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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (23 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 will receive funding for the specialist equipment they require; the reason for the delay in responding to these funding requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45789/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration (23 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider bringing an amendment to the Civil Registration Act 2004 to allow registration of death in Ireland of an Irish citizen who has died abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45635/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (23 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 will receive funding for the specialist equipment they require; the reason for the delay in responding to these funding requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45789/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (23 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 will receive funding for the specialist equipment they require; the reason for the delay in responding to these funding requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45789/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (23 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 will receive funding for the specialist equipment they require; the reason for the delay in responding to these funding requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45789/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC (23 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: This is a comprehensive report. I apologise for coming in late. For me, one of the major challenges the House faces over the coming months and year is to develop legislation. I found the area of fuel poverty in the report very interesting. The report refers to increasing the grant from €3,000 to €8,000 for retrofitting. The pay-as-you-save scheme is about to be introduced,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC (23 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Page 246 of the report states: "[L]evying a carbon tax is more supportive of economic growth and employment than increasing income tax". That is a fairly definite statement. Would it be it progressive, in looking at a levying a carbon tax, to ring-fence that and target it directly at people experiencing fuel poverty and at retrofitting many of our buildings and homes which were built in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC (23 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: If we increased the grant from €3,000 to €8,000, which the report states, we could possibly do that. The plastic bag levy was effective for environmental reasons and in terms of how that money was spent. If we took part of the carbon tax and targeted it towards retrofitting, increasing the insulation of homes would reduce our carbon footprint effectively.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC (23 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: The report predicted that Ireland's 2020 targets would be reached. Does this include the forestry sink? There has been a fall-off in forestry planting. At what stage is that element? The forestry sink is allowed under the Kyoto targets but not under the EU 2020 targets. Will Mr. Cahill explain his thinking on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC (23 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Based on his own experience of studying this issue, would Mr. Cahill be concerned about the fall-off in the planting of forestry as a carbon sink?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC (23 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: The possibility of bioethanol being produced by the sugar beet industry has been covered in the media. I appreciate that inputs like fertilisers are not considered when the measurements are taken. Do the officials think there is an argument for a sustainable sugar beet industry in Ireland, with this as a by-product? Their report touches on the possibility of reducing fuel imports as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC (23 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I have one proposal leading on from this response. I certainly support an independent climate change commission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Interim Report on National Climate Change Policy: Discussion with NESC (23 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Yes. This report is very good and is interesting and would be a reference point. Climate change is not just affecting Ireland, it is an international problem. I suggest an invitation be extended to the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice to appear before the committee to give us an international viewpoint on the issue. It is important that we do not have a narrow vision of what is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: I will try to take this in a different direction. I thank the witnesses for their submissions and their efforts in trying to answer the questions in full. It was stated that credit advances of €1.6 billion has been dispersed by NAMA. May I have a breakdown of the figure that shows how much of that money has been spent in the Republic?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: May I clarify an issue that arose in an earlier question? With regard to the €15.5 million that has been paid to the 168 people managing the properties, has Mr. McDonagh a maximum, average and minimum figure so that we can work out what sort of ballpark figures are involved. Does NAMA makes efforts to ensure that those in receipt of these salaries are tax compliant?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Are they all tax compliant?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Are these individuals asked for a tax compliance certificate prior to payments being made? When Deputies are elected, one of the conditions is that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Are there checks to ensure that individual are compliant?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Regarding the special purpose vehicle for social housing, when is that expected to come on line? When will those 1,200 units be delivered and have we a time frame for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Role and Functions of NAMA: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)

Kevin Humphreys: Is it the intention that NAMA will control the special purpose vehicle?