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- Small Businesses Report. (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: I am glad to hear that.
- Small Businesses Report. (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: I know that, too.
- Redundancy Payments. (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: The Deputy should wait until Saturday night.
- Redundancy Payments. (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: I raised this last April and advocated that the Department contact the Revenue to set up this scheme. Can letters of comfort be provided not just for the Revenue but also for a business to say that the money, whether â¬6,000 or â¬8,000, is due? Small companies could show that to the banks in order to release another few euro.
- Proposed Legislation. (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: I thank the Minister of State. This is important because it fulfils a commitment made under the 2016 agreement. It is important that the measures are aimed at modernising and streamlining the joint labour committee systems, including the rationalisation of the number of the committees involved and the appointment of professional chairpersons with experience. Does the Minister of State...
- Electricians' Strike. (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: In the last number of days, the Labour Party has urged that intervention in this strategically important industry be undertaken at the earliest possible opportunity. The industrial action taken by more than 10,000 members of the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union, TEEU, is a serious development which could have significant consequences for industrial relations. As was pointed out...
- Electricians' Strike. (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: The partnership process originated in the 1980s when there was a difficult industrial relations environment. It has played a key role in dealing with a number of issues. Has the Minister spoken, directly or indirectly, to representatives of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions or the Construction Industry Federation to ensure a resolution to the dispute sooner rather than later? As we all...
- Written Answers — Enterprise Stabilisation Fund: Enterprise Stabilisation Fund (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of money paid out to date under the â¬100 million enterprise stabilisation fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27423/09]
- Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: Question 86: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking to stem the number of job losses in view of the further increase in the number of people on the live register published on 1 July 2009; her plans to provide new training opportunities for persons who have lost their jobs and to encourage the creation of new employment opportunities;...
- Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: Question 180: To ask the Minister for Finance the terms of reference of the credit supply steering group; when it is expected that the steering group will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27433/09]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the appeal against a decision to disallow domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath will be heard and determined; if steps will be taken to pay a pro rata share of the said respite care grant to this person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27765/09]
- Written Answers — Airport Development Projects: Airport Development Projects (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: Question 316: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will confirm having received an application under the core airport management operational expenditure subvention scheme 2009 in respect of Ireland West Airport Knock; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28019/09]
- Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: Question 374: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will confirm he has received correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if in this context he will take steps to review and address the issues raised therein; the way their problem will be resolved, in view of their history and the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: Question 551: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps to have all of the suckler cow welfare scheme payment awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27763/09]
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (7 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: Question 653: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is entitled to a mature student grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28020/09]
- Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: Deputy Stagg was in order.
- Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (2 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: I am not caught up by the tone or tenor of Deputy Varadkar's amendment. Were Members to continue in that vein, it would be possible to regulate businesses out of existence. As for talking about trust in politics, if Members continue to speak in that vein, they will perpetuate the myth that no one is trustworthy. The de minimis thresholds of â¬2,500 or â¬3,000 in this regard are peanuts...
- Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (2 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if organisations or groups from Counties Westmeath and Longford made applications for approval for funding under the recent tranche of payments approved pursuant to the scheme of community support for older people; if so, the names of each organisation which sought such payment; the reason such payments were not...
- Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (2 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is entitled to a mature student grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26985/09]
- Written Answers — Infectious Diseases: Infectious Diseases (1 Jul 2009)
Willie Penrose: Question 41: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money which will be needed in 2009 to pay for supplies of Tamiflu and other measures to address the swine flu pandemic; the location where such funds will come from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26328/09]