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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (4 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the ongoing delay in publishing the review of the nursing home support scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those making oral submissions were informed that it would be completed by the end of January 2015; if his Department has received a copy of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5134/15]

Other Questions: Child Benefit Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 8. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the persistent control savings associated with child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4716/15]

Other Questions: Child Benefit Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: Every year, the Department of Social Protection staff in Carrick-on-Shannon very effectively identify €70-80 million in control savings under the child benefit scheme. Is there not something fundamentally wrong when 10% of the control savings on an annual basis are consistently identified as relating to large-scale fraud, overpayments or errors within the scheme?

Other Questions: Child Benefit Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: In each of the past five years, between €70 million and €80 million has been generated in control savings in the child benefit scheme. Individuals associated with the troika recently questioned the universal character of the child benefit payment. The payment should remain universal, although it could be paid in a much more effective manner. The Departments of Education and...

Other Questions: Child Benefit Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: The problem is that if the Departments of Education and Skills and Social Protection and the National Educational Welfare Board were linked up, many more abuses in the system would be identified and much greater savings secured. This link should be established once for all to eliminate the annual control savings. The reason I raise this matter is that teachers tell me that some parents lack...

Other Questions: Child Benefit Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: That is the law.

Other Questions: Child Benefit Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: Naturally, there will be exceptions.

Other Questions: Child Benefit Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: The Minister is distracting from the issue.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the eligibility for rent supplement to include issues such as the need not to participate in anti social behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4717/15]

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (10 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 141. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details on the bogs that are to be closed to turf cutting on foot of the publication of the review of raised bog natural heritage areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5462/15]

Other Questions: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme (10 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: This time last year we were told by the then Minister, Deputy Deenihan, that another round of designations would take place. At the time, he gave a commitment to the House that within a number of months those bogs would be listed and there would be consultation with the people cutting turf on them. We are now 12 months down the road but we still have not received the list of new...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Data (10 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 147. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of bog relocations that have been completed; the number where alternative locations have been sourced that will meet the demand for relocation; the number where alternatives have to be sourced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5461/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (10 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 184. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the mechanism in place to exclude a period of time when a person was forced to live outside the EU due to the lack of employment here from contribution averaging for the purposes of a State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5720/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Eligibility (10 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 281. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the society registration date of 2013 for rare-breed eligibility in view of the delay in the roll-out of the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; if he will allow society registrations in 2014 to be included. [5721/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (10 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 326. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Force personnel based at Custume Barracks in Athlone, County Westmeath; the number of personnel whose parent unit is not located in Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6112/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 433. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 7 October 2014, if he will provide an update on the review of assistance for stoma care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5722/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (10 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 435. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 22 January 2015, the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing homes support scheme; the timeframe for same to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5742/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (10 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 436. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5755/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (11 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding flood relief works on the River Suck catchment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5605/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (11 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to implement the recommendations contained in the Report entitled, Eight Proposals Urgently required to tackle flooding on the river Shannon, its tributaries and the waters feeding into it, published by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht in July 2012; and if he will make a...