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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (27 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to have a person (details supplied) admitted to the urological department of the Mater hospital in Dublin. [30139/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (27 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 519. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a capital sports grant application by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30140/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (27 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community 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. [30141/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (22 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: They might yet reverse the decision.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (22 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 4. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that single farm payments and the overall CAP budget are not affected in the current EU budget up to 2020 when the UK withdraws from the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28470/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (22 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Doyle, on his well-deserved reappointment. The biggest challenge facing rural Ireland is Brexit. The €1.7 billion received by Irish farmers annually must be guaranteed in any post-Brexit adjustment to the EU budget. The Government must ensure that this vital EU funding stream is protected. The UK contributes about 12% of the EU budget...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (22 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: The negative impact of Brexit on the CAP budget is glaringly obvious. I reckon the UK contributes €12.9 billion to EU coffers. Clearly, unless addressed by significantly increased contributions by the member states, there will be a significant negative impact on CAP and direct payments to farmers. The EU budget is around 1% of EU GDP. That is far too small for a Union of 520...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (22 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: I am in between, at €12.9 billion.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (22 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: I would be suggesting safeguards such as seeking a suspension of state aid rules for two to three years. Small and medium enterprises dealing with the agrifood industry that are highly reliant on the UK market must be brought to the table. Solutions have to be found for the huge cross-Border trade in milk, livestock and other agricultural products. We have factories such as Lakeland and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Development (22 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports which are available from his Department to support strawberry growers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27974/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sugar Industry (22 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 26. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the loss of sugar beet production has represented a significant disadvantage to tillage farmers; if he will take proactive steps to revive the industry in view of the fact that farming in the UK is proceeding in this direction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27977/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme (22 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a second tranche of a low cost loan scheme administered through the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland and the commercial banks; if he will revise the terms and conditions of eligibility for participating persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27978/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Development (22 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish the report on the aquaculture licensing process; his plans to legislate on its recommendations; his views on the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27975/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (22 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 216. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); if same can now be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29396/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Fish Quotas: Discussion (20 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: I thank the groups for attending and giving expansive and comprehensive presentations. Being from the midlands, which are inland, this has been educational. My first exposure to this matter was the discussion on the Supreme Court case with Mr. Kelly, his colleagues and their legal adviser. It was instructive. I have been against the Bill from early on for a number of reasons, but it would...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will take steps to ensure that an application for vital and necessary accommodation by a school (details supplied) is immediately progressed in view of the fact that there are not adequate facilities available to accommodate learning support, resource support and to facilitate teaching of the physical education curriculum regardless of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks Rental Scheme (20 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider in the budget for 2018 increasing funding for the school book rental scheme by €15 million; if he will implement the recommendation from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection made in 2013 to introduce a five year template for the delivery of an entirely free school book scheme; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fund for Students with Disabilities (20 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding the eligibility to the fund for students with disabilities, the student assistance fund and the maintenance grant to part time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29111/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the anomaly by which lone parents in receipt of rent supplement and the one parent family payments and jobseeker's transition payment that want to take up education or training are not eligible for SUSI maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29115/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (20 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: 662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the cuts to the student grant implemented in 2011 and 2012 and restore the distance of adjacent rate to 24 kilometres from the current distance of 45 kilometres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29110/17]