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Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (16 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 9. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any of the Garda station closures in counties Sligo and Leitrim are likely to be reversed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40457/16]

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (16 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: I ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice if any Garda station closures in counties Sligo and Leitrim are likely to be reversed and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (16 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: I am aware that the Government has asked the Commissioner to consider opening six Garda stations, both urban and rural. Does the Tánaiste have any idea whether the Commissioner has indicated when this might happen? Some of the stations closed in south Sligo, such as those in Aclare, Bunnanaddan and Coolaney, are now being covered by Tobercurry. The Garda station in Tobercurry is...

Other Questions: Garda Station Closures (16 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: The Tánaiste might revert to me when she has some information in that regard.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (16 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a list of all Garda stations closed in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal since January 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40558/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Contracts (16 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurologists that are currently employed and serving the north west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40557/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Appeals (16 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the process of an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied); when the hearing might take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40999/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (16 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the process of an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied); when the hearing might take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41002/16]

Questions on Proposed Legislation (13 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: I am referring to leaving certificate applied courses.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (13 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: In Leitrim.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (13 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: He lives in Leitrim.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (13 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: There was none last year.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (13 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: Page 79 of the programme for Government reads, "we must ensure that every young person leaving school can move seamlessly to a job, training or education, no-one [should have to] graduate onto welfare". Yesterday, I received a letter from a concerned parent in south Leitrim whose child attends school there and whose educational psychologist has recommended that the child should do a leaving...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (13 Dec 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: 650. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department and IDA Ireland have identified a client to invest in the new facility at the Finisklin industrial estate in County Sligo which is due for completion at the end of 2016; when an announcement is expected regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39963/16]

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...