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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (19 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions his officials have had with the Central Bank of Ireland on the huge discrepancy between the European Central Bank base rates and variable mortgage interest rates charged by commercial banks to homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44412/14]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2014: Committee Stage (18 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: This section is effectively giving VAT back to people who carry out work on their home or on rental properties. It is a welcome development but as the Minister knows, there is a particular problem in our part of the country at the moment with petrol stretching. Could he look at some mechanism where people could be refunded the VAT for purchasing replacement engines and carry out the work on...

Topical Issue Debate: Motor Fuel Fraud (18 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: If there is no success with a criminal conviction, can the Revenue Commissioners' information be made available for a civil case?

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the Social Welfare Bill. I welcome the Aire Stáit; it has been a long time since we had one in the Department of Social Protection. I congratulate him on his appointment. I hope the Minister of State will seriously consider an issue I will bring to his attention, as I have spoken about it with a number of Ministers in the House but to...

Topical Issue Debate: Motor Fuel Fraud (18 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: It is in a shadowy location on the website.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (18 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to receive the review of the file on the death of Fr. Niall Molloy in Clara, County Offaly, in July 1985; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41129/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (18 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will have the case of the murder of Garda Richard Fallon on 3 April 1970 independently reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41130/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Regulation (18 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 338. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No.747 of 17 September 2014, when the regulations referred to will be published; if the regulations will ensure that all staff working with preschool children in a child care facility will be trained in paediatric first aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44098/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cause of Death Statistics (18 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths as a result of choking each year in the past five years; the number in each year that related to children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44102/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Statistics (18 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ambulance calls that have related to choking incidents each year in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44103/14]

Other Questions: Air Ambulance Service Provision (13 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his response and I am glad he has, again, committed to the retention of the service in principle. However, would he not agree that continually rolling over the three-month period is undermining the service? Would he not agree that the Air Corps, in conjunction with the national ambulance service, has developed a very fine service? There is great mutual respect...

Other Questions: Air Ambulance Service Provision (13 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his response. The nub of the issue is that the most cost-effective way to deliver the service is through the Air Corps. There is no net cost to the Department of Defence for providing the service. Due to air traffic control rules, the Air Corps has more flexibility than a commercial operation would have. Why does there seem to be reluctance on the part of the...

Other Questions: Air Ambulance Service Provision (13 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 6. To ask the Minister for Defence the discussions his Department has had with the Department of Health to make the emergency aeromedical service in Athlone, County Westmeath permanent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41250/14]

Other Questions: Air Ambulance Service Provision (13 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: For more than a decade, I have been campaigning, alongside others in this House, to establish a helicopter emergency service, HEMS, in this country. Following the closure of the accident and emergency department in Roscommon County Hospital, the local community took the initiative of seeking to establish an air ambulance service. In 2012, the Government established a 12-month pilot air...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Ambulance Service Provision (13 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 12. To ask the Minister for Defence the cost to his Department of the operation of the emergency aeromedical support service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41251/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card (13 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide the actual data held on the new public service card incorporating photo ID; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43529/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Oversight (13 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that patients in receipt of fair deal nursing home support are not charged for entertainment or activities, contrary to the nursing home regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43622/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (12 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the specification variations operated by beef processors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42983/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (12 Nov 2014)

Denis Naughten: 28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to develop an all-island animal health regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42982/14]