Results 301-320 of 7,024 for speaker:Willie Penrose

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (28 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: 453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22416/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Reviews (28 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: 471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to update the Civil Registration Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22706/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (22 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: 82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application for foreign birth registration by a person (details supplied) was received; if so, if same will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22133/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: 487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a request for support and exceptional aid has been made to the European Commission in the context of additional funding being required to address the significant crisis for farmers; if so, the measures sought in the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21686/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electronic Tagging (21 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: 488. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plans have been put in place to have all the necessary EID readers in situ in marts and factories in time for the mandatory electronic identification process on 1 June 2019, in view of the fact that it has been mandatory for sheep farmers to purchase EID tags since October 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Electronic Tagging (21 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: 489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an assurance can be provided for farmers that as and from 1 June 2019, all of the sheep that pass through marts and factories will be read electronically and digital printouts will be made available to farmers as a matter of course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21688/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (21 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: 490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to seeking protected geographical indication status exclusively for suckler beef rather than the entire herd, enabling suckler beef to be sold as a premium product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21689/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: I have looked carefully at section 13 of the Veterinary Practice Act 2005. It states that the principal function of the Veterinary Council is to regulate and promote the practice of veterinary medicine in the interests of the public. Section 26 deals with disclosures of interest by members of the council or any committee attached to it. One understands that changes to the Act may well be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: The Veterinary Council of Ireland was asleep at the wheel. We gave it an opportunity, when we contacted it, to suggest changes that may be required to the Act to clarify this matter. We expected it to go beyond a "Yay" or "Nay". Some the points that have been made by Mr. Ó Scanaill are accurate but not all of them. I still believe the section provides for a prohibition but I will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: Is the legislation and ethics committee a sub-committee of the Veterinary Council of Ireland? The council has a sub-committee dealing with legislation and ethics. I am sure it also has a disciplinary sub-committee. I do not agree with the definition by which sub-committees are bound. I want to know how many members are on the legislation and ethics committee. How many members...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: I cannot let the horse run away without receiving responses to my questions. On what day did the legislation and ethics committee meet? Did it meet on 14 December? Was the decision it made unanimous? Ms Muldoon should be able to answer that question. Were there abstentions? Were their committee members who absented themselves from the meeting? If what Ms Muldoon says is correct, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: Which had met only on the previous day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: It would be very interesting to find out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: The council went to the goddess of openness, transparency and accountability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Practices: Discussion (21 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: That is the one for me because it would be a home one.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (16 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: 126. To ask the Minister for Health if an orthopaedic procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21285/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (16 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: 127. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the serious financial difficulty being experienced by RehabCare; his plans to ensure that the necessary additional funding will be put in place to enable these services to be provided to persons that use and need same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21286/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: 134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for leave to remain by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21139/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (15 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application by a person (details supplied) to remain here as a spouse of an Irish national will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21141/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (15 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the health services available to persons who have been definitively diagnosed with Lyme disease; if weekly ECG tests and blood tests every two weeks are available to such persons who need continuous assessment and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20984/19]