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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare and the Control and Management of Horses: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Willie Penrose: ...have never heard from anyone in regard to the rehoming of horses. The departmental officials might say we should not have to do that, and they would be right in a utopian or theoretical society. We are where we are, however, and we have to deal with that. Education is extremely important. Education in secondary schools should be widened. We are talking about the curriculum being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: ...Downs outside Mullingar on the N4 for people travelling to Dublin. If the IDA and Enterprise Ireland paid more attention to Mullingar, we would not have so many people migrating on the bus services or trains. We are where we are, as they say. Hopefully the IDA will redouble its efforts in Mullingar industrial park and get industry in. Trying to get a bus shelter was an issue in areas...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2009)

Willie Penrose: ...banking crisis which had led to the proposals for NAMA that we are now considering has produced several debased phrases to disguise or excuse those who are to blame for the crisis. We are told that "we are where we are", which implies that we should not ask how we got here. Every statement by the Minister for Finance ends with the phrase "going forward" which suggests that we should not...