Results 841-860 of 1,852 for speaker:Eamon Scanlon

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]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (27 Feb 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the acquisition and selection of a site for the new Garda regional headquarters in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9734/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Data (27 Feb 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the leaving certificate applied programme is being delivered in schools (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9501/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (27 Feb 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations that have been closed in each of the years 2012 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by location; the number of Garda stations open in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9495/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (27 Feb 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries recorded by An Garda Síochána in each district in the Leitrim and Sligo divisions in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9502/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (27 Feb 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken by his Department to assist a school (details supplied) which has had the number of HSE provided speech therapy hours reduced by a third; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9742/18]