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Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation and the principle behind it. The important aspect of it is that it will provide certainty for employees in that they will know what their rates of pay will be and it will also provide certainty for employers. In the many sectors we are discussing, many employers tender for contracts. It is a competitive area and the provisions of the...

Other Questions: Unfinished Housing Developments (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 6. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to revise the planning legislation on the taking in charge of housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22059/15]

Other Questions: Unfinished Housing Developments (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: I would not be comfortable sitting, a Cheann Comhairle. As the Minister of State will know, sadly, I come from the capital of the country when it comes to unfinished housing estates with four times the national average. Under section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, an estate can be taken in charge through two mechanisms. Either the developer can make a request or the...

Other Questions: Unfinished Housing Developments (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: When the Minister of State is responding, he might address the question I have asked. Will he revert back to the original legislation? I bring a second issue to the attention of the Minister of State on the taking-in-charge process. I refer to the drawdown of bonds where the developer is gone and the estate is incomplete. In a number of instances in my part of the country, insurance...

Other Questions: Unfinished Housing Developments (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: I have no difficulty with the local authorities living up to their responsibilities. However, in a large number of estates in counties Galway and Roscommon, the developer is gone and is not to be found. When the planning permission was granted, IBRC, which is owned by the State, put bonds in place for some of these developers. Now this State agency is not honouring these bonds. The...

Other Questions: Unfinished Housing Developments (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: If I give the Minister of State the details, will he use his offices to engage with companies?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the registration thresholds for value added tax in view of an anomaly where a business selling physical goods can earn €75,000 before having to register for VAT but a service business can only earn €37,500 before having to register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22907/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 169. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the planned reduction in hours of the emergency department at Portlaoise hospital in County Laois, if he will confirm the status of a Department submission to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to reduce the opening hours of four other emergency departments, namely, Portiuncula and Ballinasloe in County Galway, Clonmel in County...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service Provision (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 170. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the emergency aeromedical service air ambulance has now been in operation for three years on a pilot basis, and in view of the fact that it has been a phenomenal success, if he will put the Air Corps operation of the service on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22851/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 171. To ask the Minister for Health if he will furnish a response to correspondence (details supplied) relating to a Topical Issue of 22 April 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22856/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he plans to revise the planning legislation on the taking in charge of housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22060/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (11 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had to date with Bord na Móna regarding its restructuring plans and its implications for permanent and seasonal employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22849/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: I want to raise an issue with the Department of which I have personal experience and one which departmental officials are screaming about to have addressed but the door is being closed in their faces. Athlone has a student population which means there is limited availability of accommodation. It is equally as bad as in any other city, a point which is not recognised by the Department. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Rent Supplement: Discussion (10 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: The frustrating thing about the rent caps is that they are far too low. Homelessness was traditionally a city problem, and when families are being left homeless in rural counties like Roscommon, something is seriously wrong. That is what I am dealing with at the moment. There are crisis situations for families trying to get accommodation in the first place. To give one example, a young...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing: Environmental Protection Agency (10 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: I thank the representatives from the EPA for coming before the committee. I have an interest in this matter. The main focus is on Leitrim and Fermanagh but the former shares a border with north Roscommon. If fracking is to take place, it probably will be expanded outwards because the geology of north Roscommon is very similar to that of Leitrim and the entire Lough Allen basin. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing: Environmental Protection Agency (10 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: Following on from the issue raised by Deputy Michael Moynihan, speaking not with my political hat on but as a former scientist, the EPA, Queen's University, the British Geological Survey, UCD and the University of Ulster are all putting their names on the line. If they cannot stand over the research that is produced or if somebody knocks a hole in the research after it is published, their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (10 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 125. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons on elective waiting lists are not informed of their entitlements under the cross-border Directive 2011/24/EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22725/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (10 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the dates, in the past 12 months, when each acute hospital instructed the ambulance service to divert to other hospitals, due to emergency department overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22656/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Applications (9 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application in respect of persons (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21724/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Jun 2015)

Denis Naughten: 680. To ask the Minister for Health the difference between a minor injury unit and an urgent care centre; if he will provide the locations of minor injury units, medical assessment units and urgent care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21503/15]