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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (28 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 242. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the start date for the cutting of traditional hay meadows under GLAS can be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28597/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: On page 5 of the programme for Government a commitment is given to equality of opportunity. It says that we will support those with disabilities and maintain their potential by removing barriers which impact access to services, education, work and healthcare. St. Cecilia's school in Sligo, situated at Cregg House, is a school for very special children with very special needs. It is a...

Other Questions: Passport Applications (27 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: We should recognise the efforts of the staff of the Minister's office because they are helpful. I would like to make a suggestion. When people are booking their holidays two or three months in advance, would it be possible for the airlines to flag with them that they should check whether their passports are valid? If people checked their passports far in advance, there would be no issues....

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: It has happened.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Leitrim Comhairle na nÓg this year worked on an initiative that has gained media attention. Launched in the Bush Hotel, Carrick-on-Shannon, on Friday, 27 April, the campaign is called Use your Brain, Not your Fists. It targets those responsible for random alcohol-related assaults, the majority of which, according to the statistics, are perpetrated between the hours of 8 p.m. and 5 a.m....

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Leitrim Comhairle na nÓg has written to the Ministers for Justice and Equality, Children and Youth Affairs and Education and Skills seeking to have Use your Brain, Not your Fists included in the SPHE course.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: That has been done already.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the issue of teaching principal release days and the way in which they are calculated will be prioritised in budget 2019; if he will liaise with an organisation (details supplied) on this and related matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27363/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Appeals (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on appeals lodged by farmers on Killery, Crossboy, Dromore and Castleore mountains covering 56 shareholdings with respect to land eligibility and burnt land for the purpose of basic payment scheme payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27260/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance Data (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 238. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a back to work enterprise scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27123/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (21 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it will be guaranteed that Ballyshannon fire station will remain open; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a commissioned report affirmed the best practice cover for the towns of Ballyshannon and Bundoran are stations in both towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27127/18]

Dublin Fire Brigade: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I would like to share time with Deputy Lahart.

Dublin Fire Brigade: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I commend my colleagues, Deputies John Lahart, Seán Haughey and Darragh O'Brien, who have raised this important issue. We know about the services that are out there but it is only when we need a service that we really appreciate the work that is done by many people, including people in my own area. I come from County Sligo, which is in the north west. We have a fire service in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Process (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 463. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Waste Reduction Bill 2017; if the proposed deposit and return scheme will be supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26402/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (19 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 543. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to expand the household benefits package qualifying criteria to include those under 66 years of age in receipt of a widow's or widower's contributory or non-contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26515/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Eligibility (14 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the sectors in which asylum seekers can apply for work; the number of employment permits that have been applied for to date; the number of permits that have been issued; the way in which the situation will change after the four month temporary measure, that is, after 9 June 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases (14 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 162. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to follow the example of the Canadian government and implement guidelines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26032/18]

Other Questions: Road Projects (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I welcome and want to convey again the importance of this project. The current IDA industrial estate in Finisklin is chock-a-block. There is no space for new factory buildings so it is crucial that this progresses as quickly as possible.

Other Questions: Road Projects (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the completion of the western distributor route. [22879/18]

Other Questions: Road Projects (12 Jun 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I welcome the Minister's answer to a previous question on the N4 and the stretch of road from Castlebaldwin to Collooney. I recognise the fact that he is committed to the project and we are all looking forward to work on the road starting, hopefully at the end of this year. Given the number of fatalities on this stretch of road, on which 27 people have been killed over the past number of...