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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Investigations (28 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: 10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the monitoring mechanisms employed to reduce fraudulent payment of child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50609/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (28 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: 34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50608/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (28 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: 81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a notice of assessment is not sufficient to assess a person's entitlement to full-rate qualified adult allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51172/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (28 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to investigate the sale and reuse of Health Service Executive braces by a dentist employed in the Galway orthodontic department; if the children who received these braces have been traced; the steps being taken to recover the funds; the disciplinary action to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51201/13]

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 6. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will review the content and conditions of contracts issued to turf cutters under the cessation scheme; the number of contracts issued and the numbers returned to date; the number under each compensation or relocation category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51402/13]

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: My question relates to the binding agreement that was issued by the Department to bog owners and turf cutters regarding the cessation of turf cutting. The difficulty is that if people do not have a relocation site in place within the time period, the Department can provide them with an alternative, which might be just a €1,500 compensation package, without access to bog relocation.

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his response. The difficulty is that the officials in the Department are supposed to have been looking at relocation options since 1996. How much more time are they to be given? In regard to the interim legal agreement, the contract as it stands allows for compensation to be paid only for a maximum of six years. What happens after the six years if an alternative...

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: My understanding is turf cutters on Clara bog did not have to sign away their turbary rights but under the contracts before turf cutters throughout the country at present they are signing away their turbary rights. How many times has the Department issued either letters of clarification or letters of comfort to facilitate the signing of the approximately 1,200 legal agreements which have...

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 17. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of bog relocations that have been completed; the number where an alternative location has been sourced that will meet the demand for relocation; the number where alternatives have yet to be sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51401/13]

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: I am aghast at the last comment of the Minister. It is bad enough that SACs have been designated and we are trying to deal with that headache, and that the issue of NHAs will arise next year, but now the Minister is telling us that there will be issues regarding every other bog in the country. Has he not got enough on his plate without looking for more trouble? On the designated bogs, my...

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: I will hold my breath.

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Relocation Options (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: Why are we replacing turbary rights on the original bogs with a generation contract on the relocated bogs in that the turfcutter will not receive turbary rights on the new relocated bog?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding, if any, is available as bursaries or to support music students studying overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51542/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will furnish a reply to correspondence (detail supplied) regarding school transport in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51306/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 204. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available as bursaries or to support music students studying overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51543/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 292. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 will be enacted; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51581/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funds which were returned to the EU on foot of on farm inspection penalties and the direct savings to his Department as a result of such penalties, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51969/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the increased cost of prescription medication to medical card holders; if any provision has been made for those who cannot afford €19.50 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51428/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Issues (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the immediate steps which are being taken to trace children who had second-hand braces fitted in view of the discovery that a Health Service Executive dentist was selling used orthodontic braces which were due for incineration on the black market into private practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51681/13]

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: I want to speak on this issue, although we have had this discussion before. I disagree with the use of this as an indication of health status. The hospital bed utilisation credit is the wrong way to go in regard to defining health status. When the legislation was introduced 12 months ago and this new definition, the hospital bed utilisation credit, was introduced into the health insurance...