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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (19 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no public transport under the school transport scheme is available to students from Drogheda attending a school (details supplied) in County Louth; if efforts will be made by the relevant authorities to provide such transport in this academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: 278. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections undertaken by NERA to date in 2013 in respect of the enforcement of REA rates of pay at school construction sites; the locations of such inspection visits by county; the number of cases of non-compliance identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49342/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Data (19 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: 364. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who have participated in the JobBridge internship programme to date broken down by county; the number who have progressed to paid employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49563/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: 399. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department, in consultation with Inland Fisheries Ireland, has completed a review of the provisions of the Fisheries Acts dating back to 1959, with particular reference to the licensing regime; if IFI has made any particular recommendations on future licensing regimes for all types of angling in respect of any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (19 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: 634. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive intends to engage an additional orthodontist in County Louth to address waiting lists for orthodontic treatment for under 18s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48881/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists (19 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: 635. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form, waiting time periods for orthodontic treatment for under 18s in County Louth for the years 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48882/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff Data (19 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: 703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form the total number of agency staff engaged at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 in porter services, nursing grades, maintenance and cleaning; if he will provide in tabular format the total cost per annum under each of these headings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49445/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (19 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: 704. To ask the Minister for Health the costs associated with transportation relating to the laundry service at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, within the hospital campus and from the hospital to facilities at Navan and Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49446/13]

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: Is the HSE in a position to estimate the number of individuals who are eligible for or in receipt of medical cards, given the high level of inward migration we have had, who are no longer resident in the State?

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: Obviously the HSE is not in a position to drill down into those figures to establish the number of people -----

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: Thank you.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: I wish to raise a couple of points but will not detain the witnesses too long as much of the ground has been covered. In regard to the awarding of cards on a discretionary basis and the role of a medical officer in deciding on an appeal, I am interested to find out a little more about this new process. Perhaps the witnesses would talk me through how the process works. What is the function...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: And the cost associated with caring for a relative.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: It is very important that is communicated to the wider public because there is a view abroad that some kind of omnipotent medical officer is sitting in a back room in the HSE making a decision on the future care or the ability of a family to care for an ill or disabled loved one. That is a view that is out there. I am not saying it is correct but it is a view that has been communicated to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: That is in keeping with the legislation.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: In relation to recoupment from GPs, I am quite satisfied that a robust system is in place to recoup overpayments from GPs or situations where they have been claiming in error, in some cases, for patients who are deceased or no longer eligible or no longer resident in the country. If it ever proves difficult for the HSE to recoup outstanding moneys from GPs what kind of sanctions does the HSE...

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: I am satisfied with that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 22 - Eligibility for Medical Cards (14 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: Clearly there is a very substantial body of work going on in respect of probity around eligibility and so on. A point was made earlier and in some other associated documents we have received in relation to 106,828 individuals being contacted to establish residence. Does "residence" generally infer residency in this State?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (12 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider designating Drogheda, County Louth under the terms of the living city initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48009/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (12 Nov 2013)

Gerald Nash: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider including in the Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013 requirements around improvements to energy efficiency under the tax rebate on home improvements scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48010/13]