Results 1-16 of 16 for other and baby speaker:Willie Penrose

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Willie Penrose: ...but it is drowned in a volume of bureaucracy. Even people who have hired in expertise find it difficult to deal with some of the requirements. The thrust of it is to ensure the revitalisation and sustainability of villages. People are worn out by the time they get to the end line. It is a very good scheme with very good incentives, but we do not want to throw out the baby with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Joint Meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Joint Committee on Rural and Community Development
Common Agricultural Policy: Discussion (22 Jan 2019)

Willie Penrose: ...but it is drowned in a volume of bureaucracy. Even people who have hired in expertise find it difficult to deal with some of the requirements. The thrust of it is to ensure the revitalisation and sustainability of villages. People are worn out by the time they get to the end line. It is a very good scheme with very good incentives, but we do not want to throw out the baby with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data Genomics Programme: Discussion (22 May 2018)

Willie Penrose: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. I am a strong supporter of the BDGP. It has helped to identify superior and inferior animals at an early stage and no one can gainsay that. It is extremely important in that context. The aggregation of statistics over a period with regard to genetic merit and evaluation of those is surely the best way to identify or point towards the most...

Parental Leave (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Feb 2018)

Willie Penrose: I wish to compliment and commend Deputy Róisín Shortall and Deputy Catherine Murphy on introducing this Bill. It will be no surprise that the Labour Party will wholeheartedly support it and the principles set out in it. While we welcome it, we see it only as a first step or a start. I am sure the proponents of the Bill will agree with this sentiment. It is a strong overview to...

Local Government (Establishment of Town Councils Commission) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2017)

Willie Penrose: They are anything but successful. The former Minister, Phil Hogan's reform of local government has not worked out. It is one of my and the Labour Party's great regrets. We should have been more resilient, obstructive and obstinate in making sure that the reforms did not see the light of day. It has led to wholesale destruction. What passed for local government reform was not reform at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Surrounding Recent Reappointment of CEO of Horse Racing Ireland (13 Oct 2016)

Willie Penrose: ...that not concluded as part of the contract? It is a difficult one for Mr. Keeling, in fairness, because he was not there. However, five of the members of the board at that time remain in position and should be able to deal with it. It is an important issue. In 2011, the board failed in its duty to finalise matters and did not carry out its functions satisfactorily. Does Mr. Keeling...

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Annual Report 2013: National Milk Agency (25 Nov 2014)

Willie Penrose: I thank the witnesses for their very informative and helpful presentation. It lived up to the billing in terms of reporting. The concentration of power in the hands of a number of multiples will leave a very desolate landscape across the country. As the witnesses noted, corner shops and other very important institutions, particularly in rural areas, are being wiped out, as we are all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Maximising the Usage and Potential of Land: Coillte (3 Apr 2014)

Willie Penrose: I thank the representatives of Coillte for their presentation. No doubt the Coillte land will play an important role in land utilisation in the future. I will focus upon it as somebody who has been involved in this and has not been aggressive, but has argued logically against the invasion of people's space by corporate entities, which I hope is not done in collusion with Coillte. I note...

Chemicals (Amendment) Bill 2010: Second Stage (19 Oct 2010)

Willie Penrose: ...of the points that were just made by Deputy Bruton. I remember somebody saying that I was a eurosceptic at the time. I was not a bit of a eurosceptic, but I realised that the more impositions and unnecessary burdens imposed on a business, the better chance there is that the business will go to the wall. It is important that we examine every regulation and Bill that is brought forward....

Finance Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2010)

Willie Penrose: That is right, discipline. Deputy Morgan is correct. The number of places available for further education and retraining should be increased, and there should be more graduate places, job opportunities and internships. My colleague, Deputy Michael D. Higgins has explained this in great detail. There was no jobs stimulus package and I cannot for the life of me understand how a little...

Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Report and Final Stages (11 Nov 2009)

Willie Penrose: I move amendment No. 14: In page 11, line 40, to delete "10 ordinary members (including" and substitute the following: "8 ordinary members (including a worker director and". This is an important amendment. The smaller the board the more efficient it is. It has been reduced from 17 to ten, plus the director general. A small board is more efficient and effective in its operation and ensures...

Labour Services (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Oct 2009)

Willie Penrose: ...there is a need for flexibility. I have met some excellent people in FÁS over the years, including in my own county of Westmeath where I have had a lot of contact with them. They are perceptive and diligent individuals who often have the genesis of a good idea. They are at the coalface interacting with people and therefore they may well develop such proposals. It should be possible to...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (18 Jun 2009)

Willie Penrose: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this important legislation, the general thrust of which the Labour Party broadly supports. As Deputy Varadkar and the Minister of State indicated, the Bill deals with three main issues relating to aspects of corporate governance and corporate law in general. Everyone is aware of the events which necessitated its introduction. When...

Hospital Accommodation. (12 Nov 2008)

Willie Penrose: I am disappointed that it is some 11 and a half years since I first stood on my feet in the Dáil to forcefully request the then Minister for Health and Children to make rapid progress with the plans for phase 2B of Mullingar General Hospital, which facilitates the significantly increased population of two counties, namely, Longford and Westmeath. Phase 2A was completed in June 2007 and I am...

Criminal Justice Bill 2004: Motion (Resumed). (29 Mar 2006)

Willie Penrose: ...as approval of the extraordinary legislative incompetence of the Minister. Let us remind ourselves that the amendments as circulated by the Minister, almost two years after the Bill was printed and more than a year after the commencement of the Second Stage debate, run to almost six times the length of the original text of the Bill. If it was a once off, one might be prepared to forgive...