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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: How stands the amendment?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Deputy.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: How stands the amendment?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: How stands the amendment?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Is the Deputy withdrawing her amendment again but reserving the right to reintroduce it on Report Stage?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: We can stay and return to discussing the amendment at 1.45 p.m. At the beginning of the meeting, I made the point that we can take as long as we like. The Deputy should not feel that we must finish at 12 noon because we can come back at 1.45 p.m.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister and the Deputies for their co-operation. Does the Minister wish to make any final remarks?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Message to Dáil (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Sub-Committee on Children and Youth Affairs has completed its consideration of the Children (Amendment) Bill 2015 and has made amendments thereto.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 79. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a lower rate of excise duty on low alcohol beers to incentivise the production of such products and to encourage persons to consume products with lower alcohol contents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26821/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for assessment and registration of nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; the longest time it has taken a nurse to register with the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26810/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 175. To ask the Minister for Health how the average waiting time for assessment and registration of nurses with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland compares to the aims of the board in respect of such processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26811/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if will meet with the chairperson of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland to discuss the steps that can be taken to reduce the backlog of applications for registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26812/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 177. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the backlog of applications for registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26813/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Registration of Nurses (1 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for her reply. I am glad she did not read out the written reply; she was quite right not to. I commend her on her engagement with this issue and the previous one. I will stray for one second. The Minister of State, to be fair, intervened in the cystic fibrosis issue in Cork University Hospital and I commend her on that intervention. She did not have to...

Topical Issue Debate: Registration of Nurses (1 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: As the Minister knows, there is an issue with recruitment and registration of nurses and this has to be changed quickly. The process should take just 90 days but it can, in some cases, now take up to a year. It is affecting all sectors of the health system, be it public or private, the voluntary sector, nursing homes or acute hospitals. As the Minister said earlier, there are vacancies...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will redress the imbalance of different tax treatment between commercial and residential property investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25716/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending similar tax treatment, as applies to the real estate investment trust scheme, to residential property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25717/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the proportion of mortgage interest on rented residential property that is tax deductible; if he considers that such a measure would help counteract the increase in rents for residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25718/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider making changes to ensure that the local property tax on rented properties is a tax deductible expense; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25982/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social Insurance (30 Jun 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance regarding the pay related social insurance rate of 4% applied to rental income, if he will ensure that this payment is a contribution for all benefits arising under the social insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25983/15]