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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 1219. To ask the Minister for Health the cost and timescale for fire safety works at the Sacred Heart Hospital, Roscommon; the provision being made for patients and staff for the duration of the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20195/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (30 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 1222. To ask the Minister for Health when the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019 and mandatory open disclosure will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20198/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (30 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 1223. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each recommendation in the Roscommon mental health services report published in 2017; the reason for the delay in completing the implementation of this report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20199/20]

Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: Yesterday, the 2020 long list for the Booker Prize for fiction was published. Sadly, some affidavits that go before the courts would be in competition for the prize. This has implications, particularly for young people looking for car insurance and many small businesses across the country. We are not claiming that the Bill is a panacea for all of the ills in the insurance industry, and...

Perjury and Related Offences Bill [Seanad] 2018: Motion [Private Members] (29 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I move: That Dáil Éireann calls on the Government to support the immediate establishment by the House of the Select Committee on Justice and for Committee Stage of the Perjury and Related Offences Bill 2018 [Seanad] to be the first item of business on the agenda and that this should occur no later than 31 October, 2020. The motion seeks to immediately establish the Select...

Financial Provisions (Covid-19) (No. 2) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and congratulate her formally on her election. It is great to see a woman from the west of Ireland in the seat that she now holds. I thank the Minister for taking this debate. I welcome the stimulus package as in principle, it should be welcomed. While I have concerns that it may not be as focused as it needs to be, the intention has merit and I...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (29 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing discretion on the 18.5 hours per week employment exemption under the carer's allowance scheme in circumstances in which it has no impact on the level of care provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18999/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (29 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 58. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a training and education credit to the PRSI system similar to the homemakers' credit to encourage upskilling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18998/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific supports included in the July stimulus package for small coach operators in view of severe financial pressure being placed on these businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19461/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (29 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of PAYE taxpayers issued with a tax refund in each of the past five years; the value of refunds in each year; the measures he is taking to ensure that taxpayers avail of tax reliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19460/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (29 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 271. To ask the Minister for Health when nurses offered permanent posts in Roscommon University Hospital in 2019 will be formally appointed; the reason for the delay; if an embargo on appointments has been in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19225/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (29 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 272. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff appointed to each hospital in the Saolta University Health Care Group in the period from March to July 2020; the posts they were appointed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19226/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the NTA will approve the extension plan for the TaxSaver scheme for public transport; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18591/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the refusal to facilitate the establishment of an ASD class at a school (details supplied) for eight students that cannot be accommodated in September 2020 will be reversed in view of the time constraints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18641/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (28 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 439 of 16 April 2019, if the corresponding figures for 2019 and to date in 2020 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18640/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (28 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 813. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average and longest waiting time in each probate office for applications by solicitors and personal applicants, respectively; the number of applications on hand in each office; the timeline for the eProbate project to go live in each office; the status of the project; if the Revenue Commissioners' have been incorporated...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: There are multiples of those 72 properties in Roscommon alone. I could bring the Minster of State to locations adjoining our constituency in Monksland where there is huge housing demand and where houses are vacant for one reason or another. If we are going to encourage families to relocate to some of these communities, we must look at the tax credit system currently in place. It needs to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to encourage the use of vacant housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17379/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: 10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to encourage the use of vacant housing in villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17378/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (23 Jul 2020)

Denis Naughten: There is a substantial number of vacant houses right across the country. We have a housing crisis and we have to look at building as many houses as possible but we have 1.75 million existing houses and we must do our utmost to ensure that as many of those homes are occupied as possible. The number of those vacant at any one time varies at present between 50,000 and 180,000 depending on the...