Results 461-480 of 1,852 for speaker:Eamon Scanlon

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications (11 Oct 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 507. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an area aid payment application by a person (details supplied). [29416/16]

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the budget. There are parts of the budget I welcome, including the €5 increase in the pension, the €5 increase in working-age payments and the new €15 million national treatment purchase fund. While the €15 million will help, it is insufficient to make inroads into the waiting lists. There are many people waiting for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (13 Oct 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the disparity in school costs which exists from school to school throughout and the inequality faced by parents in providing funding for a free primary system as costed by a charity (details supplied) at €103 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30179/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (18 Oct 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 73. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in CHO 1 in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30676/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (18 Oct 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the programme for mammography services at Sligo University Hospital over the next 12 months; the dates on which mammography services will be available in Tubbercurry, County Sligo and Sligo University Hospital over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30207/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (19 Oct 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: My colleague and Fianna Fáil spokesperson on agriculture, Deputy Charlie McConalogue, raised the issue of slurry spreading yesterday morning. The Taoiseach said that individual cases could be looked at and facilitated, particularly in areas where conditions had been very severe. Yesterday, a memo was sent by the Department to all county councils in the country reminding them that the...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: Fianna Fáil supports the passage of this Bill to Committee Stage. The main purpose of the Bill is to give a basis to one of the core planning reform recommendations of the Mahon tribunal. The recommendation in question calls for the establishment of an independent planning regulator to oversee and assess decision-making and other processes in planning authorities. We are committed to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Oct 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a proposal submitted by a school (details supplied) to purchase an adjoining site for development to replace prefabs with permanent rooms; when they can expect a decision on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31028/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Knowledge Transfer Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 152. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) can be considered at this stage for the knowledge transfer and innovation scheme in County Sligo as places remain unfilled. [31095/16]

Prohibition of the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Oct 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on the Prohibition of the Exploration and Extraction of Onshore Petroleum Bill 2016. The Bill seeks to provide for the prohibition of hydraulic fracking. This is particularly relevant on the day that the House approved the ratification of the Paris Agreement. I am pleased that the Government withdrew its amendment today. If the amendment had...

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: I would have imagined that Red C, which was charged with the responsibility of appointing people to the Citizens' Assembly, would have selected at least two people from each county, with the rest being weighted in favour of the urban centres, but that has not happened. This is of particular concern in my constituency of Sligo-Leitrim because there is no representation on the Citizens'...

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: I ask the Taoiseach to address this situation. These people are entitled to a voice in the same way as people from Cork, Galway or wherever else.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: I ask the Taoiseach to address this anomaly so that people from these areas have a voice at the Citizens' Assembly.

Order of Business (2 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: I cannot agree with that.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services Provision (2 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 344. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 18 October 2016, if he will clarify that mammography services will only be provided at Sligo University Hospital for two weeks during 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32838/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (2 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 435. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans in relation to the proposed installation of traffic lights at the junction at main street in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, and the N16. [32759/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Administration (8 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the national reserve and young farmers scheme will be open again for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33735/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: I want to raise an issue on behalf of young farmers who were encouraged into farming, to get their green certs at a cost of €3,000 and who leased very expensive land on six year leases to qualify for what they thought were the entitlements that were going to be given to them. The scheme was opened in 2015 but even though it was supposed to be open again in 2016, that has not happened....

Questions on Proposed Legislation (9 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: It is in the programme for Government.

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I welcome the increase in the State pension, something for which Fianna Fáil fought and secured. A key commitment for us in our manifesto was to increase the old-age pension by €30 over five years, and we stipulated that in the confidence and supply arrangement. I also welcome the changes for the self-employed. Many...