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Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (29 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I acknowledge the Minister is sincere in what he is trying to do. Everyone appreciates that it is a serious issue. Teagasc is aware of what exactly the situation is like on the ground. They know the people who are in trouble and in bother. While not everybody is in trouble, there are those who are in serious trouble. People are encouraged to call the Department if there is help there....

Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (29 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: This is an issue I have raised quite a number of times in the House. I am not crying "wolf". We have such a serious problem in the north west at the moment that people's health is being affected by what is happening. Farmers are heading into eight months of feeding stock in houses and there is no prospect that these cattle will be able to get out in the very near future. The subsidised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (29 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 257. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to introduce an independent appeals mechanism within nursing homes support scheme to provide third party recourse for nursing home providers that cannot agree a fee with the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14514/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (29 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 258. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of pricing system for long-term residential care facilities will be published as recommended within the review of the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14515/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmer Capital Investment Scheme Applications (29 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a young farmer capital investment scheme application by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14553/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I welcome the new tenant purchase scheme which will give many families an opportunity to buy out their homes, which is everyone's ambition. I believe there are anomalies in the scheme as it stands in the case where one of a couple whose name would have been on the title of a property previously, whether in the case of a family home, parents' home, or a home from a previous relationship sold...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (28 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the summer works scheme will open for applications for summer 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14330/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (28 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 229. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the reason that since 2011 it has proved difficult to attract permanent specialists to the north west region, in particular to Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14479/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (27 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new diabetes centre at Sligo University Hospital; if the shortlisting of contractors has been completed; when a contractor will be appointed; when funding will be approved thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14251/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (27 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 473. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); when a payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14041/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (27 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a TAMS payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14042/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (27 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a 2017 GLAS payment for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14043/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Payments (27 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of organic farming payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14044/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (27 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) received a reduced rate of ANC payment in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14062/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (27 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 656. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hectares of land designated special areas of conservation in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13954/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Over the past three weeks, I have received numerous calls from farmers in Sligo-Leitrim, north Roscommon and south Donegal who are suffering severe hardship as they try to provide fodder for their stock. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Michael Creed, brought in a scheme to subsidise hay and silage but the hay went up by €8 per bale and the silage by...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Some farmers are going hungry to feed their animals.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (22 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the provision of a pension for community employment supervisors; if the failure to act on the Labour Court recommendation that a pension scheme would be provided will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13336/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (22 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 116. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase staffing levels and improve efficiency in the medical card unit in view of ongoing delays in the processing of medical card applications, particularly for applicants recently diagnosed or undergoing treatment for serious illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13277/18]

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I thank my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, for tabling this motion. We all know what is happening. There are two companies in my part of the constituency, in south Sligo, including a haulage company which employs 45 people and has an insurance cost this year of €135,000. There are 45 jobs at risk there and there is no question about it. In the hospitality industry, there is a...