Results 481-500 of 7,024 for speaker:Willie Penrose

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Legislation (19 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans for legislative changes in pension law; when amendments will be tabled to the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017; the reason for the delay of more than a year; when the Bill will be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53482/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (19 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 537. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the implementation strategy for the outstanding relevant sections of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 remaining to be commenced; the sections that remain to be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53525/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Beef Sector: Discussion with Irish Farmers Association (18 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: I thank the IFA witnesses for their presentation. It is interesting, but there is nothing new for those of us who live in my county. We know this at first hand because every time we meet farmers, particularly in the suckler cow area, they tell us exactly what is happening on the ground. The west, as Senator Conway-Walsh has said, is highly dependent on suckler cows. In the midlands it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Beef Sector: Discussion with Irish Farmers Association (18 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: It is not easy unless we can get the price structure right, but how long will European consumers and everybody else continue to subsidise, notwithstanding that it is the primary objective of the CAP? There will be protests by yellow vests across the Continent on a different topic because it seems to be the "in thing" now. We must remember that consumers will forget they are getting a cheap...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the situation regarding the provision of a secondary school in Kinnegad, County Westmeath, will be examined, particularly in the context of a significantly increased population that prevails in Kinnegad and the environs and that was considered as part of the original M4 study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53425/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that issues relating to a school (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53427/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (18 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 286. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received an application from Westmeath County Council for funding for the installation of CCTV cameras as an aid to deterring crime; the conditions pertaining to the granting of such community CCTV projects; if consideration will be given thereto particularly in the context by which the council agrees to act as data...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 459. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) who has a severe degree of debilitation is immediately provided with an outpatient appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53426/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (18 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 607. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has received an application for aid pursuant to the urban and rural development fund from Westmeath County Council in respect of projects at Kinnegad and Castlepollard, County Westmeath; when a decision will be given thereon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53423/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (18 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to expedite an application by persons (details supplied) for registration in the Land Registry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53227/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (13 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland is taking by way of diplomatic efforts through the EU to ensure that the peace deal in South Sudan holds; if Ireland will continue to support the humanitarian efforts in South Sudan that are addressing the root cause of this conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52626/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (13 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ensure that funding is continued and support provided for the vital conflict resolutions and peace-building efforts at community level by an organisation (details supplied) in partnership with INGOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52627/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals Registration Boards (13 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the accreditation system in place for the registration of occupational therapists; when same became operative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52625/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (13 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives he plans to take to increase live exports in view of the oversupply of cattle available to meat factories that are unable or unwilling to provide a fair price to farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52609/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Eligibility (13 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if meal bins on dry stock farms will be made eligible for TAMS grants in view of the significant underspend under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52610/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility (13 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the eligibility for the new ANC scheme will not delay payments in 2019; if the appeals process for farmers that are unhappy with their eligibility status will be put in place as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52611/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (13 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking in conjunction with Westmeath County Council to designate part of the Mayne high bog as a protected area due to its historical and archaeological significance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52608/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Effects of Brexit on Border Region: Discussion (12 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I am sorry I am late but I was at another meeting. The uncertainty caused by Brexit allied to the non-operation of the executive in Northern Ireland are two significant issues which the witnesses have highlighted and crystallised for us this morning. They have given us a wake-up call on the real impact of Brexit. However, Deputy Martin Kenny...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (12 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to expedite an application by a school (details supplied) for AFD facilities and a science room which are urgently required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52259/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ireland's TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (11 Dec 2018)

Willie Penrose: I thank Mr. Sheahan for his presentation. Having his or her herd locked up is a severe and traumatic blow to a farmer. It impacts on the entire family and represents a severe blow to the income-generating capacity of the farm and the farmer involved. The devastation does not end inside the farm gate. It spreads to neighbouring farmers because they are then caught up in something not of...