Results 661-680 of 1,886 for speaker:Eamon Scanlon

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the timeline for the completion of junior certificate reforms; the arrangements for provision of training to teachers in the implementation of the new junior certificate curriculum for the school year 2018-2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43364/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make history a compulsory subject for the junior certificate curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43365/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the strength of An Garda Síochána continues to be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43195/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who applied for the current competition for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43196/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address reports that Internet bot programmes are being used to block-book appointments with the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43234/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to issues in respect of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service's new online appointment system whereby immigrants who apply for re-entry and renewal visas are being blocked from making appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43237/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Correspondence (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43420/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 348. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken in budget 2019 to encourage and promote job creation in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal and the north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43877/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 402. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has spent more than eight times the cost of a new catheterisation lab sending patients to other hospitals and facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43445/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding speech and language therapy at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43768/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of appeals lodged by farmers on Killery, Crossboy, Dromore and Castleore mountains with respect to land eligibility and burnt land for the purpose of the basic payment scheme 2018 payments; if the lands burnt in 2017 are eligible for the 2018 basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43349/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a proposal to establish a national fund to survey dangerous roadside trees and hedges will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43411/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if issues regarding the illness benefit payment system will be addressed and rectified; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are waiting weeks without payment or are receiving reduced payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43199/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (18 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 43. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which her Department is assisting small and medium enterprises faced with escalating insurance costs and commercial rates, access to banking services and the cost of credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42565/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (18 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his views on the fact that non-departmental school clerical staff are on inferior contracts and will receive no pension compared to departmental secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42796/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: The people voted on 25 May to repeal the eighth amendment. The majority voted in favour of introducing abortion into Ireland. The Dáil and the Seanad must now deal with that decision but many of the people who voted "Yes" and many who voted "No" have concerns about aspects of the Bill, and their voices have a right to be heard in this debate. The right to freedom of conscience is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domiciliary Care Allowance (17 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: There are major financial implications in having a child with severe disabilities in a household. One person who contacted me recently about a completely unrelated matter mentioned this issue as an afterthought, perhaps because she did not think anything could be done about it and I do not whether it can. I told her that I would raise the matter at the first opportunity in the Dáil. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domiciliary Care Allowance (17 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, for taking this issue. I note that the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty, has other commitments and is unavailable today and I thank her office for contacting me to inform me of that. The Minister of State will be aware that the domiciliary care allowance is a monthly payment to the carer of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: They will not give them the findings of the review. That is the problem. They should do that.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Page 48 of the programme for Government states that the Government would establish a working group to identify the potential for local post offices to act as hubs to facilitate other services, such as health, transport and a one-stop shop for Government services. Unfortunately we have seen what has happened since that. In my constituency 11 post offices are listed for closure. We all know...