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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (27 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 475. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a 2017 GLAS payment for person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14043/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming Scheme Payments (27 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of organic farming payments for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14044/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (27 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) received a reduced rate of ANC payment in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14062/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (27 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 656. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hectares of land designated special areas of conservation in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13954/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Over the past three weeks, I have received numerous calls from farmers in Sligo-Leitrim, north Roscommon and south Donegal who are suffering severe hardship as they try to provide fodder for their stock. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Michael Creed, brought in a scheme to subsidise hay and silage but the hay went up by €8 per bale and the silage by...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: Some farmers are going hungry to feed their animals.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (22 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the provision of a pension for community employment supervisors; if the failure to act on the Labour Court recommendation that a pension scheme would be provided will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13336/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (22 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 116. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase staffing levels and improve efficiency in the medical card unit in view of ongoing delays in the processing of medical card applications, particularly for applicants recently diagnosed or undergoing treatment for serious illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13277/18]

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I thank my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, for tabling this motion. We all know what is happening. There are two companies in my part of the constituency, in south Sligo, including a haulage company which employs 45 people and has an insurance cost this year of €135,000. There are 45 jobs at risk there and there is no question about it. In the hospitality industry, there is a...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: I raise the issue of afforestation in County Leitrim which has been highlighted previously in the House. More than 18% of County Leitrim is under forestry. Arable land is being bought for plantation, with townland after townland being bought up and planted. People can no longer exist. This practice must be curtailed because European policy is that not more than 17% of a county should be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (21 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the 2018 sports capital grant will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13012/18]

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: There is no doubt that this is a defining moment in our country. The eighth amendment has had a hugely positive, humane and life-saving impact on Ireland. The debate on abortion is exclusively focused on removing the right to life of unborn babies while continuing to ignore all the amazing stories of the thousands of lives saved by the eighth amendment. The Minister, Deputy Harris, has...

Order of Business (20 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: There is a commitment in the programme for Government to support young couples and families to purchase their own homes and to provide affordable housing. At the moment NAMA has thousands of sites right across the country. There is a development in west Dublin involving 180 houses that are supposed to be affordable homes. NAMA is selling the sites to the builder, which is fine and he is...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (20 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 129. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the report on the costings of pay equality as called for in an amendment to section 11 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act 2017 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11967/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (20 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe to end the pay inequality for teachers in view of the publication of the pay review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11752/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (20 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a report (details supplied) on the costings of pay equality will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11779/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Eligibility (20 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 740. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on problems arising with targeted agricultural modernisation schemes, TAMS II, whereby ownership, lease and hire purchase agreements are approved for farmers to purchase equipment under the low emission slurry spreading equipment scheme by his Department which then refuses grant aid to farmers due to the fact they cannot...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: The figures I am about to present have been verified by Interest Rate Check Ireland. They relate to a man and his wife, who have five young children, who took out a mortgage in March 2009. It appears that no legal advice was given, as can be seen in the loan letter offer. The interest rate clause is also ambiguous. The APR was 7.8%, with the interest rate at 7.45%. The profit margin for...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (6 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 232. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of Pobal funding for a community service organisation (details supplied); if funding will continue until the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10457/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Travel Documents (27 Feb 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person can travel to the United Kingdom with only his or her public services card; the conditions of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9530/18]