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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Department of Rural and Community Development (13 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Why is that being trialled at the moment? The schools have had high-speed connections since 2016. That was funded by the Department with responsibility for communications in the past decade. Why has there been such a time lag from the infrastructure being put in place to the pilot being put in place? I accept this is not just an island issue. In the constituency I represent, in County...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Department of Rural and Community Development (13 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: I will let Deputy Ó Cuív in in a moment. This comes back to the fundamental problem we have with the islands, that is, we have 14 Departments and we progress at the slowest rate of any Department. The reality is the only reason our second level schools have high-speed Internet connections is the Department with responsibility for communications funded that, yet even when that was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Department of Rural and Community Development (13 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: We will get the figures from the officials.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands: Department of Rural and Community Development (13 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Before I bring in Deputy Kerrane, I wish to clarify that the default approach under the national broadband plan is fibre to the home for every home. Only where it is prohibitively expensive should an alternative be looked at. In the case of the islands, to have a high-speed connection on the mainland requires a cable to be brought to the mast. This means it is just as cheap to bring the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: When this was opened with fanfare in June 2020 we were given assurances that the psychiatry of later life service would be developed there. It is unacceptable that it will now be 2022 before any older person will be able to avail of a service at Castlerea.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: It is important to look at the history of the facility as well-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 94. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the chronic waiting lists within the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49955/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: As I stand here, our people have been waiting three and a half years in acute pain for an orthopaedic appointment and a whopping four and a half years for a respiratory appointment while we are in the depths of a respiratory pandemic. Appointments for services in the community are not much better, with waiting list of two to three years for occupational therapy appointments. We urgently...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: I appreciate the Minister's comments. Next year, we will spend €40,000 every minute on our health service. We have seen in the past, however, that just throwing money at our waiting lists does not work within our health service. We need to see structural reform and not just reward those who work within our private hospitals. In the programme for Government in 2016, for example,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: I will give the Minister two more examples. Take the rapid access haematuria clinic, that is, the blood in urine clinic at Roscommon University Hospital, RUH, where 10% of patients have been diagnosed with cancer. It treats 70% of patients in one visit and 100% of patients - all of them - are seen within the 28-day target time for urgent cases, and yet this has not been rolled out anywhere...

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: The purpose of the Bill is to address the inconsistency that exists throughout the State in respect of both the availability and type of services that are accessible to autistic children and adults through the implementation of a cross-departmental, multi-agency autism strategy. No strategy has been put in place in Ireland since the European Commission approved the charter of rights for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with Teagasc and other Ministers on the need for recognition of carbon removal on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49992/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Following the passage of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, we now have to take into account the issue of sequestration. There is great anxiety among the farming community regarding what they will be asked to do as a result of carbon budgeting. We now have reports that agriculture will be asked to reduce emissions by up to one third, which, as the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the commitments the Minister gave in respect of scientific research in this area. He is absolutely correct; without having a scientific basis, we have no opportunity to move forward. In 2016, this was made very clear to me, as Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, from my engagement with colleague ministers throughout Europe and my Scottish counterpart. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Let us put this in practical terms. We could be looking at an ask for the agricultural community of between 7 million tonnes and 8 million tonnes of a reduction between now and 2030. Teagasc has in place a roadmap that could achieve 2 million tonnes of that and, with a tailwind behind it, it might get up to 3.5 million tonnes. As an example, delivering on that target, however, would...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Project Ireland 2040 set a home retrofit target rate to see dirty fossil fuels taken out of our home heating systems by 2035. However, based on the rate of home retrofitting announced in last week's budget, it will now be 2050 before that is actually achieved. Yet, in order to reach our 2030 carbon budget goals we need to remove these fossil fuels from heating systems before the end of the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: I am talking about next year.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (21 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support the recognition of carbon removal on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49991/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (21 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 10 September 2020, the progress to date in publishing the Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sex Offenders Notification Requirements (21 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the level of compliance by persons who are subject to the requirements of Part 2 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001; the number of breaches of these conditions recorded by An Garda Síochána in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48280/21]