Parliamentary questions

TAMS Appeals

Eamon Scanlon

468. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the process of an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied); when the hearing might take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40999/16]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Eamon Scanlon

469. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite the process of an oral hearing in the case of a person (details supplied); when the hearing might take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41002/16]

Foreign Direct Investment

Eamon Scanlon

650. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department and IDA Ireland have identified a client to invest in the new facility at the Finisklin industrial estate in County Sligo which is due for completion at the end of 2016; when an announcement is expected regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39963/16]

Departmental Staff Redeployment

Eamon Scanlon

124. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason there was a need to tender out employment programmes to private sector companies (details supplied) when his Department integrated 2,000 trained and experienced FÁS staff; the reason these skilled staff could not continue to work with the unemployed at no extra cost to the State; the amount JobPath has cost the State to date; the amount per year since its inception to 2016; the projected budget to be allocated to the JobPath programme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39366/16]

JobsIreland Service

Eamon Scanlon

125. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the JobsIreland website has been down since July 2016; if his Department will address service issues as the site was the main tool which community employment schemes used to advertise and recruit from; his views on the fact that this has had and is having a negative impact on community employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39371/16]

Vaccination Programme

Eamon Scanlon

236. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in a four-year clinical trial by a company (details supplied) one in 40 trial participants reported a serious adverse event after taking the Gardasil HPV vaccine and that one in 30 reported a new autoimmune condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39147/16]

Vaccination Programme

Eamon Scanlon

237. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if he has considered the fact that Gardasil got CDC fast-track approval and underwent a mere six months of human trial research and that subjects were only followed for five to 15 days in the safety studies and only 1,200 girls under 16 years of age participated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39131/16]

Vaccination Programme

Eamon Scanlon

238. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health his views on the official reason for the HSE withholding the list of known debilitating and long-term side effects from the HPV vaccine information literature due to the fact the average adult reading age is 12 years old; the reason parents are not advised regarding the risk of long-term, chronic and life-changing side effects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39151/16]

Vaccination Programme

Eamon Scanlon

239. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health his views on the petition against the HPV vaccine initiated by Carlos Alvarez-Dardet, former President of the European Public Health Association and adviser to the WHO, who is calling for an immediate stop to the vaccine; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in France, Michèle Ravasi MEP has compiled a large petition with hundreds of physicians' signatures calling for a moratorium on the HPV vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39148/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Eamon Scanlon

8. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the increase in home help hours the Sligo-Leitrim local health area can expect in 2017. [38029/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Eamon Scanlon

95. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason for the 162% increase in inpatient and day case waiting lists in Sligo University Hospital since April 2014, significantly ahead of the national average increase of 57%. [38028/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Eamon Scanlon

157. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 19 October 2016, if his Department has made contact with the education and training board in respect of a proposal submitted by a school (details supplied) to purchase an adjoining site for development; when the school can expect a decision in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38145/16]

Community Services Programme

Eamon Scanlon

91. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of first-time applications submitted seeking funding from the community services programme in the past 12 months; if there are plans to increase the number of community services programme funded projects; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37820/16]

State Pension (Contributory)

Eamon Scanlon

102. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the inequality experienced by persons that fall short of the number of PRSI contributions to qualify for a full State pension and are then refused the non-contributory State pension based on their spouse’s income; when he will address this inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37845/16]

Homemakers Scheme

Eamon Scanlon

103. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will apply the homemaker's credits to persons who were homemakers pre-1994 in view of the fact that not doing so ultimately results in older persons being dependent on the lower-rate non-contributory pension or as qualified adults on their spouse's contributory pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37846/16]

Departmental Bodies Expenditure

Eamon Scanlon

301. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total grant aid paid to An Taisce by his Department in each year from 2010 to 2016, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37607/16]

Departmental Bodies Data

Eamon Scanlon

706. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total overall amount paid in grant aid to An Taisce from 2010 to 2016, inclusive; and for each year respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37605/16]

Post Office Closures

Eamon Scanlon

138. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of post office closures in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal in each of the years 2012 to 2016; the number of closures pending in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36452/16]

Post Office Network

Eamon Scanlon

139. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the An Post branches in County Sligo offering full services; the An Post agents operating sub-post offices services in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36486/16]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Eamon Scanlon

198. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a request to his Department for an oral hearing by a person (details supplied) will be held before the end of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36500/16]