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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: 164. To ask the Minister for Health if he will list the acute hospitals currently providing a 24-7 emergency stroke diagnosis and treatment; his plans to extend this to all acute hospitals with a 24-7 emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47693/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (16 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of establishing and maintaining the paper based local property tax system; the potential savings of a fully automated system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47915/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science and Technology Groups (16 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: 286. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to review the Government's current plan on scientific research; when this review to be published; the consultation process involved in this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48260/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions (16 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: 385. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 18 November 2014, the actions to be taken on foot of the McGinn report; when her report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48397/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (16 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: 580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes that have taken place to the eligibility criteria for the higher education grant from the 2013-2014 academic year and the 2014-2015 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48327/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Review of National Ambulance Service: Health Service Executive (16 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: I will be as concise as I can. I think the national ambulance service is doing a phenomenal job considering it has one hand tied behind its back when it comes to resources. There are three times as many ambulances in Northern Ireland as in the Republic, and we are trying to compete on a level playing field, which is impossible. In her initial contribution, Ms McGuinness said response times...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Review of National Ambulance Service: Health Service Executive (16 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: They are for vehicles rather than first responders. We do not have those.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Review of National Ambulance Service: Health Service Executive (16 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: I asked a question on ambulance stations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Review of National Ambulance Service: Health Service Executive (16 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: Will they be new staff or will resources be redeployed from elsewhere?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: HIQA Review of National Ambulance Service: Health Service Executive (16 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: Are any new or additional resources being deployed there?

Other Questions: Job Losses (17 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: 6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to secure jobs at the MBNA site in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48000/14]

Other Questions: Job Losses (17 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: At the end of last month MBNA closed its facility in Carrick-on-Shannon and the final 160 staff were laid off. At its height MBNA employed 1,100 people in Carrick-on-Shannon. While it is all well and good to see job creation and job announcements on the east coast, the reality is that parts of my constituency have been decimated by unemployment, particularly in a town such as...

Other Questions: Job Losses (17 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: I bring the Minister back to his comment that there has been a small number of preliminary inquiries about the facility, both from foreign-owned and Irish-owned businesses. He gave me that comment in the House three months ago. What progress has been made in moving forward any of these preliminary inquiries in the past three months?

Other Questions: Job Losses (17 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: The Minister is correct in saying MBNA did not leave behind a body of work. However, it had a body of work on offer for sale for the two years prior to its announcement that it would close. The inter-agency group was established after MBNA announced it would close the facility in November. Should that group have been established when Bank of America announced it was getting out of the...

Other Questions: Job Losses (17 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for the interest he has taken in the issue and know that IDA Ireland has been pushing the issue internationally. I ask the Minister to take a personal interest in the matter in the coming months. There is a very tight window if we hope to attract an alternative employer. The financial services sector in Dublin is expanding rapidly and there is a squeeze on available...

Other Questions: Science Foundation Ireland Remit (17 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: 9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to ensure that Science Foundation Ireland continues to fund basic fundamental scientific research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48001/14]

Other Questions: Science Foundation Ireland Remit (17 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: The Government housing strategy is to supply 110,000 houses over the next six years. What is the possibility of this being achieved without training of bricklayers in this country? This is the policy now being implemented by Government in relation to its science strategy. Without basic research we cannot have applications. Electricity and the light bulb were not invented by incremental...

Other Questions: Science Foundation Ireland Remit (17 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: The Minister and I will fundamentally disagree anyway.

Other Questions: Science Foundation Ireland Remit (17 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: I accept what the Minister is saying and I have no difficulty with the principle of a substantial amount of funding going into that particular avenue. In my view, however, we are now putting all of our eggs in the one basket. A number of years ago the IRFU tried to close down Connacht Rugby on the basis of the west of Ireland not having the required capacity or strengths in relation to...

Other Questions: Science Foundation Ireland Remit (17 Dec 2014)

Denis Naughten: I have no problem with support and investment in Ulster, Leinster or Munster rugby but Connacht Rugby cannot be ignored. That is what is happening. We are ignoring basic research. I accept that there is funding available from Europe, which is the usual answer trotted out. What is being done in this area is akin to asking a ten year old child to by-pass second level education and go...