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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: 136. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to expedite a neurological procedure in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47468/14]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: I have no questions. The Minister explained it comprehensively and clearly. This is just an accounting or technical issue.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: I agree. They provided a wealth of experience in the Department and will leave a big void to fill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: I made that first submission. It is now mandatory. When is the investigations unit going to prepare a page indicating to people what their rights are at the very beginning? There would then be no ambiguity. I said their rights were circumscribed and I did not use that word lightly. How many of those who have been investigated have been advised that they are entitled to legal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: No; well-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: It is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: May I ask the pertinent question? Would anything the joint committee might recommend even be acknowledged within the process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: While I may be misinterpreting something, I took verbatim from Mr. Carroll that the same protocol remains in existence for complaints. Is that not frightening, as the protocol that was in existence did not go anywhere? Members must accept what Mr. Carroll has said. There were very few complaints because people knew that one does not complain-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Investigations Division: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: I thank the witness for their presentation. Undoubtedly, the special investigations unit has the role outlined by Mr. Carroll and it has an important function in that respect. We acknowledge that, particularly in the context of having an important, sustainable and vibrant agriculture industry and, obviously, the public funds involved. Nevertheless, the fact that the witnesses are here and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Citizenship Applications (9 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: 365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person who was born in South Africa and who wishes to come here to work as a professional may apply for an Irish passport on the basis of an Irish great grandparent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47160/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (3 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: 96. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath was refused a medical card for their use and benefit, when same was purely on medical grounds in relation to an ongoing medical condition and other significant issues which have been set out in a medical report which was furnished; if same will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Community Enterprise Centres (2 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: 251. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he will take to approve the funding for the new business development programme for community enterprise centres as this programme is important to enable community enterprise centres to continue to make a significant impact on job creation, as they have done in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46327/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (2 Dec 2014)

Willie Penrose: 292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason despite assurances from his Department that Coillte will respond directly to correspondence (details supplied) it has failed to do so, in the context of where the problem has been exacerbated and is a source of danger now; if he will use the State's shareholding to encourage Coillte to reply; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (27 Nov 2014)

Willie Penrose: 60. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45704/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (27 Nov 2014)

Willie Penrose: 61. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that an application for disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is expedited; that the associated application for carer's allowance by the person's partner is likewise expedited, in view of the significant ongoing and permanent medical condition that the person applying...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (27 Nov 2014)

Willie Penrose: 95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath has their full single farm payment paid to them as same has been reduced by €3,000 due to a penalty imposition, which has arisen from digitation, whereby the person relied upon the ordnance survey to indicate their acreage at all material times; if same...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (27 Nov 2014)

Willie Penrose: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason this Deputy's correspondence (details supplied) has not been replied to, notwithstanding its having been furnished to Bus Éireann school transport services on 8 September 2014; if steps will be taken to ensure that an appropriate reply is furnished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45709/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Willie Penrose: I thank the witnesses for their very informative and helpful presentation. It lived up to the billing in terms of reporting. The concentration of power in the hands of a number of multiples will leave a very desolate landscape across the country. As the witnesses noted, corner shops and other very important institutions, particularly in rural areas, are being wiped out, as we are all...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (25 Nov 2014)

Willie Penrose: 165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 15 July 2014, the progress that has been made in amending the Protection of Employees (Employees Insolvency) Acts 1984 to 2006 to encompasses the definition of deemed insolvency in line with paragraph 4 of EU Directive 2008/94/EC, which would ensure employees have access to the insolvency payment...