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Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: I am just about to conclude, if you could just give me 30 seconds, Acting Chairman. I want to respect you. The pig market is in crisis. There is no sign of it climbing out of the doldrums. I know Sean Brady, Sean Murphy, Bernard Gilsenan, Ollie Leddy and all those people involved. I do not always agree with the IFA, but in recent weeks it has called for the formation of an industry...

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: At the outset I join colleagues in congratulating Mr. Joe Healy on his elevation to president of the Irish Farmers Association. He has a new broom and will help to restore trust in this important representative organisation. I also wish Mr. Eddie Downey well; he is a decent man who put his heart and soul into the job. He is a person of great integrity and I wish him and his family well...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (4 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she will process and pay an application by a person (details supplied) under the disability benefit scheme and the illness benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9190/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (4 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is an exemption for elderly persons over 75 years of age who are in poor health and who suffer from a disability but who have not paid their property tax, where they applied for a disabled person grant to their local authority but where they were refused unless they could show evidence of complying with the property tax scheme; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (4 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: 100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite an application (details supplied) for a grant under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme as approval is urgently required to carry out necessary building refurbishment works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9188/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: 227. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure that a person (details supplied) who is in urgent need of an operation and has been on the waiting list for surgery and treatment is immediately admitted for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9187/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fish Farming (4 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: 329. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of a proposal by Inland Fisheries Ireland to close fish hatchery farms at Cullionmore, in Mullingar, County Westmeath and in Roscrea, County Tipperary, which are the only two brown trout hatcheries left in Ireland; if he will consult the said board with a view to getting this proposal scrapped as there is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (27 Apr 2016)

Willie Penrose: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has lifted the moratorium on the recruitment of adult educational guidance counsellors working with the Adult Education Guidance Service in the Education and Training Board, given that this would enable the appropriate recruitment to proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8626/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (26 Apr 2016)

Willie Penrose: 81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details sullied) under the carer’s allowance scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8417/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 Apr 2016)

Willie Penrose: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he will take to have a person (details supplied) immediately admitted for a hip replacement operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8416/16]

EU-UK Relations: Statements (21 Apr 2016)

Willie Penrose: I am happy to make some comments on behalf of the Labour Party, although I know my colleague and the Tánaiste, Deputy Joan Burton, contributed earlier. This is one of the most important debates we will have in this Dáil, focusing on the Brexit referendum and the implications for Ireland in the event of the British people voting to withdraw from the European Union on 23 June. We...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Willie Penrose: 65. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7613/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Willie Penrose: 179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the single farm payment due to a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be immediately paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7608/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (20 Apr 2016)

Willie Penrose: 362. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Longford will be immediately admitted for an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7782/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Apr 2016)

Willie Penrose: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application for emergency funding under the emergency works scheme by a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if same will now be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7607/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (14 Apr 2016)

Willie Penrose: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance to ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath is awarded the widowed person or surviving civil partner tax credit, to which the person has been entitled since 2004; if he will carry out a full review of the past 12 years in respect of this, given that this error would have been clearly in the knowledge of the authorities as the person was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (14 Apr 2016)

Willie Penrose: 340. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms licences that have been revoked or withdrawn in the Garda Síochána district of Longford and Roscommon and the number that have been subsequently returned on appeal or direct application in the same district; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7077/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Apr 2016)

Willie Penrose: 596. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Longford, who is classified as a multi-task attendant, has not been receiving the appropriate wage rate, notwithstanding the fact that the person became aware some two and a half years ago of only being paid as an attendant; if he will immediately address this issue and pay the appropriate arrears to the person; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (14 Apr 2016)

Willie Penrose: 729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she received an application for additional accommodation from a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; to ensure this is progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7079/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (14 Apr 2016)

Willie Penrose: 730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she received an application for emergency funding from a school (details supplied) in County Longford under the emergency works scheme; if she will ensure this is progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7080/16]