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Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Vehicle Registration
Eamon Scanlon
260. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance his plans to address concerns that VRT will be increased in budget 2020; his views on the fact that the last major upheaval of VRT cost the motor industry tens of thousands of jobs and saw more than 150 long-standing family businesses close; his further views as to whether sudden taxation changes will cost jobs and slow down the drive to reduce emissions from transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34302/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Vehicle Registration
Eamon Scanlon
262. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Finance if he will adjust the VRT bands in the forthcoming budget to take into account the differences between the old test and the new test; if he will equalise the VRT system for new and used vehicles and reach climate change goals in a planned, measured and realistic way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34327/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Summer Works Scheme Applications
Eamon Scanlon
343. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a summer works scheme application by a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; when a decision is expected on 2020 applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31517/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Garda Station Refurbishment
Eamon Scanlon
657. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the upgrade of Tubbercurry Garda station, County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33397/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Garda Stations
Eamon Scanlon
913. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of the new Garda regional headquarters in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33437/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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IDA Ireland Site Visits
Eamon Scanlon
1014. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits that have taken place in each county to date over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33425/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Home Help Service Provision
Eamon Scanlon
1237. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the status of an application for additional home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32223/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Home Care Packages Provision
Eamon Scanlon
1377. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of home support hours available for older persons in counties Sligo and Leitrim; his plans to deal with the continued increases in persons waiting for homecare support and an increase in their home support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32690/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Home Care Packages Data
Eamon Scanlon
1378. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon on waiting lists for home support services; the waiting time for same in each county; the number of persons in the counties on waiting lists for an increase in their home support; the waiting time for an approved increase in supports to be in place in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32691/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Home Help Service Data
Eamon Scanlon
1379. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting zero to three, three to six and six to 12 months respectively, for an approved increase in their home help services in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32692/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Health Promotion
Eamon Scanlon
1386. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to erect signage drawing the attention of persons to ticks and Lyme disease nationally; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ticks are widespread throughout the countryside and in areas of rough vegetation and forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32724/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
Eamon Scanlon
1552. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents waiting for an appointment for child and adolescent mental health services in community healthcare organisation 1, CHO1, to date by periods (details supplied); the number of priority cases in each period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33399/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data
Eamon Scanlon
1553. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for a consultant psychiatrist in child and adolescent mental health services in community healthcare organisation 1, CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33400/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Respite Care Services Provision
Eamon Scanlon
1554. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the disparity in the provision of respite care in the north west; the number of respite care facilities operating in community healthcare organisation 1, CHO1, for children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33401/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Eamon Scanlon
1555. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health when the fair deal changes for farming families will be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33402/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Eamon Scanlon
1556. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the action being taken to address waiting times for orthopaedic procedures in the north-west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33403/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists
Eamon Scanlon
1557. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for speech and language, psychology and occupational therapy services in CHO1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33404/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Home Help Service Data
Eamon Scanlon
1561. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for a homecare package in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon; the number of persons on a waiting list for an increase in home support hours in each county; the number waiting zero to three, three to six and six to 12 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33424/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Hospitals Building Programme
Eamon Scanlon
1563. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed capital developments at Sligo University Hospital, St. Patrick’s Hospital, Carrick-on-Shannon, St John's Hospital, Sligo, and the North West Hospice, Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33430/19]
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Primary Care Centres Provision
Eamon Scanlon
1564. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the status of plans for new primary care centres in Carrick-on-Shannon, Drumcliffe, Grange, Nazareth House, Sligo town and Tubbercurry, County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33431/19]