Linking Child Benefit to School Attendance FAQs School attendance up to the age of 16 years is a statutory requirement under the Education (Welfare) Act 2000. Consequently, all recipients of child benefit are legally required to attend school up to this age. A number for frequently asked questions regarding my proposals to link child benefit with a school …
Replacing child benefit with school attendance would save up €50m -Naughten
Click here for FAQs on the school attendance payment. Click for replies from Joan Burton: Joan Burton reply November; Joan Burton reply May Part 1 & May Part 2 Proposal would cut fraud & protect payments to struggling families “Abolishing child benefit for school age children and replacing it with a school
HSE probe into paedophile monitoring highlights need to provide parents with information – Naughten
“Reports in today’s Irish Independent regarding the imminent report into health officials failure to supervise a paedophile on the sex offenders register clearly highlights the failure of the current system and the need to give parents access to appropriate information to protect their children” claims Denis Naughten TD. Today’s newspaper report not only exposes the failure by health officials …
Three incidents of adult approaching children highlights need for change in law – Naughten
Public must be encouraged to report suspicious activity “Three recent incidents in Counties Louth and Dublin involving strangers approaching children on both streets and at a playground again highlights the need to change the law on the supervision of sex offenders” claims Denis Naughten TD. Today’s reports that Gardaí are investigating an incident in Dun leer, Co. Louth where a …
Naughten welcomes Minister’s admission that local health services are inadequate
Health Minister James Reilly’s recent admission that investment is needed in local health facilities in County Roscommon following the closure of the Accident and Emergency Department at Roscommon County Hospital has been welcomed by local TD, Denis Naughten. “This is the first public admission by the Minister for Health that there was no forward planning in advance of the closure …
Plan to include murderers on sex offenders register will only put greater stress on already failing system – Naughten
Denis Naughten TD has criticised reports that that the Minister for Justice and Defence, Alan Shatter TD, is to incorporate a new register of violent offenders into the existing Sexual Offenders Register, claiming that it will undermine an already failing system.
400% hike in sex offenders breaking release conditions – Naughten
The enforcement of the release conditions of those convicted of serious sexual offences, such as rape and paedophilia, is spiralling out of control claims Denis Naughten TD. Since 2008 there has been a shocking 400% increase in the number of persons breaching the terms of their released from prison following convictions for rape, offences against children, as well as other …
New law to give parents access to information on paedophiles – Naughten
A new law which would give appropriate information to parents regarding a paedophile living in their community has been published by Denis Naughten TD.
Roscommon Hospital
QUESTION NO: 493 DÁIL QUESTION addressed to the Minister for Health (Dr. James Reilly) by Deputy Denis Naughten for WRITTEN ANSWER on 02/11/2011 * To ask the Minister for Health further to his commitments of 21 July 2011 at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, if he will report on the independent review of the medical research into …
Latest opening date for health centre autumn 2012 – Naughten
Denis Naughten TD has expressed his disappointment at delays in the opening of the new primary care centre in Monksland. It has been confirmed that the target opening date of 1st January 2012 will now be missed. “Work has commenced on the development of the new health centre and the latest information I have been provided with by the HSE …