Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh gach suí
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Máirt, 28 Beal 2019
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Carer's Allowance Appeals
Willie Penrose
453. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22416/19]
Máirt, 28 Beal 2019
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Legislative Reviews
Willie Penrose
471. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to update the Civil Registration Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22706/19]
Céad, 22 Beal 2019
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Foreign Birth Registration
Willie Penrose
82. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application for foreign birth registration by a person (details supplied) was received; if so, if same will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22133/19]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2019
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Agriculture Industry
Willie Penrose
487. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a request for support and exceptional aid has been made to the European Commission in the context of additional funding being required to address the significant crisis for farmers; if so, the measures sought in the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21686/19]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2019
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Electronic Tagging
Willie Penrose
488. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if plans have been put in place to have all the necessary EID readers in situ in marts and factories in time for the mandatory electronic identification process on 1 June 2019, in view of the fact that it has been mandatory for sheep farmers to purchase EID tags since October 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21687/19]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2019
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Electronic Tagging
Willie Penrose
489. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an assurance can be provided for farmers that as and from 1 June 2019, all of the sheep that pass through marts and factories will be read electronically and digital printouts will be made available to farmers as a matter of course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21688/19]
Máirt, 21 Beal 2019
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Beef Industry
Willie Penrose
490. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to seeking protected geographical indication status exclusively for suckler beef rather than the entire herd, enabling suckler beef to be sold as a premium product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21689/19]
Déar, 16 Beal 2019
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Hospital Appointments Status
Willie Penrose
126. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health if an orthopaedic procedure will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21285/19]
Déar, 16 Beal 2019
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Disability Services Funding
Willie Penrose
127. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the serious financial difficulty being experienced by RehabCare; his plans to ensure that the necessary additional funding will be put in place to enable these services to be provided to persons that use and need same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21286/19]
Céad, 15 Beal 2019
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Residency Permits
Willie Penrose
134. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for leave to remain by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21139/19]
Céad, 15 Beal 2019
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Residency Permits
Willie Penrose
135. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application by a person (details supplied) to remain here as a spouse of an Irish national will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21141/19]
Céad, 15 Beal 2019
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Disease Management
Willie Penrose
166. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health the health services available to persons who have been definitively diagnosed with Lyme disease; if weekly ECG tests and blood tests every two weeks are available to such persons who need continuous assessment and treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20984/19]
Céad, 15 Beal 2019
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TAMS Appeals
Willie Penrose
227. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a TAMS grant applied for by a person (details supplied); the position in which the appeal lodged is within the appeals system; if same can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20983/19]
Céad, 15 Beal 2019
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State Pension (Contributory)
Willie Penrose
256. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review of pension entitlements has been conducted in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20981/19]
Céad, 15 Beal 2019
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Status
Willie Penrose
267. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has received an application regarding the group sewerage scheme for an area (details supplied) from Westmeath County Council; and if so, when same will be approved. [21140/19]
Céad, 8 Beal 2019
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Digital Strategy for Schools
Willie Penrose
39. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Skills his policy in respect of the use of laptops in schools and the cost of laptops to parents particularly during secondary education years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19834/19]
Déar, 18 Aib 2019
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Public Sector Pay
Willie Penrose
21. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in respect of outstanding public sector pay restoration; his further plans for public sector dialogue between workers, trade unions and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18022/19]
Déar, 18 Aib 2019
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Workplace Relations Commission
Willie Penrose
147. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to address the significant delay that has arisen in the issuing of recommendations of the Workplace Relations Commission following unfair dismissals hearings, whereby there is at least a three month delay in terms of the recommendations and determinations that are due on foot of such hearings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18359/19]
Céad, 17 Aib 2019
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Community Banking
Willie Penrose
76. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Finance his plans to support a public banking scheme based on the Sparkasse model due to the continued difficulties in lending volumes to SMEs, particularly in rural areas and the high interest rates charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15648/19]
Déar, 11 Aib 2019
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Approved Housing Bodies
Willie Penrose
222. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if funding remains in place for a house building project by an organisation (details supplied) at a location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17092/19]
Céad, 10 Aib 2019
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Wild Fires
Willie Penrose
7. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to carry out an evaluation of the damage and cost incurred as a consequence of fires that resulted from her extension of the most recent burning season in respect of gorse; her further plans to carry out an evaluation of the destruction of habitats of flora, fauna and wildlife as a consequence of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16718/19]
Céad, 10 Aib 2019
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Arts Council
Willie Penrose
15. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the arrangements to appoint a new chair to the Arts Council of Ireland will be completed; the number of other vacancies on the council; and when she plans to fill same. [16717/19]
Céad, 10 Aib 2019
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University Status Applications
Willie Penrose
67. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for university status to be conferred on institutes of technology and in particular upon Athlone Institute of Technology; the timescale envisaged for such development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16788/19]
Céad, 10 Aib 2019
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Energy Schemes
Willie Penrose
155. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grant aid is available for the installation of a wood pellet burning stove (details supplied) under the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, grant schemes or other schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16790/19]
Céad, 10 Aib 2019
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Railway Stations Upgrade
Willie Penrose
188. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if European regional funding will be available under rural community funds or under the BMW regional fund to enable refurbishment works be carried out at the railway station at Thomastown, Killucan, County Westmeath to enable it to be reopened to facilitate the passengers who wish to utilise the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16789/19]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2019
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Army Barracks
Willie Penrose
135. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if in the context of a further organisational review of Defence Forces facilities and the utilisation thereof, it is planned to reopen Columb Barracks, Mullingar, for troop deployments and accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16661/19]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2019
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Hospitals Capital Programme
Willie Penrose
462. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health the capital expenditure planned for the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar in relation to the necessary upgrading and refurbishment that is set out to include the provision of new theatres and ancillary services and additional staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16659/19]
Máirt, 9 Aib 2019
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Social Welfare Benefits Payments
Willie Penrose
605. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the prime measure of inflation her Department uses to assess or examine the cost of living increases in respect of social welfare payments; the rates of inflation used by her Department over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16660/19]
Déar, 4 Aib 2019
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Transfer of Entitlements
Willie Penrose
259. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); if same will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15777/19]
Déar, 4 Aib 2019
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State Pension (Contributory)
Willie Penrose
325. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a review of their pension payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15761/19]
Céad, 3 Aib 2019
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Local Authority Staff
Willie Penrose
57. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has met with local authority broadband officers since his appointment; and the local authorities he has met with on the issue of broadband provision. [3372/19]
Máirt, 2 Aib 2019
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Schools Building Projects Status
Willie Penrose
201. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the situation in relation to the provision of a secondary school in Kinnegad, County Westmeath will be examined particularly in the context of a significantly increased population in the area and its environs and which was considered as part of the original M4 study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15434/19]
Déar, 28 Márta 2019
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Medical Card Applications
Willie Penrose
115. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has had a medical card reissued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14584/19]
Déar, 28 Márta 2019
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Medical Card Applications
Willie Penrose
131. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has had a medical card reissued; the status of the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14627/19]
Déar, 28 Márta 2019
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Marine Safety
Willie Penrose
150. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the €1.5 million development at a college (details supplied) in County Donegal will be approved for construction in view of the fact that the project is ready to proceed to construction; the status of the sea survival training unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14721/19]
Déar, 28 Márta 2019
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Invalidity Pension Appeals
Willie Penrose
202. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal hearing will be held in respect of a person (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14628/19]
Déar, 28 Márta 2019
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Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments
Willie Penrose
222. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if payment will issue to a person (details supplied) who made an application for compensation under the cessation of turf cutting scheme in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14629/19]
Máirt, 26 Márta 2019
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Bovine Disease Controls
Willie Penrose
64. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the role of deer in the spread of tuberculosis needs to be taken seriously and investigated in a comprehensive scientific manner. [13961/19]
Máirt, 26 Márta 2019
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Beef Industry
Willie Penrose
75. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether, regardless of events in the House of Commons, the beef sector has already taken a massive hit from Brexit; the way in which he plans to resurrect the sector before irreversible damage is done to same; and the steps that will be taken to save the sector in the event of a Brexit extension leading to a stalemate scenario with ongoing instability. [13960/19]
Máirt, 26 Márta 2019
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Animal Identification Schemes
Willie Penrose
88. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure marts and factories will be required to install EID electronic tag readers for sheep in order to eliminate unnecessary paperwork for farmers and assist them with keeping accurate records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13962/19]
Máirt, 26 Márta 2019
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Tuberculosis Eradication Programme
Willie Penrose
91. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the concerns of farmers are being taken seriously regarding herd devaluation, compensation and the role of deer in the spread of tuberculosis at the bovine TB stakeholders forum. [13964/19]
Máirt, 26 Márta 2019
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Beef Industry
Willie Penrose
101. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether Ireland should prioritise protected geographical indication status for suckler beef in order that it could be marketed as a niche speciality product rather than making a generic application for all Irish beef. [13963/19]
Máirt, 26 Márta 2019
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Commencement of Legislation
Willie Penrose
428. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, excluding Part 8, will be fully implemented and all sections enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12911/19]
Máirt, 26 Márta 2019
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Assisted Decision Making
Willie Penrose
638. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health when Part 8 of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 will be fully implemented and all sections enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12911/19]
Máirt, 26 Márta 2019
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Greyhound Industry
Willie Penrose
968. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); his views on whether the Greyhound Racing Bill 2018 currently before Dáil Éireann will deal with the regulatory issues therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12908/19]
Máirt, 26 Márta 2019
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Tenant Purchase Scheme
Willie Penrose
1410. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which a couple with a tenancy of more than 20 years can participate in the tenant purchase scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13525/19]
Céad, 13 Márta 2019
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Mobility Allowance Eligibility
Willie Penrose
49. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a mobility allowance or similar supports to those in receipt of a disability allowance and other related payments. [8113/19]
Céad, 13 Márta 2019
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Garda Transport Data
Willie Penrose
169. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order vans attached to the Westmeath division as of 1 March 2018 and 1 March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12693/19]
Céad, 13 Márta 2019
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Legislative Reviews
Willie Penrose
176. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to update the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12691/19]
Céad, 13 Márta 2019
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Trade Missions
Willie Penrose
277. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for a food-related trade mission to Korea and Japan later in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12690/19]