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Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I commend my colleagues on bringing forward this important Bill to tackle the insurance fraud culture in Ireland. Insurance fraud costs us all. The Government needs to act more quickly to tackle the issue of escalating insurance costs. We are all awaiting the establishment of a dedicated Garda anti-fraud squad. Businesses throughout the country, including pubs, farms and marts, have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Physiotherapy Provision (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 364. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase paediatric physiotherapy staff and resources in CHO1 and the western region as a whole; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that paediatric physiotherapy resources in County Sligo are limited and children requiring the services are required to stay as inpatients in hospitals due to a lack of physiotherapy in the region; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 385. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric physiotherapists working in County Sligo. [17699/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 532. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance review in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17343/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to contribute. I am not a member of the committee but I have an interest in what is being discussed. There is no doubt that there is a serious problem in the beef industry. I am very much aware of the struggle beef farmers face trying to survive. If they do not get support very soon, they will not be around in 2025 or even 2022. I am here to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I will be brief. I apologise for missing some of the presentations. In fairness, farmers are business people. The witnesses represent a business organisation. Farmers cannot survive if they do not make a profit and if they do not survive, the witnesses will not survive. This is where it is heading and we are very close to it. I believe the witnesses said that we have 34 meat plants in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: Yes. I support Deputy Danny Healy-Rae. According to yesterday's edition of the Irish Independent, a farmer who has expended all of his savings because his wife is in a nursing home must now sell land. I am dealing with the case of a young man with three children who took the deferred option. He has 60 acres and is in receipt of farm assist. His bill is €60,000. To pay it, he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Eligibility (17 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which persons are selected for treatment via the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, to be sent to private hospitals for treatment; if there is a minimum waiting time a person must be on a public waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17863/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (17 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 181. To ask the Minister for Health if days and nights spent in a public hospital count as respite days and or nights; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are being refused respite due to time spent in a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17965/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the resources available in CHO1 for persons suffering from Parkinson's disease; his plans to allocate funding to an organisation (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are only two Parkinson's nurse specialists outside Dublin to cater for 25 counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18047/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (17 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied). [18001/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I wish to raise the issue of 13,600 people being on boil-water notices because of cryptosporidium. This has gone on for the past 18 months. I know the matter is going through the various legislative processes. Sligo County Council has forwarded the matter to the two relevant Ministers, Deputies Eoghan Murphy and Josepha Madigan. I understand that Deputy Murphy has dealt with his part of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (18 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [18121/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (8 May 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which he is addressing human rights abuses in Bahrain. [19103/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (8 May 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to autism spectrum disorder, ASD, special classes in secondary schools in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19151/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pay (8 May 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 599. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 102 of 30 January 2019, the position regarding the increase in public service pensions that has been sanctioned but not implemented; when pay increases to qualifying pensions will be applied in CHO 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19486/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (8 May 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 715. To ask the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18773/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (8 May 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 857. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19340/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (8 May 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 1113. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a cross-border directive pro-forma application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20088/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (8 May 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 1114. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties in accessing home care packages and lengthy waiting lists for home care services in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20089/19]