Results 441-460 of 4,808 for speaker:Willie Penrose in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (10 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) receives home help hours; if funding will be provided to the HSE to ensure same is funded without future delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20789/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (10 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) will be determined; if same can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20747/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (10 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons that have applied to Westmeath County Council for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan; the number approved; the eligibility criteria; if they are uniformly applied across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20788/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Concert Hall (9 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional facilities that may be required at the National Concert Hall if the recommendations of the Boaden report in respect of the future of the National Symphony Orchestra is implemented; the way in which the funding will be provided to facilitate the NCH in enabling such a transfer to take place; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Places (8 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adequate plans will be provided for the forthcoming academic year for young students (details supplied) who wish to undertake courses in primary school teaching, and in particular students who had the required minimum points to pursue these courses in 2017 to 2018 but were denied the opportunity due to a lack of places being provided; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (8 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 491. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be made available to Westmeath County Council to purchase houses to enable persons that have lived in such houses as rented accommodation and which are now being disposed of by financial institutions and in which the purchase thereof would prevent homeless situations arising; if so, the criteria for making...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Process (3 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 21. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding progressing amendments on Committee Stage of the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19219/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (3 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 32. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the additional number of persons expected to access community employment and Tús schemes following the rule change for JobPath that comes into effect on 1 June 2018; if additional resources will be made available in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19221/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Paternity Leave (3 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the provision of paternity leave and paid parental leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19222/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (3 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by his Department and/or the HSE to replace the dermatologist in the midlands area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19454/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Parcel Identification System (3 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the person or body that has the contract for carrying out the mapping for his Department by way of land parcel identification system, LPIS; when the contract was awarded; the number of persons involved in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19531/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 267. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the nature and type of benefits that are available to a person who works two full-time days constituting 16 hours of employment; the length of time the person would have to work to be in a position to secure benefits if they were to fall ill or to become unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19530/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Banking (2 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the public banking investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18910/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Herd Data (2 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an application for change of herd ownership by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19303/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (26 Apr 2018)

Willie Penrose: 26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the ongoing reduction in land being allocated for tillage crops and especially cereals over the past five years; his plans to offer support and advice to tillage farmers who have sustained significant losses in terms of crop yield and consequently income in that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme (26 Apr 2018)

Willie Penrose: 34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when low interest rate credit will be available to farmers who have incurred significant additional feed costs for their animals as a result of the long winter; if he has obtained a commitment from the commercial banks that they will respond positively to the cash flow problems being experienced on farms arising from the long winter...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Administration (26 Apr 2018)

Willie Penrose: 36. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that all farmers will be able to comply with the 100% online application for the basic payment scheme in the context of the variation of broadband coverage across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18310/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports to China (26 Apr 2018)

Willie Penrose: 37. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the likely impact of the opening of the Chinese market for the beef trade, in particular from a price perspective for beef producers; the strategy of Bord Bia to ensure that Irish beef is promoted as a premium product in China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18309/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies (26 Apr 2018)

Willie Penrose: 40. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Commissioner Oettinger plans to outline a 6% cut in the CAP budget which would specifically apply to Pillar 1 payments; if so, the steps and policies he plans to implement to mitigate the extent of such a proposal in the case of the farming sectors that are highly dependent upon CAP payments as their primary source of income; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (26 Apr 2018)

Willie Penrose: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grant aid is available for bar and management courses which are conducted at institutes of technology leading to a diploma in same; if there is assistance or grant aid available pursuant to the tourism and recreational sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18378/18]