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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Over a year ago, the Government gave a commitment in the budget that it would make changes to the fair deal scheme, particularly with regard to small farm families and small businesses. As we know, there is a 7.5% charge on the family home for three years. A commitment was given that the same would apply to land and small businesses. It is creating severe hardship for many small business...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a tax incentive to owners of vacant properties to refurbish same provided they are ceded to the local authority for social housing tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38911/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: In the programme for Government there was a commitment to bringing down the costs of motor insurance. Young people have been treated like road hogs over the past three years, given how the costs of insurance have increased. They are not road hogs, but good citizens of this country, and they need their cars to get to work, particularly those living in rural areas. 1 o’clock They...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if he will meet with a delegation to discuss proposals regarding a new building for the school; the amount of funding allocated for new school buildings in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44081/18]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to issues in respect of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service's new online appointment system whereby immigrants who apply for re-entry and renewal visas are being blocked from making appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43237/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Correspondence (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43420/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 348. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken in budget 2019 to encourage and promote job creation in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal and the north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43877/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 402. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE has spent more than eight times the cost of a new catheterisation lab sending patients to other hospitals and facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43445/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding speech and language therapy at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43768/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of appeals lodged by farmers on Killery, Crossboy, Dromore and Castleore mountains with respect to land eligibility and burnt land for the purpose of the basic payment scheme 2018 payments; if the lands burnt in 2017 are eligible for the 2018 basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43349/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a proposal to establish a national fund to survey dangerous roadside trees and hedges will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43411/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (23 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if issues regarding the illness benefit payment system will be addressed and rectified; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are waiting weeks without payment or are receiving reduced payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43199/18]

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]