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Other Questions: Student Support Schemes (30 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: John did extremely well in his leaving certificate examinations and got his first choice on his Central Applications Office form. He was the first member of his family to go to college. He is from County Roscommon and started a computer science course in the Dublin Institute of Technology. However, he had to drop out before Christmas owing to the spiralling rent his landlord was charging...

Other Questions: Student Support Schemes (30 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: It is a broader issue, although accommodation is a problem. Earlier this year the Minister and her colleagues were tripping over one another to welcome the statistics showing that more PAYE families and fewer farm and self-employed families were receiving the higher education grant. What they failed to recognise - the Minister might acknowledge it - was that there was a larger cohort of...

Other Questions: Student Support Schemes (30 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: John did drop out and there are many more like him around the country who are forced into this position because their families cannot afford to keep them in college and pay for accommodation. The higher education grant has been maintained, but the difficulty is that the cost of accommodation is going through the roof and the majority who have to access accommodation are not on bus routes....

Deaths in Tunisia: Expressions of Sympathy (30 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: On behalf of the others group in the House I also want to extend my sympathy and that of my colleagues to the family of Larry and Martina Hayes, to Lorna Carty, Joel Richards and his uncle and grandfather and the British citizens who were also killed. All of us were numb when we heard the reports coming through of the tragedy in Tunisia on Friday. They were people who went on their...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Completion Programme (30 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who left a primary level school in summer 2014 and who failed to enrol in a secondary level school in September 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25702/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Numbers (30 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 369. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of student, business, working and tourist visas, respectively, issued in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26046/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for vascular procedures in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26321/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (30 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 473. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a medical procedure at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26322/15]

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: The reason a local authority has a vacant site in the first place is that it is not in a position to develop it. The major problem is gaining access to capital to develop the site. It owns the site. With the numbers on the housing list increasing, the pressure is on public representatives to ensure the sites are developed. I am aware that investors are willing to develop local...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (1 Jul 2015)

Denis Naughten: 15. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to develop the live export trade to the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25842/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (1 Jul 2015)

Denis Naughten: 33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure consistency with regard to on-farm inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25841/15]

Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (2 Jul 2015)

Denis Naughten: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps which he is taking to remove paper-based processes from the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26110/15]

Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (2 Jul 2015)

Denis Naughten: Every year Government agencies and Departments waste millions of euro on the maintenance of paper-based systems for those who do not have access to online services. The Revenue Commissioners spent more than €500,000 to establish a paper-based system for returning the local property tax which could have been more efficiently delivered through the local post office network. Every...

Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (2 Jul 2015)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his reply but I would like to go a step further by requiring every agency of State to introduce procedures to manage paper applications and processing. While it is commendable that his Department is endeavouring to reduce volumes of paper, it will continue to be necessary to maintain a paper-based system. In regard to the example I gave earlier, people were...

Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (2 Jul 2015)

Denis Naughten: I am putting this proposal to the Minister because the post office network covers the country and thus is easily accessible. Its staff are the only non-State employees who sign the Official Secrets Act. There is a mechanism for them to assist people in filling in forms and inputting data online. Not only could we save a lot of money, but the other great advantage is that there would be far...

Other Questions: Information and Communications Technology (2 Jul 2015)

Denis Naughten: I am talking about a pilot scheme.

Other Questions: Ministerial Expenditure (2 Jul 2015)

Denis Naughten: Will people have to suffer that long - ten years?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (2 Jul 2015)

Denis Naughten: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of flood relief works on the River Suck; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26109/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (2 Jul 2015)

Denis Naughten: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools have not been informed of their special needs assistant allocation for September 2015 in advance of the school holidays; if she is aware of the disruption which this causes to school planning and anxiety to parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26773/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Holiday Visa Applications (7 Jul 2015)

Denis Naughten: 30. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the current holiday visa system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26909/15]