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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jan 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I join colleagues in expressing my condolences to the family and friends of the late Christy O'Connor Jnr. He was a highly regarded sportsman and ambassador not only for Galway but also for Ireland. I welcome the intervention of the Taoiseach with the insurance industry following the floods across the country. This is a huge issue in the case of houses prone to flooding. In the run-up to...

Seanad: Innovation 2020: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I welcome the Minister of State. This five-year strategy has been broadly welcomed by all stakeholders involved in research, teaching and industry. As has rightly been said, it is ambitious and without ambition progress is rarely made. As Fine Gael spokesperson on jobs, enterprise and innovation, I warmly welcome any policy that seeks to advance Ireland as an innovation hub. If this...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (20 Jan 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate him on his excellent work in recent weeks. I have been in regular contact with him regarding flooding and I commend him on the Trojan work he is doing. I also welcome the opportunity to debate this issue today in the Seanad. Where certain well-known areas of the country were subject to occasional flooding in the past, it now seems that there...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (22 Mar 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of visitors recorded at each heritage site under the remit of the Office of Public Works, and the amount of revenue generated at each of these sites in 2015. [4932/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (22 Mar 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 246. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the status of the development of the new Garda Síochána divisional headquarters at Murrough, County Galway, including when construction will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4931/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (22 Mar 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 403. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to plan for and to examine the need for the inclusion in the Government capital programme for the provision of a new hospital to be built in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5256/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (22 Mar 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 404. To ask the Minister for Health the annual throughput of patients and patient nights, the annual running costs and the average daily costs of a patient's throughputs and the average cost of a patient night, and the percentage over-capacity in University Hospital Galway, in St. James's Hospital and in Tallaght hospital, County Dublin, in tabular form. [5257/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (22 Mar 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 405. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to address the lack of publicly available qualitative information in Ireland that inhibits detailed analysis of hospital performance so as to enable a focus of funding on performing hospital groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5258/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (14 Apr 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 613. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide an adequate local ambulance service for Connemara, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7223/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Apr 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 614. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for delays in surgery for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7225/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (14 Apr 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 744. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason she did not accept an application for examination accommodations from a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7224/16]

Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: In 2002, the then Minister for Health, Deputy Micheál Martin, published the Codd report, entitled Acute Hospital Bed Capacity A National Review. In his written foreword he said:For some time, it has been evident that the capacity of our acute hospital system has not kept pace with the increasing demands being imposed on it. The consequences of that under-capacity are well known, i.e....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (21 Apr 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 89. To ask the Minister for Health the number of net additional beds that will be provided at University Hospital Galway on completion of the 75 bed extension; if he will provide, in tabular form, the current number of beds, the additional number of beds and the number of beds that will be eliminated. [7993/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Apr 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 354. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for an occupational therapy assessment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8512/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (26 Apr 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 24 acre site purchased by her Department in Claregalway, County Galway will serve to co-locate, both the new Vocational Educational Committee school, for which a contractor has been appointed and the proposed Educate Together school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8513/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Apr 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the building commencement date for a new national school at Lackagh, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8625/16]

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I represent Galway West, which includes south Mayo. My constituency is partly urban and partly rural. There is sometimes an inability among some to put themselves in the shoes of those who live in isolated communities. Some people sit in an office in Dublin and make decisions on the allocation of Garda resources. I wonder if they realise what it is like not to have anyone or anything...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (5 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 81. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide adequate resources and trained staff, on a full-time basis, to ensure that the dual energy X-ray absorptiometry scanner in Merlin Park Hospital in County Galway is properly utilised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9309/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (5 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 82. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide for an action plan for osteoporosis in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9310/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (26 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will introduce legislation to allow for periodic payments to persons who have received personal injuries awards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12444/16]