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Water Services (No.2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: With respect, that is rubbish.

Water Services (No.2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: You did.

Water Services (No.2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: I am being helpful to the Minister of State.

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 26:In page 14, to delete lines 36 to 38 and substitute the following:“(2) The amount of a charge under subsection (1) shall be calculated by Irish Water in accordance with the approved water charges plan subject to the provision of an exempted allocation based on the household size.”.Amendment No. 23 with which this amendment was grouped was not moved. I...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: That is correct, yes.

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: I just wanted clarification that 90% of boil notices are not in Roscommon, although we have significant problems with a number of schemes. I wholeheartedly endorse the comments of Deputy McNamara because what he said is absolutely correct and accurate. The Minister of State knows in his heart that what he said is true. Deputy McNamara was wrong on one point, however. He gave an example...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: They could be closer to the Minister of State’s home.

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. However, there is a slight error in the information with which he was provided. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government came to Roscommon in 2012 to announce funding for the water schemes in question. He announced them again in 2013. It does not make any difference who the Minister is in making the announcements. It is...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: The only way I will be assured on this matter is if the Minister answers the following three simple questions. Is he going to provide a legal exemption from charges for people who cannot drink their water supply - yes or no? Is he going to legally provide for an allowance for every person in order he or she can meet his or her basic daily water needs - yes or no? Is he going to legally...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: And the photographer.

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: Can the Minister show his good faith on this issue by indicating that from 1 January all commercial premises that have a boil water notice will not be charged for water?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Agreements (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop a system of US preclearance for freight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54132/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of severe and profound special classes that are located in mainstream primary schools; the corresponding schools at second level; the steps which are being taken to improve the main streaming of such classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54860/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 12 December 2013, if he will furnish a breakdown on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54859/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers on a country basis awaiting the first instalment of their single farm payments and disadvantaged areas payments respectively; if he will ensure that a partial payment is made to all farmers while outstanding issues are being resolved in view of the serious financial hardship as a result of borrowings and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 354. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 12 November 2013, if the national ambulance service has received a report regarding serious incidents in the region during the period in question; the response by the service to such a report; the steps which have been taken to address these concerns; the corresponding figures for dropped shifts in the month of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance-AP shifts that have been dropped at each ambulance base nationwide in each of the past four months; the implications of these dropped shifts on response times and patient outcomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54863/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (19 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 366. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 28 November 2013, if he has received a response from the Health Service Executive; if he will now have an independent investigation into all of the circumstances surrounding this case and its handling by HSE management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54924/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (15 Jan 2014)

Denis Naughten: 78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions his Department is taking in assisting a person (details supplied) following the granting of retrial by the Florida supreme court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1609/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Assessments (15 Jan 2014)

Denis Naughten: 154. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a mechanism for an older person to revise the value of their property under the local property tax where they inadvertently accepted the Revenue Commissioners' figure which is significantly higher than the actual value of their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1611/14]