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Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: Twelve months ago, the Taoiseach described the Catholic-run workhouses as the nation's shame. I am firmly of the view that the current operation of the direct provision system is the Magdalen laundries scandal of this generation. Some day, a Taoiseach will have to come before the Dáil and make a similar apology to Irish citizens whose lives have been destroyed by these modern day...

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: At the outset, I accept that the Minister acknowledges that there is a problem with the existing system. Would he reiterate his view that the direct provision system is unsuitable for long-term residency? In light of the ESRI report published last week which highlighted that six out of ten in the direct provision system are in it for over three years and one third are in it for over five...

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: I will revisit the courts issue. On the legislation, as the Minister will be aware, the Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill passed Committee Stage on 11 November 2008. It was subsequently withdrawn and we have been told since that it will be reintroduced. Since 11 November 2008, the Exchequer has spent over €1 billion on the asylum system in this country. I accept that we...

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: There is another alternative, namely, to deal with these applications in an expeditious manner. The Minister will be aware of the decision last week of Mrs. Justice Maureen Harding Clark in regard to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal in which she said that the only reason the person had not been granted asylum was because the tribunal's member did not like the applicant. There are fundamental...

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: There are more cases outside the courts than inside.

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation. I will not confine my remarks to the issue of health identifiers. The Department of Health's electronic health initiative offers massive potential to bring services closer to the patient's home and to ramp up community services far more significantly than has been the case in the past. The introduction of this legislation is necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: 16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will have the case of the murder of Garda Richard Fallon on 3 April 1970 independently reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9470/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: 140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in a situation where the owner of a limited company is the sole employee of that company, if it is then eligible to apply for an internship under the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10183/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: 141. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if craftspeople-tradespeople are exempt from the rule where a sole trader cannot take on an intern under the JobBridge scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10184/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: 168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will postpone the implementation date for the new building control regulations beyond 1 March next in view of the fact that local authorities are not prepared for its operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10223/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: 265. To ask the Minister for Health following the publication of the health care quality indicators in the Irish health system report last week, if he will outline the data outliers which gave rise to concerns regarding patient safety; the date on which his Department became aware of each safety concern; the date on which the Health Service Executive was informed of each safety concern and...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: I echo the comments made and support the amendment. There is no justification for political groupings in this House receiving €2.5 million, based on Deputy Stephen Donnelly's figures, over the lifetime of the Government for Members who are no longer in their groupings. We are talking about one tenth of the Dáil’s membership, not one or two Members. I know the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: I will make three very brief points. First, I asked a question about Governments changing mid-stream. It does not always take an election to change a Government. This Government does not have a mandate for five years, but for as long as Parliament gives it that mandate. As we saw between 1992 and 1997, Parliament gave a mandate to a new Government. The figures shifted, so it is not set...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: The Government's majority has reduced significantly in this Parliament.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (4 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the medical eligibility for carer's benefit and carer's allowance differs; the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10359/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (4 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of purchasing carbon credits to offset each tonne of CO2 emitted above our EU targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10689/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (4 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive agri-environment option scheme payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10592/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (4 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the current funds collected by the Exchequer in either direct or indirect health charges respectively, including PRSI; if it is planned to abolish such charges on the introduction of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10690/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (4 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by hospital of the ambulance waiting times at each acute hospital in the last available 12 month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10691/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (4 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the number of frontline WTE paramedics, advanced paramedics and emergency medical technicians respectively employed in each ambulance region; the number of retirements in each of the past four years; the number of front line staff recruited in each year concerned; the current numbers in training in each category and when training will be completed; when the...