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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: Mr. Meade could make a name for himself by putting it into the plan. It is there for him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: If he is innovative, Mr. Meade will not get anybody saying anything negative about him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: I appreciate that the Chairman has given me much latitude. Thomastown station is ready and trains just have to pull up there. I would appeal for a bit of investment. The company will get €2 billion over the next number of years so it could spend €500,000 there. It would mean Mr. Meade would make a great start to his tenure as chief executive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: I agree with that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (23 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school refurbishment (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22867/18]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: We know exactly what we are voting for.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: It is mad.

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: It is pure "Lannigan's Ball".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I am a strong supporter of the BDGP. It has helped to identify superior and inferior animals at an early stage and no one can gainsay that. It is extremely important in that context. The aggregation of statistics over a period with regard to genetic merit and evaluation of those is surely the best way to identify or point towards the most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: I thank the ICBF for its statement, and it has furnished us with a huge volume of information. The witnesses heard the earlier presentation from the Irish Charolais Cattle Society, ICCS. It is like the seventh secret of Fatima trying to get information out of the ICBF. It has furnished us with a lot of information and all of the key metrics on the impact of the beef data genomics programme...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: -----did not want it there either. I thought the Vice Chairman would remember that. I remain as steadfast in support of the ICSA today as I was then. I want to know if it is appropriate that only one person represents 15 different breed societies when one AI company has six directors on the board. That is a little lopsided from any perspective. I support the idea of having a federation...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Road Improvement Schemes (22 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: 548. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if, in the context of the allocation of moneys by his Department for accommodation roads under the road improvement scheme, he will ring-fence additional moneys and special allocations to offshore islands, which incur additional costs to carry out such works with plant materials and so on and, further, have significantly more...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: I acknowledge the reason Deputy O'Dea has proposed this amendment, and I believe it is reasonable. I also see where Deputy Brady is coming from. Perhaps we could agree on a period of six months; the legislation will require a period of time to bed in. I signed that charter as well, and I am very eager that some of the exploitative practices that occur are ended, and this amendment helps to...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: Why? This is the real meat of the issue. I made it clear during my Second Stage contributions to the Bill that this matter is very germane to the whole question. Our contention has always been that the real issue around precarious work is not a proliferation of zero-hour contracts, but if-and-when arrangements, and this Bill does nothing to address this running sore. Together with...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: Deputy Smith's proposal is constructive and deals with the situation. At interview the broad terms and obligations of the employment contract are set out. Prospective employees leave such an interview knowing the nature of the job, the wage rate and everything else associated with it. Surely it is not too big a burden on anybody to be in a position to be able to hand the employee the...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: It is in line with a recommendation that emanated from the report of the University of Limerick. It is the kernel of the issue. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has noted that the provision which seeks to pay a worker for a minium of three hours' work, whether he or she is required to work, is in line with the recommendation made. Most of us are motivated by that....

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: This has been a recurring plague. I know the Minister is eager to get her teeth into this matter and I anticipate that she will address it. From a legal perspective, the critical aspect of any analysis is the type of contract engaged in and the classification of it. That is important because when people are employed as ordinary employees, they attract the full corpus of legislative...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: I also oppose the section and agree with Deputy O'Dea. There are lots of employers out there, some of whom are very small and we must take a balanced view on this. Deputy Joan Collins is correct in pointing out that if some of the other amendments had been accepted, we certainly would be wholeheartedly opposing section 9. The problem, when one starts introducing criminal sanctions, is that...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: Any proposed amendment must arise from discussion here-----

Select Committee on Social Protection: Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (17 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: The Minister did say that she would take the criminal offence aspect out if we insisted that employees be provided with the information on day one.