Results 841-860 of 7,024 for speaker:Willie Penrose

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (17 Apr 2018)

Willie Penrose: 1628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the new tenant purchase scheme will be finalised; the changes which are proposed as a result of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16820/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Chairman for calling this meeting and the Minister and his officials for attending. Like other Opposition Members, I could engage in much political grandstanding and sound-biting. However, this is an issue which requires comprehensive stakeholder response of which the Minister is only one. There has been a huge level of hardship, distress and trauma for many farmers. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ongoing Fodder Crisis: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (11 Apr 2018)

Willie Penrose: On the measures the Minister could bring forward, a meal voucher would be one of the most practical in providing for an early resolution for farmers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: We all know that the CAP is the foundation block for food security and the healthy production of food at affordable prices for consumers. However, CAP measures have been too prescriptive and they have been too much in one's face. A simplification process has to take place in respect of measures which farmers on the ground have to deal with and the Minister has to give priority to this. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Post-EU Council Meeting of Agriculture and Fisheries: Discussion (29 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: The Deputy is dead right. I have no simplistic solutions. I met farmers the other day and they told me the usual stories but I could have told them the same stories about shopkeepers who lost everything. Those people provide jobs in rural Ireland as well. I get angry with the notion that the Minister just has to go over there and shake his little green bag. It will be a very difficult...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (29 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department is liaising with Westmeath County Council with a view to putting in place an appropriate flood relief scheme for Mullingar, County Westmeath, with a view to ensuring that adequate protection is put in place for Mullingar and its environs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14679/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Union Services (27 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the work being undertaken by his Department to implement the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach's recommendation that credit unions be able to lend to affordable housing bodies and local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13624/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (27 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance when the public banking investigation report will be published; the engagement his Department has in respect of this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13625/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (27 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will promote a public awareness campaign targeting parents and children and young persons regarding the importance of digital citizenship and online safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14035/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (27 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SNA allocation for a school (details supplied) will be retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14249/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (27 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward appropriate legislation to hold technology companies accountable for the protection of data and requiring the timely removal of data when children and young persons are bullied and or exploited; his further plans to ensure a child's rights to be forgotten online; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (27 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 451. To ask the Minister for Health if the publication of the review of the pricing system for long-term residential care facilities will be ensured as recommended within the review of the fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14227/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (27 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 452. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an independent appeals mechanism within the fair deal scheme to provide third-party recourse for nursing home providers that cannot agree a fee with the NTPF and in order to ensure there is greater transparency to the fair deal pricing mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14228/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (27 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused a medical card; if this case can now be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14250/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (27 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there was a reduction of BPS payments due to a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14226/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Internet Safety (27 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the creation of a digital safety commissioner will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14046/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (27 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has received a request to provide funding for the provision of a family resource centre for Longford town in 2018 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14229/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (27 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to a review of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that same was submitted some time ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14225/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (21 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the next sports and community grants will be available to organisations and communities that wish to develop facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13237/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (20 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if the provision that permits stamp duty relief for land involving the sale and purchase of land by farmers, which facilitates such considerations and which was part of the Finance Act 2017 and was to be commenced by way of signature on 15 December 2017 and which further appears not to have been implemented to date, will be implemented; and if he will make...