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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Application Numbers (6 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 34. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he is taking to introduce an appeals process to the turf cutting compensation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10559/14]

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. Some Opposition Members have been critical of the debate and the Government's proposals, but it provides us with the opportunity to discuss policy and throw out new ideas and thinking on issues. As a Parliament we need to facilitate new thinking and ideas anyway because without that Ireland will not have the ability to change...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: I cannot get a figure for that, but this is not just about the property and rental costs. Finance, human resources and procurement costs could also be reduced by housing all these bodies in one building.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: The same concept has been used in Brussels by women's organisations. They are all under the one roof and that has significantly reduced the administrative costs for those organisations, but, more important, co-operation and synergies have developed between them. Bringing all the organisations under one roof to work together and develop synergies would benefit service users and reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement (5 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to promote the uptake of family income supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10336/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Child Benefit Data (5 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 22. 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. [10337/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fallen Animal Collection Scheme (5 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the new regulations on the processing of dead animals in view of the fact that category two intermediate plants have increased their charge from €10 to €20 for taking in a dead ewe; if his attention has been drawn to the financial impact that this will have on sheep farmers, particularly during the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (4 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 157. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason the medical eligibility for carer's benefit and carer's allowance differs; the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10359/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (4 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the estimated cost of purchasing carbon credits to offset each tonne of CO2 emitted above our EU targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10689/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (4 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon will receive agri-environment option scheme payment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10592/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (4 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the current funds collected by the Exchequer in either direct or indirect health charges respectively, including PRSI; if it is planned to abolish such charges on the introduction of universal health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10690/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (4 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 453. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by hospital of the ambulance waiting times at each acute hospital in the last available 12 month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10691/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (4 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 454. To ask the Minister for Health the number of frontline WTE paramedics, advanced paramedics and emergency medical technicians respectively employed in each ambulance region; the number of retirements in each of the past four years; the number of front line staff recruited in each year concerned; the current numbers in training in each category and when training will be completed; when the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (4 Mar 2014)

Denis Naughten: 455. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 4 February 2014, the reason the estimated cost of the project has increased by nearly €2.5m; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10720/14]

Health Identifiers Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation. I will not confine my remarks to the issue of health identifiers. The Department of Health's electronic health initiative offers massive potential to bring services closer to the patient's home and to ramp up community services far more significantly than has been the case in the past. The introduction of this legislation is necessary...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: The Government's majority has reduced significantly in this Parliament.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: I will make three very brief points. First, I asked a question about Governments changing mid-stream. It does not always take an election to change a Government. This Government does not have a mandate for five years, but for as long as Parliament gives it that mandate. As we saw between 1992 and 1997, Parliament gave a mandate to a new Government. The figures shifted, so it is not set...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: I echo the comments made and support the amendment. There is no justification for political groupings in this House receiving €2.5 million, based on Deputy Stephen Donnelly's figures, over the lifetime of the Government for Members who are no longer in their groupings. We are talking about one tenth of the Dáil’s membership, not one or two Members. I know the...

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: There is another alternative, namely, to deal with these applications in an expeditious manner. The Minister will be aware of the decision last week of Mrs. Justice Maureen Harding Clark in regard to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal in which she said that the only reason the person had not been granted asylum was because the tribunal's member did not like the applicant. There are fundamental...

Other Questions: Direct Provision System (27 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: There are more cases outside the courts than inside.