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Social Welfare Benefits. (9 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: It is a complicated matter.

Social Welfare Benefits. (9 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Yes, it is.

Social Welfare Benefits. (9 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Minister for his reply and I acknowledge that he has made some movement on the report on carers by the Oireachtas joint committee. However, this is like a chicken in a trough, picking up an odd piece of oats, or like taking any crumbs that fall from the rich man's table. Carers save the State €2 billion. That is incontrovertible. Nevertheless we claim credit for throwing them an...

Social Welfare Benefits. (9 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Chickenfeed. The Minister should go for broke. He will be a hero.

Social Welfare Benefits. (9 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Shame on the Taoiseach if he were to remove the Minister for taking that action.

Written Answers — Mergers and Amalgamations: Mergers and Amalgamations (8 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 135: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason for the amalgamation of groups (details supplied); the benefits from the merger of the two groups; the remit of the new organisation that has been created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4432/06]

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (8 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he will take to review the decision to deport a person (details supplied) who has made a significant contribution to youth work and to Irish society generally through their work with a group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4486/06]

Schools Building Projects. (8 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: I wish to share time with Deputy Paul McGrath. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for permitting me to raise on the Adjournment the important issue of Dysart national school. A brief history of the situation is as follows. The school was approved for a grant of €350,000, the maximum granted under the 2004 small schools initiative, to construct a new school to service a large geographical area. The...

Schools Building Projects. (8 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: We always co-operate in the interests of our constituency.

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (7 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views regarding the failure of a company (details supplied) to implement a Labour Court decision to allow staff to be represented by trade unions at a disciplinary hearing; if clear legal rights will be given to workers in such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4099/06]

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (7 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures which have been taken by his Department to afford assistance to management and staff at C & D Petfoods following the recent fire at its premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4098/06]

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (7 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 243: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 25 January 2006 relating to phase 2B project at the Midlands Regional Hospital the reason the completion date for the total project is now scheduled as 2011 when the anticipated completion date was 2009; if, in view of her reply, what will be provided at this hospital upon...

Written Answers — Driving Tests: Driving Tests (7 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 357: To ask the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to have an application for a driving test by a person (details supplied) in County Longford expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3916/06]

Written Answers — Transport Regulations: Transport Regulations (7 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 373: To ask the Minister for Transport the way in which a person who has experience on tachograph readings and so on and who is undertaking courses in this field of activity can qualify to become a transport officer with his Department dealing with all aspects of the application of transport rules and regulations; if such appointments are confined; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 543: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has received contract documents in respect of the application for funding for a sewerage scheme in Glasson Village, Athlone, County Westmeath; the steps that need to be fulfilled to allow this important pay-out to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4196/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 544: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the position regarding the application for funding in the provision of a sewerage scheme at Miltownpass, County Westmeath; the time scale envisaged for the completion of this infrastructural project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4197/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 545: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the dates for the commencement and finalisation of the proposed sewerage infrastructural scheme for Rathowen, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4198/06]

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (7 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: Question 551: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the timetable for the provision of a sewerage scheme in Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath; if he will ensure that all steps are accelerated for the provision of this important infrastructural facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4323/06]

Future of Irish Farming: Motion. (7 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this topic again. My colleague, Deputy Upton, has outlined the obstacles and impediments that may well face us in the immediate future, and how we should deal with them. An inextricably linked topic is that of getting young people involved in agriculture. In the last week I met young people applying for installation aid. Inspector Clouseau would...

Future of Irish Farming: Motion. (7 Feb 2006)

Willie Penrose: It requires that the good farming practice code should be made legally binding in nitrate vulnerable zones. Farm organisations had no problem with that requirement being implemented in law. Can the Minister explain what went wrong? The authoritative Teagasc publication on nutrient and trace element advice for grassland and tillage crops is referred to as the 'green book'. It is the code of...