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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (12 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: 27. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the discussions she has had with other Departments on foot of the publication of the audit report on neglect cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6495/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (12 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: 38. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional steps she will take to address the availability and affordability of regulated child care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6494/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Governance (12 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: 209. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the way claims for private patients are processed by hospitals in view of the recent audit at the Galway-Roscommon university hospitals group; the steps he is taking to address other deficiencies uncovered by the audit relating to credit cards, failure to record staff leave and giving doctors allowances they were not entitled to and so...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Governance (12 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: 210. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown for each hospital in the Galway-Roscommon university hospitals group of unpaid patient bills from 2010 to date in 2014; the amount that has been written off by each hospital for the same period; the amount which is being sought by debt recovery agencies; the amount currently awaiting sign-off by a consultant; and if he will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: They were on user charges. If Mr. Tierney wants to pass the buck, that is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: In urban areas where a property is connected to a sewer, a higher rate is charged for water in, as it must also cover water out and wastewater treatment. The Minister and Minister of State have told the committee twice that there will not be an additional charge for wastewater treatment for properties that are on public sewers. This is the specific question that I put to them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: To clarify, if one has a public water supply but no wastewater treatment, one will pay a lower charge than someone with both services.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: That was always my understanding, but I have been told by the Minister and the Minister of State that it will not be the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: And whether the water is fit for human consumption.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: Would the witnesses not agree that it acts as an incentive to ensure that water supplies are upgraded to an acceptable standard? The best way to reassure the public in this regard is to avoid making them pay through the nose for an inadequate water supply, be it unsafe to drink or inadequate for meeting basic needs, for example, use in their appliances.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: I am not a member of the committee, but I have an interest in this topic. Quite a number of speakers gave examples of water problems in County Roscommon, in which 90% of those affected by boiled water notices are resident. The Boyle Ardcarne water supply scheme has been subject to a boil notice for almost 12 months.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: There have been boil notices affecting the Castlerea urban and rural schemes for three years. A boil notice has been in place in south Roscommon for six months. From what I am told, it will be a number of months before any of these issues is resolved. There was a similar situation in the case of the Roscommon central supply this time last year and within eight weeks a solution was put in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: Roscommon is top of the list.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: That is the difference with regard to the evidence Mr. Grant is giving. A temporary scheme, including the procurement process, was put in place in Roscommon central within eight or nine weeks. It was expedited within the Department. I cannot understand why this cannot be done in Castlerea and Kileglan, pending introduction of the full treatment plant in however number of months it will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: Fair enough. My next question is for Irish Water and the regulator. When the roll-out of meters is complete, approximately 30% of households in the country will not have a water meter. These are houses in rural areas, apartments and houses in urban areas with multiple connections to the same water supply. How will water and user charges be calculated in these cases? It is unfair for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Standards of Service in Water Supply: Irish Water and CER (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: For the record, there is a correspondent present.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Industrial Disputes (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: 105. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of talks regarding industrial action by agricultural officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6230/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: 106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish an independent review of the on-farm inspection regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6229/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: 401. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the county and city librarian posts, which were vacant on 1 January 2011; the positions which have become vacant since that date; the positions which have been filled since that date; in view of the increasing interest in matters relating to heritage and local history throughout the country, his...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (11 Feb 2014)

Denis Naughten: 483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take to ensure fairness and transparency in the on-farm inspection regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6231/14]