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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (2 Feb 2017)

Willie Penrose: 39. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the input his Department is making to the public consultation about to commence on the CAP post-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4844/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (2 Feb 2017)

Willie Penrose: 161. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the qualifying criteria and eligibility conditions for a person that wishes to participate in a community employment scheme who is over 55 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4944/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 Feb 2017)

Willie Penrose: 230. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) is immediately admitted for assessment to the orthopaedic unit in the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4945/17]

Roads Funding: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2017)

Willie Penrose: On behalf of the Labour Party, especially rural Deputies, I express full support for this important motion and compliment the Deputies who tabled it. The 673 regional roads extending to more than 13,000 km make up only 15% of the non-national road work but carry approximately 30% of all road traffic. We also have 1,000 km of local roads. If we want to achieve serious bang for our buck, we...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Betting Regulations (1 Feb 2017)

Willie Penrose: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a new rate of tax for high street betting shops, which have a turnover of €2 million or less and that the same would be equal to the new on-course bookmaker’s rate which is now 0.25% of turnover, whereby there has been a significant reduction in the number of shops in the independent betting sector over the...

Other Questions: Banking Sector (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: I saw a lovely picture recently of the Minister of State outside Westport Hotel.

Other Questions: Banking Sector (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: It is not the case that a public banking system would be not-for-profit or be restricted to lending to the regional economy for its business. Post offices and credit unions could earn additional income from the sale of public banking services across the counter via their branches. Is it not the case that the public banking system would be a more suitable place for the credit union movement...

Other Questions: Banking Sector (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: One could get frostbite.

Other Questions: Banking Sector (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: The Minister of State is the right man for the job.

Other Questions: Banking Sector (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: 62. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of the investigation of the establishment of a public banking system here by her department; the likely timeframe of the investigation; the stakeholders involved; the way in which interested parties can make a submission to the investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4244/17]

Other Questions: Banking Sector (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: It is clear the economic recovery has been unbalanced. While the greater Dublin region and multinational export sector have been experiencing growth, the recovery in the Border, midlands and west, BMW, region is undermined when agricultural enterprises and other small and medium enterprises lose access to the financial system. Will a pilot scheme for the Sparkassen model be introduced?...

Other Questions: Post Office Network (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: 52. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which her Department proposes to oversee and monitor the implementation of actions to support the post office network arising out of the report of the post office renewal board and the Post Office Hub Working Group as outlined in point 20 of the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if she will make a statement on the...

Other Questions: Post Office Network (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: We are all aware of the importance of the post office as a key part of the infrastructure of rural villages and towns throughout the country. Often they stand alone as the last bastion or outpost and as a place for the provision of communal services where people, especially the elderly, can come to meet and discuss matters. We have numerous reports, including the Kerr report, the report of...

Other Questions: Post Office Network (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: I thank the Minister of State for the extensive reply and do not doubt his bona fides. However, would the Minister of State agree that having the provision of financial services at its core is essential to the survival of the post office network? My colleague, Deputy Burton, as Minister, was a strong advocate of the basic payment account system. She also advocated the potential of the...

Other Questions: Post Office Network (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: I concur. As the part-owner of a rural shop, the rush of people out of rural villages into large towns is a scandal. They bypass everything. I will not participate in any protest about any of those services - post office or otherwise - because if people used them they would be under less threat. I put it to the Minister of State that the final Kerr report is, no doubt, an excellent report...

Other Questions: Post Office Network (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: I hope the Minister of State is right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges within the Organic Farming Sector: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: I thank the witnesses for their presentation, which gains from being brief, succinct and to the point. It is a good example for other witnesses who might appear before us. We note the submissions and I was one of three or four members here when the delegation made their very comprehensive submission in October 2015. That formed the core of our report. Deputy Deering was Vice Chairman of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: 339. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4378/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Work Placement Programmes (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: 345. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will take immediate steps to amend the regulations and rules pertaining to eligibility for participation in the Tús and Gateway schemes, to permit persons with disabilities to take up positions on these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4696/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Willie Penrose: 366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposals his Department is working on in conjunction with the OPW and the Department of Finance to strengthen the engagement with the insurance industry to improve the availability of flood insurance cover in view of the State's ongoing investment in flood defence schemes as per point 70 in the action plan for rural development;...