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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the household benefits package qualifying criteria to include those under 66 years of age in receipt of a widow's or widower's contributory or non-contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26515/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: It has happened.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Leitrim Comhairle na nÓg this year worked on an initiative that has gained media attention. Launched in the Bush Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon, on Friday, 27 April, the campaign is called Use your Brain, Not your Fists. It targets those responsible for random alcohol-related assaults, the majority of which, according to the statistics, are perpetrated between the hours of 8 p.m. and 5 a.m....

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Leitrim Comhairle na nÓg has written to the Ministers for Justice and Equality, Children and Youth Affairs and Education and Skills seeking to have Use your Brain, Not your Fists included in the SPHE course.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: That has been done already.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the issue of teaching principal release days and the way in which they are calculated will be prioritised in budget 2019; if he will liaise with an organisation (details supplied) on this and related matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27363/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Appeals (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on appeals lodged by farmers on Killery, Crossboy, Dromore and Castleore mountains covering 56 shareholdings with respect to land eligibility and burnt land for the purpose of basic payment scheme payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27260/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance Data (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a back to work enterprise scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27123/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be guaranteed that Ballyshannon fire station will remain open; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a commissioned report affirmed the best practice cover for the towns of Ballyshannon and Bundoran are stations in both towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27127/18]

Other Questions: Passport Applications (27 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: We should recognise the efforts of the staff of the Minister's office because they are helpful. I would like to make a suggestion. When people are booking their holidays two or three months in advance, would it be possible for the airlines to flag with them that they should check whether their passports are valid? If people checked their passports far in advance, there would be no issues....

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: On page 5 of the programme for Government a commitment is given to equality of opportunity. It says that we will support those with disabilities and maintain their potential by removing barriers which impact access to services, education, work and healthcare. St. Cecilia's school in Sligo, situated at Cregg House, is a school for very special children with very special needs. It is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (28 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 47. To ask the Minister for Health the reason CHO 1 was 61,000 home support hours behind target in the first quarter of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28188/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (28 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the start date for the cutting of traditional hay meadows under GLAS can be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28597/18]

Establishment of Special Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: We have to live down there too.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if correspondence has been received from a club (details supplied) regarding a site in County Sligo; if the contents were given due consideration; if so, the result of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29241/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Data (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 292. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an ambulance took almost five hours to attend to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim on 11 June 2018; if inquiries will be made into the event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28839/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Staff (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 395. To ask the Minister for Health when a second speech and language therapist will be allocated to a school (details supplied) for learning disabilities in County Sligo; when a behavioural therapist will be reappointed; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is only one speech and language therapist serving 44 children in the school and 100 adults in a centre; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision is expected on an afforestation licence appeal by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29201/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a forestry appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29249/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Offshore Islands (3 Jul 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 464. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of landing licences on Inishmurray Island; if the decision to ban boats from landing on the island will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29164/18]