Results 19,941-19,960 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that have been made to Roscommon County Council under the croí cónaithe fund; the number of those applications that have been granted and refused, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14847/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: 321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made to each county council under the croí cónaithe urban and rural scheme respectively; the number granted, refused and on hand in each category; when the terms and conditions of the scheme will be expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15324/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (28 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: 717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in counties Roscommon and Galway currently awaiting public eye examinations; the current waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15255/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: 719. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15269/23]

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 4: In page 18, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(10A) Where the person has previously been convicted of a sexual crime against the person or a person connected with the other person and the person is on the sex offenders register for the previous crime, the term of the sentence should run concurrent to the period of time that the person...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: It is a bit like the curate's egg. The Minister is right: there is a general provision in law that the public may be excluded. However, the difficulty is that victims are being retraumatised by having to go back to court in the first place. Irrespective of whether it is in camera, they are being retraumatised by having to go back in, give statements to the Garda, provide evidence to the...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: Reluctantly.

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 5: In page 18, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “(10A) Where the person has previously been convicted of a sexual crime against the person or a person connected with the other person and the person is on the sex offenders register for the previous crime, the term of the sentence should run concurrent to the period of time that the person...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: To clarify, is the Minister indicating that he is likely to revert to the Dáil on this particular matter or on the Bill in general, in which respect he has given an indication? I flagged this issue on Committee Stage with the then Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee. She gave an assurance to revert to the House after giving full consideration to the matter. The Minister, Deputy...

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: When I secured the introduction of the sheep welfare scheme alongside Councillor Laurence Fallon in 2016 at a payment of €10 per breeding ewe, it was always the intention to see that increased over time. The payment was put in place so farmers could go beyond the relevant mandatory standards in place to enhanced standards of animal welfare in the sheep flock. Disappointingly, over...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the new school building for a school (details supplied); when the temporary classrooms will be provided on the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15984/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (30 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: 331. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the revision of the criteria for the nursing home support scheme medical assessment following the submission of the application for consideration, in light of the public concerns expressed with regard to its inadequacy by his Minister of State; when the review of this specific assessment procedure commended within his Department; the timeline...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Mar 2023)

Denis Naughten: 342. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be called for a procedure to facilitate peg feeding; his views on whether it is acceptable for a child to be left two years waiting on such a procedure which is medically required due to the risk of choking; the reason the child has not been called to date; the alternatives that have been put in place to facilitate such...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: The Government is expecting to run a surplus of €10 billion this year in the public finances and a further €16.2 billion surplus next year. This money should not be locked away into a long-term fund serving the strategic interests of other countries. Part of this surplus should be invested in infrastructure that unlocks the massive economic potential that we have in our...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: If it is a good investment for the private sector, which I believe it is, it is a good investment for our money also, rather than investing it in other countries. Last Saturday Germany stopped producing electricity from its nuclear power plants, leaving it highly dependent on fossil fuels, much of which are imported. At the same time, Ireland has great untapped potential off the west coast...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Vaccination Programme (20 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: 4. 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. [16903/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Vaccination Programme (20 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: Commitments were given the past two programmes for Government to introduce a no-fault vaccine compensation scheme. This was again promised by the former Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, in advance of the introduction of the Covid vaccination programme. My engagement on this issue with various Ministers for Health has been ongoing for the past 250 months or more than two decades....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Vaccination Programme (20 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: I am deeply disappointed by the Minister’s response. Scoping reports were done by the former Minister for Health, Deputy Micheál Martin, who gave a commitment when he was Minister to deliver on this. Every other Minister for Health since then has given this commitment. We have this height of reports on this issue. This scheme has been introduced in 25 countries. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Vaccination Programme (20 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: Back in 2020, the recommendation was that a vaccine injury scheme should be introduced as a matter of urgency. The Minister knows that there is a culture of fighting claims within the State Claims Agency and the health profession. There are parents who have been advocating on behalf of disabled children for more than 50 years and the doors have been slammed in their faces by the health...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Vaccination Programme (20 Apr 2023)

Denis Naughten: It was done ten years before that.