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

Denis Naughten: The issue of health insurance cost is being raised by everybody on the streets of this country. The only solution raised when the committee held hearings involved the 2001 Act. As a result of universal health insurance, which will be introduced at some stage, we have been told this is not a viable option. I am trying to put some kind of structure in place that would make it a viable option...

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 comments and on that basis I am prepared to withdraw the amendment and resubmit it on Report Stage. That will give him the opportunity to consider it. I accept that it is a complex area and it may not be possible for the Minister to formulate a simple answer. I am not seeking such a simple answer. We will have very detailed discussions on the implementation of...

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

Denis Naughten: Okay.

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

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 10: In page 11, before section 9, to insert the following new section:"9.--Section 7A of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (7):"(c) notwithstanding the introduction of Universal Health Insurance,require that the registered undertaking concerned, to take into account the circumstances referred to in subsection (4).".".The purpose of the amendment is to address...

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 clarify the difference between a public hospital and a private hospital? He stated in a private hospital it is either a bed or not a bed whereas in a public hospital it is a only a bed. Is the Minister stating there is a difference if the procedure is carried out as a day procedure in a public hospital? Will the Minister elaborate on the implications of this? I thought...

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

Denis Naughten: In his contribution the Minister differentiated between private and public hospitals. I am asking why this differentiation was made.

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

Denis Naughten: I wish to ask about the hospital bed utilisation credit. Currently, the loading is based on age. It appears that under the definition of hospital bed utilisation credit people are being incentivised to remain in hospital beds and that the greater bed utilisation is the more an insurer will be paid. I thought the objective was to keep people out of hospital. As such, insurers should be...

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

Denis Naughten: I will make two points. The Minister is correct, in that a great deal of unnecessary cost seems to be built into the health insurance system. I will provide three brief examples. Caesarean sections account for 36% of all privately insured births. In the public system, the figure is 27%. The HSE's target is 20%. There is a major cost in this regard. In the UK, most cataract operations...

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: Does the Minister agree that increasing the allocation to €90 million would have a net cost to the Exchequer of €30 million when VAT, PRSI and other taxes are taken into account? Increasing the level of grant would produce a considerable bonus in terms of local employment. Does he also agree that he could approve up to 40% of the grants, which would cover nearly all of the...

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce a second phase of the sport capital programme 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52621/12]

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: On top of the commitment and the funding sought, amounting to approximately €220 million, sports organisations have given a commitment to spend up to €145 million of capital to get these projects off the ground. In light of this and the assessed return carried out by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Department of Finance, will the Minister consider...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Licences (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the regulations governing the new driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52620/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turbary Rights (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications on a county basis submitted under the 2011 and 2012 cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme to date in 2012; the number of applications for compensation and the number for relocation under each category; the number approved, rejected and on hand in each category; the total moneys paid to date; the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turbary Rights (27 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 location of each bog; the number of turf cutters who can be accommodated; if works have to be performed on the bogs to facilitate turf cutting; when it is envisaged to carry these works out in each case; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that each local authority has complied with the letter issued by the water quality section of his Department on 25 November 2002 that all public and private supplies of drinking water sourced from groundwater is tested for uranium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53042/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (27 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants and value of payments made under the disadvantaged area scheme on a county basis; the corresponding figures for the same period in 2011; the number of outstanding applications in each; the number of these which are awaiting approval pending reaching the stocking rate rules in 2012; the number who applied for a...

Other Questions: Job Retention (22 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date on protecting employment of staff working on the UK loan book at Bank of America, Carrick-on-Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51774/12]

Other Questions: Job Retention (22 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for his reply and I acknowledge the work to secure the jobs of the 250 people working on the Irish loan book and its sale to Apollo Global Management. What is happening regarding the possible sale of the UK loan book? While I acknowledge what the Minister said, some 400 staff are employed on the UK loan book in Carrick-on-Shannon at the moment. Does the Minister agree...

Other Questions: Job Retention (22 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for the communication he has had with the two companies involved. Is the apparent slowdown in selling the UK loan book because of a change in policy or focus in Bank of America regarding the disposal of its international credit card business, or is it for some other reason? The Minister will acknowledge that MBNA in Carrick-on-Shannon is a major regional employer which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: World Prematurity Day 2012: Discussion with Irish Premature Babies Organisation (22 Nov 2012)

Denis Naughten: I will return to what Dr. Murphy was saying about the cooling of babies. Is he saying that in the cases of between eight and ten babies a year, the effects of a lack of oxygen at birth, which leads to profound disability for a child over his or her lifetime, can be addressed by putting an ambulance service in place 24 hours a day, seven days a week? If that is the case, and perhaps I am not...