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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the resources available in CHO1 for persons suffering from Parkinson's disease; his plans to allocate funding to an organisation (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only two Parkinson's nurse specialists outside Dublin to cater for 25 counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18047/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (17 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied). [18001/19]

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I am sharing time with Deputy James Browne.

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I commend my colleagues on bringing forward this important Bill to tackle the insurance fraud culture in Ireland. Insurance fraud costs us all. The Government needs to act more quickly to tackle the issue of escalating insurance costs. We are all awaiting the establishment of a dedicated Garda anti-fraud squad. Businesses throughout the country, including pubs, farms and marts, have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 364. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase paediatric physiotherapy staff and resources in CHO1 and the western region as a whole; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that paediatric physiotherapy resources in County Sligo are limited and children requiring the services are required to stay as inpatients in hospitals due to a lack of physiotherapy in the region; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric physiotherapists working in County Sligo. [17699/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17343/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to contribute. I am not a member of the committee but I have an interest in what is being discussed. There is no doubt that there is a serious problem in the beef industry. I am very much aware of the struggle beef farmers face trying to survive. If they do not get support very soon, they will not be around in 2025 or even 2022. I am here to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I will be brief. I apologise for missing some of the presentations. In fairness, farmers are business people. The witnesses represent a business organisation. Farmers cannot survive if they do not make a profit and if they do not survive, the witnesses will not survive. This is where it is heading and we are very close to it. I believe the witnesses said that we have 34 meat plants in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: It is almost two years since the publication of the Sláintecare report regarding reforming the health service into an effective and efficient service, and the Government continues to fail to deliver on commitments. My constituency has major issues with the need for physiotherapy. This week I received a letter from someone whose child cannot leave a hospital in Dublin because sufficient...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: That is what is happening.

Rural and Community Development: Statements (10 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: The Minister is a rural person from the west of Ireland and there is no doubt he knows the exact problems facing rural Ireland. I can only describe him as a Deputy Ó Cuív, part two, because he has continued some of the good schemes that Deputy started, such as the CLÁR programme and so forth. There is no question that it is making a difference. Deputy Heydon mentioned...

Rural and Community Development: Statements (10 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: If we are invited.

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: The ongoing delay in the publication of the review on social housing is seriously affecting families and individuals who find themselves unable to secure housing because they do not qualify for social housing and do not earn enough to secure a mortgage. I am regularly contacted by people who have found themselves stuck in the situation where they cannot get approval for social housing...

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: We will miss the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (10 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a grant available to persons that wish to take part in the social farming programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16832/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (10 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 190. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be granted to a school (details supplied) that has submitted an application through the CLÁR scheme; when successful 2019 CLÁR projects will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16883/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: On the same issue, this morning in Sligo University Hospital there were 50 people on trolleys-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: -----despite the fact that a commitment was given 12 months ago to increase bed numbers in Sligo University Hospital.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: The Taoiseach will say we do not give solutions but one solution would be to provide funding for home care for people to allow them be discharged from hospital. It costs approximately €125 a week to keep somebody in their home. It is costing €7,000 a week for a hospital bed. What is happening at the moment is economic madness. I know of people who have received letters...