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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: Yes. I made my contribution earlier on. I can repeat it if the Chairman wishes but it is the same question.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the rate of VAT applied to food supplements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44635/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) which issued to his office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44241/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Proposed Legislation (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planned provisions of the education (miscellaneous provisions) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44552/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 419. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a surgical procedure; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44197/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 478. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 5 February 2019, his plans to address a waiting list for the autism services concerned; his further plans to appoint additional staff to the service; his further plans for budget increases for the services; the alternatives available for those awaiting the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 513. To ask the Minister for Health the budget received by each hospital and CHO to provide non-emergency hospital transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44549/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 514. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals and CHOs which could provide non-emergency hospital transport to outpatient appointments for those that cannot fund transport from their own resources; the amount spent by each hospital and CHO on providing such non-emergency hospital transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44550/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 516. To ask the Minister for Health the initiatives being undertaken at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore to reduce ENT outpatient waiting times; the current waiting time for an outpatient appointment at the hospital; if a reduction in waiting times has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44557/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 517. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients awaiting outpatient ENT appointments in each Saolta group hospital; the length of time those patients have been waiting; the initiatives being undertaken to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44558/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 518. To ask the Minister for Health the reason general practitioners have had the electronic referral pathway for CT and MRI tests removed from them; his views on whether it is appropriate that patients requiring urgent scans are being referred to emergency departments; his plans to reverse this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44560/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: 1064. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if joint savings in respect of a person applying for an adult dependant allowance on the State pension (contributory) of his or her spouse are fully assessed or if they are assessed on half basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44821/19]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 21: In page 23, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(2) For the purpose of clarity such provisions will also apply to businesses with charitable status providing emergency medical services in the State but registered in the UK, which shall be required to re-register in the State following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I hear what the Minister is saying. This section of the Bill aims to maintain the status quoafter the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, as does this amendment. The Irish Coast Guard and the RNLI do not have to pay 23% VAT. The Coast Guard is a private organisation which operates on behalf of the State. The RNLI fundraises significantly across both this country and the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: The difference is that the Coast Guard provides a service for which the State pays. In this case, as the charity does not have the competency to operate a helicopter, the cost and financial burden of meeting the relevant regulations would be phenomenal. It has therefore contracted a company from the UK to provide this service. As the company is based and registered in the UK, it is...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I accept it, but the Minister will quote again what he has just said to me. I do not dispute that what he is saying is absolutely factually correct. The difficulty is that the charity will not see the status quobeing maintained. The aim of the provision included in this section of the legislation is to maintain the status quo. My point is that that will not happen in this instance....

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: On that basis, I with withdraw the amendment with leave to reintroduce it.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his comments. I know that this matter is close to the Acting Chairman's heart. My amendment seeks to provide an enhanced tax relief for job creation in the midland counties that have been directly impacted by the cessation of turf cutting. Those counties include Roscommon, Galway - the eastern part - Longford, Offaly, Westmeath and Laois. The EII should probably...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I can give the Minister plenty of examples of where it was done in the past.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Nov 2019)

Denis Naughten: I hear what the Minister is saying, but the simple question I have is how do we incentivise the private sector to consider investing in this part of the country where effectively we are looking at Google leaving? Everyone accepts that we face a huge challenge in the region in trying to stimulate employment creation. The public sector investment is welcome and I do not want to knock it, but...