Results 1-7 of 7 for 5 million speaker:Eamon Scanlon
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages Provision (14 May 2019)
Eamon Scanlon: ...seven days a week. The Minister of State is right that every year the funding has increased but it is still not sufficient to meet the demand that exists. The Minister of State spoke about 205 people waiting. That is actually 205 families waiting for some help and support so they can bring their loved ones home, where they want to keep them and where they want to be themselves, and...
- Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)
Eamon Scanlon: ...UK exiting the EU. We are all hopeful of a Brexit deal and it is in the interest of the island of Ireland that we get one. We have secured an increase in the social housing budget and a €310 million package for an affordable housing scheme over the next three years. This will be aimed at families and individuals who are above the social housing thresholds but cannot afford to...
- Gambling Control Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2018)
Eamon Scanlon: ...of gambling losses in the world. We lose about €470 per adult per year in different forms of gambling. The latest figures from 2016 show that losses in Ireland are €2.1 billion, with over €5 billion gambled. That is a profit of €2.9 billion for the gambling industry. Over 40,000 people in Ireland are known to have a gambling addiction, with single men under...
- Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: ...be backdated to prior to 1994, it could be a help and would go a long way to alleviate the difficulties being felt by those affected. The young farmers' scheme from the national reserve was a fund of €25 million that was introduced in 2015 to support the farming community, in particular young, trained and qualified farmers. Based on that 2015 funding commitment many young...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Oct 2017)
Eamon Scanlon: Page 108 in the programme for Government deals with agriculture and the aims of the Food Wise programme for the period 2020 to 2025, which are to increase the value of exports by 85% to €19 billion, increase value-added product by 70% to €13 billion, increase the value of primary production by 65% to €10 billion and support the creation of 23,000 jobs in the agrifood...
- Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)
Eamon Scanlon: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak on the budget. There are parts of the budget I welcome, including the €5 increase in the pension, the €5 increase in working-age payments and the new €15 million national treatment purchase fund. While the €15 million will help, it is insufficient to make inroads into the waiting lists. There are many people waiting for...
- Court Accommodation. (25 Feb 2010)
Eamon Scanlon: ...opportunity to speak on it. As Deputy Perry said, Ballymote court has been operating for more than 100 years. Quite recently a new Garda headquarters was built in Ballymote at a cost of almost â¬5 million. At the moment there are 34 gardaÃ, four sergeants and one superintendent. It covers a vast area from Enniscrone right across to Carrick-on-Shannon in the south. The courts operate...