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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (29 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if, in respect of the appointment of the chief executive officer of any organisation, it is critical that the board would submit their approval concerning such appointment to the relevant Minister; if, in respect of the reappointment of the chief executive officer of HRI, it was made clear that the request of ministerial sanction and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (29 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 180. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the reappointment of the chief executive officer of HRI clearly breached the Government guidelines as set down by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, which specified strict time limits of the duration for time in which the CEO of a commercial semi-State body should serve; if, in the context of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (29 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 199. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure a person (details supplied) is given a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27841/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (29 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide an additional €11 million in respect of a dairy package so as to match in full the EU allocation which was recently announced and in which Ireland secured €11 million as part of a €350 million aid package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27842/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (29 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that an ANC payment to a person (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27845/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (29 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 235. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that accurate information was furnished to his Department in respect of the appointment of the chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland; if so, the basis upon which the said appointment proceeded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27941/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (29 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the fact that appropriate and necessary ministerial consent provided by him, which permitted the reappointment of the chief executive of Horse Racing Ireland, may have been made on the basis of facts which did not accord with the reality of the situation whereby there was no board approval made by Horse Racing Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (29 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in respect of the appointment of the chief executive officer of any organisation, it is critical that the board would submit its approval concerning such appointment to the relevant Minister and in respect of the reappointment of the chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland, it was made clear that the request of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards (29 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 238. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his view on the fact that the reappointment of the chief executive officer of Horse Racing Ireland clearly breached the Government guidelines as set down by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, which specified strict time limits of the duration for time in which the CEO of a commercial semi-State body should serve; if,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (29 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 280. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm having received a submission from the National Forum of Family Resource Centres, seeking an adequate level of operational funding for the FRC programme which will ensure that each FRC throughout the country is funded to meet its overhead costs and has adequate staff levels to deliver the family support within the best...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (28 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 164. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who urgently requires dental treatment is entitled to any assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27725/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (28 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 165. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expedite an application for disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27726/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications (28 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will take steps to ensure that an application to transfer entitlements from a father to a son (details supplied) is immediately finalised and the disadvantaged area payments which are due on foot thereof are immediately paid out to the new applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27763/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (28 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: 263. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff employed in the State agency Tusla broken down by grade and by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27727/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit: Discussion with Mushroom Industry (27 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: I am glad to see a fellow Westmeath man presenting the case for the mushroom farmers. He is aware that a significant number of mushroom producers in the Westmeath area have disappeared, so to speak, in the past 12 or 18 months. They were all under pressure prior to this. It is a perfect storm because it is a very perishable product in a volatile market. There was forward contracting when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit: Discussion with Mushroom Industry (27 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: What also concerns me is that people are talking about the British exit from the EU taking two years. It took Greenland, which is a very small country, three years. How long will it take a country to unwind itself where there are hundreds of thousands of agreements and laws? Everyone will have to wake up and tell the truth. This will be a long-term process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: Does the Minister have a view on how he will allocate the €25 million for the sheep scheme? Is there talk of a cap on its implementation because there are only 2.5 million ewes? Unnecessary restrictions might be more administratively burdensome and costly than the scheme is worth. Has the Minister figured out how to resolve the row between the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: Can the Government not change the 2001 Act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: We will all be dead by the time the Supreme Court decides that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (27 Sep 2016)

Willie Penrose: Why does the Department resort to paying it all out at one time? Given that the income situation varies throughout the year, why not use the facility that exists to make three or four separate payments? The Department has everyone's account, ibans and the devil knows what with computers. As such, why not pay the money out two or three times a year? It would be far more valuable to farmers...