Results 1,321-1,340 of 1,852 for speaker:Eamon Scanlon

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Staff Redeployment (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 124. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason there was a need to tender out employment programmes to private sector companies (details supplied) when his Department integrated 2,000 trained and experienced FÁS staff; the reason these skilled staff could not continue to work with the unemployed at no extra cost to the State; the amount Jobpath has cost the State to date; the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobsIreland Service (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the JobsIreland website has been down since July 2016; if his Department will address service issues as the site was the main tool which community employment schemes used to advertise and recruit from; his views on the fact that this has had and is having a negative impact on community employment;...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: An Bord Pleanála comes under the planning and development aspect of the Bill.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: This is where I am coming from.

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: Given I have the time, as background, this application was made to Sligo County Council more than a year ago. After much discussion and debate, permission was granted. An Taisce and another objector appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanála and the board raised certain issues and refused permission. These issues, which related to landscaping and the colour of buildings etc., were...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I will discuss some of its provisions but also broader issues that will help in the delivery of jobs and rural development, which is a significant issue nationally and, more specifically, in the north west. I commend Focus Ireland on its campaign that involved 40,000 e-mails being sent to Members on behalf of the 20 families who become...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 236. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in a four-year clinical trial by a company (details supplied) one in 40 trial participants reported a serious adverse event after taking the Gardasil HPV vaccine and that one in 30 reported a new autoimmune condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39147/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 237. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the fact that Gardasil got CDC fast-track approval and underwent a mere six months of human trial research and that subjects were only followed for five to 15 days in the safety studies and only 1,200 girls under 16 years of age participated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39131/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 238. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the official reason for the HSE withholding the list of known debilitating and long-term side effects from the HPV vaccine information literature due to the fact the average adult reading age is 12 years old; the reason parents are not advised regarding the risk of long-term, chronic and life changing side effects; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 239. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the petition against the HPV vaccine initiated by Carlos Alvarez-Dardet, former President of the European Public Health Association and adviser to the WHO, who is calling for an immediate stop to the vaccine; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in France, Michèle Ravasi MEP has compiled a large petition with hundreds of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (1 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 8. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours the Sligo-Leitrim local health area can expect in 2017. [38029/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 95. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the 162% increase in inpatient and day case waiting lists in Sligo University Hospital since April 2014, significantly ahead of the national average increase of 57%. [38028/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 19 October 2016, if his Department has made contact with the education and training board in respect of a proposal submitted by a school (details supplied) to purchase an adjoining site for development; when the school can expect a decision in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Services Programme (30 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 91. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of first-time applications submitted seeking funding from the community services programme in the past 12 months; if there are plans to increase the number of community services programme funded projects; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37820/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (30 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 102. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the inequality experienced by persons that fall short of the number of PRSI contributions to qualify for a full State pension and are then refused the non-contributory State pension based on their spouse’s income; when he will address this inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37845/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Home-makers Scheme (30 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 103. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will apply the homemaker's credits to persons that were home makers pre-1994 in view of the fact that not doing so ultimately results in older persons being dependent on the lower rate non-contributory pension or as qualified adults on their spouse's contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37846/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (29 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total grant aid paid to An Taisce by his Department in each year from 2010 to 2016, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37607/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Bodies Data (29 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 706. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total overall amount paid by way of grant aid to An Taisce from 2010 to 2016; and for each year respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37605/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (24 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: My issue relates to page 50 of the programme for Government, which reads, "We recognise the value and benefit of rural transport to many communities, in particular for older people vulnerable to social isolation". Yesterday, my local newspaper, The Sligo Champion, which has existed for more than 200 years, ran two banner headlines. One read: "End of the line for Sligo Rail?". The other...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Post Office Closures (23 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 138. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of post office closures in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal in each of the years 2012 to 2016; the number of closures pending in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36452/16]