Results 921-940 of 1,852 for speaker:Eamon Scanlon

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: Ireland has rules that are stricter than most other countries in Europe. Fianna Fáil proposes to increase the number of penalty points from three to five and to increase the fine to €500 for those caught with blood alcohol limits of between 50 mg and 80 mg. This is a sufficient deterrent because eight out of ten accidents that occurred as a result of alcohol have all involved...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (13 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which the forestry appeals committee is expected to start hearing appeals regarding a case (details supplied); if committee members have been appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53435/17]

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: I recognise the trust that the people in different areas have put in us as politicians. It was 65 miles from where I live to the Cavan area which I try to represent. I thank those people for the support they gave me, considering that I was in a very marginal seat and that there were 18 candidates on the ticket. I saw 13th, 14th and 15th preferences coming in as effective No. 1 votes....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme (12 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the summer works scheme will be re-opened for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52847/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Payments (12 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to formalise and regularise the minor works grant; his further plans to introduce a defined timeframe for these payments in order to avoid stress on schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53011/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Staff (12 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 331. To ask the Minister for Health when a speech and language therapist will be appointed in St. Patrick's Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the position has been vacant since March 2017; his views on the fact that there are stroke patients in the community and in the hospital and young children waiting for appointments; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Appeals (12 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 398. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal process is available to farmers in respect of the minimum of 3 ha of forage land which a person owns and farms to qualify for ANC; if the case of a person (details supplied) will be considered in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53006/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (7 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the amount of €71.2 million in funding for mental health services was distributed in CHO 1 in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52412/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: A programme on RTÉ last night referred to the Solas respite care centre in Sligo, which was built seven years ago at a cost of €1.5 million. I have raised this issue on several occasions in the House. At the start of the year we were told that the facility would be shut down and the service provided by an outside agency from the end of September or early October. Unfortunately,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Applications (6 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the payment of minor works grants 2017 to 2018 to schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52106/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Staff Recruitment (5 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when county registrars will be appointed in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon in view of the fact that the positions have been vacant for some time and that the Donegal county registrar must travel to carry out the functions of the office in these counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51578/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (5 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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. [51495/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (5 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an on-site meeting with the Office of Public Works to give further consideration to the report on the structure of Ballinamore courthouse has taken place; the outcome of the meeting; when it is envisaged works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51573/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (5 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding for an office (details supplied) will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51541/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (5 Dec 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 323. To ask the Minister for Health when the new primary care and mental health services centre in Ballymote, County Sligo, will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51533/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (30 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied) which is being withheld due to a departmental error; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51262/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Eligibility (30 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a capital sports grant application by a club (details supplied); when an announcement of funds allocated is expected under the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51336/17]

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: The carer's allowance is a welcome and very valuable payment. Those supplying care for others do a great job and there is no question about that. I was recently told of a girl who came back from England, where she was working, to look after her father who was very ill. She has no income here and applied for a carer's allowance and, unfortunately, was turned down. Her father is very ill...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: I am glad to have an opportunity to say a few words on the Social Welfare Bill 2017. In 2016, at the first opportunity I had, I raised the issue of the change in pension allowances introduced by Deputy Joan Burton in 2012. I know this was hotly debated last night and I think everybody that spoke in the Dáil raised this issue. There is an anomaly there. I know the Minister is genuine...

Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: I support the representations of colleagues on behalf of the parents and children we met this morning. As Deputy McGrath noted, in one particular case a child has been prescribed the drug, paid for the HSE, but has to purchase it in the North. Other children cannot avail of it. There is something badly wrong in that situation. I urge the Minister for Health to meet the children and their...