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Written Answers — Substance Misuse: Substance Misuse (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the seminars or meetings he or his officials has attended within the EU Framework or otherwise in relation to the misuse of illicit substances; the countries involved; if there is compatibility with other countries in trends of misuse in relation to age groups, communities, employment factors and so on; and if he...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 195: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to expedite an application for permission to remain in the State based on family dependency by persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the information recently requested by his Department on 2 May 2008 has been submitted by registered post on...

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to provide a much needed new Garda station to accommodate Garda personnel together with all the attendant facilities in Athlone, County Westmeath; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is an urgency regarding the provision of this necessary accommodation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 197: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason persons (details supplied) have not been granted a three month visa to travel to Ireland to be with their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19056/08]

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will give consideration to an application by the Irish Farmers Association seeking a grant aid scheme to be put in place for wood log gasifiers, which they have indicated could significantly alter the energy sector in rural Ireland; if such an application has been reviewed by his Department; and if he...

Written Answers — Regional Fisheries Boards: Regional Fisheries Boards (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will involve other sectors or stakeholders, other than the chairpersons of the present fishery boards, in drawing up a somewhat different approach to restructuring of the boards other than that recommended in the root and branch report of Farrell, Grant, Sparks into the fisheries; and if he will make a...

Order of Business (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: He carries the easel, the paint and the brushes.

Order of Business (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: I want to ask the Tánaiste a question related directly to her brief which is important for the functioning of the legal and administrative basis of companies in Ireland. It relates to the mammoth task of the company law consolidation reform Bill, which has to consolidate 13 Acts and approximately 1,100 sections. Is the Minister content that she has sufficient parliamentary draftspeople...

Order of Business (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: It is, and I will tell the Leas-Cheann Comhairle why.

Order of Business (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Every sports club in the country is waiting for the allocations and cannot begin work.

Order of Business (15 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Last year, one would be knocked down by the motor cars of Deputies and Senators arriving with the packages, some of whom did not even know where the clubs were and had done nothing to advance the cause. This money belongs to the people, not to any particular political sector. I am persecuted by clubs that want to know. I am sure there are many clubs in County Donegal and the Tánaiste will...

Written Answers — Social Insurance: Social Insurance (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the way she proposes to deal with the anomalous position of the social insurance status of company directors as outlined in the 2007 report of the Social Welfare Appeals Office. [18607/08]

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason there is a significant delay in the decentralisation of the Health and Safety Authority to Thomastown, County Kilkenny; the number of staff who have been recruited to the HSA, as well as REACH, on the basis that they will be moving to Thomastown; when she will transfer public and civil service...

Written Answers — Designated Areas: Designated Areas (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has received an application from a group (details supplied), to extend the RAPID areas within their particular geographical remit; if in this context, he will take steps to include two additional estates as pointed out in a submission for inclusion in RAPID; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 222: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position on an application for additional funding by a school (details supplied) in County Longford, which is being examined by his Department's review group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18910/08]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 240: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application by Westmeath County Council to replace and renew a significant number of houses built as part of a low cost scheme in the early 1970s (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if, in view of the urgency attached to having new dwelling houses provided for the residents who have been...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 243: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the status of an application by Westmeath County Council to provide essential sewerage facilities in Rathowen, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18909/08]

Irish Economy: Motion (Resumed) (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: I wish to share time with my party leader, Deputy Eamon Gilmore.

Irish Economy: Motion (Resumed) (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: The stream of negative economic data on unemployment, inflation and tax revenues show clearly that the Celtic tiger era has come to an end and that the Government has no worthwhile policies to reverse these negative trends. It has been on auto-pilot so long it does not know what to do. Since the beginning of this year, consumer spending has slowed, unemployment has risen significantly,...

Live Register. (14 May 2008)

Willie Penrose: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the large percentage increases in people signing on at certain social welfare offices; the extra resources she will provide for the job facilitation service to meet the growing demand at these offices; and the work of her Department in co-ordinating welfare to work measures with other...