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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (26 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: 282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits undertaken by chairs of Enterprise Ireland and the IDA to counties Westmeath and Longford from 1 July 2017 to date in 2018; if visits or introductions to the facilities available at a location (details supplied) have taken place in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27682/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (21 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to engage with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure that patients with MS have faster access to life changing medicines and to new and effective treatments through a fair and effective system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27287/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: I thank the witnesses for their excellent and very informative presentations. The provision of public transport services is extremely important in the context of the environment and the reduction of our carbon footprint. The more public transport services we have, the less dependence we have on cars to get to work or various services and appointments. Fitting that in is the important...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (20 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: 36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work his Department has carried out to allow the change of use of vacant commercial properties in cities, towns and villages including vacant or underutilised areas over ground floor premises into residential units as outlined in point 6 of the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (19 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: There is a set of winners and only one loser. The winners are the people who engage in bogus self-employment. Employers save on PRSI and taxation and are dodging the employment laws applicable to normal PAYE workers and the Social Insurance Fund receives less, as is everyone involved. Workers who are categorised falsely lose out on rights set out in employment legislation such as pay,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (19 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: I acknowledge that the Minister wants to root out this practice and deal with the primary motivation of rogue employers. A genuine employer does not want to misrepresent the status of his or her workers to avoid paying tax or PRSI, but fraud is fraud no matter where it occurs. If an ordinary worker fails to do something, the entire panoply of the State comes down on top of him or her over a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (19 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: He will be with Deputy John Brady.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (19 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: 37. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of calls received to the helpline established as part of the public awareness campaign on false self-employment; the number of emails received; the number of staff allocated to the campaign; and the number of new investigations opened by SCOPE since the launch as a result of communications received. [26541/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (19 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: In recent years, bogus self-employment has become a curse or blight across the economy. We are all aware that false self-employment is prevalent and it has become rampant in certain sectors. We are also aware that self-employment is an important form of employment, which makes a significant contribution to the economy. I have been self-employed for the past 37 years. I have no doubt that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Brexit Issues (19 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: 55. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the work under way in her Department to prepare for a hard Brexit. [26566/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit Reform (19 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: 59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for reforms to child benefit; her further plans to introduce means testing; her plans to increase it in budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26562/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (19 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: 77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to protect defined benefit pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26564/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (19 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: 73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected cost of the campaign on false self-employment; the number of cases that had been ongoing in advance of the launch of the campaign; the way in which that number compared to 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26565/18]

Other Questions: Offshore Islands (14 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: 10. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the proposals his Department is working on in conjunction with the National Transport Authority, NTA, and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to deliver on the improvement of roads on offshore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25724/18]

Other Questions: Offshore Islands (14 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: I am somewhat flummoxed at the thought of the Minister not knowing everyone in Westport. He has received a submission from my colleague, Mr. Seamus Rodgers, a former councillor in Donegal who is concerned about the islands. There has done much work for islands not only off the coast of Donegal but off the west coast. There are some islands in the Minister's area and he knows the cost...

Other Questions: Offshore Islands (14 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: The allocation is not sufficient, as it takes much more resources to repair roads on the offshore islands. It is vital we provide supports for access and egress for the islands. The road network is vital for our island communities in terms of transport, employment and fisheries. The local authorities may allocate funding to the islands but it might only cover the cost of road maintenance...

Other Questions: Offshore Islands (14 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: There are none.

Other Questions: Offshore Islands (14 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: Yes.

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (14 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: 7. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the proposals his Department has in respect of Brexit; the number of staff assigned to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25722/18]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (14 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: Coming from a west of Ireland constituency that is doing well, no doubt thanks to his own role, I am sure the Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, is aware of the consequences for employment in rural Ireland of a hard Brexit. They have been well documented to date. There could be negative impacts and consequences for rural industries, especially agriculture, agri-food and processing, which...