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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (10 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the eProbate project to go live in each office; the status of the project; if the Revenue Commissioners have been incorporated and gone live on eProbate; the status of the implementation of each recommendation in the report of the probate services review group; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 212. To ask the Minister for Health when the enabling works at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe will commence; when tenders will be sought for the construction of the 50-bed ward block; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23060/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 231. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a no-fault vaccination compensation scheme for severe adverse reactions to State-promoted vaccination programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23185/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for cataract surgery in each hospital in which such surgery takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23190/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 233. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to roll out the Sligo model of eye care; the reason for the delay; if alternatives to this model are being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23191/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service (10 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 236. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been an interruption to the air ambulance service based at Custume Barracks, Athlone, County Westmeath, to date in 2020; the number of missions tasked in each month to date in 2020; his plans to maintain the service during Covid-19 restrictions at Custume Barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23200/20]

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: I reiterate the comments of my two colleagues on the Business Committee, Deputies Kelly and Mac Lochlainn. We had no communication either. I made contact with the Clerk to try to find out what was going on because I was reading on Twitter about what was happening in the House. It is not good enough. I accept that we have three Airí Stáit in the Chamber from the Department of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Afforestation Programme (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: There are over 500 applications currently at appeal stage. We have one individual who has to process each and every one of them. That backlog is leading to a situation where we do not have timber within the industry at present. Will the Minister of State unblock that blockage as an immediate action?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 113. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress to date of the beef task force; the timeline for the completion of commitments given to the task force; the steps he is taking to implement the measures proposed by this Deputy and unanimously adopted by Dáil Éireann on 26 September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23762/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: The Minister said earlier that protected geographical indications, PGI, status will not be the silver bullet. It will in fact be the final nail in the coffin if the current approaches continue to be taken to maximise the number of beef farmers eligible for PGI status. It contradicts a motion I put down in the House this time last year, and which the Minister supported, that PGI status...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: The difficulty is that the agenda here is to shoehorn as much beef as possible into the PGI status application. As the Minister knows, the former Commissioner, Phil Hogan, said that we should be seeking designation specifically for suckler beef. When I raised this with the Minister's predecessor, Deputy Creed, in the House last October, he said that the concept of suckler beef does not have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: The Minister has heard that the stakeholders on this side of the House are vehemently opposed to the approach that is being taken which, from its inception, was about maximising the amount of beef that could be shoehorned into a PGI application. The Commissioner at the time said it would be unsuccessful. Unless we focus on suckler beef, that will not happen. The difficulty is that Bord Bia...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: Bord Bia.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: It got millions of euro.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 54. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of the central sterile services department, CSSD, at Roscommon hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23275/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 56. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 50-bed ward block development at Portiuncula hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23276/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 695. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the restrictions on partners attending maternity and labour wards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23504/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for specific designation EU PGI status for Irish beef; the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23763/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 149. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the reason businesses which failed to pay their rates demand for 2019 are able to draw down the restart grant based on the demand figure whereas business which obtained a reduction in their rates demand for 2019 are only able to avail of a restart grant based on the revised figure; his plans to review the anomaly; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Job Losses (15 Sep 2020)

Denis Naughten: 151. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 8 September 2019, the outcome of discussions held by the Western Region Enterprise Committee on the job losses at a company (details supplied) and the specific measures now being taken to support job creation in Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....