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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been an increased focus upon the junior certificate application for special accommodations; if a person is not approved for special accommodation in their application for the junior certificate, if this means that they will be disqualified from making an application for social accommodations during leaving certificate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (16 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: 486. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to include persons with asthma in the long-term illness scheme or another targeted scheme such as a chronic disease card in the context of ensuring that the cost of preventative medication is not a barrier to effective asthma control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23301/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Arms Trade (16 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: 580. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of any arms trade that Irish companies have with Israel; the projected value for same in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23303/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance (10 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: 163. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22395/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Eligibility (10 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: 178. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a person (details supplied) who is the owner of lands and turbary rights on a site is entitled to compensation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22363/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (10 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: 214. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure funding is provided to affected narcolepsy patients whose condition arose from vaccines they received during the swine flu vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22371/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: I thank the two groups for their excellent presentations, which were succinct and very informative and all the better for it. I am somewhat surprised that legislation on animal welfare seems to be deficient with regard to the ISPCA's authority to enter establishments. If possible, we should examine whether an appropriate amendment can be made to incorporate greyhound establishments as being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: Would the witnesses then be happy if it can be proven that a country's standards, after starting off on this exclusion list, have come up to scratch, that obviously-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: Yes. Can it then be resumed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: Fair enough. Who would measure it and how would it be measured? Would it be the receiving country or would it be us? Who would be the arbitrator of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: In order for this to happen, the Greyhound Industry Bill would have to be in play to give it a statutory basis. Otherwise, we would be back in for a kind of administrative decision, which the witnesses basically condemned, if you like, or were not in favour of. It would have to be statutorily grounded with objective criteria laid out because if not it could be subject to particular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: Ultimately, the Minister can issue or refuse the licence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: It amounts to at least €500,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme: Discussion (9 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: I thank the delegations for attending. Like my colleagues, I was disappointed with the take-up, particularly by the horticultural sector. I thought part of the programme was to deal with cashflow, support, and addressing the impact of sterling, the exchange rates and lower product prices. I was disappointed that the horticultural sector did not get much from the scheme even though it has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (9 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: 501. To ask the Minister for Health if adequate funding will be provided for the national screening service to enable appropriate and necessary measures to be pursued to improve the BowelScreen uptake rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22119/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Screening Service (9 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: 502. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to encourage awareness, prevention and treatment of Lyme disease here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are specific high-risk areas here and that the risk of Lyme disease here may increase as a result of climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22120/17]

Rural Equality Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on behalf of the Labour Party on the important topic of rural preservation, regeneration and revitalisation. Rural-proofing of decisions would ensure rural Ireland was not sidelined or overlooked but would get its just desserts. It is an important principle. All we are seeking is fair play, to which we are entitled. This cause is one to which I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (4 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the redress that is available to a person (details supplied) who was placed in a county home by the courts and in which legal fairness appears to be constricted in order to ensure they are not compensated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21352/17]

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: -----that we broke that taboo. We wrote the report ourselves. I remember rewriting parts of it during a sunny day. We did that because the carers are very important. I am very proud of the work they are doing throughout the country. They are saving us €4 billion or €5 billion. I realise I am straying from the topic but this shows what can be done by people working together...

Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: There is much potential for significant investment in our fishing and angling industry. We in the midlands, and especially Westmeath, feel we have not been afforded the investment our county deserves. As I stated, we see ourselves as a poor relation. We are designated as a lake county for a very valid reason. It is well deserved. The Minister of State has lakes in his own area but we...