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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Regional Development (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to put in place the programme for Government commitments to regional development (details supplied); the way in which he plans to address regional inequality; if a commitment will be given to a policy of positive discrimination in the upcoming review of the National Development Plan 2018-2027; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rural Recreation Policy (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views in relation to a request by an organisation (details supplied) for an extension to the pheasant shooting season into February 2021 due to the current Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38091/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the long-term impact of the charge of €30 per square metre that Transport Infrastructure Ireland has introduced for each square metre of road carriageway opened; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this cost does not qualify for grant assistance from his Department; if his attention has been...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider amending the current means-tested disability allowance regime to allow persons with a disability to access payments in their own right (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38345/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the current implementation of the saver clause in community employment schemes which states that participants who commenced on community employment prior to 3 July 2017 will be entitled to remain under their existing community employment eligibility rules in which this is to their advantage; if it is more...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to cut off new applicants for the pandemic unemployment payment from 1 January 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38802/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a problem that has arisen for veterinary students studying in Poland trying to access SUSI grants for the final one and a half years of their degree course; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the five and a half year course is a degree programme comprised of 330 ECTS and is being treated...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 800. To ask the Minister for Health his views on making the drug dupilumab available for persons living with severe atopic eczema; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the drug has been available in Northern Ireland and throughout Europe for over two years but is not yet available to the 150 to 200 persons that suffer with this type of eczema in Ireland; when a decision will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 944. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the call by an association (details supplied) to be included in the modifications to restrictions to allow it to commence its activities in a controlled safe manner for the wellbeing of all participants. [38801/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 845. To ask the Minister for Health the longest time that a child has been waiting for a MRI scan in UHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38343/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 853. To ask the Minister for Health when a psychology assessment will take place for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38356/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Vacant Properties (24 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 992. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to introduce a scheme of supports to incentivise young persons to purchase vacant properties in towns and villages as their first homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37979/20]

Rural and Community Development: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: When we talk about regional development, the programme for Government is laced with the issue of regional development. I want to bring that closer to home and comment on what is actually happening. If we take the north and west region, which consists of eight counties, namely, Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal, it has the highest level of regional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: I thank Professor Quinn. I hope everything is well in Galway. I will be down there tomorrow night. I ask him to keep it safe for me. His opening remarks were very critical in terms of the language he used. As the Chairman said, there are many lines we can take from it for the committee. One of my questions also concerns what Deputy Hourigan said about measuring progress. Last week, we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. To be clear, I am not advocating that we change anything. I, too, acknowledge that the people of this country have made a huge sacrifice, and continue to do so, and that all the restrictions that are there are necessary. I would also say that what we saw at the weekend, with crowds gathering, is unacceptable and is flying in the face of what the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: I wish to raise, in the context of Covid-19, the issue of publicans throughout the country. In recent days we have heard talk of new legislation being brought in to stop people from selling drink from pubs for consumption off site. This has been looked at and is creating a frenzy within the family of the publicans who do not know what is happening from day to day. The see the reaction to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that TII is reported to have turned off public lights on national roads in order to meet its 20% reduction in usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37034/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request TII to examine the public lighting and barriers in place on the junction of the M17-M18 at Rathmorrissy, Athenry, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37049/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Fund (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Galway County Council receives one of the lowest revenue allocations; if the matrix by which the Local Government Fund is calculated in each local authority will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36193/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that changes introduced in 2016 in relation to length of service on community employment schemes are being applied retrospectively to those that commenced under the previous regime; if her attention has been further drawn to the difficulty this is causing to community employment...