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Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: It is my understanding that in May 2016 there was an increase to the rural practice allowance to try to deal with the issues to which the Deputy refers. I also understand that there was a change in the eligibility criteria for the scheme to try to ensure that more GPs participate in it to ensure rural communities have access to the primary facilities and care they deserve.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I call on the Minister for Social Protection to respond.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I understand the heads of the Bill will come to Cabinet soon. This will fulfil the budget announcement we made. The question of whether it needs preliminary legislative scrutiny, as adverted to by Deputy O'Reilly, is a matter for the Oireachtas and the Minister for Health to decide.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I believe it will be arriving in the next few weeks or in the next few months.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Of course, this is the type of service improvement that has been facilitated by the economic changes that Sinn Féin said would never happen.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: We will have to come back to Deputy Ellis on that, but we have already enacted the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill. That may have dealt with some of the matters to which Deputy Ellis is referring.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: It is completing Second Stage in the Seanad. I call on the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney, to respond to Deputy Breathnach directly.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: That is a priority for this session and it is listed for this session.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: It is not proposed to provide further legislation for the Coast Guard. As the Deputy will know better than I will, given the enormously important role the Coast Guard fulfils in his county and constituency, the organisation has a very strong voluntary basis and ethos. We would have to take great care in legislating in the future for the organisation for fear of undermining that approach.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: This matter and policy area is being led by the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, and I will ask him to refer back to the Deputy. However, I would have hoped that in her question to me she might have acknowledged the fact that this country has resettled 500 refugees under the Irish refugee programme.This is also the same country and Government that since 2012 has invested more than...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: That report will be published early in the new year. This is a project in a very important area that is being led by the Minister of State, Deputy Murphy. He will publish the report then. It will be available to the entire House, and any action Government can take arising from the report which we are confident will make a difference to the rise in premia, to which the Deputy has referred,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (17 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: In reply to the Deputy's question, I can confirm that there are no semi-State companies under the aegis of my Department.

Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2016: Leave to Introduce (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I move:That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2016:– Vote 20 — Garda Síochána (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 22 — Courts Service (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 26 — Education and Skills (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 28 — Foreign...

Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2016: Referral to Select Committee (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I move:That, subject to leave being given to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on 31st December, 2016, the Supplementary Estimates be referred to the following Select Committees, as appropriate, pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(c) and 182(3), which shall report back to the Dáil by no later than 8th December:- Vote 20 — Garda...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2016: Financial Resolution (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I move:THAT Section 125A of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (No. 31 of 1999) be amended to provide for the specified rate of stamp duty in respect of an insured person in respect of relevant contracts renewed or entered into on or after 1 January 2017 and on or before 31 March 2017 and on or after 1 April 2017 in the manner and to the extent specified in the Act giving effect to this...

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I thank Deputy McGrath for raising this matter. I wish to begin by saying that the text that will be circulated to him deals with the general issue of consultation on Government-sponsored forums. The Deputy raised a specific matter, namely the Constitutional assembly and its role in the consideration of matters such as the status of the Eighth amendment of the Constitution. As opposed...

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: Very little of it.

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: I did my best to respond to the specific matters raised by Deputy McGrath, because I felt he was due an answer on the issues he raised about the assembly. As I stated, I will now ensure that the Deputy receives a response on the specific issue raised as opposed to the general matter of the criteria for consultation on Government-sponsored fora, which was the subject matter of this Topical...

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: With respect, I do not think it is fair to say that because the Deputy has a concern about the process it is automatically, to use the Deputy's phrase, "a flawed one".

Topical Issue Debate: Citizens Assembly (22 Nov 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: My understanding is that this process was to select a group of people that would be representative of our country overall. The Deputy has raised the fair point on the exclusion of particular counties from the panel.