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Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Somebody had to take up the cudgel, in all fairness. It and other parties have no credibility in taking decisions, as they dived for cover in 2016. At that time, either we formed a Government, as happened, or we went back to the country. If we had gone back to the country it would have been the very same thing all over again. At the end of the day, parties would have had to get together...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (9 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; the target and turnaround time for passport applications; if turnaround times are regularly relayed to post office staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41013/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport service will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40600/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 244. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for an increase in funding for a community based podiatrist for persons with diabetes in County Sligo (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40716/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility (9 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 347. To ask the Minister for Health when the new contributory assessment conditions under the fair deal scheme will come into practice whereby land and businesses will be excluded after three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41135/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (9 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 408. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when advance payments under the 2018 GLAS scheme will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41017/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Eligibility (9 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if discriminatory elements (details supplied) of the domiciliary care allowance scheme will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40586/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (4 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied) that has been ongoing for approximately three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40391/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (4 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grant aid drawn down in forestry premia and grants by Coillte, farmers and individual non-farmer private investors on an annual basis since the commencement of the current afforestation grant and forest premium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40506/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Data (4 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide data relating to matters (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40521/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak. I have listened to everyone's view. I cannot understand why the Bill has taken three years to get to this stage and I will not delay it this evening, but I would like to make a few comments. I am glad the Minister clarified the situation regarding directional signage for distilleries, breweries, etc., when he spoke. I do not own a pub, I have...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Citizenship Status (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39974/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Citizenship Status (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39975/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available to provide a safe landing facility on Inishmurray Island; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the landowners (details supplied) have no objection to works and will give way for works to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39650/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39130/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a Public Appointments Service campaign for a post (details supplied) is still ongoing; when applicants under consideration for appointment will receive correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39170/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Appeals (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an urgent work permit appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39128/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Transmission Network (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if areas on boil water notices will be prioritised for power restoration in the event of power outages due to poor weather in view of the added cost and implications for households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39129/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (27 Sep 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an approved sports capital grant application by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39131/18]

Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Report Stage (26 Sep 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: There is nobody in this House or in this country who does not know about the damage that alcohol does to people. I am sure we have all seen it at first hand inside or outside our families. At the same time, we have to be reasonable. Below-cost selling is part of the problem. I was in a shop the other day where one could buy two cans of lager for the price of one bottle of coke. It cost...