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Price Inflation. (19 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: I wish to make two points in respect of the Minister's response.

Price Inflation. (19 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: Is it not a miracle that the cost of the shopping basket of items in supermarkets A, B, C and D fall within 35 to 40 cents of each other?

Price Inflation. (19 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: This would suggest there was no basis to the Competition Authority's examination of the pharmacy industry. Like the Minister, I, too, was involved in agriculture, having been the Labour Party spokesperson on agriculture for nine years. We seem to follow one another around. There is a significant difference between the farmgate price and that which the consumer is charged. I am speaking now...

Price Inflation. (19 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: Another miracle.

Social Partnership. (19 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: We have often referred to the important role that small and medium-sized enterprises and businesses contribute to employment in this country. They are the backbone, particularly in the current economic climate. I understand ISME has made a submission or request to be considered as part of the partnership talks. Its members, who have a lot to contribute, represent thousands of small...

Social Partnership. (19 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: The Department could get rid of them altogether.

Job Losses. (19 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 2: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps she is taking, in view of the fact that the numbers on the live register have gone through the 200,000 barrier, to stem the number of job losses, to provide new training opportunities for those who have lost their jobs and to encourage the creation of new employment opportunities; and if she will...

Job Losses. (19 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Minister of State. On behalf of the Labour Party, I am shocked by the blasé reply. Nobody is in charge. Nobody is taking this seriously. For the first time since 1999 there are more than 200,000 people on the live register. It is the biggest increase — 31% over a 12-month period — since the live register came into being in 1968. Conditions in the labour market have...

Job Losses. (19 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: Is it true the FÁS report stated that 65,000 construction jobs will go by the end of 2009? Is it that serious? Will the Minister of State lift the 2004 cap on participation in community employment schemes to allow increased numbers to participate, especially in rural areas? Given the impact on the construction industry, will the Minister of State raise at Government level the idea of...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (18 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 93: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his view on the abolition of the monarchy in Nepal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23525/08]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (18 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he has had with Chinese authorities in relation to Tibet. [23524/08]

Dáil Sittings: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: I would like to share time with my party leader, Deputy Gilmore.

Dáil Sittings: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: I am pleased to make a contribution to this debate. In the short time available to me, I will make passing reference to the confluence of events that are threatening Ireland's competitiveness. For the first time in many years, our economy is entering a period of stagflation. My colleague, Deputy Burton, spoke at great length, with her usual prescience and accuracy, about the many serious...

Dáil Sittings: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: It is better than the scandals.

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (17 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received the revised Cork Airport business plan; if not, when he expects to receive the business plan; if he expects the full separation of Cork, Dublin and Shannon Airports to go ahead; the level of debt he expects to assign to each airport; if he will provide State financial assistance to either Cork, Dublin or Shannon Airport to...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (17 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Finance the reliefs available to people in the Longford area in respect of the tax designated areas and their entitlements if they purchase dwelling houses in such areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22495/08]

Written Answers — Tax Clearance Certificates: Tax Clearance Certificates (17 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 193: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps a person should take who is seeking a copy of his or her P45 from his or her employer and, despite requests, whose employer has failed to furnish a copy of same to date despite it being required for the person's new employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22911/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will make contact with the Health Service Executive Dublin mid-Leinster region with a view to requesting it to review and reverse its recent decision to close for a six-week period the day care centre at St. Mary's Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22912/08]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (17 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 411: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if, where people who are on a waiting list for the appropriate period subsequently receive treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund and if there is a follow up review required in the context of the surgery undertaken, such people have to pay for a further consultation or review or if such payment is also covered under the...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (17 Jun 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 667: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will have arrangements made to ensure that the necessary finance is made available to allow a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath to proceed in view of the fact that all of the phases have been completed and the board of management, teachers and children expected that the construction of the new school would commence...