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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

Regina Doherty: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister for Health, Dr. Holohan and Ms Luddy. The presentations were very good. Obviously, we are only starting to go through the heads of the Bill. I have a question on head 13, as well as some general questions. Perhaps there is a really obvious explanation, but if I buy a packet of contraband cigarettes which somebody has seen fit to bring in on Henry Street when this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (4 Dec 2013)

Regina Doherty: 113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that will be provided to Meath County Council for housing adaptation grants as a result of the announcements made in budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52137/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Dec 2013)

Regina Doherty: 159. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive assurances as to when their established care plan will be put into place and in addition provide assurances that there will be an agreement that those care hours may be allocated over the term of study and not month by month as had previously been the case; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: Given that the HIA based its report on actual usage in 2012 without taking account of trends, and given that everybody who has presented here this morning has said the number of private bed stays is actually decreasing, how was the figure of €115 million arrived at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: I understand that. The HIA came up with a figure of €30 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: Sorry, €130 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: Can Mr. Clancy get them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion (28 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: I thank all the representatives for attending the committee. I wish to ask two specific questions. The first one is for GloHealth, Aviva and Laya because I already have the information from the VHI. The companies' market share figures are freely available but the claim figures from a percentage market perspective are not available. Are the companies in a position to provide those figures?...

Forestry Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: I join with my colleague, Deputy Conway, in congratulating the Minister of State, Deputy Tom Hayes, as this is the first occasion he has introduced a Bill as Minister of State. The Bill is timely, given that this is the first Forestry Bill since 1954. I acknowledge the Minister of State's interest in this legislation. The main aim of the Bill is to support the development of a modern...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (27 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: 147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the difference in planning terms between agricultural activities and horticultural activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51040/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Information and Quality Authority Corporate Plan 2013-2015: Discussion (26 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: I thank the two representatives of HIQA for coming to this meeting. I wish Mr. McEnery the best of luck with this comprehensive plan. I disagree with Senator Crown in so far as I think it is a far-reaching plan. I hope it will go further in the years to come as HIQA's remit is developed. I would like to ask two questions about the plan. Do the plans for expansion that have been outlined...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Changes to Pay and File Tax Date: Discussion with Irish Tax Institute (20 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: I thank Mr. Redmond for his response. What responses, if any, were obtained from the departmental officials who engaged in the consultation process? Was their response that this is not their problem? Fundamentally, people are expected to pay their tax returns at the end of June but they do not have that cashflow now. A shorter tax year might work if a person only had to pay what was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Changes to Pay and File Tax Date: Discussion with Irish Tax Institute (20 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: I want to tease out the discussions with the departmental officials and officials from Revenue. The irony is lost on no one that, in order to provide more certainty for Government, we expect 600,000 people to do this in the middle of the year and to get it right. What was the response of the Department when the witnesses talked about cash flow? Where does the Department expect people to...

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (20 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: I wish to concentrate on two points made by the Minister in her response. Rent supplement in areas of Meath was reduced in June this year to reflect the lower rents in those areas, namely Athboy, Enfield, Trim and Kells. However, rent supplement limits in respect of the more significant rents in the southern corridor of the county were not increased. The Minister seems to think that the...

Topical Issue Debate: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (20 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: I thank the Minister for coming to address the issue, the crux of which is the discrepancy in rent allowance and the limits in areas in the southern part of my constituency, which for all means and purposes are in the greater Dublin metropolitan area, compared with the areas just inside the Dublin border, such as Finglas, Swords, Santry etc. I will speak to the merits that the Minister tried...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (20 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: 216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the Pharmacy Act 2007, which prevents persons who are bankrupt from being registered as pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49768/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (20 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: 217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the ongoing regulatory costs for pharmacists of €400 - €570 on first registration - which each pharmacist and €2,250 - €3,500 on first registration - which each pharmacy must pay each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49769/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Momentum Programme Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason travel allowances for particpants (details supplied) in County Meath of momentum courses who reside a considerable distance from the momentum course do not apply in the same manner as they do to FAS/VTOS and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49195/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (19 Nov 2013)

Regina Doherty: 658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the situation whereby medical aftercare services in health centres will only facilitate medical card holders in order to enable all patients to benefit from aftercare services in health centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49035/13]