longer acceptable that this cloud of venality be imposed on people.

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: Exactly. This Government is proud to have overhauled Ireland's bankruptcy legislation, thereby leapfrogging the 20th century and replacing harsh and unforgiving Victorian attitudes - debtors prisons - with the principles of welfare and equal treatment that are the bedrock of the modern Republic that Connolly and Pearse gifted to us with their lives. The aim of this Bill is to give people a...

Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: I want to help protect those people from the consequences of the bad decisions and bad advice for which not one of the myriad people who ought to be accountable has ever been held to account. The recovery of this economy has been good for many industries, sectors and people but it has left a great many people behind. For these people the recovery is perhaps too late. Perhaps, they are in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: 81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if, in the context of the severe flooding that has caused huge damage to dwelling houses in the Athlone area of County Westmeath, and especially in Parnell Square, Deerpark, the Strand and Clonbonney areas, the level of assistance that can be provided to those persons who have been forced to evacuate their homes due to the severe...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: 138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the level of assistance she provides under the emergency flood relief scheme; if she will provide a helpline to enable speedy access to the financial assistance that is urgently required, given that residents in these flood-prone areas are losing all their possessions, including their dwelling houses and accommodation; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to expedite an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45400/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45407/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Flood Risk Insurance Cover (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put in place a State-sponsored insurance scheme, to be availed of by residents in flood-prone areas who are not in a position to secure insurance through the normal sources, which will be specifically available for premium contributions on an annual basis thereby guaranteeing that the residents will have insurance in the event of suffering...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: 151. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of recent submissions and consultations with all of the stakeholders associated with the broader credit union movement, if he will now take steps to defer the implementation of the CP88 regulations, which the Central Bank of Ireland is intent on imposing on the credit unions, which will ultimately undermine the development of safe and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Appointments (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: 179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he operates an age restriction policy in terms of board appointments whereby persons who reach 70 years of age while still serving have to resign from their particular board notwithstanding their wish to continue to serve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45044/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: 190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to advance the flood relief scheme promised for residents in the Clonbonny, Parnell Square, Deerpark and the Strand areas of Athlone, County Westmeath, which have been subject to the threat of flooding and the destruction of their properties, businesses and accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the...