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Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: I want to convey to the Minister what happened in Sligo two and half weeks ago. A young girl - a healthy young woman - was out for a meal with her friends. She collapsed with excruciating pain in her head and was admitted to Sligo University Hospital at 8 p.m. Nothing happened until 8 o'clock the following morning. I do not know what happened there, quite honestly, but I ask that the...

Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: I would like to share time with Deputies Eugene Murphy and Fiona O'Loughlin.

Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: I congratulate Deputy Willie O'Dea on proposing this Bill, which will provide greater pension protection for employees and ensure solvent employers are not able to walk away from their obligations. In 2014, an OECD report highlighted the need for beneficiaries to receive greater protection when defined benefit schemes wind up. According to the OECD report:Another weakness of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 576. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he will take to speed up the roll-out of the national broadband plan; if he will increase the standards as set by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5991/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Data (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that was allocated to tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5564/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Data (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions that were allocated by his Department in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5554/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Data (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that was allocated to tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016 in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5555/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Tourism Data (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the body or agency under the aegis of his Department which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5562/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 17 January 2017, if his Department will intervene and ensure that the course is made available to students for the 2017 to 2018 academic year in schools in north and south Leitrim; if he will address the discrepancy which currently exists in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults who have been waiting less than three months, between three and six months, between six and nine months, between nine and 18 months and more than 18 months for occupational therapy with occupational therapy services in County Sligo, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5542/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have been waiting less than three months, between three and six months, between six and nine months, between nine and 18 months and more than 18 months for occupational therapy with occupational therapy services in County Sligo, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5543/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in the public health system in County Sligo; if there are any vacancies for occupational therapists in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5544/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 433. To ask the Minister for Health when works are due to commence on the new extension to a building (details supplied) in County Sligo; the proposed completion date of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5713/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 434. To ask the Minister for Health when works are due to commence on the new acute mental health building at Sligo University Hospital; the proposed completion date of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5714/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Properties (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the associated costs to his Department in terms of landscaping for locations (details supplied), for each of the years from 2013 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5985/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Agreements (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken to ensure that unlawful discrimination is not being undertaken or facilitated at Irish airports through the application of President Trump's policy in preclearance areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5846/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Agreements (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures the Government is taking to ensure that international refugee law is not subverted through the application of President Trump's policy in preclearance areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5847/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Agreements (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the mechanisms in place to ensure Ireland’s obligations under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the European Convention on Human Rights and other applicable international law are fully complied with in preclearance areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5848/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Agreements (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the procedures for withdrawal from the preclearance agreement and basis upon which withdrawal would be contemplated by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5849/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Policy (7 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the body or agency under the aegis of his Department which has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here. [5563/17]