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Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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Ambulance Service Provision
Willie Penrose
335. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health if he will liaise with the HSE with a view to ensuring that the necessary capital investment is provided to enable a purpose-built ambulance station to be provided in Mullingar (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29069/18]
Tue, 3 Jul 2018
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Ambulance Service Staff
Willie Penrose
336. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to request the north Leinster division of the national ambulance service to honour a recommendation made by the rights commissioner in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29070/18]
Thu, 28 Jun 2018
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Mobility Allowance Eligibility
Willie Penrose
44. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a mobility allowance or similar supports to those in receipt of disability allowance and other related payments. [26563/18]
Wed, 27 Jun 2018
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Willie Penrose
256. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied) will be determined; if same will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28333/18]
Wed, 27 Jun 2018
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Invalidity Pension Applications
Willie Penrose
257. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) will be determined; if same will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28334/18]
Wed, 27 Jun 2018
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Carer's Allowance Appeals
Willie Penrose
258. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to a social welfare appeal against the decision to refuse an application for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28335/18]
Wed, 27 Jun 2018
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Invalidity Pension Appeals
Willie Penrose
259. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to a social welfare appeal against the decision to refuse an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28336/18]
Tue, 26 Jun 2018
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IDA Ireland Site Visits
Willie Penrose
282. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits undertaken by chairs of Enterprise Ireland and the IDA to counties Westmeath and Longford from 1 July 2017 to date in 2018; if visits or introductions to the facilities available at a location (details supplied) have taken place in the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27682/18]
Thu, 21 Jun 2018
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Medicinal Products Reimbursement
Willie Penrose
195. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to engage with an organisation (details supplied) and the pharmaceutical industry to ensure that patients with MS have faster access to life-changing medicines and to new and effective treatments through a fair and effective system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27287/18]
Wed, 20 Jun 2018
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Vacant Properties
Willie Penrose
36. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the work his Department has carried out to allow the change of use of vacant commercial properties in cities, towns and villages including vacant or underutilised areas over ground floor premises into residential units as outlined in point 6 of the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25720/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Employment Rights
Willie Penrose
37. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of calls received to the helpline established as part of the public awareness campaign on false self-employment; the number of emails received; the number of staff allocated to the campaign; and the number of new investigations opened by SCOPE since the launch as a result of communications received. [26541/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Brexit Issues
Willie Penrose
55. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the work under way in her Department to prepare for a hard Brexit. [26566/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Child Benefit Reform
Willie Penrose
59. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for reforms to child benefit; her further plans to introduce means testing; her plans to increase it in budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26562/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Departmental Advertising Campaigns
Willie Penrose
73. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected cost of the campaign on false self-employment; the number of cases that had been ongoing in advance of the launch of the campaign; the way in which that number compared with 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26565/18]
Tue, 19 Jun 2018
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Defined Benefit Pension Schemes
Willie Penrose
77. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her plans to protect defined benefit pension schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26564/18]
Thu, 14 Jun 2018
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Brexit Issues
Willie Penrose
7. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the proposals his Department has in respect of Brexit; the number of staff assigned to Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25722/18]
Thu, 14 Jun 2018
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Offshore Islands
Willie Penrose
10. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the proposals his Department is working on in conjunction with the National Transport Authority, NTA, and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to deliver on the improvement of roads on offshore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25724/18]
Thu, 14 Jun 2018
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Community Banking
Willie Penrose
31. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the outcome of the public banking investigation; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25721/18]
Thu, 14 Jun 2018
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State Examinations Commission
Willie Penrose
96. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 24 April 2018, the steps he will take to address the points raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26138/18]
Thu, 14 Jun 2018
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Community Banking
Willie Penrose
213. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the public banking report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24821/18]