Results 13,361-13,380 of 21,588 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turbary Rights (28 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of alternative bogs which have been sourced for turf cutters forced to relocate; the number of turf cutters that have been accommodated; the number that will be accommodated before the commencement of the 2013 turf cutting season; the number of persons that will not be accommodated by the commencement of the 2013 season; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (28 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the review of the operational elements of the home tuition scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53296/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Value for Money Reviews (28 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Health the total cost of administration by service providers under the disability budget; the steps being taken to reduce this as a percentage of the total disability budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53297/12]

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: When does the Minister hope to take Report Stage?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: Yes. I am trying to find out what these figures represent.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: What are they for?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: Are we deleting Schedule 4 altogether and replacing it with what is on the white sheet circulated?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: What is in the amendment we received will remain place up to 30 March 2013 and from that date, the note which has just been circulated will come in.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: Will the Minister explain this hospital bed utilisation credit he said he would deal with at this stage?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: I accept the Minister's explanation in regard to this. I would be very concerned about the use of bed utilisation as an assessment of health status. I accept that putting something else in place will not happen overnight and that it will be complex. I accept the principle of what the Minister said and that it may take a couple of months to develop it, and I fully accept that this...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: Perhaps the Minister will clarify and correct me if I am wrong, but I understood that the idea behind UHI was that incentives would be built in, from an insurer's point of view, to keep people healthy. This relates to cost. That is the idea behind UHI. However, one must get the public to buy into that. Why should a smoker give up smoking if there is no incentive built into it? It will...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: Does what has been circulated to us replace Schedule 4?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: The white sheet is the rates that will apply between 1 January and 30 March 2013.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: Does Schedule 4 apply after that?

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: These payments will be paid for the first quarter of the year based on the number of clients one has in this age group. In addition to that, there will be a €75 per day payment for hospital stays. Is that correct? However, it is only to apply for the first of quarter of the year.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: After that Schedule 4 will kick in.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: We have not been told what is in Schedule 4, Table 2.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: No.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: What will he provide for on Report Stage? This is the difficulty. I have just been told by the Minister that this will apply from 1 January to 30 March. Now, I am being told otherwise.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2012: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: I understand that but this is an important amendment.