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Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Hospital Services. (27 Mar 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: I raise this matter with the Minister of State because of the situation at the kidney dialysis unit at Sligo General Hospital, which facility is located in a house at the rear of the hospital. It is totally unsuitable and conditions are cramped. Until recently no advance could be made on the project. The nurses have now moved to the nursing school, as a result of which space has become...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: I welcome the Minister to the House. In getting the economy back on line it is important to be aware that the health of a nation has a direct impact on its economic health. When one falls ill one has a reasonable expectation of quality service and care. We have a multi-tiered health care system, public, private and marginalised. The latter have an income just a little over the eligibility...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: Deputy Ruairi Quinn two years ago made the startling admission that his failure as Minister for Finance to heed concerns expressed in regard to the future of our health services led to many of the difficulties which we now face.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: It is not. I will quote what he said.

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: Deputy Quinn stated: Just over six years ago, when there was a different Government in office, concerns about the future of the medical professions, particularly the nursing profession, were communicated to the Government and the Opposition. Certain predictions were made about the changes that would occur, especially with regard to the number of people coming into the nursing profession and...

Seanad: Health Services: Motion. (26 Mar 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: Many families who have children with special needs do not qualify for the medical card, a fact which is brought to my attention on a regular basis. I am sure other Senators and Deputies are made aware of it also. We must try to address that issue.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: I wish to share my time with Senator Brennan.

Seanad: Foreign Conflicts: Motion. (21 Mar 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: Reference has been made to the attitude of the media to the war. I visited America last week and have viewed much of the coverage. The depiction of war is similar to what can be seen in a "Star Wars" film or a video game. The portrayal in the media is wrong, although I exclude RTE from that because in its "Prime Time" programme last night, it presented a broad overview of what was happening,...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: County Sligo signed up to the Connacht waste management plan a number of years ago in the belief the plan would be implemented. The only landfill site we had in the county at that time has now been closed. Since then we have been held to ransom between counties Donegal and Mayo and wherever else we have to take our waste. We have four licensed refuse collectors in the county who are paying...

Seanad: Protection of the Environment Bill 2003: Committee Stage (Resumed). (5 Mar 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: They are not in place. The plans are on paper but they are not being implemented in the counties where they should be implemented.

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Feb 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: I support Senators Feighan and MacSharry in their concerns about the Sligo railway line. We have the best line in the country, about which there is no question, but the rolling stock is totally unsuitable. There are trains with no buffet car and no heating. As Senator MacSharry said, this is because of the age of the rolling stock. Senator O'Toole mentioned auctioneers. I also have some...

Seanad: Suicide Incidence: Statements. (27 Feb 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate. As the time is pushing on, I will be brief. I am a member of the North Western Health Board which has done a study on suicide over recent years. While the figure for the number of people who take their own lives is frightening, the study showed that it may not even be an accurate figure, that there may be even more people taking their...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Designated Areas. (25 Feb 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: I welcome the opportunity to speak on a matter which has arisen in my area. I refer to the need for the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to clarify the position on lands designated as special areas of conservation but not registered as such by the Land Registry. Following the purchase and reclamation of such lands, Dúchas is now insisting that they be returned to their...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Designated Areas. (25 Feb 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: He had been in ownership of the lands for approximately two months at that stage. The person from whom he purchased it had been living in America and would have had no knowledge of the SAC designation process.

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Feb 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: A constituent who is a farmer contacted me by telephone yesterday. A car pulled up beside him last Friday as he was doing drainage work on some land he bought recently. A man got out and read him his rights. The man told my constituent that if he wished to remain silent, that was fine. The individual in question was from the Dúchas office and the lands had apparently been designated as a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Feb 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: I can raise it on the Adjournment, but to be fair to the gentleman concerned, it is a little underhanded to deal in that fashion with somebody who is trying to improve his land.

Seanad: Order of Business. (18 Feb 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: I would like to get some answers.

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements. (18 Feb 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: I will be brief because I know that the House is pressed for time. I wish to share my time with Senator Leyden. I welcome the Minister to the House and commend his work over the past two years. There is no Minister with a better understanding of rural Ireland and its problems. The Minister introduced the CLÁR programme for areas that have suffered serious depopulation over the years. Thanks...

Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: I second the motion. Senators will be aware that the Irish economy is heavily reliant on our indigenous food industry. That our food industry is dependent on markets abroad is even more startlingly evident. We are self-sufficient in all of the major commodities. For example, we are over 1,000% self-sufficient in beef and almost 1,000% in butter. We must be able to market our produce abroad,...

Seanad: Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion. (12 Feb 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: Direct payments are the major part of most smaller farmers' income. The system of modulation proposed by the European Commission would reduce the direct payment to these farmers who may only receive over €5,000 in payments. Modulation could not be justified in these circumstances. Providing funding for rural development at the expense of farm incomes, which have always been the mainstay of...