Results 81-100 of 7,024 for speaker:Willie Penrose

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (12 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost if the income tax standard rate of €35,300 was increased to €36,350 for a single person and from €44,300 to €45,850 for a married one-earner couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46706/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (12 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46707/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (12 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the explosives Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46702/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies Data (12 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of positions on each board in respect of agencies, including commercial State agencies, under his remit in tabular form; the quorum required for a board meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46705/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (12 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 599. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of additional staff appointed in her Department and agencies under her remit in 2019; the estimated cost of hiring the additional staff, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46701/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Issues Concerning Greyhound Industry: Bord na gCon (12 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: I welcome the representatives from Bord na gCon. I said on the last occasion that I thought the television programme was significant work by the public service broadcasting service but I also noted that Bord na gCon was annoyed because it never got an opportunity to make rebuttals at the time. In the interests of balance, there should always be an opportunity to put the countervailing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (7 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 26 September 2019, the steps being taken to ensure that the appropriate wage structure of €13 per hour is paid out by the schools in respect of caretakers employed by voluntary secondary schools and whose wages are funded by way of capital grants paid to the school; when the new agreement that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (7 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 10% increase that was recommended by the arbitrator for the payment of caretakers by voluntary schools between 2016 and 2019 was implemented; if caretakers that did not receive the graduated increase between the years are now entitled to arrears and backdating of their pay to cover the period between 2016 and 2019; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (7 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment of the conditions of caretakers in secondary schools will be carried out to ensure that the disadvantages that they have sustained over a number of years will be remedied and that the appropriate work and conditions applicable to all employees nationwide, such as entitlement to overtime or other such benefits are catered for in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (7 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount made available to pay caretakers in the respect of the scheme introduced in 2009, which provided extensive capitation grants to voluntary schools to employ caretakers and came into being following the withdrawal of the original employment scheme in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45892/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (7 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of voluntary secondary schools and private schools that receive assistance by way of capitation grant to provide for secretarial caretaking services; the system used to allocate to each school the particular amount to enable them to meet their particular needs in these areas; the supervision in place to ensure that persons employed...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: On my behalf and that of the Labour Party I tender deepest sympathies to the Kelly family, particularly Maura and the children, Emily, Peter junior and Joseph, as well as his brother, Vincent, and the wider Kelly family on their sad loss with the death of Peter in January 2019. I am the last constituency colleague left standing who served with him here. Peter was a politician of the old...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Artists' Remuneration (6 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to research by an organisation (details supplied) into pay and conditions for performing artists that showed that a third earn less than the minimum wage and that working in the performing arts is characterised by poor conditions and precarious employment; her plans to address same; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Abbey Theatre (6 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans and the proposed timeline for the renovation of the Abbey Theatre; the funding allocated to the theatre arising from budget 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45456/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (6 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to finance the construction of realignment works along the N55 between Ballymahon, County Longford, and Athlone, County Westmeath; when Transport Infrastructure Ireland will be in a position to fund developments and improvements on this route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45685/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (5 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to ensure that the correct tax free allowance is granted to a person (details supplied) who is on emergency tax basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44599/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (5 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures available to parents to have their child enrolled in secondary school for the academic year commencing September 2020, and in which it has been indicated that the child has been placed on a waiting list, which indicates he or she may never be admitted in view of being significantly down the waiting list; the remedies or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Correspondence (5 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 529. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 18 September 2019, the steps he will take to examine the reason the HSE has still not replied to urgent correspondence (details supplied); if same will be dealt with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44591/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (5 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 1048. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carer's allowance will be granted to persons who care for incapacitated children or persons; if same will be granted automatically to carers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44598/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Willie Penrose: 1109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position in relation to an application for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); if same will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45415/19]