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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Process (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 292. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011 will be enacted; the current status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51581/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funds which were returned to the EU on foot of on farm inspection penalties and the direct savings to his Department as a result of such penalties, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51969/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 389. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the increased cost of prescription medication to medical card holders; if any provision has been made for those who cannot afford €19.50 per month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51428/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Issues (3 Dec 2013)

Denis Naughten: 430. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the immediate steps which are being taken to trace children who had second-hand braces fitted in view of the discovery that a Health Service Executive dentist was selling used orthodontic braces which were due for incineration on the black market into private practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51681/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Investigations (28 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: 10. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to review the monitoring mechanisms employed to reduce fraudulent payment of child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50609/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Registration Legislation (28 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: 34. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50608/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (28 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: 81. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a notice of assessment is not sufficient to assess a person's entitlement to full-rate qualified adult allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51172/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (28 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to investigate the sale and reuse of Health Service Executive braces by a dentist employed in the Galway orthodontic department; if the children who received these braces have been traced; the steps being taken to recover the funds; the disciplinary action to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51201/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: On a related issue, another set of payments has not been included in the legislation. I refer to compensation payments to children aged under 18 years who have reached the age of consent, which have been made by the Health Service Executive under the Child Care Act 1991 on the basis of a failure to act on the part of the HSE. I ask that provision be made on Report Stage to address...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: I would appreciate it if the matter were examined prior to Report Stage.

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

Denis Naughten: Yes. There are a few inspectors I would like to see carrying out that inspection regime. We have a significant problem concerning our bee population, while there is a significant landbank. Therefore, the two sectors could dovetail with Coillte to establish beehives. I am not saying that in jest because this major issue needs to be addressed. Coillte could carry the can in that regard and...

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

Denis Naughten: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this legislation. I wish the Minister of State the best of luck with steering it through the House. This is his maiden legislation as an Aire Stáit and I am sure that it is the first of many Bills that he will handle. We all need to remember our former colleague in the House, Shane McEntee, particularly at this time of the year. Our thoughts...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Protection (27 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: 25. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date on protecting employment at Covidien and Alkermes, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50402/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Retention (27 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: 29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to secure jobs at the MBNA site in Carrick- on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50401/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: Before the Chairman moves on to the next section, I want to indicate an amendment I will table for Report Stage.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: I want to tell the Chairman what the amendment will be. Customers cannot claim-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: Chairman, in order for me to table an amendment on Report Stage, I must indicate the content of it. It is just one sentence.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: Customers at present cannot claim a refund on payment protection insurance prior to July 2007 and I will be bringing forward on amendment on Report Stage on that.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: What the Minister is doing here is going to undermine the objective - with which many of us agree - of introducing universal health insurance. He needs to reconsider this. I want to make two brief points. The first is that taxation and tax relief should be about behavioural change but section 8 undermines that. Everyone who knows about the health insurance system would argue that we...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (26 Nov 2013)

Denis Naughten: The Minister will recall that when we spoke about this provision on budget night, I told him he would be revisiting it because it was drafted with errors. I note he has redrafted it by including this amendment which I agree is welcome. However, the amendment to the budget day proposal is a retrograde step because, bizarrely, the proposal put forward on budget day, as drafted, would actually...