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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (8 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will allocate funding to a group sewage scheme (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12247/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (8 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he will allocate funding to a group sewage scheme (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12248/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Prison Service will recruit staff in the near future; the procedures to be used; her views on the fact that applicants that already hold the relevant custodial care qualification must go through stages one and two of the recruitment process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11476/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (7 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 384. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Action Plan for Rural Development involves a commitment to provide grant assistance to persons that wish to renovate the second floor of a house into an apartment and refurbish residential and non-residential buildings in rural communities; if so, the details of the grant aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Community Rating (7 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 525. To ask the Minister for Health the reason previous health insurance cover taken out in other countries, for example the UK, is not taken into consideration with respect to the lifetime community rating that is applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11487/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (7 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 633. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to a person (details supplied) who must be transported by ambulance for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12156/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (7 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 663. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the acute bed capacity of Sligo University Hospital. [12087/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (7 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 664. To ask the Minister for Health the procedures in place for transporting private and non-private nursing home residents by ambulance for emergency and non-emergency treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12042/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (7 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 675. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is accepting submissions from the public on the network of regional veterinary laboratories; if so, the date from which the consultation has been open to submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11320/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (2 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 269. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount it costs to remedy a recent design fault in the newly designed category four high containment laboratory at the Backweston facility in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10806/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (2 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 279. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on a piece of equipment called maldi-TOF in the regional veterinary laboratory at Backweston facility; when this piece of equipment was purchased; if it is in daily use; the number of samples tested on it on a daily basis; if full time staff are working on the instrument; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Laboratory Facilities (2 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 280. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to any perceived problem at the Dublin regional veterinary post mortem facility at Backweston; if so, the costs spent to remedy it; his plans to remedy same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10945/17]

Insurance Industry: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: Fianna Fáil has identified 23 insurance companies regulated in other European jurisdictions but allowed to sell motor insurance to Irish customers. These companies are similar to Setanta Insurance and Enterprise Insurance which collapsed last year, affecting 14,000 motor insurance customers with over €6 million in claims outstanding. The liquidator for Setanta Insurance has said...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (1 Mar 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding under the summer works scheme by a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in September 2016 a senior environmental health officer found sanitary accommodations servicing all classes to be no longer fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10719/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mobile Telephony Services (28 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 751. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the programme for Government commitments relating to improving mobile phone coverage in Leitrim village and surrounding areas; the efforts being taken by mobile phone operators to substantially increase coverage in Leitrim; the timeframe for actions in this area; and if he will make a statement on the...

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: I wish to raise an issue I have raised with the Minister on a number of occasions previously. In fairness, I am aware that the Minister of State is doing his best to resolve the matter. It relates to a facility built in Sligo to cater for adults and young people and provide respite care for parents and families. The facility was built at a cost of €1.2 million six years ago. There...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: A promise was made.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: There are six veterinary laboratories throughout the country. They are located in Sligo, Athlone, Kilkenny, Limerick, Cork and Backweston, where, incidentally, €260,000 has been spent on landscaping in the past four years. In 2015, the Sligo laboratory catered for 3,140 post mortems and 26,500 samples were presented for diagnostic testing. Sixteen people are employed at the facility,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Courses (22 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: 221. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 15 February 2017, if he will ensure that the green cert courses will continue past the 2017-2019 timeframe he has outlined; if he will provide a list of locations in which green cert courses will be delivered in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8941/17]

Public Services and Procurement (Social Value) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak to this very important Bill and thank Deputy Frank O'Rourke for bringing it before the Dáil. Following an initial period of fear in the aftermath of the Brexit vote, small business owners in Ireland are entering an extremely uncertain cycle. Considering that more than 900,000 people are employed nationally in SMEs, every support and...