Results 1-20 of 62 for long speaker:Eamon Scanlon

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects Status (11 Dec 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: ...to Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, this section of road is recognised as a collision-prone zone. The zoned area is called HD 15. It is a straight stretch of road on the N4 about two miles long. When cars are turning right and crossing the L1015 Cootehall Road and the main road to Drumshanbo, or the L1024 Crohan Road, the main road to Roscommon, drivers are taking their lives in...

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: ...and his wife and family. Proper consultative mechanisms need to be put in place with the local community before it is decided to open a direct provision centre in any area. To bring people along and get buy-in from them, one must keep them apprised of what is going on. Locals have genuine concerns about the ability of their area to serve additional people and those concerns should be...

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

Eamon Scanlon: ...a deal. When we reflect on the number of people employed by these companies across the country, we must hope they will not need to the supports in question. I hope we will have a deal before too long. It is important to recognise the contribution made by small employers who employ seven, eight or nine people in shops and other businesses in small towns throughout rural Ireland. If...

Special Educational Needs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: ...to where they will be looked after well and where they feel wanted and supported by other people like them with whom they work. Like the Minister, I have been around the Houses of the Oireachtas for a long time. He and I arrived here on the same day. This is the most mean-spirited cut I have witnessed since then. I am proud to be a member of a party which is committed to the removal of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: ...is 9.1 weeks. I made an appeal on behalf of a constituent on 12 March, 14 weeks ago. I rang the appeals office this morning and discovered it had not even received the file yet. When I asked how long it would take to process after it got the file and I was told it could be up to three months. That is 26 weeks or six months.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Patient Transport Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: ...patient going to hospital for a series of daily treatments over a number of days or weeks. On average they receive 25 sessions. For cancer patients in the north west, treatment involves a very long road trip. Some will travel 600 km in a week to get to the nearest cancer centre and back home again. Most patients travel to University Hospital Galway but others need to travel to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 372. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre device will be made available on the long-term illness scheme for type 1 diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26266/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (15 May 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 167. To ask the Minister for Health when the Medtronic 670 g pump will be approved, which has potential long-term benefits to type 1 diabetics and significant long-term health cost savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20986/19]

Management Fees (Local Property Tax) Relief Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: ...tax relief for homeowners who are paying management fees and is one of a suite of measures that Fianna Fáil proposes to help people living in multi-unit developments. This is practical and long overdue legislation. The Government has continually neglected these owners and their issues, despite the fact that more than 500,000 people live in these types of properties. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (29 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 408. To ask the Minister for Health if access under the long-term illness scheme will be expanded to include all persons with ulcerative colitis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4224/19]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (22 Jan 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: .... The people being affected by this anti-social behaviour are usually elderly. They are truly afraid to say or report anything. This issue must be examined carefully and addressed. Currently, it takes too long to deal with anti-social behaviour, which is unfair on many of the people affected. I wish to raise a further issue, one that I have raised previously and that my colleague...

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Dec 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: .... Vimizim is by no means a cure for the rare Morquio disease but it has increasingly enhanced the quality of lives and ensured people have more energy and improved health. The disease causes lifelong problems including heart disease, skeletal abnormalities, vision and hearing loss and respiratory issues. Vimizim is the only medicine available to treat the condition. It replaces the...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: ...themselves cannot correspond with them because the funds will not speak to them either. In the meantime these funds are charging 7% interest on overdrawn mortgages. People defaulted somewhere along the line and the funds are charging them whatever they like. In the meantime property prices are going up as well. People are being attacked from all sides, and the banks do not care. There...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (13 Nov 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 375. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre sensor will be made available on the long-term illness scheme for type 1 diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46818/18]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Improvement Schemes (7 Nov 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: ...which I will give to the Minister when I finish. According to TII, this section of road is recognised as a collision-prone zone, HD15. It is a straight stretch of the N4 that is perhaps two miles long. When cars are turning right and crossing the L1015, Cootehall road, the main road to Drumshanbo, or the L1024, Croghan road, the main road to Roscommon town, the drivers are taking their...

Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Oct 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: ...as well. My colleague referred to the distance people have to travel to be tested. When an assault happens, it is very unfair that on top of all the distress these people suffer, they must take a long journey and travel, in the case of Sligo, to Letterkenny or perhaps Dublin. It depends whether it is a weekend or whatever. That is not good enough. I commend my colleague, Deputy...

Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (19 Sep 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: ...happen again. Afterwards, what I could not believe was the difficulty the Kivlehan and Rowlette families had and the trauma they went through to try to ensure inquests were held. It took a long time to ensure they were held. Those families had to go through a lot of unnecessary hardship to get what should be a natural right. After that, Sean Rowlette mentioned to me that Deputy...

Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Jul 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: ...insurance companies have been mentioned. The Insurance (Amendment) Bill must come before the House in order that we can debate this issue. Insurance companies have been ripping people off for too long and it is costing jobs. If they get their way on this issue, it will close down small garages throughout the country and cause a loss of revenue for the Exchequer. It will also devalue...

Fodder Shortage: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: ...the great announcement during the week of the deal that will see €100 million from China. However, I put it to the Minister that suckler cow farmers do not get support. They have been calling for a long time, through the IFA and ourselves, for a €200 suckler grant per cow to keep these people in business. Otherwise there will be no beef to export anywhere. That is the sad...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (29 Mar 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: 258. To ask the Minister for Health when the review of pricing system for long-term residential care facilities will be published as recommended within the review of the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14515/18]