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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: A total of 6,840 farmers are involved.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I have 100 people waiting-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Nov 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has selected 6,840 farmers for remote sensing inspections. The farming community has no issue with that, but it does have an issue with the fact that farmers have to submit their applications before 15 May. They have a few days to sort out their applications and if they go over that, they are penalised. The areas of national constraint,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the list of successful applications for the summer works scheme 2020 will be published. [44495/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (5 Nov 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 460. To ask the Minister for Health if travel passes are accepted on LocalLink transport services for persons attending HSE day services; his views on whether it is acceptable for persons with disabilities to pay €4 daily for transport in counties Sligo and Leitrim when the free travel pass is accepted on all LocalLink services in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (5 Nov 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 666. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for reimbursement under the cross-border directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45247/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 1015. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful category 1 projects from the second call of the rural regeneration development fund will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44512/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 1101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied). [45252/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (5 Nov 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 1102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45267/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Promotion (5 Nov 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 1210. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider relaunching the heritage town programme or similar to promote rural towns and villages and in effort to decentralise tourism; if consideration has been given to increasing the number of heritage officers and offices in rural towns and villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44900/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (22 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the interdepartmental review of community employment schemes will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43101/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: Yesterday, Deputy Micheál Martin raised the issue of cutbacks in disability payments. The Taoiseach denied it, but I do not know how he could do so when the rehabilitative training allowance of €31.80 for people with disabilities was wiped out. To add insult to injury, participants are now being asked to pay €20 per week. In my book, that is a €2,500 cut for the...

Social Welfare Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I am delighted to speak on the Bill. I should declare that I was self-employed from 6 September 1974, 41 years ago, until the point at which I was fortunate enough that the people of Sligo-Leitrim elected me to this House. We do not really appreciate the amount of employment created by self-employed people or the amount of work they do. According to the CSO, there are more than 250,000...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: A similar situation to that described by the Deputies pertains in the north west, including in Sligo, Leitrim, north Roscommon and south Donegal. Farmers cannot even walk on the land due to the amount of rain over the past two months in particular. There will be an animal welfare issue if the Minister does not extend the date and give farmers an opportunity to get slurry out of sheds.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (15 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the reintroduction of a rural environmental protection scheme will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41380/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the incentives and schemes in place to encourage young persons to take up farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41381/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (15 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 445. To ask the Minister for Health the plans and measures in place for increases in podiatry services in County Sligo; if the lack of services and facilities in Sligo town will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42152/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (15 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 446. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for a podiatry appointment in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42155/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Data (15 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the length of time it takes to complete a remote sensing eligibility inspection with respect to the basic payment areas of natural constraint schemes; the length of time following finalisation payments due will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41627/19]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Hospitals Building Programme (10 Oct 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: I thank the Minister for his response. As he knows, our hospital is one of the worst in the country at this stage for patients on trolleys. It is important, therefore, that the issue be followed up as quickly as possible.