Results 781-800 of 1,852 for speaker:Eamon Scanlon

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 227. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20708/18]

Gambling Control Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Ireland has one of the highest per capitarates of gambling losses in the world. We lose about €470 per adult per year in different forms of gambling. The latest figures from 2016 show that losses in Ireland are €2.1 billion, with over €5 billion gambled. That is a profit of €2.9 billion for the gambling industry. Over 40,000 people in Ireland are known to have...

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: The cross-Border healthcare directive office has the responsibility to ensure that people who avail of the National Treatment Purchase Fund are refunded when they come back after their operations. I know that hundreds of people are availing of that scheme. It is unfortunate that they cannot have the procedures in this jurisdiction but unfortunately, they have to go away. I understand the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Shortage Risk Management Measures: Discussion (8 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Like Senator Paul Daly, I thought the writing was on the wall for this issue last October and I raised it in the Dáil in October, November, February and March. The Minister stated that based on Teagasc figures, there was sufficient supply within the country but obviously, that was not evident because everybody knew otherwise. Even in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burning of Land: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: My concern is with 30 farmers on Killery Mountain in Sligo and Leitrim. It is a part of the 50 km Sligo Walk. Some 5 km of the walk goes across that mountain. It is a very successful development, supported by the Sligo Leader programme with the permission of the landowners and the users of the mountain, who allow people to traverse the designated walkway. There was a caminothere in May...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burning of Land: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Surely proof must come into the equation given that people's livelihood is being affected, with no evidence whatsoever as far as I can see, in particular in the case I mentioned because of the use that is being made of the mountain in question due to the local community and farmers allowing people to walk in the area. That makes a difference from a tourism point of view. Perhaps those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burning of Land: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Does that not leave us in a fine state, where innocent people have to be fined under this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Burning of Land: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: That is what is happening, whether we like it or not.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (8 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19655/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (8 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 439. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application for CLÁR funding submitted by an association (details supplied) in County Cork; when final decisions on 2018 applications will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20033/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (8 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 440. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application for CLÁR funding submitted by an association (details supplied) in County Cork; when final decisions on 2018 applications will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20034/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (8 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the situation whereby pensioners cannot purchase their homes under the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20171/18]

Mental Health Parity Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Ensuring access to appropriate treatment for people with mental health needs is a major policy concern. The public health system is in crisis. Ireland's youth suicide rate is now the fourth highest in Europe. The inner workings of the HSE remain a mystery, with no accountability offered. The Bill places a duty on the Minister for Health to promote health parity and ensure all...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Medical Card Eligibility (2 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I am aware of doctors who are not aware of this emergency form that they can apply on. There must be greater awareness. I had a case of a lady who applied online in January. She got her medical card last week despite that she is very ill with cancer and is getting cancer treatment. That is very unfair. There should be people in the medical card office who will look at the applications...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Medical Card Eligibility (2 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: It is imperative to ensure that those persons who experience financial hardships due to very serious illness will receive a discretionary medical card. Page 56 of A Programme for a Partnership Government says: "We will maintain a humane approach for discretionary medical card provision." I received a reply to a parliamentary question on 25 April 2018 where I was told it was "neither...

Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: While further reductions in unemployment levels are to be welcomed, many construction workers in the north west are travelling to Dublin, Galway and elsewhere to work. Heretofore a payment known as "country money" was paid to construction workers, including bricklayers, carpenters, plumbers, welders and so on, who had to travel and stay away from home for at least four nights per week. The...

Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (2 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I welcome the call. The Minister made money available last year and I hope that he can make more available this year. It makes a big difference to the quality of life of people in rural areas living on these roads.

Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (2 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (2 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available for expanding existing businesses; the further grant aid which is available for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19205/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme (2 May 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the organic farming scheme will reopen for applications; his plans to reopen the scheme in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19241/18]