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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (31 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 704. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the application by local authorities of the guidance document for the control and management of traffic at roadworks to TidyTowns and residents' associations; if he is aware that the application of such rules will impact severely on volunteerism in such organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Provision (31 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 705. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps which have been taken to utilise publicly-owned lands and existing public rights of way to route the new greenway between Athlone in County Westmeath and County Galway; if he will confirm that the current plan for the area between Athlone and Loughrea in County Galway is to be shelved pending engagement with farming...

Other Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: It was not listened to; that is the problem.

Other Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: The Minister is not doing a bad job himself either

Other Questions: Scientific Research (26 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: The problem is that all the funding going into basic research is for, as the Minister put it, oriented research. Funding is not being made available for blue-sky research. This is an issue I have raised with the Minister over the last decade or more in government and in opposition. There is a fundamental weakness in Government policy as it should not put all its eggs in one basket as...

Other Questions: Scientific Research (26 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: The problem is that the next big innovation in the world will probably be when a geologist, a microbiologist and maybe - God forbid - an economist sit down together over a cup of coffee and come up with some big new idea. If they do not have the basic skills they are not going to develop that. We are producing science graduates who have not done real experimental work during their...

Other Questions: Scientific Research (26 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to ensure Science Foundation Ireland continues to fund basic fundamental scientific research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11963/15]

Other Questions: Scientific Research (26 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: This is round three in dealing with this issue. We will take the Minister's response as read. He has said it is no good having ivory tower research - research for the sake of it. That is the fundamental flaw. I put to him that he needs to take off his economics hat and look at the other aspects because scientific research is not just about producing a clear economic return. It is about...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (26 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date in replacing jobs lost at a bank (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11962/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (26 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing home support scheme; the timeframe for awarding places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12484/15]

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this issue. I also thank Minister for being present to take this important matter. Approximately 400 social care workers in Galway and Roscommon are owed in or around €7.5 million by the HSE in unpaid wages dating back more than a decade. The HSE has acknowledged that it owes them this money and has been directed...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his reply. My difficulty is that arrears have been paid in sections 38 and 39 organisations in Dublin, namely, Home Again Traveller, Families Care and Cottage Home for Little Children. Why are we treating staff in Galway and Roscommon differently than staff in Dublin where the same liability applies and the latter had not traditionally been receiving the twilight...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: On section 4, I wish to mention an issue that relates to the entitlement to jobseeker's allowance and that of the one-parent family payment. Unusually, the Department has built-in flexibility which ensures a person can work five days yet still receive a part payment or payment of jobseeker's allowance. However, anomalies exist, particularly in regard to the one-parent family payment. Let...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: No, it is specifically what I am talking about.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: Yes.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: It is not the jobseeker's transitional.

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: A solution might be something like the SWA where a person receives the SWA and then any moneys that are due to them are recouped via that. In circumstances like that, could it be the case that the Department of Social Protection would not take the deduction but wait for the refund to come through from the Revenue Commissioners? We need to bend over backwards to facilitate people regardless...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: I have one contribution to make on the section. It relates to a point I made earlier but I will not repeat it, which you also raised, Chairman, namely, what safety nets are being put in place to ensure that people do not fall through the cracks while in the transition from one set of payments to the other. The family income supplement is of concern to me. The Minister of State is aware...

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: I have two issues to raise in respect of this section. First, Deputy O'Dea, whether he realises it or not, has opened up a can of worms. There is a case currently before the appeals office on the specific issue he raised. When the Department official in that case was asked to explain at oral hearing why the office had found against the client, this person was unable to give an answer....

Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) 2015: Committee Stage (25 Mar 2015)

Denis Naughten: Will the Minister of State ensure those who have been written to will be given the facts? People in Dublin may not realise that many of the banks in rural Ireland will only issue cash on certain days of the week. Many will not take in coin any day of the week. That the Department should write to a pensioner stating he or she can get a better service in the local bank is not true. They...