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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Eligibility (6 May 2015)

Denis Naughten: 21. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to ensure that all recipients of child benefit attend school up to 16 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17238/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (6 May 2015)

Denis Naughten: 73. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; the reason for the delay in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17232/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Data Protection (6 May 2015)

Denis Naughten: 75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to facilitate the sharing of information with the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17289/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement (6 May 2015)

Denis Naughten: 76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she will take to maximise the uptake of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17290/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan (6 May 2015)

Denis Naughten: 233. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in implementing the National Disability Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17608/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (6 May 2015)

Denis Naughten: 291. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the Royal College of Surgeon's proposed competency assessment model for non-European Economic Area trained nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17184/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 May 2015)

Denis Naughten: 334. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recorded incidents at the acute psychiatric unit at Galway University Hospital in each month of 2013, 2014 and 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17510/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 May 2015)

Denis Naughten: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recorded incidents at the acute psychiatric unit at Roscommon County Hospital, in each month of 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17511/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 May 2015)

Denis Naughten: 336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recorded incidents at the acute psychiatric unit at Saint Luke's, Ballinasloe, County Galway, in each month of 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17512/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Supply Contamination (6 May 2015)

Denis Naughten: 337. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has failed to issue public notices to homes served by public water supplies containing Trihalomethanes, warning them not to give such water to young children, in view of the fact that parents are advised by the Executive to use cool boiled water rather than bottled water for babies; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Supply Contamination (6 May 2015)

Denis Naughten: 338. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive has failed to issue public notices to homes served by public water supplies containing Trihalomethanes, warning them not to consume the supply, if pregnant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17519/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (6 May 2015)

Denis Naughten: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Lightfoot Report into the ambulance service has not been published, in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive was in possession of an executive summary of the report in December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17609/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (6 May 2015)

Denis Naughten: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who completed primary education in June 2014, but failed to enrol in a secondary level school in September 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17517/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Inquiries (30 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: The most worrying aspect of the Minister's response is that there are a number of other hospitals involved. Can he indicate in how many more hospitals these locum consultants worked? How many more patients will have to worry until they get clarification in this regard? The reason this issue arises is because we are so reliant on locum consultants. As the Minister will know, consultant...

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Inquiries (30 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: Second, why are we not using the key quality indicators that were set out in the Royal College of Surgeons standards in 2010 which would have identified this problem at a much earlier stage?

Topical Issue Debate: Medical Inquiries (30 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: As a consequence of suspected cases of misdiagnosis in seven hospitals, with questions raised over the skills of three locum doctors, thousands of scans have had to be reviewed and hundreds of patients recalled. This news comes some years after the issue of delayed X-ray diagnoses at Tallaght hospital and similar issues at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda emerged. The HSE assured us...

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (30 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 9. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the imposition of burdens on the land folios with lands designated as special protection areas or special areas of conservation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16749/15]

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (30 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: Legislation enacted in 2011 places a charge on the deeds of property designated as special areas of conservation. One seventh of the area of the country was made subject to these burdens through sleight of hand in a statutory instrument. Why was this introduced? The Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is beginning to act like the banks except that agreements are entered into...

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (30 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: The Minister has authority under law to introduce burdens with the stroke of a pen. If somebody goes to the bank tomorrow morning to get a loan, the bank will take into account the fact that the lands have been designated and will reduce its valuation of the land accordingly. A burden is placed on the land in practical terms. Given that she has put this responsibility on land owners, why...

Other Questions: Special Areas of Conservation Designation (30 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: The reality is that the burden is already on those properties. They have been devalued and the Department is not prepared to offer compensation. The Minister justifies this policy by claiming that farmers can avail of the GLAS scheme as a form of compensation. I know of one farmer in County Roscommon who has a turlough on his land which has been designated as a special protection area. If...