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- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Directives (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will announce measures to address the current crisis facing farmers who are unable to land spread slurry due to poor ground conditions, in view of the fact that the present final date for land spreading is 31 October; if he will consider extending this date as an exceptional measure; and if he will make a statement on...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons issued with decisions by each primary, community continuing care since 1 September 2012 stating that home help cannot be provided; the number of persons in each PCCC area who are in receipt of reduced hours since 1 September 2012; the corresponding number of persons that received a home help allocation since 1 September 2012; and if he will...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he will be in a position to announce funding under the sports capital grant scheme 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47015/12]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: I thank Mr. Joyce and Mr. Sloyan for coming before the committee today. We will have much more engagement on this issue because it is a growing one, so to speak. Since 2009, health insurance premia here have doubled. Yesterday's newspapers reported that individuals and families are facing an additional €300 cost from January. If we examine the issue of risk equalisation in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: Is Mr. Sloyan confident that that increase is due to ageing?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: We have that legislation but it has not been enacted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: Why?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: It would help to keep people in the system but Mr. Sloyan does not know why the regulations have not been introduced.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: On that point, Mr. Sloyan made the point that older people face greater premium increases because they are reluctant to switch and they are carrying a bigger burden. Is that not an admission that the authority has singularly failed to encourage people to switch from one policy to another? It is the authority's responsibility to encourage people to do that. That is the authority's main role...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: What is the helpline, or website, about?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: What is the authority doing specifically to deal with older consumers? The website is not much good to them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: The authority is failing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: Older people in rural Ireland do not have access to broadband.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: That is pointless.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: I accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: Mr. Sloyan has made the argument that his authority should be abolished.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: I have used the website and I fully accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: The point is that older people cannot access it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: First of all, I have a few questions for Mr. John O'Dwyer of the VHI. The first one concerns the whole solvency of the VHI. What is the deficit and what will the taxpayer have to put in to meet that shortfall? Has the deficit increased or reduced over the last couple of years? Has the Milliman report, on the operation of the VHI, been implemented in full? If not, what aspects of it have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Sector: Discussion (25 Oct 2012)
Denis Naughten: What will be the cost of it?