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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Anti-Social Behaviour (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 478. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when section 62 of the Housing Act will be amended to enable more effective and focused action to be taken by local authorities to help combat anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49430/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 479. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the housing assistance payment will be introduced and if deduction at source has been agreed with all stakeholders; his plans to defray the additional costs that will be incurred by local authorities who will have to implement same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49431/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 480. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the money allocated for the upgrading and renovation of local authority houses in counties Westmeath and Longford; the amount of moneys under each appropriate head that will be allocated to each local authority in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49433/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 724. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of funding that will be made available in respect of local improvement schemes to the local authorities in counties Westmeath and Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49426/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licence Applications (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 742. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to remedy the situation which has arisen in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford and deal with the clear discrepancy that has arisen in respect of the specified category of vehicles to which they are entitled as a result of their application in May 2005; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 743. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be allocated to Longford County Council to enable the N55 Granard Bypass to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49432/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Fallen Animal Collection Scheme (13 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: Does the Minister of State not find it strange that they start closing the door when the horse has bolted? Why have post-event consultation rather than pre-event consultation? Why not work with the stakeholders and have a consultation with them to work through this? Unless I have gone bonkers altogether, if the cost of rendering rises due to the removal of the current competition and at...

Topical Issue Debate: Fallen Animal Collection Scheme (13 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue for debate. The publication on 1 November 2013 of the TSE (fallen animal) subsidy scheme and, more particularly, the revised terms and conditions contained therein have been a cause of great concern and angst among the farming community, the Animal Collectors' Association and knackeries. This arises because of an invitation for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (12 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report and recommendations of the review group which is currently examining the apprenticeship scheme will be available; the steps he will take to establish a credible apprenticeship system which would facilitate young persons to achieve qualifications in various trades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48338/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (12 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend the new transport rules which restrict the maximum height of loaded trailers to 4.65 metres as it will result in significant added transportation costs in its current form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48041/13]

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: I welcome the opportunity to make a contribution and, I hope, some constructive observations on the Bill. I appreciate the economic backdrop against which the budget was constructed. I recall vividly the first few Cabinet meetings I attended from March to June 2011 when our reputation was in tatters and on the floor. I am somewhat bemused by the contribution of the previous speaker who was...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: We only had enough money in the national coffers to pay pensions, wages, for public services and meet day-to-day commitments for five months. How quickly people have forgotten, particularly those who contributed to our losing economic sovereignty; that is beyond me. Fianna Fáil has rewritten history and reinvented itself at a pace that has astounded even some of its own members and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Assessments (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person, who is liable for the local property tax and has had difficult health circumstances, and in error, accepted the valuation proffered by the Revenue Commissioners initially in relation to their property, and paid same for 2013 and whereby the said valuation is way in excess and notwithstanding the opportunity for self-assessment was not availed...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who furnished instructions to the Revenue Commissioners to deduct the property tax on a weekly basis from their State pension and who notwithstanding the aforesaid instruction, which was furnished within the appropriate time period has now received correspondence from the Revenue Commissioners...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide all the various grants and approvals, given for schools at primary and secondary level in County Westmeath since the 1 April 2011 to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47432/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 145. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will take steps to have an application for payment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath in respect of a designated bog to which they are entitled to compensation and whereby a map has already been prepared showing the area in question and which no subsequent reply has been received in respect thereof,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (7 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will take steps to expedite an application for a Garda clearance certificate application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath which is required for their work with the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47426/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Public Petitions: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: The position pertaining to the issue of apprenticeships is currently subject to a review and is very pertinent. The committee has reviewed this matter and recommends that the committee contact the Department of Education and Skills and the Higher Education Authority requesting replies to a number of individual queries we raised. Perhaps they could address some of the issues that Mr. Brady...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 683. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding that will be made available to Longford and Westmeath County Councils to enable them to complete estates which are unfinished, and for which no bonds or other finance might be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46435/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Willie Penrose: 692. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in detail the precise amount of grant aid allocated to Westmeath County Council under all housing heads provided by his Department to the local authority for each year since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46688/13]