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Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: The issues I raised in Roscommon were all over the newspapers at the weekend.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his response. At the outset the Minister referred to the issue of patient-centredness. We are all keen to see that. At the moment there is a serious question mark over the Rosalie unit in Castlerea, which provides psychiatry of later life. This has been in the media for the past six to eight weeks. Yet there has been no contact or communication with the families...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Ceann Comhairle's office for this opportunity to raise this important matter. I welcome the positive news that this issue, as it applies to the Galway acute psychiatric unit, is to be referred to the LRC. However, I stand by my request this morning for an independent review of the staffing and operation of mental health services across Counties Galway and Roscommon. Last...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Waiting Times (22 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current processing time for a Carer's Allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15873/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Grants (22 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has investigated the reason counties with the lowest disposable income have seen a significant drop-off in the number of students availing of a higher education grant; if it is the case that the grant is no longer sufficient to meet the costs for students who cannot commute to college; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific steps that she is taking to enhance supports for children with a learning disability within the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15323/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the failure by her Department to respond to a request for an extension to a school transport service; when this was received by her Department; if she will approve the extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15983/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress, to date, in establishing a visa waiver scheme at the embassy of the United States of America in Dublin, for returning emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15238/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions, to date, with the embassy of the United States of America in Dublin on establishing a visa waiver scheme for returning emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15237/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (21 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of children at primary level in classes of 30 or more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15313/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Participation (21 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students attending third level colleges from each county in each of the past five years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15314/15]

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: The final point that I wish to make in respect of this legislation concerns an issue which is fundamental to universal health care, namely, capacity. The capacity is not in the system to provide free GP care for the population as a whole. When we were working on this initiative prior to the 2007 general election, one of the key fundamental elements to ensuring the FairCare universal health...

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill and I thank the Minister for Health for being present for the debate. I want to declare an interest because I have two children under the age of six who may potentially avail of the medical card. I spoke about one last year, as he was coming up to five years of age in September and I asked would he get the card. It is coming close to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits (16 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of electricity linesmen granted a work permit in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15088/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (16 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer who did not receive a single payment but did receive the sheep grassland scheme that has now been converted into single payment will be excluded from the Scottish derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15045/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (16 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the error rate identified by European Union auditors on each farm scheme at the time of their last inspection; the corresponding figure for similar departmental inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15059/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (16 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of penalty appeals under the single payment scheme received by the agriculture appeals office in 2014; the number of appeals upheld, partially upheld, rejected and ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15060/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (16 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of penalty appeals received under the disadvantaged areas scheme by the agriculture appeals office in 2014; the number of appeals upheld, partially upheld, rejected and ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15061/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Appeals (16 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 103. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of penalty reviews under the single payment scheme received by his Department in 2014; the number of reviews upheld, partially upheld, rejected and ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15062/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Appeals (16 Apr 2015)

Denis Naughten: 104. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of penalty reviews under the disadvantaged areas scheme received by his Department in 2014; the number of reviews upheld, partially upheld, rejected and ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15063/15]