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River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: I wish to share time with Deputy Canney.

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: I welcome and fully support the objective behind the Bill. Having worked with the then Ministers of State, Deputy Canney and Kevin Boxer Moran, regarding the Shannon flood risk State agency co-ordination working group, as some of the State agencies in the group came under my responsibility when I was Minister, I know at first hand the challenges that exist and exactly what the Minister has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of plans for specific designation EU protected geographical indication, PGI, status for Irish beef; the status of the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33289/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: PGI status was an opportunity to develop a premium price suckler beef product but the goal of the meat industry was to shoehorn as much beef as possible into the PGI label. Now the farm organisations have disappointingly bought into that approach.I believe this approach is the final nail in the coffin of the suckler beef industry here and contradicts the motion that was accepted by the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: I have no doubt it will improve the marketing position but that will only benefit the processors and not the primary producers. I am not sure how successful this application will be because the only ones promoting suckler beef are the European Commission itself and, disappointingly, not Bord Bia or the Irish Government. On 22 September, the Minister gave me a reply to a parliamentary...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Beef Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: To be clear, I record my objection. I may be a single voice in this regard but it will not benefit Irish farmers and it had the opportunity to do that. The Minister is giving €6 million to Bord Bia, an organisation that advised the Minister's predecessor that suckler beef did not have a resonance in Europe and yet was able to apply for EU funding because it was not prepared to put...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expand the use of the gamma interferon test to eradicate bovine TB in the national herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33290/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 106. To ask the Minister for Health when out-of-hours flu vaccination clinics will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33287/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 111. 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. [33288/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Examinership Arrangements (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 194. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his views on whether current legal regimes such as examinership and schemes of arrangement are fit for purpose or need to be revamped to make them more easily or widely available to distressed companies, especially with respect to the restructuring of small and medium enterprises, in view of the increased financial pressure on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Medical Waste Disposal (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options available to families for the disposal of medical waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32711/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 431. To ask the Minister for Finance the way regulated financial service providers, including pillar banks and alternative lenders, will be required to handle distressed commercial loans; if the appointment of receivers and-or other enforcement action should be pursued by such regulated financial service providers in respect of borrowers who are in default on their loan arrangements as a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Prevention Measures (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that the NPWS put a specific farm plan scheme in place for farmers within the catchment of Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon, following the OPW-funded report by Roscommon County Council regarding the lack of cost effective mitigation measures for flooded farmland; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Qualifications (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 960. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to introduce mandatory paediatric first-aid training for childcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32743/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 987. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason he has failed to publish to sixth interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; when it will be published, in view of the public comments of his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33859/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 988. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the Cabinet decision last week on the application of general data protection regulation, GDPR, to mother and baby home records, if this personal information will also cover vaccination records and vaccine trial records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33860/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 1288. To ask the Minister for Health if the Covid-19 response team has been assembled; the make-up of the team by profession; if the team is active; if it has been called into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32937/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Livestock Issues (3 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 1560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if mechanisms are in place through online mart sales to ensure that a number of buyers are not using the one internet protocol address and based at a single location and thereby undermining the auction process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33861/20]

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: I have some questions on the Bill which I hope the Minister will address. There is a great deal of speculation about a possible vaccine for Covid-19. Hopefully it will start to bring the virus under control but priority must be given to encouraging the maximum uptake possible, including among young people, when it becomes available. Vaccine hesitancy is a major issue that will arise. It...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: State Aid (4 Nov 2020)

Denis Naughten: 19. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment his plans to change State aid rules to better support local authorities, businesses and communities in the midlands as requested by the Just Transition Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34069/20]