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Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: I wish to speak to amendment No. 95 and the help-to-buy scheme. 6 o’clock I have continually said we should look at this in the context of expanding the scheme to include first-time buyers of properties that are vacant in our towns and villages. It is something we must examine. The housing market in this country is dysfunctional. The private sector is not building houses...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: I thank the Members who brought the motion before the House. As a Deputy living in and representing Galway East, I have received many letters and emails from student nurses and midwives and their parents and families, brothers and sisters, because we are simply doing something that is wrong. Many of the nurses who have contacted me are young people. They are the youth of our country and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 167. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the unacceptable waiting time of 82 weeks for an audiology appointment from the date of referral in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40658/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Global Footprint Initiative (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the status in relation to the Global Ireland Strategy; and when the next progress report is due. [38206/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Tyre Disposal (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to bring forward a second round of the amnesty for the collection of old tyres dumped illegally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39690/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to lower the threshold on tax free sales by non-EU tourists; and if so, the proposed lowest threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39668/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the bar on bus drivers over the age of 70 who are medically fit for work is discriminatory on age grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40285/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficult situation that pregnant teachers are experiencing due to differing advice from organisations (details supplied); the steps she will take to rectify the situation these teachers are in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39859/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 649. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the excessive delay in assessing children under the genetics team in Temple Street and Crumlin hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39670/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 683. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is advising that women who are 28 weeks pregnant continue to work as teachers in situations in which they cannot socially distance when organisations (details supplied) advise against doing so; if the HSE has updated its guidelines to take into account recent research on the subject; if his attention has been drawn to the quandary that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 691. To ask the Minister for Health when a vacant position for a dentist for the school dentistry service based in Tuam, County Galway, will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39890/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 737. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to pay student nurses for their work in hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40225/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 814. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that were ruled out of the ANC scheme due to the fact they did not meet the stocking density criteria in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40360/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 815. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of active herd numbers that were eligible under the ANC in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of active herd numbers that received payments in those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40361/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 819. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties facing forest owners with ask dieback disease (details supplied); his plans to introduce a scheme by which persons replacing diseased ash plantations with other tree species can get new long-term leases from his Department to ensure that they have ongoing incomes from the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to enter discussions with the President-elect of the United States of America, Mr. Joe Biden, on the issue of the difficulties facing undocumented Irish persons in the United States and in particular the progression of the E3 visa Bill through Congress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38205/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (26 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact on Irish tourism and the retail sector of the proposed changes in the retail export scheme in the Brexit omnibus Bill. [38204/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 191. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the recognition of the long-term effects of Covid-19; his plans to introduce support for patients affected by the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38926/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Wage Subsidy Scheme (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a problem being faced by education and training board part-time tutors seeking to access the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details supplied); his views on whether the current situation is unfair on part-time employees of ETBs; his plans to address the inequality in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 280. To ask the Minister for Finance if the four-year rule for claiming tax credits has been revised in view of the fact that many business persons face large fines and penalties from the Revenue Commissioners relating to multiple years and there is a large discrepancy between the Revenue Commissioners' willingness to provide repayments limited only to four years while seeking to recoup...