Results 581-600 of 7,024 for speaker:Willie Penrose

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Nov 2018)

Willie Penrose: 582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) will receive the correct and appropriate rate of illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47185/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (13 Nov 2018)

Willie Penrose: 620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to issue the appropriate order to make the necessary adjustments to the national planning framework in the context of commitments given to an organisation (details supplied) at a meeting on 4 October 2018; and if he will further instruct the regional assemblies to amend their RSES to comply with these...

Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 Nov 2018)

Willie Penrose: I would expect nothing less from the Deputy.

Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 Nov 2018)

Willie Penrose: I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Bill. I will declare my interest. I am a barrister who represents people injured as a result of negligent acts by other people. One would think those unfortunate beings were the only people who contributed to the increase in the cost of insurance. Let me be clear. People are entitled to recover compensation when they...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Costs (8 Nov 2018)

Willie Penrose: 278. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons in receipt of illness benefit must pay a €10 charge to their general practitioner to have a medical certificate completed in order to claim their illness benefit; if the matter will be reviewed in circumstances in which they are medical card holders; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Brexit on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Discussion (6 Nov 2018)

Willie Penrose: I thank the officials for the detailed, comprehensive presentation. We are grateful for that but we are probably being grossly unfair to the officials by asking them to engage in crystal ball gazing because it is extremely difficult to figure out what is going on, never mind what will happen when one of the major protagonists does not know what it wishes to achieve. The British are unable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Implementation of Common Fisheries Policy and the Sustainability of Irish Fisheries: BirdWatch Ireland (6 Nov 2018)

Willie Penrose: I thank Mr. Kelly. My knowledge of this issue was severely lacking until I met him a month or six weeks ago. He has presented a very detailed and comprehensive paper to us. It is very thought-provoking, and he expresses a lot of knowledge of the topic. We thank him for that. Some of the points made by Mr. Kelly are at odds with what we understood to be the position. I am old enough to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (6 Nov 2018)

Willie Penrose: 554. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources being provided to CAMHS in order to enable young persons with mental health problems to be assessed; if additional psychologists will be recruited to ensure young persons can secure immediate and vital assessments and to enable timely access to appropriate treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44889/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Credit Union Regulation (25 Oct 2018)

Willie Penrose: 6. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the work his Department has carried out in conjunction with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government with regard to the establishment of a special purpose vehicle for credit unions to invest funds in social housing projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43969/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (25 Oct 2018)

Willie Penrose: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance if the rebuttal published by an organisation (details supplied) has been examined in respect of the conclusions of the public banking investigation; the detailed refutation of the conclusions drawn by his Department in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40658/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (25 Oct 2018)

Willie Penrose: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined the rebuttal published by an organisation (details supplied) in respect of the conclusions of the public banking investigation; the detailed refutation of the conclusions drawn by his Department's officials; if he will be raising the points raised by the organisation in its submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38418/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (25 Oct 2018)

Willie Penrose: 352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure an application for a carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44478/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (24 Oct 2018)

Willie Penrose: 108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to meet the Majority Leader of the United States of America Senate Mr. Mitch McConnell by the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44212/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Communications (24 Oct 2018)

Willie Penrose: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken recently with his South African counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44213/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: State Pathology Laboratory (24 Oct 2018)

Willie Penrose: 204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of recruiting an extra three full-time senior laboratory analysts for the Office of the State Pathologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44215/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (24 Oct 2018)

Willie Penrose: 205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the number of dedicated community gardaí by 30%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44216/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions Data (24 Oct 2018)

Willie Penrose: 212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the location of trade missions she will participate in for the remainder of 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44211/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Diplomatic Representation (24 Oct 2018)

Willie Penrose: 273. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Irish embassies that currently have an agricultural attaché based at the embassy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44214/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Engagement with Chairman of Teagasc (23 Oct 2018)

Willie Penrose: I thank Mr. Herlihy and Professor Boyle for appearing before us today. I wish Mr. Herlihy well in his role as incoming chairman of Teagasc. It is an exciting but challenging time to come into the role. I note that he outlined the various programmes. In respect of the €56 million that is non-grant aid income, from where does it mostly derive? Is it from research projects undertaken...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2018)

Willie Penrose: 642. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the payment of illness benefit to a person (details supplied) has not been issued; if same will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43630/18]