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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (15 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 505. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live lambs imported in 2018 from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales; if all were destined for direct slaughter in Irish meat processing plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42330/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (15 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if live lambs imported direct for slaughter are not eligible for the Origin Green status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42332/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (15 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 506. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the controls that are put in place to ensure that live lambs imported from Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales are correctly labelled according to EU country of origin regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42331/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (15 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 572. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the context of the recent climate action plan announced by the Government together with various proposals announced in budget 2020 to promote decarbonisation and a response to climate change, he will request Iarnród Éireann to take steps to review its decision not to reopen the railway station at Thomastown, Killucan,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (10 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 32. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the regional variations in the eligibility and allocation of services relating to publicly funded homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30437/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) is paid the appropriate compensation for cessation of turf cutting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41513/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (9 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons currently on work permits and attached to a singular employer and-or sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38877/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (3 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to an anomaly by which if a self-employed person that files an income tax return and has not paid their local property tax, the Revenue Commissioners apply a 10% penalty to their total tax liability (details supplied); if he will make appropriate adjustments to the legislation in this regard; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 239. To ask the Minister for Health the progress been made regarding the development of a new statutory scheme for home care since his most recent statements on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40448/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 240. To ask the Minister for Health when the next stages of consultation will commence in the development of homecare regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40449/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (3 Oct 2019)

Willie Penrose: 241. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions regarding nutrition and hydration to be included in the statutory scheme for homecare to ensure that those in receipt of homecare packages receive good nutritional care,including screening for and management of nutritional deficits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40450/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Submissions (26 Sep 2019)

Willie Penrose: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance if he received a submission from as association (details supplied) in relation to the necessity of putting in place a pilot training programme in 2020 as the commencement of a modern and sustainable continuous professional programme for all private agricultural consultants and advisers here; if the matter will be given consideration; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Implementation (26 Sep 2019)

Willie Penrose: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review a proposal (details supplied) from a haulage operator that deals with the issue of carbon taxes and the necessity to ensure that climate change issues are tackled in a planned way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39152/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (26 Sep 2019)

Willie Penrose: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation in which some caretakers in secondary schools are in a similar situation to school secretaries (details supplied); if an assessment of their conditions will be carried out to ensure that the perceived disadvantage they are now suffering will be remedied without further delay; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (26 Sep 2019)

Willie Penrose: 191. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to relax the 15 hour rule, which applies to persons in receipt of carer’s allowance and-or carer’s benefit (details supplied); if same could be increased to 19 hours in line with criteria applicable to such participation in other social welfare schemes; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (26 Sep 2019)

Willie Penrose: 202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason local authority outdoor employees who are now retired are not linked to the cohort of outdoor employees in respect of their pension entitlements in view of the fact that they do not receive an increase in their pension when the wages of the local authority employees increase; if same will be reviewed with a view...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Sep 2019)

Willie Penrose: 31. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports made available to workers in the beef processing factories who have been made redundant or laid off temporarily; if migrant workers on permits are eligible for unemployment assistance; the number of workers that have been supported; the number that sought assistance but were not eligible; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Benefits Data (25 Sep 2019)

Willie Penrose: 36. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of childcare workers that claim unemployment benefit or assistance throughout the months of June, July and August; the breakdown of these figures for the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38873/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (25 Sep 2019)

Willie Penrose: 50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to put the code of practice on bogus self-employment on a statutory footing; if a timeframe has been identified for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38874/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (25 Sep 2019)

Willie Penrose: 72. To ask the Minister for Finance when a report by an organisation (details supplied) into public banking will be available in view of the fact a commitment was given that it would be ready for distribution by early summer 2019; if steps can be taken to expedite same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39080/19]