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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: No, not for acute hospital services or outpatient appointments. It is for community appointments. However, the big issue is not community appointments or getting to see the public health nurse. People can manage that. The problem is when they must go to Galway and fork out €150 or €200 to get to that appointment when the appointment is for 9 a.m. instead of giving them an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: The witness is putting the cart before the horse here. At the press of a button the HSE can tell her how many patients from County Roscommon attend clinics on a particular week in Galway. The local co-ordinator cannot gather that information as easily as the NTA can do it as a national authority approaching each of the hospital groups. There is only a handful of such groups around the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: Provide the service and let us see how it goes. It is a very haphazard service to Knock airport at present.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: A total of 16% of passengers going to Knock airport come from County Roscommon. The north-south access is no good to them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Expressway Services: Bus Eireann and NTA (11 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: I am sure the airport would be quite happy to provide the data on where passengers are coming from too.

Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: The immigration, residence and protection Bill will put on a statutory basis valuable schemes to allow undocumented people in this country to get back into the immigration system. There are similar schemes in place in the United States for undocumented Irish people. The difficulty is that, to access those schemes, the undocumented Irish must return to Ireland to have a visa issued to them,...

Order of Business (12 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: Does the Minister know whether a letter has issued?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (12 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe for the roll out of high speed broadband to rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10240/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Natural Gas Grid (12 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the Western Development Commission paper Why Invest in Gas which outlines the clear benefit of extending the natural gas distribution network to the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10241/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Mortality Rates (12 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 208. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the publication of the countywide hospitalisation rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma and diabetes, if he will provide the countywide mortality rates for acute myocardial infarction, haemorrhagic stroke, and ischaemic stroke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10930/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (12 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in approving a special needs assistant for a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon; her views that it is acceptable that the whole school has been disrupted to accommodate the pupil in question since the beginning of the school year; when a decision will be made on this application; and if she will make a...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 125. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to address the staffing deficit within the Army bomb disposal units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11622/15]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: The explosive ordnance demolition unit or the bomb disposal squad is an integral part of the Defence Forces and of the security of the State. In the past three years, it has been called out 595 times, 75 of which times have been in cases of unstable chemicals in schools. There has been a reduction in the staffing complement of that unit and I wish to ascertain what steps will be taken in...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: I accept what the Minister has said. However, the difficulty is that the last recruits came out of the training process in September 2010, which is four and a half years ago. It takes 18 months of training before unsupervised personnel can be involved in bomb disposal work. Is the Minister aware that by the end of April we will have less than 50% of the full complement of those four units?...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: I have some brief questions. On foot of the Minister's last comments, can he reassure the House that the unit based in Athlone is secure into the future? What does he envisage is the timeline for agreement to be reached between the Government, the Defence Forces and RACO? When are we likely to see a recruitment campaign commencing?

Order of Business (24 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: Following an LRC hearing on 3 March, the HSE accepted that Brothers of Charity and Ability West social care staff had a legal entitlement to what was called a twilight premium payment. This money and arrears due have been paid to staff in Dublin, but staff in counties Roscommon and Galway are being told there is no money available. When will we see the industrial relations (amendment) Bill?...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Strength (24 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 142. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Air Corps has the capacity and capability to expand its role in operating the emergency aeromedical support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11621/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (24 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 301. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to a meeting (details supplied), if he will approve funding for a project; the total projected cost of the project; the time frame for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11514/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (24 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 312. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with the Alliance of Retired Public Servants, in advance of the completion of his annual review of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts 2009 to 2013; if consideration will be given to the imposition of the public service pension reduction on pensions, in view of the improvement in the Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Penalties (24 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the total number of farmers who received a financial penalty on their 2014 disadvantaged areas scheme or single payment scheme application; the estimated value of these penalties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11934/15]