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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (2 Jul 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 629. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27502/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Partial Capacity Benefit Scheme Applications (2 Jul 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 631. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a partial capacity benefit application by a person (details supplied). [27557/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I received a response from the office of the Minister, Deputy Regina Doherty, on delays in carer's allowance appeals. The letter states that in 2018 it was 9.6 weeks and in 2019 it is 9.1 weeks. I made an appeal on behalf of a constituent on 12 March, 14 weeks ago. I rang the appeals office this morning and discovered it had not even received the file yet. When I asked how long it would...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I ask the Taoiseach to use his good offices. If extra staff are needed, they should be provided to deal with these. We pay a lot of lipservice to carers and repeat the same platitudes to them. They are at their wits' end.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (26 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27118/19]

Home Help: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: A total of 206,606 bed days were lost in hospitals in 2018 as a direct consequence of delayed discharges. A patient is categorised as a delayed discharge when he or she no longer requires care in an acute hospital setting and there is no access to an appropriate step-down facility. At a time when so many vulnerable people need to be admitted to hospital, such a rate of lost bed days exposes...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Patient Transport Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I thank the Minister of State for his response. This issue cannot be ignored. There is no doubt that cancer patients are receiving excellent medical care in our hospitals and more patients than ever are surviving cancer. I was very much aware of the excellent transport schemes provided by volunteers, but I was not aware of the Travel2Care scheme, and some of the organisations I have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Patient Transport Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: Transport to and from treatment is a significant problem for cancer patients and their families who already are dealing with physical and emotional strains of cancer diagnosis. I have met many cancer patients and their families, which has given me a profound appreciation of how difficult and varied the effect of cancer diagnosis can be. The provision of funding for transport is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (25 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 316. To ask the Minister for Health when a position (details supplied) will be advertised following a retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26083/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (25 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the employment procedure when an administrative position is vacated through retirement; the length of time the position is advertised for; if personnel from transfer panels are invited to interview; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that positions are not being advertised and resources are being pulled from other locations to fill the job; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (25 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 333. To ask the Minister for Health when new contracts will be offered to community employees (details supplied) in CHO 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26158/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 372. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre device will be made available on the long-term illness scheme for type 1 diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26266/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (20 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 144. To ask the Minister for Health when home support will be in place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25910/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Regulations (20 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the eligibility for a disabled parking permit or European parking cards will be extended to provide for persons with dementia and Alzheimer's; his views on whether persons with invisible disabilities should be able to apply for the permit in order to travel with greater ease and live more independent lives; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (20 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I will support the Bill because I support putting some system in place to address the issue. While County Leitrim was mentioned, other areas in counties Sligo and Cavan and elsewhere are dying, not least in the form of schools and football clubs, as Deputy Martin Kenny noted. Rural people from certain areas cannot obtain planning permission because of the current situation. We should most...

Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I want to make a few comments on what is happening with gambling. I am not somebody who gambles. I might play cards, but I do not back horses. I recently had to go into a bookmaker's office to see somebody and could not believe what I was looking at. There were approximately 20 televisions on all the time. There was racing being shown from all over the world of dogs and horses, as well...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: Cardiology services in Sligo University Hospital are being provided by two consulting cardiologists, one occupying a permanent position and the other in a part-time role. I thank the full-time cardiologist, who wishes to retire, for his services and the many hundreds of lives he has saved in his time at the hospital. Sligo University Hospital has made an application to the Department for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Applications (18 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; the progress to date with the proposal; when construction is likely to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25030/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (18 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 302. To ask the Minister for Health when an approved increase in home support will be in place for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [24874/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (18 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 309. To ask the Minister for Health when an increase in home support will be in place for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24890/19]