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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (30 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an application for a three-month visitor visa by a person (details supplied) has been refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15983/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) who has applied for reasonable accommodation in the junior certificate examination is granted same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15980/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (30 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 186. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if social welfare payments that are due to persons who are placed on temporary layoff by their employer (details supplied) in County Kildare can be expedited, in view of the fact there are 14 employees involved and they have not received any social protection payments to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15978/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (30 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 187. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there is no independent appeals mechanism available, such as the social welfare appeals officer, when a decision is being reviewed by his Department rather than through the independent appeals process, in the situation where a person is being reviewed in terms of their entitlement to illness benefit credit contributions and his...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (30 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 188. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied) will be adjudicated upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15982/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (30 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 189. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is only getting a part payment on their social welfare payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15984/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (30 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 190. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is in receipt of the correct illness benefit payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15986/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (30 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 249. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the potential for employers to abuse the temporary lay-off situation provision available in legislation to delay or reduce their statutory obligations to employees (details supplied); her plans to address this by way of legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15979/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Cafés Provision (30 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 260. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration will be given to providing grant aid to complete a youth development project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15985/17]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute on behalf of the Labour Party to this important debate on the motion. I made a contribution on this matter in a Topical Issue debate I initiated on 7 February. In that debate I outlined my own outright opposition and that of the Labour Party to the proposals emanating from the combination of the departmental and Citizens Information Board's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (28 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: I thank the witnesses for their attendance and presentations. Do I detect an annoyance at the level of negativity that has been focused on the tardiness of payments? That seemed to be a big issue. Do I detect an annoyance from both witnesses who spoke that there was too much focus on it and that such negative comment might impact negatively on people who might want to go into organic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (28 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: I will not charge a penny for it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (28 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: There are 2,300 organic farmers and not all of them are probably involved in the scheme. Why is it so slow?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (28 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: Yes. At the other end of the scale, there are 100,000 farmers in receipt of basic payments. Organic farmers comprise 2% of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (28 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: There is no doubt that is the reason.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (28 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 315. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence (details supplied); the person or body that has responsibility for carrying out the transition review for children who are leaving the early intervention class at a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15460/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Regeneration (23 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are grants being made available to enable persons to refurbish or carry out remedial works to dwelling houses in rural areas in order to make them fully habitable and suitable accommodation for families that wish to reside in same, or that actually owned them and wish to effect necessary improvements to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (23 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 131. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason for the failure of her Department to put in place an appropriate preservation order when it became aware of toghers in the ancient bog at Mayne, Coole, County Westmeath; the reason unlimited extraction of peat is allowed to continue despite her Department's full knowledge of the importance of this ancient bog road; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (23 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 143. To ask the Minister for Health if, further to the recent and unfolding events of the former St. Mary’s Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, County Galway and the Government's response to same, including the remarks made by the Taoiseach in Dáil Éireann in response to same, he will confirm that in the course of actions initiated on behalf of clients against the orders and the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (22 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: 164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of illness benefit is entitled to have their fuel allowance restored from the date they were moved from their entitlement to jobseeker's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14535/17]