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Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Services (20 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the decision of his Department to propose significant cuts to pharmacy fees from January 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48001/19]

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (12 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: .... People might argue that rich people would gain if such a measure were introduced, but rich people are already able to benefit in this way. I refuted this argument in 1995 when the then Minister for Education was abolishing tuition fees at third level. People were saying it was an awful measure because it would benefit rich people, but it benefited ESB workers and OPW workers who were...

State Ex Gratia Scheme: Statements (10 Jul 2019)

Willie Penrose: ...time ago, I read a brilliant article by Dr. Conor O'Mahony, a senior lecturer in child law at UCC. He was scathing in his view of the State and the fact that it had incurred more than €1.5 million in legal fees in order to avoid paying compensation to victims and through that action re-traumatised some of its most vulnerable citizens. As I stated, I have been involved in cases on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Costs (10 Jul 2019)

Willie Penrose: .... 17 of 2014 and in particular the obligation to review the same levy every three years as set out in the regulation; if in this context provision will be made prospectively for the payment of drafting fees, opinions, notices of applications and affidavits which pertain to dealing with civil matters before the District Court and which are necessary in the context of such proceedings and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (28 May 2019)

Willie Penrose: ...of cases in which he estimates that connections will cost over €5,000 in relation to the national broadband plan; the proposed additional payment in such circumstances beyond the flat €100 fee suggested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22810/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Community Banking (18 Apr 2019)

Willie Penrose: ...of the public that it represents." Public banks come in a variety of models. A public bank might be capitalised through an initial investment by the city or state, as well as through tax and fee revenue. A public bank, like a private bank, can take tax revenues and other government income as deposits, create money in the form of bank credit, and lend at very low interest rates and that...

Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Willie Penrose: .... There is no place for illegal activity in any sport, not least the greyhound industry. All that is wanted is a fair and sporting chance for every dog owner who owns a dog, who pays the fees and enters it in a race. It is about the level playing pitch. I refer to the substantial taxpayer's funding provided directly by the State to allow the sector to develop. This is done through...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2018: Motion (27 Nov 2018)

Willie Penrose: ...They have given us great horses that have won major races. It is a tough job for those people to survive with three or four mares. It is a very easy job for those who can command €75,000 or €175,000 in stallion fees. It is not too hard surviving in that game. Those people can then go out on Saturdays and Sundays and clean up. A lot of this money is going into the prize...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (18 Sep 2018)

Willie Penrose: ...the reason her Department issued directives to community employment scheme area supervisors advising them that support is being discontinued for private members clubs which receive membership fees from their members, a move which will impact severely upon clubs based in rural areas that receive minimum membership and which is particularly applicable to pitch and putt clubs in that...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Willie Penrose: ...years. I have done a lot of work in this area and that will be recognised by people on the ground. The Labour Party wholeheartedly welcomes the extension of eligibility for a GP service without fees to persons in receipt of a carer's allowance payment, although we believe that they should be given full medical cards. In the course of our study, we found that very often a carer ends...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Flooding at Ballycar on the Galway-Limerick Railway and Investment in Heavy Rail: Discussion (23 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: ...the next number of years. A good share of them is required for the Sligo-Longford-Mullingar-Maynooth to Connolly service. As the Chairman will be aware, people do not mind standing an odd time but in general people paying a weekly or monthly fee want to sit down. Some people do some work on the journey to Dublin. We have a huge migration from west to east, unfortunately. If IDA...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (27 Mar 2018)

Willie Penrose: 452. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce an independent appeals mechanism within the fair deal scheme to provide third-party recourse for nursing home providers that cannot agree a fee with the NTPF and in order to ensure there is greater transparency to the fair deal pricing mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14228/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (8 Nov 2017)

Willie Penrose: ...and Skills the steps he will take to ensure that the SUSI appeals body expedites an appeal by a person (details supplied) who has appealed against a refusal to grant them the third level tuition fees sought in respect of their university course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47220/17]

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (12 Jul 2017)

Willie Penrose: ...than applying the full panoply of planning laws to young entrepreneurs and innovators, we should establish a system of licensing even for a time-limited period in order that someone could pay a licence fee of €500 instead of €8,000 in planning costs to see how he or she gets on. The tax system, which is created by politicians, although probably dreamt up by bureaucrats,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (23 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: 587. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for a fee structure that would support a geographic coverage being applied to the allocation of the 700MHz spectrum band, in view of the role of Minister for Finance under sections 13(5)(b) and 13(6) of the Communications Regulation Act 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24768/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Systems, Governance and Procedures in Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (7 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: ...2017, why should HRI get any more money for that? There is also a charge to confirm one's trainer even if he or she remains the very same. These are little petty costs on people. The declaration fee is another that drives me mad. Mr. Kavanagh might not think it is much, but one can make a declaration and then the horse gets sick or some other bloody thing happens, and one still must...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (14 Dec 2016)

Willie Penrose: ...that it is a scandal that one of the Dublin stations to be most recently granted a license plays no Irish music at all. The bottom line for commercial enterprises such as independent radio stations and the multinational powers that feed and shape them is monetary profit, but they cannot be allowed to run roughshod over a nation’s culture in the pursuit of high ratings and...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (27 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: 113. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a decision has been approved to increase the extended mooring fee from €278 to €1,260 per annum for the Grand Canal area at Sallins, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32491/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry Funding (24 May 2016)

Willie Penrose: 554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to immediately suspend the Irish foal levy which was introduced in 2000 which is based on the advertised nomination fee of the foal's sire rather than the actual payment for the stallion's services and where the suspension of the current system which has been the subject of an adverse court judgment will allow for a proper review...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harness Racing Industry: Horse Racing Ireland and Horse Sport Ireland (15 Dec 2015)

Willie Penrose: ...events. Those involved in this sector have high standards too. They are not fly-by-nights. The Irish Harness Racing Association is a genuine organisation. It is not receiving tax-free stallion fees or anything like that. Its members are ordinary people. I like to speak for the ordinary people and that is why I have made such efforts to protect our smaller race tracks all over the...