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Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Why do we set it at four times that of our neighbours? Are we a generous nation?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Should it not be looked at? If it needs legislation, this House should come forward with it. Why should we pay out 400% more than our neighbours for the same claims?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: What about false claims and people using the system to get money? Are there false claims or is this just speculation?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I asked how the €2.2 billion compared with other countries. Are we average, below average or above average? If we pay 400% more than our neighbour for whiplash, we must be way above the average on a per capita basis.

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: The estimate was from 31 December 2016. What is the estimate for 31 December 2018? Will the liabilities go up to €3 billion, or €4 billion?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I see that 98% of clinical claims are resolved through negotiated settlements or mediation without recourse to the courts. Why, then, are associated legal costs per claim five times greater than for general claims?

Public Accounts Committee: Matters related to Medical Negligence, Open Disclosure, Cervical Cancer and Thalidomide Litigation (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Litigation costs a great deal. I see here that there are costs of €27 million but that there was a saving of 45% on a total of €49 million claimed. That is an extraordinary result. Could it be improved on?

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Post Office Closures (8 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to ensure the viability and sustainability of towns and villages in rural areas which have lost or are losing their local post office. [46040/18]

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: Ireland has long been known as the island of saints and scholars but we are also a very skilled nation when it comes to working with our hands. Tens of thousands of tradesmen and tradeswomen in this country entered their chosen industry at a young age and learned it from the ground up, as apprentices. It is fair to say that our economy and citizens continue to benefit from the skills of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I wish to speak on the same issue that my colleague has raised. I have written to the Minister for Health previously regarding the provision of Spinraza for children suffering from spinal muscular atrophy, more commonly known as SMA. I raised the matter previously in the Dáil along with other party members. It has been acknowledged by the HSE that the drug works well and that it is...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: I am delighted to contribute to the debate on the motion on water services tabled by the Rural Independent Group. A central component of the confidence and supply agreement on water charges is fairness to rural and urban dwellers. That was a key outcome of the work of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services. There was a need for equity between rural and urban...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: It is true, though.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for a formal engagement with his Dutch counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45835/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the provision of funding has been investigated for the purchase of additional high powered off-road bikes for use by An Garda Síochána in specialised situations or pursuits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45834/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 749. To ask the Minister for Health if he has had formal engagements with his EU counterparts over the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45837/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (6 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the potential funding streams available to assist and-or supplement a person (details supplied) in the replanting of Sitka spruce following the conclusion of the felling process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45227/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme Funding (6 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 943. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the possibility of increasing the budget for the rural transport programme by 10% has been investigated; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45838/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (6 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 1067. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); the action she will take to ensure this appeal is processed as efficiently as possible in view of the amount of time it has been with the social welfare appeals office and the circumstances the person is enduring; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 1092. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline her plans to extend the total contributions approach announced in budget 2019 being applied to those who left the work force for an extended period of time to raise children in the home and who retired on or before September 2012 to those who retired in similar circumstances and who retired in the years and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (6 Nov 2018)

Bobby Aylward: 1236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to meet the CEO of the Irish Film Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45836/18]