Results 1-13 of 13 for rural transport speaker:Eamon Scanlon

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Apr 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: ...are withdrawn, but at a cost to me and everybody else in this country in terms of high premiums. That is wrong. Motor insurance was mentioned as well, particularly for young people who live in rural areas. The Minister, Deputy Flanagan, comes form a rural constituency and he knows exactly what I am talking about. There are many young people living in rural areas who, thankfully, are...

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Jul 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: ...are many very good young people out there who are willing to work. They can buy a car, but cannot pay for the insurance. That is the unfortunate, sad thing. I come from south Sligo, which is a rural constituency, much like that of the Minister of State. If people want to get to work they have to get a lift from someone who is travelling close to their work, or a lift from their...

Roads Maintenance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2018)

Eamon Scanlon: ...on roads in each county from 2013 to 2016 was, on average, 48% less than what was needed to keep roads in good condition. That is according to the steady-state estimates from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. In its strategic framework for investment in land transport, the Department estimates that an annual investment of €580 million is required to maintain the...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: ...I appreciate that slight changes were made in the budget to help self-employed people who find themselves in difficult circumstances because of the recession or for other reasons. I come from a rural constituency and there were community welfare officers in the community until quite recently. Community welfare officers attended my home town of Ballymote and nearby places such as Glebe...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: ...auctioneering that banks are very selective in whom they lend to. KBC advertise night and day on television but it does not say it is only lending in Dublin, Cork or Galway. It does not say that it will not lend to people in rural areas; it is a fact that it does not. It is time the banks were brought to heel, of that there is no question. The tenant purchase scheme has been debated in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (11 Jul 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: ...where they know absolutely nobody and they have no connection with it in terms of sports, football etc. It is very wrong and the matter should be considered. It should be recognised that the school transport scheme has done a fantastic job as 116,000 children were transported to school last year. It has operated over 50 years and given people an opportunity they would never have had to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Feb 2017)

Eamon Scanlon: ...Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine are meeting the 16 staff in question at the moment. If this facility were to close, it would be poor and very unfair because dead animals would have to be transported hundreds of miles across the country. Such a decision would fly in the face of the rural action plan that was launched on 23 January last. This is the only facility of its...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (24 Nov 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: My issue relates to page 50 of the programme for Government, which reads, "We recognise the value and benefit of rural transport to many communities, in particular for older people vulnerable to social isolation". Yesterday, my local newspaper, The Sligo Champion, which has existed for more than 200 years, ran two banner headlines. One read: "End of the line for Sligo Rail?". The other...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: ...of the planning regulator functions and powers prescribed by the Bill may not make it an effective overseer of the national planning strategy. For example, the regulator is given no role in overseeing executive transport planning agencies, including the National Transport Authority, NTA, and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII. The rationale given by Mahon for establishing the planning...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Eamon Scanlon: ...increase the fund, we will eventually solve the problem. The targeted USC cuts of 0.5% across the rates are welcome as is the increase and reactivation of the CLÁR and RAPID programmes. I also welcome the expansion of the rural social schemes with 500 new places. I am very much aware of people in rural Ireland who may live alone and who are in their late 30s. For the sake of their...

Seanad: Appropriation Act 2006: Statements (13 Feb 2007)

Eamon Scanlon: ..., farmers are being paid not much more than half of what they were paid 20 years ago. Subsidies have increased, which was necessary, but we must carefully monitor the operation of the fund or rural life will suffer. We must recognise the improvements that have taken place to our roads, particularly in the past seven or eight years. I regularly use the N4, which now has a dual carriageway...

Seanad: Energy Strategy: Motion. (17 May 2006)

Eamon Scanlon: ...in more than 10,000 homes. Biofuels are being developed because we need to decrease our dependence on fossil fuels. Growing energy crops for the development of biofuels offers new opportunities to rural communities and economies. Irish agriculture has a major role to play in the development of a sustainable bio-energy industry. I commend the Ministers for Agriculture and Food and...

Seanad: Insurance Industry Reform: Motion. (5 Nov 2003)

Eamon Scanlon: ...in this proposal, but my colleagues and I would spend Christmas Day here if I thought we could enact these proposals even an hour sooner. Motor insurance is not a luxury for young people in rural parts of the State. These young people are fortunate enough to have jobs now and they need transport to get to work. They have no DART, taxis or buses so the only way they can get to work is by...