Results 881-900 of 7,024 for speaker:Willie Penrose

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (21 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to contact the relevant authorities with a view to expediting an urgent appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9019/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (21 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos 604 and 607 of 23 May 2017 and in relation to the report of the taskforce implementation group concerning taskforce action number 19, if the pricing review of the MANS network is complete; his plans to publish the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9010/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (21 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been notified of force majeure circumstance by a company (details supplied) in relation to its NBP commitment agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9011/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services Provision (21 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1008 of 13 July 2017, the top five blackspots by county for mobile coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9013/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (21 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date on which changes to clawback arrangements of MANS enhancements were adopted; if the new arrangements were applied retrospectively from the date of adoption; if there is or likely to be a net cost to the State from this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9014/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (21 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises passed under the Eircom commitment contract in Q2, Q3 and Q4 of 2017 that were deployed by means of eVDSL, LR-VDSL or were otherwise not fibre-to-the-premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9015/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (21 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 23 May 2017, his plans to issue a policy direction to a body (details supplied) in relation to the coverage conditions, as opposed to the allocation method, or of spectrum licences in the 700MHz band; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9016/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (21 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that remain non-compliant with the 2013 development contribution guidelines in relation to taskforce action number 8 and the progress report of the taskforce implementation group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9012/18]

Other Questions: Departmental Priorities (20 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: Indeed, the assessment supports the implementation of the national social target for poverty reduction and reducing consistent poverty from 4% to 2% or thereabouts in 2020. It will take significant funding to achieve that and to improve living standards. Social transfers and taxes have a significant role in that, which we support. I also support the Minister's priorities regarding lone...

Other Questions: Departmental Priorities (20 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: I acknowledge the improvements that have been made and those to which the Minister is committed. I have always acknowledged her efforts in that regard. I look forward to being pleasantly surprised if this application goes straight through the system. I know there has to be an assessment and an adjudication but if this 89 year old woman was in a nursing home, it would cost €950 a...

Other Questions: Departmental Priorities (20 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 46. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the policy changes she plans to pursue in 2018; her priorities in view of the publication of the social impact assessment of budget 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8346/18]

Other Questions: Departmental Priorities (20 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: My question refers to a study which came out earlier in the month. It is similar to the equality budgeting strategy. I note that the social impact assessment of the welfare and tax measures in the 2018 budget was published utilising the simulating welfare and income tax changes, SWITCH, model developed by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, which I recall being introduced some...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: I hope I get a little latitude. Bogus self-employment contracts effectively deny workers the same level of protection and entitlement their employed colleagues enjoy. I note the report commissioned by my colleague, Deputy Joan Burton, has finally been published. Bogus self-employment is a scourge of many industries, hitting the construction industry, the gig economy and the IT sector...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: With our Protection of Employment (Measures to Counter False Self-Employment) Bill 2018 we certainly do not want to interfere with the status of genuinely employed self-employed people or bring them into an employee framework. No one is interested in that because those thousands of people provide jobs and work extremely hard. A common misconception is that parties are free to choose whether...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: I know the Minister will support it next week.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes she plans to implement following the publication of the report into tax and social insurance implications of intermediary employment structures and self-employment arrangements; her further plans to conduct a study to determine the number of persons who are in these arrangements due to the reliance on data based...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Dormant Accounts Fund (20 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding she sought from the Dormant Accounts Fund; the criteria for the selection of projects to receive funding; the number of projects that sought funding from her Department; if there was a public request for submissions; and the details of projects that sought funding. [8350/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to amend the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017 to reduce the look-back reference period to 13 months or less and narrow the bands of hours into which persons can be placed; and her further plans to provide a definition in law for casual employment. [8349/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (20 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied with the operation of the humanitarian assistance scheme; the number of persons that applied for assistance following storm Eleanor; the amount awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8348/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Family Support Services (20 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: 83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the report on the working family payment to replace family income supplement will be published. [8347/18]