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Other Questions: Unfinished Housing Developments (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: If I give the Minister of State the details, will he use his offices to engage with companies?

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation and the principle behind it. The important aspect of it is that it will provide certainty for employees in that they will know what their rates of pay will be and it will also provide certainty for employers. In the many sectors we are discussing, many employers tender for contracts. It is a competitive area and the provisions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the registration thresholds for value added tax in view of an anomaly where a business selling physical goods can earn €75,000 before having to register for VAT but a service business can only earn €37,500 before having to register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22907/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 169. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the planned reduction in hours of the emergency department at Portlaoise hospital in County Laois, if he will confirm the status of a Department submission to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to reduce the opening hours of four other emergency departments, namely, Portiuncula and Ballinasloe in County Galway, Clonmel in County...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 170. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the emergency aeromedical service air ambulance has now been in operation for three years on a pilot basis, and in view of the fact that it has been a phenomenal success, if he will put the Air Corps operation of the service on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22851/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will furnish a response to correspondence (details supplied) relating to a Topical Issue of 22 April 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22856/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he plans to revise the planning legislation on the taking in charge of housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22060/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had to date with Bord na Móna regarding its restructuring plans and its implications for permanent and seasonal employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22849/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (16 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeline for the roll out of high speed broadband to rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22964/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (16 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to support the maintenance of the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22963/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Eligibility (16 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 175. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on a review of carer's allowance; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23155/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (16 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 565. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of refurbishing the new ambulance station in Loughglynn in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23184/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (16 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 566. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the west Roscommon and east Mayo ambulance blackspot is not to to have an ambulance permanently appointed to it, as is the case in Tuam and Mulranny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23185/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 567. To ask the Minister for Health the implications which the new rehabilitation unit at Roscommon County Hospital will have on the operation of the hospital's helipad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23186/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (16 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 568. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the capital project at Roscommon County Hospital to develop a new central sterile services department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23187/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (16 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 878. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure that the national car test takes due regard of medical adaptions to vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23250/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: People will always welcome a scheme that will improve profitability in the suckler herd, because most suckler beef farmers are losing money at present. The aim of this scheme is to achieve in six years in the suckler beef industry what has taken 20 years in the dairy industry, with a much older cohort of farmers. Farmers who are less open to change now have to face far more challenges. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Data and Genomics Programme: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: It would have been better if producers, particularly small suckler farmers, had been consulted before the Department went to Brussels, thus avoiding this situation. I want an answer to the following. If one buys a bull with a two-star rating, and one is a good judge of an animal, yet the bull turns out to be a four- or five-star animal down the road, is one complying with the rules of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: I will have to hobble to the Chamber. I congratulate Mr. Seán Finan on his election. It is great to see a Roscommon man as president of Macra na Feirme. I thank Mr. O'Brien for the work he is doing on this issue which affects 4,000 farmers. A large number of farmers have fallen between the cracks, with one in five farmers under the age of 40 falling into this category. All the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: I propose that a new category of disadvantage be established for all farmers under the age of 40 years in receipt of low payments established prior to 2008. It will be impossible to secure agreement in the committee today, but perhaps it might be approved by it at the next meeting and referred to the Minister.