Results 2,761-2,780 of 4,673 for speaker:Seán Canney

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans being developed to entice emigrants to return to Ireland to join the workforce, especially in construction, in which there is a deficit in workers which will impact negatively on the capital programme from 2021 onwards. [14025/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 418. To ask the Minister for Finance when medical examinations for the disabled drivers' scheme will recommence given that many disabled persons are at a significant financial disadvantage due to the fact they are not currently able to access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13941/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 423. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request as a shareholder in a bank (details supplied) that it defer branch closures until the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. [13998/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 424. To ask the Minister for Finance the number or percentage of personal injury cases that do not go to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board by veto of the insurance companies. [14035/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 519. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to accelerate the roll-out of capital projects in view of the underspend in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14034/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 556. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific supports she will put in place to assist the 43 weekly newspapers nationwide whose advertising revenue has dropped due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14028/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for keeping private housing construction closed while repairs to social housing remain open in view of the fact that all housing is essential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14037/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 591. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider opening up private housing construction due to the fact that contracts for sale are signed and mortgages are in place, and if they expire the sales will fall through; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14038/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations Qualifications (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason registered quantity surveyors are still being required to provide qualifications beyond that intended by the Building Control Act 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14007/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the monitoring of CE certified materials being carried out on construction sites to ensure that the materials supplied are in fact CE certified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14508/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role building control units have in taking samples and testing samples of construction materials to ensure that they are CE certification compliant. [14509/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Functions (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 772. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if partial processing of foreign birth registrations can resume at level 5 given that many persons who submitted applications for foreign birth registrations from 1 February 2020 have not been corresponded with, and have included important personal documents such as passports along with the applications; if his Department will refund the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 861. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) with Down syndrome cannot go to school for even three hours a day with their SNA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14506/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the design team has been appointed for the new amalgamated national school for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13937/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13938/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 944. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to publish the Teaching Council’s checklist for Chinese language teachers to become registered with the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15769/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 945. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the recruitment of Chinese language teaching posts by an organisation (details supplied); and if the organisation will publish the criteria for teachers to qualify. [15771/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 979. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the application process for public services cards will reopen given that the current closure means that young people applying for their first full driver licence cannot apply for a test without a valid card and the lack of card processing availability is having a negative impact on their ability to obtain a full...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 981. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the negative effects that changes made to the partial capacity scheme are having on persons who have very significant impairments and who are trying to return to work for rehabilitative purposes; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that persons on an invalidity pension went...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 982. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered the effect that changes made to the partial capacity benefit regime in September 2020 are having on persons registered blind such as a person (details supplied) but who were on an invalidity pension as opposed to disability allowance or the blind pension prior to returning to work for rehabilitative...