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1. Penrose -the Peoples Champion
   Issued : Monday 30 April, 2007
   Willie Penrose a proven worker with a proud track record....more
2. Loss of manufacturing jobs hits Meath
   Issued : Tuesday 21 February, 2006
   Following the announcement of 350 job losses at the NEC plant in Ballivor Co Meath, Labour TD for Westmeath, Willie Penrose has called for targeted jobs action for the area.
3. Midlands can ill-afford C&D closure
   Issued : Monday 16 January, 2006
   Labour Party Deputy for Westmeath, Willie Penrose, has said that any closure of the C&D pet food factory in Edgesworthtown, Co. Longford, whether on a short or long-term basis, will have serious consequences for the local economy and population given the large numbers employed at the plant.
4. As new motorway opens, workers face toll bill of €1,200 to travel to work
   Issued : Wednesday 23 November, 2005
   The Labour Party for Westmeath, Deputy Willie Penrose, has criticised the plan to introduce what he described as excessive tolls on the new Kilcock to Kinnegad motorway.
5. Re-opening the Athlone-Moate-Mullingar railway line
   Issued : Monday 7 November, 2005
   It is essential for Westmeath that the railway line from Mullingar to Athlone be reopened. The fact that it is not in the transport announced by the Minister for Transport last week is a glaring omission and should be rectified before the promised development of the railway gets under way.
6. Money wasted HSE computer would have completed Longford/Westmeath Hosp twice
   Issued : Tuesday 4 October, 2005
   The shameful waste of a staggering €150m being spent on the HSE computer system that does not work is all the more so when you consider the outrageous delays in completing the Longford/Westmeath General Hospital, Mullingar. What is even worse is that this wasted taxpayers money would have completed the hospital twice,” Labour’s Deputy for Westmeath, Deputy Willie Penrose has said.
7. Longford/Westmeath General Hospital delays will not be tolerated
   Issued : Tuesday 30 August, 2005
   It was with complete disbelief that I learned that yet another delay is to befall the proposed and long-awaited hospital facilities at Longford/Westmeath General Hospital. This posturing is the latest in a line of long-fingering and broken promises by this Government,” Labour’s Social Welfare Spokesperson and Deputy for Westmeath, Willie Penrose TD has said.
8. Money wasted on e-voting could have completed Mullingar Hospital
   Issued : Tuesday 10 May, 2005
   The Labour spokesperson on Social and Community Affairs, Deputy Willie Penrose, has accused the Government during a Dail debate of squandering Ä52m on something that no one wants, electronic voting when something over Ä60m would have ensured the development of the hospital in Mullingar.
9. Penrose tells Dail about parents' frustration regarding school places
   Issued : Thursday 28 April, 2005
   I compliment my colleague, Deputy O'Sullivan, for bringing this important matter to the floor of the Dáil. On 26 January, I had occasion to raise this matter with the Minister for Education for Science and I forewarned her about this problem. I requested that a meeting be held with Westmeath County Council comprising their forward planners and senior representatives of Education and Science to get a grip on this problem, but nothing happened. The problem is so serious in Mullingar and the surrounding areas that the county council wrote to the Minister on 29 March, following a comprehensive discussion, raised by my colleague, Councillor Dan McCarthy, at Westmeath County Council, about the availability of primary school places. I also raised this issue in the Dail myself, I have to say that in relation to the reply forwarded to me on the 26th January that someone wrote that script for the Minister stated there are 21 primary schools, including a Gaelscoil, and a new multi-denominational school, which commenced operation last September, serving Mullingar and its hinterland.
10. Penrose tells Dail about parents' frustration regarding school places
    Issued : Thursday 28 April, 2005
    I compliment my colleague, Deputy O'Sullivan, for bringing this important matter to the floor of the Dáil. On 26 January, I had occasion to raise this matter with the Minister for Education for Science and I forewarned her about this problem. I requested that a meeting be held with Westmeath County Council comprising their forward planners and senior representatives of Education and Science to get a grip on this problem, but nothing happened. The problem is so serious in Mullingar and the surrounding areas that the county council wrote to the Minister on 29 March, following a comprehensive discussion, raised by my colleague, Councillor Dan McCarthy, at Westmeath County Council, about the availability of primary school places. I also raised this issue in the Dail myself, I have to say that in relation to the reply forwarded to me on the 26th January that someone wrote that script for the Minister stated there are 21 primary schools, including a Gaelscoil, and a new multi-denominational school, which commenced operation last September, serving Mullingar and its hinterland.