Results 9,101-9,120 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (10 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will approve a capital grant application for a college (details supplied); the current status of the application [42860/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (10 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: 147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will extend the dates for the spreading of slurry and farmyard manure in view of the significant grass cover on land, exceptional ground conditions and the fact that 20% of farms have a fodder deficit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42933/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: District Veterinary Offices (10 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: 173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the decision to close all public District Veterinary Offices desks throughout the country in view of the low computer literacy skills of many older farmers; if he will ensure that a number of regional public desks are established; if he will ensure that the Roscommon office provides such a service in view of its...

Child Sex Offenders (Information And Monitoring) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity not only to move this Bill, but, more important, to have the management and monitoring of sex offenders in Ireland debated on the floor of Dáil Éireann. I became interested in the subject as a direct result of experience in respect of repeat offenders living in communities within my constituency. As a...

Child Sex Offenders (Information And Monitoring) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: Hear, hear.

Child Sex Offenders (Information And Monitoring) Bill 2012: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: I thank all Members who contributed to the debate and I thank the Minister of State for his responses. I know everyone is genuinely interested in this and anxious that the loopholes in the existing sex offenders register are closed off so that for the first time in Irish statute we can give a legal right to parents to access relevant and appropriate information. There seems to be some...

Child Sex Offenders (Information And Monitoring) Bill 2012: Referral to Select Committee (11 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality pursuant to 82A3(a) and 118 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business and paragraph (8) of the Orders of Reference of Select Committees."

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 1: Alcohol Products Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: I am disappointed that the Minister for Finance did not examine the introduction of a lid levy. Presentations have been made to the Minister and I have raised the point on a number of occasions. My understanding is that the Minister said the advice from the Attorney General was that he could not differentiate between the on-trade and the off-trade in respect of alcohol sales. However, they...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 2: Tobacco Products Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: Food addictions create difficulties also, and this might need to be examined. I cannot understand why the Department is selling itself so short with regard to the shadow economy. I refer to €20 million in respect of illicit cigarettes and fuel laundering. Will the Tánaiste explain why he is selling himself so short in this regard? If we examine the activities of the revenue...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 3: Income Tax; No. 4: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: Financial Resolution No. 4 deals with the employment and investment incentive scheme. In budget 2013, the Minister for Finance announced plans to extend this scheme until 2020. In April, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation stated that he expected to have European Commission approval for the scheme by the end of June. Bizarrely, the Department of Finance only submitted the...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 3: Income Tax; No. 4: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: Could the Minister come back on the delays in getting the Commission approval and when we will see that?

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 3: Income Tax; No. 4: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: Will the Minister clarify further for me? My understanding is that the scheme under Financial Resolution No. 4 lapsed at the end of 2012 and that in budget 2013 it was rolled over and requires EU Commission approval to be active in the current year. Will the Minister clarify that? If I am wrong, that is great. However, if I am correct, will Revenue recognise the intention was for the...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 3: Income Tax; No. 4: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: If that extension had been approved already, more investment could go into businesses. I understand that from the point of view of investors and taxation, once it is done by the end of the year, there is no difficulty with it. However, I understand there is a concern among investors that if they make the investment prior to Commission approval, the Revenue Commissioners may interpret it as...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 6: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: The Government is working off flawed figures on this. Approximately 90% of adult premiums are over the threshold of €1,000. The Health Insurance Authority in a report earlier this year stated the average premium paid per insured person including children in 2012 was €1,048. The premiums for children are significantly lower, and in some packages they are free, so when they are...

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 6: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: What about my example of plan B?

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 6: Income Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: Keep the economists away from health policy.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Exemptions (15 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: 216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the new motor tax regulations, which came into effect on 1 July 2013, in view of their impact in collectors of vintage cars; if he will provide an alternative registration process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43065/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (17 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: 18. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004; if she intends to close off the sham marriage loophole in the interim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43135/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Payments (17 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: 46. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the persistent control savings associated with child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43136/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Expenditure (17 Oct 2013)

Denis Naughten: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average annual cost to his Department of educating a third level student to degree level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44028/13]