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Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: ...surprising that the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment recommended that the network when completed should remain in public ownership. The rural broadband strategy has been dogged by confusion and underestimation of costs since its inception. Providing broadband to low-density rural households is inevitably costly but technology has moved on dramatically...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (19 Sep 2019)

Willie Penrose: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of doubling the number of dogs in the Garda dog unit; the estimated cost of doubling the number of horses in the Garda mounted unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37976/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Alleged Issue of Abuse of Greyhounds: Bord na gCon (9 Jul 2019)

Willie Penrose: ...All illegal behaviour has to be rooted out without fear or favour. It does not make any difference wherever it falls. Those who act in a disgraceful and abhorrent way have to be rooted out. It is impossible to see how a dog or any animal could be subject to such acts of barbarity. As I said, we spent a long time dealing with welfare and probity in the Bill. The focus was on welfare and...

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

Willie Penrose: ..., and I know all about the allocation of funds under the greyhound legislation and the various other Acts we have passed in these Houses. We devote between €83 million and €84 million to dogs and horses, with something like €16 million of that specifically for dogs. Surely to God we could give €1 million, €1.5 million or even €2 million to the...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Racing Bill 2018: Committee Stage (26 Mar 2019)

Willie Penrose: ...that we need to implement a detailed list of appropriate countries to which the licensed export of greyhounds from the State would be permissible. There has always been concern about the number of dogs that are exported and the destinations to which they are exported. There is a need to have appropriate and proper welfare regimes in place. During the pre-legislative scrutiny phase - I...

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

Willie Penrose: ...regime for breaches of the greyhound regulations. 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...

Topical Issue Debate: Community Banking (5 Jul 2018)

Willie Penrose: ...It should call them off. It made a mess of the whole thing. It did not sell off when it should have sold off, and now it is down billions and it is trying to protect their capital shareholding and everything else. The dogs in the street and the ordinary people know what is happening, and they do not accept this type of gibberish from the bureaucrats. The Minister of State should tell...

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Report Stage (26 Jun 2018)

Willie Penrose: ...workable or that there is a lacuna and they do not know what particular section can be relied upon, it creates a difficulty. We already have legislation going through the House that was described as a dog's dinner. Somebody said it is an insult to the dogs to even talk about giving them a dinner like that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: The studbook registration problem, in terms of the progeny of dogs that are more than two years dead, around which there was significant furore for a considerable time, is being addressed under head 28. Are the witnesses happy about that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: ...however? It could become a legal quagmire unless a "do and don't" list is set out. In the normal course of events things are black and white, but sometimes something may innocently appear. If a dog is fed something which contains a contaminated substance, for example, then under the strict liability principle one is there. As the saying goes: "Once you're explaining, you're losing."...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2017)

Willie Penrose: .... The aim of the legislation is to effect a cradle-to-grave level of supervision and protection of animals involved in the industry. That means dealing with traceability, microchipping, dog breeding, sales of dogs, greyhound welfare, puppy farming, smuggling and breeding, which we have read about, as well as the exporting of greyhounds. This Bill is weak on the issue of exporting dogs....

Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Willie Penrose: ...the clientele with whom they are dealing. This proposal will eliminate at the stroke of a pen the bottom up philosophy of MABS and the Citizens Information service and, on the contrary, impose the top dog "we know best" ethos. In recent weeks, we have had the launch of the Government initiative to deal with the stubborn mortgage arrears difficulties, the Abhaile scheme. MABS is at the...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Motion (14 Dec 2016)

Willie Penrose: ...Bureaucrats then get in and regulate things out of existence. When all this is addressed, there will be a renewed confidence in the industry. The stakeholders are very concerned about the future, particularly in the dog industry. The old figure of 10,500 employed in the industry is bandied about. We need full answers, not incomplete or half-baked answers. IGB must be forthcoming in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (6 Dec 2016)

Willie Penrose: ...There cannot be any nonsense of accepting little bits. There has to be zero tolerance in terms of integrity in order that every race is run true to form with no external influences on the performance of horses, dogs or anything else in the industry. That goes right through to the breeding. It has to be protected in an overarching way. That will give great confidence right across the...

Horse Racing Ireland Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (20 Jan 2016)

Willie Penrose: ..." and substitute "(other than the administration of point-to-point racing)". I know that the Minister is very quick, sharp and perceptive, but I cannot for the life of me understand why he is so doggedly opposed to accepting even one of our amendments. I would not care which one he accepted.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Industry in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2015)

Willie Penrose: ...aid is available from the Department to deal with abandoned and-or neglected animals and animals subjected to cruelty? The work of the ISPCA is not confined to equines as I know it does a tremendous amount of work with cats, dogs and various other animals in Keenagh. Like my colleagues I was somewhat taken aback by the change in the regulations. I think, Chairman, that we should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland: Chairperson Designate (28 Jan 2015)

Willie Penrose: ...authorities, including the BAI, and make a genuine effort to give these musicians a chance? There should be no more lip-service. We pay lots of lip-service to various matters but forget about them. I am like a dog with a bone about this. I must state I do not have any interests in the music industry. I am not a band manager or a musician.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (15 Dec 2009)

Willie Penrose: Question 328: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will make regulations under the Control of Dogs Acts in relation to dog breeding establishments; if hunt kennels will be included in such regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46760/09]

Farming and Agri-Food Sector: Statements (25 Nov 2009)

Willie Penrose: ...The river runs through the Minister's county and he knows it as well as anyone. The main purpose of the Bill is to put a single new authority in place to tackle the problem of flooding, which has dogged the midlands, including Cavan, and parts of the west for many years. The authority would provide a medium to long-term solution to the flooding problems of the River Shannon. As it...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (3 Jul 2007)

Willie Penrose: ...the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the new animal welfare legislation planned as part of the Programme for Government; if this includes provisions to deal with all animals including dogs and cats; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19101/07]