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Written Answers — Department of Health: Community First Responders Network (27 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 403. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the interface which has been developed by the National Ambulance Service, the command and control centre and the community first responders; the number of CFR groups and persons that are currently hooked up to the new system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3854/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (27 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the construction of a school (details supplied) in County Roscommon will commence; the other schools to be included in the bundle; when these projects will be ready to commence construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3636/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (27 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 505. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to re-establish the previous policy of rural proofing legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3385/15]

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill and thank Deputy Peter Mathews for tabling it. The debate brings into focus the repressive whip system we have in Ireland. As outlined earlier from the Government side, the whip system was designed in 1875 by Charles Stewart Parnell. It is not from the last century but the one before that and it was outdated a long time ago. Much of the...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhaltaí de Thithe an Oireachtais) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: There is no doubt that there needs to be a structure and a binding mechanism to implement decisions made by political parties or Governments, but the problem here is the absolute control held by so few. Their position on whatever the issue may be is not open to question no matter how flawed it is. We have a situation in Ireland currently where we have an Economic Management Council, or gang...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Visa Agreements (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: Briefly, may I ask the Minister one final question? As the Minister is aware, the President indicated in his state of the Union address his determination to make progress with the issue of immigration reform. It is important to ensure that as many Irish citizens as possible who are eligible to apply under the scheme so do. To ensure this happens, it is necessary to ensure the groups...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Visa Agreements (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has been made on establishing an E3 visa agreement between Ireland and the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2538/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Visa Agreements (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: We all welcome President Obama's comments in his state of the Union address earlier this week that he is determined to progress plans on immigration reform. Although this will benefit many undocumented Irish in the US, many more will not fall into the category and it will not deal with the lack of a clearly accessible route into the US from an immigration perspective. Unless we can progress...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Visa Agreements (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his response. I acknowledge the role the Irish ambassador to the United States is playing in this. She has been very significant in progressing many of these issues. The appointment of the Minister of State, Deputy Deenihan, in this specific role is significant. While we had hoped for a more expansive programme, what is being progressed is very welcome. Some...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if additional resources will be provided to US-based support groups for the undocumented to facilitate the maximum uptake of President Obama's executive action on immigration reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2537/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Data (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 44. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for exceptional needs payments excluding ENP5 applications that were refused in 2010 to 2014, inclusive; the number of those refusals that were successful both on review and on appeal in those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3096/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 98. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department set a precondition of a qualification in soil science for planners operating the new GLAS scheme; if he will reverse this decision in view of the fact that many very competent agricultural planners are being excluded from the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3209/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 157. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 18 December 2014, the number of persons on the placement list for the nursing homes support scheme; the time it is taking for funding to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centre Expenditure (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the total current budget allocated in 2014 for mental health to Roscommon PCCC, Galway PCCC and Sligo-Leitrim PCCC; the corresponding capital and new money budgets; the out-turn for 2014 in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3207/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centre Expenditure (22 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the total current budget allocated in 2014 for older persons to Roscommon PCCC, Galway PCCC and Sligo-Leitrim PCCC respectively; the corresponding capital budget; the out-turn for 2014 in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3208/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (21 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 28. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to date to address the issue of delayed discharges from acute hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2364/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (21 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 82. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address poor ambulance response times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2363/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (20 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 129. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he is taking to address the number of resignations of social workers within Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2186/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (20 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 135. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps he is taking to investigate allegations that social worker numbers were temporarily increased within the child welfare services in advance of the Health Information and Quality Authority inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2187/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (20 Jan 2015)

Denis Naughten: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to recognise grant paid school secretaries as public servants; if the differences in conditions of employment between such secretaries and her Department's employed secretaries under the 1978 scheme will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2240/15]