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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (29 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a GLAS payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4095/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (29 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 487. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a bus shelter will be installed at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3811/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (29 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 537. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided for the local improvement scheme to local authorities particularly in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon in order to clear the backlog of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4102/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (29 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 547. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a jobseeker's allowance payment for a person (details supplied) has been reduced; if the file will be reviewed in view of a change of circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3768/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (29 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarification will be provided on the purpose of the establishment of an interdepartmental group aimed at examining the overall organisational and governance arrangements for community employment sponsor organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3820/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (29 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 19 December 2018, if the Valuation Office is acting to meet international best practice; the reason the methodology it uses to value the ARV of forecourt stations does not take into account the system used in Northern Ireland which is to treat the shop element of the business in...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I think the Minister wants to respond to the debate this evening so I will be brief. I am grateful for the opportunity to raise a number of issues. Many of them have been raised already but we cannot refer to them often enough in my view. I come from rural Ireland and represent rural towns. Quite a number of small businesses in rural towns have closed in recent years because of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (30 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the 1% increase for public sector employees and in public service pensions which has not come in effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4519/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Fees (30 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a partial grant payment will issue to a person (details supplied) for costs incurred due to a SEN service which did not operate for a time in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4548/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (31 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard SMEs from a hard Brexit or no-deal scenario; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4436/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals (31 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) has grounds for appeal with respect to an areas of natural constraint application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4716/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Military Medals (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I wish to raise the issue regarding the award of distinguished service medals and military medals for gallantry to veteran members of A Company 35th Infantry Battalion who served in the Congo from June to December 1961. This was part of the UN peacekeeping operation in the province of Katanga which had broken away from the rest of the Congo and had declared independence. A Company,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Military Medals (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: The medals recommended for individual soldiers were for actions of extraordinary courage. Five were recommended for the Military Medal for Gallantry, which is equivalent to the Victoria Cross in the UK and the Congressional Medal of Honour in the USA. The Jadotville Medal issued by the Department of Defence in December 2017 to the veterans and next of kin of deceased veterans was simply an...

JobPath Programme: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: A very significant amount of public money has been spent on JobPath. We were told it was €150 million. However, only 9% of those who were referred to the scheme have been in employment for 52 weeks. This represents a poor outcome for those who have participated on the scheme and poor value for taxpayers' money. Given the significant demands on public finances the Government should...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services Provision (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 66. To ask the Minister for Health when a permanent general practitioner service for Carrigallen, County Leitrim, will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5254/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 357. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a medical card expiry date can be changed and brought forward by 12 months without an explanation to the medical card holder; if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5157/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Applications (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 633. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a working family payment application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5565/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rules governing self-employed persons and their PRSI record with regard to their pension entitlements; the way in which the gaps on the PRSI record of a person pre-1988 is treated for pension purposes in view of the fact that PRSI for the self-employed was only introduced in 1988; if their date of entry would be 6 April...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (5 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied). [5691/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (12 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 375. To ask the Minister for Health when capital funding will be allocated for the new diabetes day unit at Sligo University Hospital for which planning permission was secured in December 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6390/19]