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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Assessments (14 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this very important issue. A very serious situation has arisen as a result of the continually rising waters of Lough Funshinagh in County Roscommon, with three homes and farmyards under imminent threat of flooding. There is a risk to a total of seven homes and six farmyards due to the elevated levels of this turlough. As of 4 January 2021, levels...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Flood Risk Management (14 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 10 November 2020, if, in view of the fact that the turlough is now 1.75 m higher than on 6 January 2020, he will request Geological Survey Ireland using the data collected to date to produce an updated flood risk map for Funshinagh, County Roscommon; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (14 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the backlog in processing applications for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40438/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (14 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will reopen the voluntary homeowners relocation scheme for those with primary residential properties which have been flooded due to turloughs and rising ground water in addition to those flooded in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2048/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (14 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the cost-benefit analysis for flood relief works to incorporate turlough flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2049/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (14 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to address the serious flooding currently threatening homes and farm buildings due to the overflow of the former turlough at Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon which is now effectively a continually rising lake with no outlet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2050/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (14 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of voluntary home relocations that have been completed to date; the total cost of the completed relocations; if the amount has been incorporated into the CBA for flood mitigation works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2066/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Special Areas of Conservation (14 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the designation of Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon as a SAC in view of the fact that the former turlough is now effectively a continually rising lake with no outlet which has decimated the typical turlough flora of the site; the steps which the NPWS is taking to maintain the natural hydrological regime...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his engagement with the Minister for Health with regard to the provision of childcare for frontline workers during the level 5 lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2042/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (14 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 216. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 583 of 17 December 2020, if he will furnish a reply and outline the resources to be made available for the development of the ambulatory care hubs; the location of the first phase of hubs; the reason level 2 hospital sites were not considered for such hubs in view of the fact that many are already dealing with large...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (14 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 332 of 8 October 2020 and 438 of 16 April 2019, when he plans to introduce a voluntary farm building relocation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2047/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes (14 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the concerns of farmers with land within the catchment of Lough Funshinagh, County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2067/21]

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: The fact is that we are using sheets of paper to record vital data that are needed to track adverse reactions. I took this issue up with a predecessor of the Minister, the current Taoiseach, 18 years ago and the Minister is telling me that we still do not have an IT system in place. When will we no longer be using pen and paper to record the numbers of patients being vaccinated? As the...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: Last June I wrote to the Minister's predecessor pointing out that Portiuncula University Hospital, Ballinasloe was in a desperate situation because it has lost 10% of its acute hospital capacity due to Covid-19 configuration. The hospital was very proactive. It put forward two very specific proposals. The first was to develop two separate modular buildings, one for an accident and...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements and Questions and Answers (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister. I turn to the vaccination issue. First, as he knows the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is likely to be approved at the end of this month but we need to see that particular vaccine distributed in advance of the EU approval to GP surgeries so that the administration of the vaccine can take place the following day. Can the Minister assure me that that will happen? Second,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: IDA Ireland (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his meeting with the west regional enterprise plan steering committee of 11 December 2020, the plans of IDA Ireland to acquire the 50 acres of industrial lands in Ballinasloe, County Galway from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44689/20]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: IDA Ireland (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to his meeting with the west regional enterprise plan steering committee of 11 December 2020, the plans of IDA Ireland to construct an advance factory on the under-utilised industrial lands in Ballinasloe, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44690/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has commissioned a study on the effect of the current carbon taxes in reducing the use of fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38839/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding provided by the gum industry on an annual basis to assist with the cost of its removal; the corresponding figure for the tobacco industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1605/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (13 Jan 2021)

Denis Naughten: 257. To ask the Minister for Finance if the provisions in the Finance Act 2020 with regard to primary medical certificates are now being implemented; if medical assessments are being performed by the HSE; the steps he is taking to deal with the backlog of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1804/21]