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Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: .... Indeed, some have forgotten that, while there was only a €3 per week increase for pensioners, there was also the restoration of the Christmas bonus. For a married couple, that was another €6.50 a week, which brought it up to €9.50 a week. If Deputy Denise Mitchell is going to give the story, she should give the full story and not offer a selective view. I was...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (22 Jun 2016)

Willie Penrose: I have great respect for the Chairman. I have another engagement at 10.15 a.m. but I will raise a number of issues to which the Minister can reply whenever he gets the opportunity. I welcome the Minister to the committee. It is great to see him here. He has made a good start in the Dáil and is forthcoming in responding to queries. I am delighted to hear about the beef genomics...

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2015)

Willie Penrose: ...better supported HRI. The smaller provincial racecourses will be the victims in this and will lose out in terms of funding, particularly if the media rights provisions in section 5 come to pass. That effectively gives the HRI the right to secure all income generated from the sale of media rights as part of its general functions. I will digress for a moment and refer to a matter in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Sector: Irish Farmers Association (6 Oct 2015)

Willie Penrose: ...their entity specifically identified as such within the CAP reform structure and to have a specific payment for them. I do not ever fear a return to the late 1980s and early 1990s when Ireland had 5 million sheep. Everyone in the place had a sheep, including those who did not know the difference between a sheep and a cat. We do not want that again. I can recall what happened. Land was...

Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Mar 2013)

Willie Penrose: ...in MRH Mullingar, which the Minister has acknowledged on radio and television, and that is why I have no belief in the HSE and I will continue to defy the Minister, no matter the intent of sections 5 and 6 and other amendments concerning the relationship between the HSE and the Minister and his successors. I wish him well in his ambition and I acknowledge he has put a great deal of...

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

Willie Penrose: ...this money, they lent most of it to property developers, who created the worst property bubble in post-war Europe. At the height of the property boom, building and construction constituted 15% of Ireland's gross domestic product, compared to a European Union average of 5%. The problem was compounded by the inability of the Central Bank to raise interest rates to dampen the frenzy. The...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (2 Nov 2011)

Willie Penrose: ...Report of the Advisory Group on Unfinished Housing Developments , together with the Government's response to the recommendations. To date, my Department has made allocations totalling some €2.23 million to nineteen local authorities from the €5 million funding allocation made available to address immediate safety issues. The types of works that have been approved to date include the...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (20 Oct 2011)

Willie Penrose: I propose to take Questions Nos. 29, 39 and 45 together. The first National Housing Development Survey database, published in October 2010, established an authoritative baseline analysis of unfinished housing developments to assist in fully understanding the scale and extent of the issues involved. Last week I published the findings of the 2011 survey. This showed that the number of complete...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (4 Oct 2011)

Willie Penrose: ...with regard to the public safety works required to improve the living conditions of existing residents on some unfinished estates. To date, my Department has made allocations totalling some €2.16 million to fifteen local authorities from the €5 million funding allocation made available to address immediate safety issues. The types of works that have been approved to date include the...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (21 Sep 2011)

Willie Penrose: ...with regard to the public safety works required to improve the living conditions of existing residents on some unfinished estates. To date, my Department has made allocations totalling some €2.16 million to fifteen local authorities from the €5 million funding allocation made available to address immediate safety issues. The types of works that have been approved to date include the...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (20 Sep 2011)

Willie Penrose: ...with regard to the public safety works required to improve the living conditions of existing residents on some unfinished estates. To date, my Department has made allocations totalling some €2.16 million to fifteen local authorities from the €5 million funding allocation made available to address immediate safety issues. The types of works that have been approved include the fencing...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (14 Sep 2011)

Willie Penrose: I propose to take Questions Nos. 552, 556 and 575 together. I have established and am chairing the National Co-ordination Committee on Unfinished Housing Developments to oversee implementation of the Report of the Advisory Group on Unfinished Housing Developments, together with the Government's response to the recommendations. Both documents were published on 9 June 2011 and are available...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (21 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: ...estates which posed a safety risk to the public and where funds to remedy these issues could not be ordinarily accessed by means of completion bonds or pursuit of developers. An allocation of €5 million was made available by my Department and local authorities were invited to make applications for funding to alleviate the problems in those instances that qualified for the funds. To date...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (21 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: ...housing developments safety initiative was introduced earlier this year to deal with the health and safety issues presented by unfinished estates. My Department has allocated an initial €5 million to allow local authorities to identify such estates and make application for funding to alleviate the problem. To date 237 developments have been identified as qualifying for funding and...

Written Answers — National Housing Development Survey: National Housing Development Survey (20 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: ...the Unfinished Housing Developments Safety Initiative to deal with the health and safety issues in unfinished estates where the means to make them safe are otherwise unavailable. Some €5 million has been allocated for this purpose. Local authorities have identified 238 estates nationally where funding for this purpose is required. Applications have been received in respect of 146...

Seanad: Unfinished Housing Developments: Statements (13 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: ...being made with regard to the public safety works required to improve the living conditions of existing residents on some unfinished estates. To date, I have made allocations totalling some €1.3 million to 15 local authorities from the €5 million funding allocation made available to address immediate safety issues. The reduction in drawdown from this fund from previous provisional...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: ...being made with regard to the public safety works required to improve the living conditions of existing residents on some unfinished estates. To date, I have made allocations totalling some €1.3 million to fifteen local authorities from the €5 million funding allocation made available to address immediate safety issues. The reduction in drawdown from this fund from previous...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Estates: Unfinished Housing Estates (21 Jun 2011)

Willie Penrose: ...housing developments safety initiative was introduced earlier this year to deal with the health and safety issues presented by unfinished estates. My Department has allocated an initial €5 million to allow local authorities to identify such estates and make application for funding to alleviate the problem. Currently, local authorities are conducting this survey and applying for funds as...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (16 Jun 2011)

Willie Penrose: ...on the best practice Guidance Manual on Managing and Resolving Unfinished Housing Developments, which will be published later this month. I have made the first allocations, totalling some €1.5 million, to ten local authorities from the €5 million funding allocation made available to address immediate safety issues and works to improve the living conditions of existing residents on...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (16 Jun 2011)

Willie Penrose: ...developments safety initiative was introduced earlier this year to deal with the problem of the health and safety issues presented by unfinished estates. My Department has allocated an initial €5 million to allow local authorities to identify such estates and make application for funding to alleviate the problem. Currently, local authorities are conducting this survey and applying for...