Results 381-400 of 1,852 for speaker:Eamon Scanlon

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (10 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 190. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be granted to a school (details supplied) that has submitted an application through the CLÁR scheme; when successful 2019 CLÁR projects will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16883/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: On the same issue, this morning in Sligo University Hospital there were 50 people on trolleys-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: -----despite the fact that a commitment was given 12 months ago to increase bed numbers in Sligo University Hospital.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: The Taoiseach will say we do not give solutions but one solution would be to provide funding for home care for people to allow them be discharged from hospital. It costs approximately €125 a week to keep somebody in their home. It is costing €7,000 a week for a hospital bed. What is happening at the moment is economic madness. I know of people who have received letters...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Property (9 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to tackle commercial vacancy rates particularly in the north-west in which counties Sligo and Leitrim have the highest commercial vacancy rates in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15747/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (9 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the office of the Revenue Commissioners in Sligo will not accept customer appointments; if he will investigate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16461/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Fibromyalgia Support Services (9 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the supports in place for persons suffering from fibromyalgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16190/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (9 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 432. To ask the Minister for Health the bases the 12 additional ambulance service personnel will be deployed to in the north-west region; when a second ambulance will be allocated to Carrick-on-Shannon in view of the demand in the area for services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16545/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (9 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied). [16173/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (9 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which fibromyalgia is assessed for the purpose of approving or refusing social welfare benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16507/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Card Levy (4 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons aged 66 years of age and over are exempt from paying the €30 levy per credit card and DIRT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15980/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (4 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 119. To ask the Minister for Health the number of confirmed cases of Lyme disease here in each of the years 2013 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15727/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Reviews (4 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the legislative review process regarding the holding of plebiscites by certain local authorities; when the associated regulations will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas for consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15687/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (3 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason tourism policy is not actively promoting Ireland West Airport Knock to transatlantic carriers, particularly in view of the fact that west and north-west local authorities have committed funding to the airport for ten years; the plans in place to build international market awareness and access to Ireland West Airport Knock;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (3 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a policy instrument to convince transatlantic carriers to invest in routes to Ireland West Airport Knock and drive access from key tourism markets into the western seaboard will be introduced; the amount in State grants provided to the airport in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the amount provided for capital...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Planning Issues (3 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 228. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a response will issue to Sligo County Council in relation to planning approval for imperative reasons for overriding public interest for the necessary upgrade of Lough Talt water supply treatment plant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15586/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Response Times (2 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I call on the Department of Health to commit to providing additional ambulance fleets and personnel in the north west in order to reduce response times in the region. Unfortunately, lengthy ambulance response times are not unusual there. They are, however, unacceptable. People in rural areas are treated deplorably when it comes to access to out-of-hours health services. It is now evident...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Response Times (2 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I welcome that 12 new recruits will be coming to the north-west region. The current situation could not be allowed to continue because it is neither acceptable nor safe. I have previously raised the first responder scheme in the House because it makes sense to roll it out in the north west. Fire fighters in Dublin are trained to paramedic level, meaning that paramedics are available 24-7....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme (2 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reintroduce the home renovation incentive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15248/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the provision of a cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital to cover the north-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15249/19]