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Rural Crime: Motion (21 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: A lot has been said already on rural crime and I am not going to repeat points already made. There is an understanding that rural people are very vulnerable. I recently attended a number of meetings in relation to the text alert scheme. I must say that the text alert committees are doing great work, of that there is no question. They should be supported in every way possible. There was...

Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (21 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: I spoke last night to a person who has drawn hay and straw from the south for 30 years. He told me that it costs €40 for one bale at the moment. Farmers cannot afford that. I know that the Minister said that he front-loaded payments to help these people, but all that money is already spoken for. At the moment the man is having difficulty getting this hay because some of the people...

Topical Issue Debate: Fodder Crisis (21 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: Much has been said about the difficulties being faced by farmers now. In Sligo, Leitrim, north Roscommon and south Donegal, it is no different from the rest of the country as described by the others who have spoken. We have farmers who have had cattle in since the end of August and early September, as was said earlier. The cut of silage at the beginning of the year was quite good but what...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (21 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents waiting for an appointment for child and adolescent mental health services in CHO1 at the end of October 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48959/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 406. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to HSE managed and run disability and respite services in each of the community health organisation, CHO, areas in 2016; the amount of funding allocated to HSE managed and run disability and respite services in each of the CHO areas in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49299/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 408. To ask the Minister for Health when residential respite services will be restored in counties Sligo and Leitrim; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it is almost a year since the state of the art, purpose built facility, Solas, stopped providing respite services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49302/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (21 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 407. To ask the Minister for Health the reason access to respite care in County Monaghan has been refused to persons who availed of this option previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49301/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (21 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 525. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the full details of the allocations under the 2017 round of the sports capital programme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49276/17]

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: According to the written response I got to a question about the number of posts, in 2016 there were 60 posts, and in 2017 the number had fallen back to 57. A Vision for Change recommended in 2006 that the number of posts for this area be 108. We are fortunate enough to have a consultant who is dealing with the cases as best he can. Quite recently he had to write to all the general...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: I thank the Minister of State for his response. It is very easy to criticise, but if I might make a suggestion, could a 24-hour helpline be introduced for GPs when young people - young children in some cases but also young adults - with their parents present with suicidal tendencies? At present these young people are referred to an accident and emergency department, which is totally...

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 32. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the number of community child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, posts in CHO 1 to reach the level recommended under A Vision for Change. [48217/17]

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the number of community child and adolescent mental health services posts in the CHO 1 area to reach the level recommended by A Vision for Change. Deputy Marc MacSharry and I have recently met several concerned parents in the region. There is a lot of frustration among parents of children who need to avail of these services which,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: As referred to by Deputy Martin Kenny, we had a respite house built specifically to cater for the people in the Sligo-Leitrim region. That house has now been closed down. It was being used for decongregation. The people who were availing of the service must now travel to Monaghan. It is a 170 km round trip from Sligo or that general area to Monaghan and even that service is no longer...

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: I have done that many times.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (14 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the eligibility details of the Brexit loan scheme; the rates that will be available; the loan limits that will apply to borrowers; when the scheme will open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47775/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (14 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the school transport scheme will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47948/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Refurbishment (14 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a structural engineer's report for the remedial work on Ballinamore courthouse, County Leitrim has been supplied to the Courts Service and Leitrim County Council; if not, when the report will be conducted and supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47995/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (14 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a person's (details supplied) 2017 ANC and BPS payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47658/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (9 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has received information regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim; if his attention has been drawn to the urgency of this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47410/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Severe Weather Events (8 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 48. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to establish a fodder aid scheme to assist persons in the north west in view of the adverse weather in autumn 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46954/17]