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Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: Take them on, please.

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: The Deputy should not worry about the fox. He is using the ould Meath trick. We know well in Westmeath what he is like. Deputy Munster is feeling the heat from Senator Nash. There is a campaign being led by the local newspaper to ensure Drogheda will have corporation status restored. Ultimately, we should all learn lessons and not be afraid to come in here to apologise. I have great...

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: Mr. Ian McGahon from Bray, County Wicklow, told me the town has lost direct decision-making powers on housing and planning as well as direct finance and budgets. Towns have lost out greatly because of the 2014 legislation. Mr. Seamus Ryan from Ennis, County Clare, told me communities took pride in having their local councils for their towns, and that the councils were a vital avenue for...

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: I am glad to have an opportunity to support Deputy Howlin, who has introduced the Bill. As one of the longest-serving Members in the Chamber, I am somewhat surprised by the peevishness and small-mindedness of Deputies from various parties who have used their contributions to this debate to try to undermine Deputy Howlin. In my 26 years as a Deputy, I have not previously seen a former...

Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: It was ungracious, to say the least.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (26 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that Intreo offices provide sufficient accessibility to persons seeking to access exceptional and urgent needs payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38860/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Carers' Strategy Funding (26 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide additional supports to carers; her further plans to remove the means test for the carer's allowance. [38858/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Court Judgments (26 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to deal with the outcome of the UK Supreme Court case on the exclusion of cohabitees from claiming widowed parent's allowance and the findings of eligibility under the ECHR; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38857/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (26 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for a cold weather fuel payment for 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38859/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (26 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to the National Rehabilitation Hospital in order to allow a prosthesis to be manufactured for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39104/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (26 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will bring forward the new tenant purchase scheme which incorporates the recommendations made in the review of the scheme recently introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39126/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (25 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 295. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38456/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (25 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 296. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38457/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if a farmer incurs losses in excess of three years, the way in which such losses are treated in the income tax code in respect of section 662 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended, in which relief in respect of losses in farming or market gardening are restricted for a three year period in the context of circumstances in which there would be a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (20 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the N4 study carried out regarding a requirement for secondary school provision; his plans for the establishment of a secondary school (details supplied) in Kinnegad, County Westmeath, in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38209/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (20 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a submission from a group (details supplied) advocating changes to the pay and conditions of teachers and principals, including issues pertaining to the allocation of a release day per week to principals, the creation of national clusters of panels to enable release time to be covered and the restoration of pay equality to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Copyright Legislation Review (20 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps her Department is taking to ensure that legislation is progressed to protect copyright of various artists, musicians and songwriters in the context of royalties for their work and productions and particularly in the context of the recent vote in the European Parliament to ensure the protection of such artists in securing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (20 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the pay issue, the fact that Irish nurses and midwives work longer hours than many of their international counterparts and the need to address staff shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38213/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (20 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to liaise with Iarnród Éireann with a view to progressing the reopening of the train station at Thomastown, Killucan; his plans to visit the location to establish the position and the importance of same particularly in the provision of public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications (20 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: 220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) for disability allowance; if same will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38214/18]