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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: Are we deleting Schedule 4 altogether and replacing it with what is on the white sheet circulated?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: What is in the amendment we received will remain place up to 30 March 2013 and from that date, the note which has just been circulated will come in.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: Will the Minister explain this hospital bed utilisation credit he said he would deal with at this stage?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: I accept the Minister's explanation in regard to this. I would be very concerned about the use of bed utilisation as an assessment of health status. I accept that putting something else in place will not happen overnight and that it will be complex. I accept the principle of what the Minister said and that it may take a couple of months to develop it, and I fully accept that this...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: When does the Minister hope to take Report Stage?

Other Questions: Famine Commemoration (28 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the new selection process. It is a positive development. When it comes around to the province of Connacht again, could serious consideration be given to the National Famine Museum in Strokestown, County Roscommon? It was bizarre that the first event to be held in the west did not take place in the National Famine Museum that was established to commemorate the Famine. I hope that...

Other Questions: Famine Commemoration (28 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: The Minister of State is very welcome anytime. He has an open invitation.

Other Questions: Environmental Policy (28 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he is taking to implement the recommendations by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment report on Shannon Flooding published earlier this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52862/12]

Other Questions: Environmental Policy (28 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister of State for his response but I put it to him that while this report was presented to the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in July, it is now November and we are still waiting for a decision and a view from the Department. That is not acceptable. Is the Minister of State aware that the NPWS is facing potential legal action and fines from the European...

Other Questions: Environmental Policy (28 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: I wish to ask two brief questions. The Office of Public Works is putting a proposal to the ESB and Waterways Ireland for a pilot project aimed at trying to reduce the water level north of the weir wall in Athlone and increasing the storage capacity at Lough Ree. Is the Minister of State in a position to give an assurance to the House that Waterways Ireland will facilitate, rather than...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turbary Rights (28 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of alternative bogs which have been sourced for turf cutters forced to relocate; the number of turf cutters that have been accommodated; the number that will be accommodated before the commencement of the 2013 turf cutting season; the number of persons that will not be accommodated by the commencement of the 2013 season; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (28 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the review of the operational elements of the home tuition scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53296/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Value for Money Reviews (28 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of administration by service providers under the disability budget; the steps being taken to reduce this as a percentage of the total disability budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53297/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (29 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to support the maintenance of the Post Office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53120/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services (29 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to ensure that communities outside the reach of the 4G network will have access to high speed broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53119/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Payments (29 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the value and number of families paid arrears to date in 2012 under the family income supplement scheme; the steps she is taking to ensure that all renewal applications are cleared immediately and that new applications in the system for months receive a determination before Christmas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53497/12]

Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Denis Naughten: It is not agreed.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Denis Naughten: We have very limited time to debate that matter tonight.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Denis Naughten: Giving an extra 15 or 20 minutes to it would allow us to address the issues that have been raised.

Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Denis Naughten: There are serious issues and we are now encouraging people to remain in hospital.