Results 521-540 of 1,886 for speaker:Eamon Scanlon

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (19 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a paper application form inviting pensioners to fill in gaps in their records will issue; when pension increases and back payment will issue; if she will address the difficulties being experienced on the MyWelfare.ie website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7948/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: On contacting the illness benefit section, my office was informed that 15% of the payment had been taken back through debt recovery. That was the first the family knew about it. They received no notice or letter whatsoever.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I thank the Minister of State for his response. This is a very difficult case. Even though the person was overpaid and our office notified the Department that the person was getting the incorrect payment, nothing was done. The person then received a number of payments, very few of which were correct. The person then received a payment with a 15% deduction because the Department claims...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illness Benefit Payments (13 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: There are serious issues with the new illness benefit system. I cannot be the only Member contacted weekly about illness benefit claims or payments as it has been going on for several months. The issue first came to the fore in my office last August with dozens of complaints from ill and vulnerable people genuinely upset by the disruption to their payments with no money suddenly coming into...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (13 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 596 of 29 January 2019, if he will make a request to the commissioner regarding the methodology in use and question the appropriateness of that methodology for achieving the objectives of the revaluation as per his legislative powers under the Valuation Act 2001, in which the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 375. To ask the Minister for Health when capital funding will be allocated for the new diabetes day unit at Sligo University Hospital for which planning permission was secured in December 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6390/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a degree in agricultural food science is not recognised for the green certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6249/19]

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: A very significant amount of public money has been spent on JobPath. We were told it was €150 million. However, only 9% of those who were referred to the scheme have been in employment for 52 weeks. This represents a poor outcome for those who have participated on the scheme and poor value for taxpayers' money. Given the significant demands on public finances the Government should...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Military Medals (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: The medals recommended for individual soldiers were for actions of extraordinary courage. Five were recommended for the Military Medal for Gallantry, which is equivalent to the Victoria Cross in the UK and the Congressional Medal of Honour in the USA. The Jadotville Medal issued by the Department of Defence in December 2017 to the veterans and next of kin of deceased veterans was simply an...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Military Medals (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I wish to raise the issue regarding the award of distinguished service medals and military medals for gallantry to veteran members of A Company 35th Infantry Battalion who served in the Congo from June to December 1961. This was part of the UN peacekeeping operation in the province of Katanga which had broken away from the rest of the Congo and had declared independence. A Company,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 66. To ask the Minister for Health when a permanent general practitioner service for Carrigallen, County Leitrim, will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5254/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 357. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a medical card expiry date can be changed and brought forward by 12 months without an explanation to the medical card holder; if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5157/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5565/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rules governing self-employed persons and their PRSI record with regard to their pension entitlements; the way in which the gaps on the PRSI record of a person pre-1988 is treated for pension purposes in view of the fact that PRSI for the self-employed was only introduced in 1988; if their date of entry would be 6 April...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied). [5691/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (31 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard SMEs from a hard Brexit or no-deal scenario; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4436/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals (31 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) has grounds for appeal with respect to an areas of natural constraint application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4716/19]

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I think the Minister wants to respond to the debate this evening so I will be brief. I am grateful for the opportunity to raise a number of issues. Many of them have been raised already but we cannot refer to them often enough in my view. I come from rural Ireland and represent rural towns. Quite a number of small businesses in rural towns have closed in recent years because of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (30 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the 1% increase for public sector employees and in public service pensions which has not come in effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4519/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Fees (30 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a partial grant payment will issue to a person (details supplied) for costs incurred due to a SEN service which did not operate for a time in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4548/19]