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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the purpose of Bord Bia assurance under the new suckler scheme for farmers that do not produce animals for slaughter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60287/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to support job creation in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60289/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Schemes (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to support existing levels of employment in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60290/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 304 of 22 June 2021 and 440 of 19 October 2021, the reason such a tenant cannot purchase a rural local authority house when they do not require a loan from the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61101/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of quality assured beef produced in Ireland in 2020; the corresponding figure for non-quality assured beef; the breakdown of tonnage that attracts each quality assured bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60435/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: I wish to make a few brief points on this amendment and on the Bill before us. I accept that the Minister is in a difficult position. I also accept that we need legislation, and I fully support the provisions set out in section 4. The Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act expires on 9 January and there will not be ample opportunity between now and then to debate it and I believe an extension of...

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: This is the final point I will make, and I will not intervene again. The Minister will say, as the Taoiseach said to me yesterday, that the Government will listen to the advice, but it is only certain advice that it is prepared to listen to. Last week, the Ombudsman for Children said there should be a fortnightly review of the use of face masks in schools. That is being ignored by the...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: It may be that the Minister of State is not prepared to listen to me. I made those points to here. As I indicated, all the other insurers cover those hospitals. How can it increase the cost if a number of hospitals with one insurer are included when every other insurer is prepared to do it? We are talking about a level playing field here. That is all I am looking for. A principle of...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: Before we move on, I just want to state that it would help immensely if we had a consolidated Act. The principal Act has been amended nearly 15 times. It is impossible for any human being to try to read through it. If it could be consolidated, it would, at least, make it easier for people to draft an amendment.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: I made it clear at the start of my contribution that this was a clumsy amendment. As the Minister of State knows, if I tried to word an amendment on this, it would cause a cost on the Exchequer and be ruled out of order. Second, it is disingenuous to talk about the public consultation because officials here have known for years about this issue. This is not the first time I have raised it....

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: For the Minister of State to say the reason she is not prepared to support the principle of what I am talking about is that including smaller hospitals on health insurance plans would lead to health insurance policies costing more is, with all due respect, a load of rubbish. As I said this year, last year and in preceding years, we are talking about an insurer, rather than the insurance...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, to delete lines 8 to 11 and substitute the following: “but does not include a claim— (i) under a policy that fails to provide cover for day case and inpatient care in model 2 hospitals, or (ii) for the cost of drugs that are not listed on the Reimbursement List established and published by the Health Service Executive under section 17...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: Two years ago, the Dáil referred the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019 for Committee Stage consideration by the health committee. This new law will provide for mandatory open disclosure in the case of serious medical mistakes. We have all dealt with incidents where individuals or their next of kin have been refused honest answers to the most basic of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: Not in the home.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: They are not doing it in the home.

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: Standing Orders clearly state that the final ten minutes is protected so we have exactly five minutes remaining. That is under Standing Orders. It is quite clear.

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — Ireland has one of the largest maritime areas in the European Union (EU), seven times larger than our land mass, and covers an area of almost 500,000 sq. km, representing a 220-million-acre marine resource; — there is potential to develop over 70,000 megawatts of offshore renewable energy, providing Ireland with...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Telecommunications Infrastructure (7 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce will meet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60471/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Telecommunications Infrastructure (7 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: By the end of next year, 75,000 fewer homes will have access to high-speed broadband than had been planned just two years ago under the national broadband plan. The build of that plan is a full 12 months behind schedule after only two years of the project. This will have a significant impact on the uptake of remote working across the country. This includes public sector workers, for whom...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Telecommunications Infrastructure (7 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: Wait for the supplementaries, Minister.