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Beef Sector: Statements (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I will make a few comments on the meetings the Minister had. It undoubtedly was time for the Minister to have meetings and maybe they should have been held much sooner. We learned that Meat Industry Ireland representatives did not go into the room with the farming organisations. Quite honestly, it is an insult to the genuine people, including the Minister, who were there at a meeting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 360. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting home help support; and the number awaiting additional support at the latest available date in counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon. [37123/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (17 Sep 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 361. To ask the Minister for Health if staffing allocations have been filled in a school (details supplied). [37124/19]

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

Eamon Scanlon: I raised this issue in the Dáil two or three months ago and, at that time, the Taoiseach was not aware of this cut. It is having a serious effect on the most vulnerable people and I ask the Taoiseach to reconsider it. I ask him to speak to the Minister for Health and ensure that this cut is not made. It is €31.80 per week for vulnerable people. It is a job for them and...

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: Yesterday, the Taoiseach said in the Dáil that farmers in Ireland are being offered the average European prices for beef. That is true. Unfortunately, our problem did not start yesterday but a number of years ago. Farmers in Europe were being paid 40 or 50 cent more than Irish farmers. I can fully understand the difficulties and the feelings of the farming community at the moment....

Agriculture: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: We are.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: To follow on from those figures, in March 2019, 105 people in Sligo-Leitrim were waiting for home help. By July, that figure had increased to 227, which is an increase of 122 or 120%. I am sure the numbers have not fallen since then. Yet I speak to people employed full time by the HSE to provide home care whose hours are being reduced. I cannot understand it. It is time for the...

Special Needs Education Places: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: There is a very special school for very special people in Sligo, namely, St. Cecilia's. I wish to express my thanks and those of the parents for the great work that the school and its staff do. The best chance these young people have is early intervention. At the moment the school is waiting for a speech therapist. Interviews took place on 31 July and 1 August and thankfully there was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (25 Sep 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his policy with regard to the roll-out of 5G nationwide; his views on whether 5G technologies will pose no harm to the public, particularly children and the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38932/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (26 Sep 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 130. To ask the Minister for Health if the reimbursement dataset will specifically cover only current HSE funded users of the FreeStyle Libre device; and if not, if the health technology assessment group review will compare total blood glucose strip usage spend year on year. [39137/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (26 Sep 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 131. To ask the Minister for Health the weighting percentages to be used as part of the upcoming HSE FreeStyle Libre group review decision making process that will be given to criteria (details supplied). [39138/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (1 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) with bachelor degrees from the United States of America is required to contact each individual statutory authority relative to each academia in order to be recognised here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39415/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (1 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39695/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (1 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39700/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: The Dáil made a decision to end referrals to JobPath earlier this year. I am not questioning the competency of the people providing the service but it has failed, of that there is no question. Some €150 million has been spent on this scheme and we have, as Deputy Brady said, a 6% success rate for people holding down a job after one year. If we compare it to the community...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: That means if a participant becomes ill, has to leave a scheme to care for somebody or gets a job, that place on the scheme will be lost. Therefore, it is a cut. That is not right, given that the CE schemes are working compared to the other schemes mentioned.

UN Climate Action Summit: Statements (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: The Dáil has laid the groundwork for Ireland to become a climate leader. We passed a law to ban onshore fracking, and Ireland's sovereign wealth fund has divested itself of fossil fuel investments. The Joint Committee on Climate Action produced an impressive blueprint for action to cut emissions. In May 2019, we ensured that the Dáil declared a climate and biodiversity emergency....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Parental Leave (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the paid parental benefit scheme will be enforced by November 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40069/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (2 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing time for illness benefit, disability allowance, carer's allowance and benefit and invalidity pension applications, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40030/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (3 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in publishing the parental leave and benefit Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40131/19]