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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of People with Disabilities (26 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 56. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12445/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (26 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance call–outs to north-west Connemara in County Galway and the length of time between each call–out and arrival at the scene in each of the years from 2014 to 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12446/16]

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (31 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: Mental health and an awareness of it should be included in the national curriculum for schools. The Young People's Mental Health Advisory Group which is part of the National Health Service, NHS, clinical research network recently recommended this in the United Kingdom. We should do the same here. The rationale is that prevention is better than cure and that if problems present in later...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (31 May 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received payment under the GLAS 2015 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13471/16]

Health Care Committee Establishment: Motion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I very much welcome this debate and the proposal to establish this special all-party committee. It is past time some long-term structure was given to our health service. I will refrain from criticising the HSE and its predecessors for not putting in place such a plan. This is because for decades health authorities in this country have been chasing their tails fire fighting one problem...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (1 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 186. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it took three months for a person (details supplied) to receive a notification of an appointment to see a consultant dermatologist; the reason that person will not be seen until August 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13952/16]

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Election of Chairman (1 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I second that nomination.

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I wish to speak about the timeframe for the oversight budgetary committee. The sectoral committees still need to be set up. I would like to get confirmation on the timeframe for that happening and liaising with the oversight budget committee with a view to being ready for this year's budget. What can the committee do between now and October? It looks like it would not be ready until the...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (1 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I refer to the proposal on the budgetary office. My concern is that it would be independent, which may impinge on the committee. I would not want us to propose something if the office would not be an independent body. Concerns have been raised about figures coming from Departments. Discussion paper 3 states that it is likely to remain the case that core elements of the work involved will...

Adjournment Debate: Hospital Services (2 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this vital health issue for the west and the Minister of State for attending to answer my question. She is aware that the HSE has indicated that it intends too close the DEXA scanning unit in Merlin Park University Hospital in Galway. I am informed a reprieve has been granted at the eleventh hour, but there is absolutely no...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (8 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Chairman's proposals are a very good starting point in that they relate to this year and the time constraints that apply. Even as a first step, I would be very much in favour of acting on them because they relate to this year, 2016.

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Business of Select Committee (8 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: We should proceed with that. I am very much in favour of what the Chairman has proposed as a good starting point.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (14 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 482. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views on using a community-based model for the development and improvement of eye care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16040/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (14 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the system of fines for breach of the nitrates directive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16039/16]

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with Minister for Finance and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (15 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I welcome both Ministers and their contributions. I also welcome their acknowledgement of the importance of the independence of the budget office. I have a further question to expand on that. I am interested in the Minister's views on having the budgetary office set up as an independent statutory body. The reason I ask is that in Canada there were controversies about the budgetary office...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Service Obligation Levy Increase (21 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is aware of the plan to increase the public service obligation levy by nearly 36% in each of the years 2016 and 2017; if so, the estimated knock-on effect of this on the price of electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16784/16]

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (21 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Ms Logan for her presentation. My first question is related to the one asked by the Chairman. How does the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, propose to engage in the economic and budgetary cycle? What in-house expertise is available to it to assist it in doing so? Does it employ an economist? The submission refers to the links the Irish Human Rights and...

Committee on Arrangements for Budgetary Scrutiny: Engagement with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (21 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: If this expertise is not in-house, could this consultative process report back within the correct timeframe?

The Arts: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: I very much welcome the debate both as a Member of this House and as a long-time supporter of and participant in the arts. I am also pleased the motion is not being opposed. As a Government we are cognisant of the value of the arts, and, as our programme for partnership Government notes, we promise to "work to progressively increase funding to the arts, including the Arts Council and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Jun 2016)

Hildegarde Naughton: 212. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the nine new radiographer posts in University Hospital Galway (details supplied) who will be dedicated primarily to musculoskeletal disease; and of those dedicated musculoskeletal disease posts, the number who will be assigned for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scanning. [17640/16]