Results 601-620 of 1,852 for speaker:Eamon Scanlon
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (14 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 479. To ask the Minister for Health if a position (details supplied) in the CHO1 area has been filled by the HSE. [7176/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (14 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 483. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental screenings that have been provided in schools, by county, for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7189/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (14 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 484. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to integrate dentists into multidisciplinary teams which care for elderly persons in nursing homes; his views on whether the HSE is reneging on its duty of care to some 27,000 nursing home patients by failing to meet their dental health needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7190/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (14 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 523. To ask the Minister for Health if training programmes in oral care are currently provided to health care assistants; his views on whether a national model of publicly delivered dental care for elderly persons and patients with special care needs is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7304/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Oral Health Strategy (14 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 524. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop and implement a new oral health strategy as recommended by the Irish Dental Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7306/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (14 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 525. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental surgeons currently employed by the HSE, by county; and in each of the years since 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7307/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (14 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 527. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents who have been waiting less than six months; between six and 12 months; between 12 and 18 months; between 18 and 24 months; between 24 and 48 months; and more than 48 months for initial referral for a full dental examination at a HSE clinic in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Cavan, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Courses (15 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 255. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reports that the green certificate course is being discontinued for the 2017-18 academic year; the steps he is taking to ensure that Teagasc will provide a comprehensive syllabus in 2017 and thereafter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7550/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (16 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 248. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been waiting less than three months, between three and six months, between six and nine months, between nine and 18 months and more than 18 months for occupational therapy with occupational therapy services in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8011/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (16 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in the public health system in County Sligo; if there are any vacancies for occupational therapists in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8012/17]
- Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak to this very important Bill and thank Deputy Frank O'Rourke for bringing it before the Dáil. Following an initial period of fear in the aftermath of the Brexit vote, small business owners in Ireland are entering an extremely uncertain cycle. Considering that more than 900,000 people are employed nationally in SMEs, every support and...
- Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: I apologise. I will give way to my colleague.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 454. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will make funding available for the continuation of services (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8395/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (21 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the respite facilities in counties Sligo and Leitrim that are currently being reconfigured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8396/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (21 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to HSE managed and run disability and respite services in CHO area 1 in 2016 and 2017 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8397/17]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: There are six veterinary laboratories throughout the country. They are located in Sligo, Athlone, Kilkenny, Limerick, Cork and Backweston, where, incidentally, €260,000 has been spent on landscaping in the past four years. In 2015, the Sligo laboratory catered for 3,140 post mortems and 26,500 samples were presented for diagnostic testing. Sixteen people are employed at the facility,...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: A promise was made.
- Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: I wish to raise an issue I have raised with the Minister on a number of occasions previously. In fairness, I am aware that the Minister of State is doing his best to resolve the matter. It relates to a facility built in Sligo to cater for adults and young people and provide respite care for parents and families. The facility was built at a cost of €1.2 million six years ago. There...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Courses (22 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 15 February 2017, if he will ensure that the green cert courses will continue past the 2017-2019 timeframe he has outlined; if he will provide a list of locations in which green cert courses will be delivered in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8941/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mobile Telephony Services (28 Feb 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: 751. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the programme for Government commitments relating to improving mobile phone coverage in Leitrim village and surrounding areas; the efforts being taken by mobile phone operators to substantially increase coverage in Leitrim; the timeframe for actions in this area; and if he will make a statement on the...