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Other Questions: Child Benefit Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: The problem is that if the Departments of Education and Skills and Social Protection and the National Educational Welfare Board were linked up, many more abuses in the system would be identified and much greater savings secured. This link should be established once for all to eliminate the annual control savings. The reason I raise this matter is that teachers tell me that some parents lack...

Other Questions: Child Benefit Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: That is the law.

Other Questions: Child Benefit Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: Naturally, there will be exceptions.

Other Questions: Child Benefit Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: The Minister is distracting from the issue.

Other Questions: Child Benefit Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 8. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the persistent control savings associated with child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4716/15]

Other Questions: Child Benefit Administration (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: Every year, the Department of Social Protection staff in Carrick-on-Shannon very effectively identify €70-80 million in control savings under the child benefit scheme. Is there not something fundamentally wrong when 10% of the control savings on an annual basis are consistently identified as relating to large-scale fraud, overpayments or errors within the scheme?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (5 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 37. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the eligibility for rent supplement to include issues such as the need not to participate in anti social behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4717/15]

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: Over time it would.

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I wish to raise an issue that is not covered in it and address what I believe is a deficiency in financial and mortgage legislation in this country. As we know, on average, one person was killed on an Irish farm every fortnight last year. Every second day, one person was killed on Irish roads in 2014. For each one of those individuals, there...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: Contrary.

Order of Business (4 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: On the wind energy regulations, current planning decisions are being processed on the basis of outdated wind energy regulations. The perception is that the new regulations are being delayed to allow developers to get their applications in under the old regulations. Will the Taoiseach ensure the new regulations are expedited and implemented? For the past six years this Government and its...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Laundering (4 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress made to date in investigations into petrol stretching; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4607/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (4 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has held within international banking sector regarding the possibility of expanding operations to Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4608/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (4 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the ongoing delay in publishing the review of the nursing home support scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those making oral submissions were informed that it would be completed by the end of January 2015; if his Department has received a copy of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5134/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services Provision (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement the recommendations contained within the CEDRA report pertaining to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4288/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roadworthiness Testing (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the regulations covering the commercial vehicle roadworthiness certification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4287/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Measures (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 386. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when he will publish the new child care regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4318/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 486. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the introduction of BreastCheck for women aged 65 to 69; when the first cohort of women aged 65 will be called; when the first cohort of women aged 66 will be called; when the first cohort of women aged 67 will be called; when the first cohort of women aged 68 will be called; when the first cohort of women aged 69 will be called; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (3 Feb 2015)

Denis Naughten: 584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to protect the rights of residents in mobile home parks; if his attention has been drawn to such protections under the Caravans Act in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4921/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (29 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps being taken to support the maintenance of the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3669/15]