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Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services Provision (16 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 409. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made to secure general practitioner-led primary care in Carrigallen, County Leitrim, where no permanent doctor is positioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42012/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Policy (16 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 590. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the reason foster carers are no longer covered by public liability insurance through Tusla; when foster carers were notified that they were no longer covered; the efforts being made to address these matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41912/18]

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (17 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance if a proposal (details supplied) will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42614/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Flood Risk Management (17 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if water levels in Lough Allen are to be reduced again due to flooding concerns; if an environmental impact study has been undertaken for this plan for Lough Allen basin; if not, when it is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42661/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (17 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 140. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps her Department and the IDA are taking to increase job creation and attract companies to counties Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal; the recent occasion on which the IDA visited these counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42637/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (17 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 177. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug Spinraza will be approved for spinal muscular atrophy sufferers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42676/18]

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]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Charges (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 70. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the campaign to abolish inpatient charges for cancer patients who do not qualify for a medical card and do not have private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43269/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 148. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make blood tests for Lyme disease available here. [43617/18]

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]