Results 9,801-9,820 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Reform (17 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: 323. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of administering the child benefit scheme; the estimated administration cost of a means-tested child benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25469/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (17 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: 466. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason he has decided not to continue the existing LCDP funding of the National Collective of Community Based Women’s Networks; where the €1.3 million previously provided to National Collective of Community Based Women’s Networks will now be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors (17 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: 483. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons added to the supplementary register in advance of the recent local and European Parliament elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26108/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (17 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: 681. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 10 June 2014, the date on which the report was received by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25743/14]

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: I support the principle behind the amendments. We discussed these issues on Committee Stage. An Post should continue to be enshrined in the Act as the named service provider for a number of reasons, including fraud. As I noted on Committee Stage, I suspect that if an analysis were done of fraud, it would show there is much less fraud associated with the sub-post office network than the...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: The Minister can take that to the hustings, if she wishes. Whether an endorsement from me will be of assistance or not is another matter. I made the point on Committee Stage that An Post staff, particularly the postmasters and postmistresses throughout the country, can play a far more valuable role because they have signed the Official Secrets Act 1963 while many of the other service...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: I was also endorsing the Minister.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: I wish to speak specifically to the issue of family income supplement. I tabled an amendment which we spoke about privately last week that was ruled out of order. We are all coming from the same perspective on the issue. The last thing we want to see is people are trapped in the social welfare system and that every possible incentive is put in place to get people off welfare and into the...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: The Minister will probably be surprised to hear how many public servants are unaware that they are eligible to get family income supplement. I find that amazing. One individual I came across works in the private sector. As I often do, I raised the issue of family income supplement and encouraged the person to apply. Every Member should try to do that at every available opportunity. He...

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: I was not saying they had not.

Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: Will the Minister write to me regarding the other two anomalies?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Ambulance Service Provision (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: 20. To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to his Department of the operation of the Emergency Aeromedical Support Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25608/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Ambulance Service (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: 133. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of missions performed by the Emergency Aeromedical Support Service to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26367/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: 176. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will be called for a surgical procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26202/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: 191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 12 March 2014 the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing homes support scheme; the length of time it is taking for funding to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26319/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: 192. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the national ambulance service to recruit paramedics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26320/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: Can a copy of whatever correspondence is received from the Department be circulated to me? I am not a member of the committee and I am not entitled to it without the committee's agreement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: The difficulty is that I would like to participate in that consideration. I raised the issue this morning because-----

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheepmeat Sector (19 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: 13. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support the sheep industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25914/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (19 Jun 2014)

Denis Naughten: 30. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure fairness and transparency in the on-farm inspection regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25915/14]