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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (30 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 485. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the significant delays being experienced in registering nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; if he will take proactive steps to address same, including the provision of adequate resources to the board to enable it to fulfil its statutory duty by providing timely registration; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (30 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clear guidelines to grant authorities dealing with higher education grants, which would permit an applicant for a grant adding evidence of estrangement or independence to benefit from a local community officer or social welfare officer making declarations for the purpose of the Student Universal Support Ireland process,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants (30 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of adjacency rate measurements for the purpose of higher education grants, if she will change the 45 km requirement to travel distance rather than the geographical distance, as the crow flies, which does not work in rural Ireland; if she will consider a rural exemption from the 45 km rule or a reversion to the old rate of 24 km...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is provided with an ear, nose and throat appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore in County Offaly as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25595/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tax Code (24 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 242. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will take steps to address the concerns expressed in correspondence (details supplied), in relation to the financial strain that commercial Vehicle Road Tax is placing upon haulage businesses, and in particular as a consequence of the introduction of the Lorry Road User Levy in Northern Ireland, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 185. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24930/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will undertake discussions with the credit union movement with a view to having the lending restrictions, which have been imposed upon half of these bodies with attendant complex regulators attached, relaxed in order to enable them to devise micro-loan schemes, to enable persons of limited means to borrow small amounts of money of up to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 262. To ask the Minister for Finance in the context of a recent ruling by the Revenue Appeals Commissioner which found that debt management services should not be subject to the imposition of Value Added Tax, if he will now direct the Revenue Commissioners to cease charging Value Added Tax on personal insolvency and bankruptcy advice, and other such debt arrangements; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 278. To ask the Minister for Finance when a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will receive tax relief in respect of medical expenses, details of which were submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25156/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Applications (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will have the details set out in the correspondence on behalf of a farmer (details supplied) in County Westmeath dealt with immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25000/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 329. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take steps to ensure that correspondence dated 1 April 2015 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is immediately addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25079/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Guidelines (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure available to a person pursuant to the current statutory mental health framework, to enable an application be made to have a person's detainment in a psychiatric institution changed from voluntary to involuntary, where that person's medical status so warrants same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24641/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 414. To ask the Minister for Health the options available under the Mental Health Treatment Act 2004, as amended, in respect of a person who is suffering severe mental health difficulties, including schizophrenia, in terms of involuntary admission to a psychiatric hospital, to enable appropriate treatment to be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24643/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 479. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take immediate steps to have a person (details supplied) in County Longford admitted for a total hip replacement, which has been necessitated as the person's former hip replacement, performed in 2007, has led to significant health issues which have been publicly documented, and whereby the person has been placed on the urgent list for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 495. To ask the Minister for Health if a person’s advocate may make an application to change the doctor allocated to that person's son, in the context where the son is unable to make his own independent decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25154/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 588. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate a precise date for the introduction of the new tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24679/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 590. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the criteria and conditions for the mortgage-to-rent scheme, which applies to rural areas and jurisdictions outside of cities, will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24690/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 637. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Government's proposals to ensure sufficient funding is provided to deliver high-speed broadband, which is 30 megabits per second, across the midlands region, which is especially needed in the context of correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25098/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Grant Payments (23 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 638. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland has received an application for an insulation grant and a home improvement grant from a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; when same is likely to be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25151/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (17 Jun 2015)

Willie Penrose: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; in view of the urgency of the person's situation; when this person will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24049/15]