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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: We talked earlier on about energy and the energy windfall tax. Are there any plans to look at the banks and the profiteering that is taking place at the moment? Are there plans to look at how that money could be turned back into helping people with mortgage interest relief or by cutting out bank charges for people to make it easier for them to bank, rather than what we are seeing at the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: I met with the Irish Farmers Association, IFA, earlier. One of the matters that came up was the residential zoned land tax, RZLT, and what may be happening with that. My understanding is that functional farmers will be exempt from paying the tax and lands that are zoned R2, which are secondary lands, for residential development will also be excluded. However, I understand from the IFA that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when retired OPW staff will receive a raise in their pension and arrears in relation to the recent raise in their pension; what is causing the current delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41346/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the provision of phase 2 of school accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41287/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the provision of school accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41291/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 515. To ask the Minister for Health what assistance is in place to assist parents who paid for orthodontic treatment with a registered orthodontist, but the practice closed; what insurances are in place to assist parents to recover their money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41021/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 527. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of x-ray facilities at Tuam primary care centre; when work will commence and when the facility will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41070/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 557. To ask the Minister for Health how many patients are on the orthodontic assessment waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; how many patients are on the orthodontic treatment waiting list; what the current wait time is; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions in the Galway service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41260/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 558. To ask the Minister for Health how many patients are on the podiatry waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; if the interval between appointments between patients has been shortened or lengthened in the past year; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41261/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 563. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the pandemic special recognition payment is not being paid to haematology staff, given the heroic work that they performed in keeping the service open and operational for patients during the Covid-19 pandemic; if he is aware that blood transfusions were made available to cancer patients throughout the course of the various lockdowns; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 565. To ask the Minister for Health if a multidisciplinary medical team can be assembled at University Hospital Galway to assess the case of a 17-year-old (details supplied) who is wheelchair- and bed-bound, seven months after an acute viral illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41280/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (26 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 568. To ask the Minister for Health if an interview taken in April 1994 in a hospital setting will be released to the patient involved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41350/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Environmental Schemes (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the fact that waiting times are being reduced but to bring them from 26 months down to 19 months is not ideal. We need to go further. The Minister of State has explained that this is a great scheme. It has the money in it to deliver what is needed by people who are in fuel poverty. The problem is with the expectation that has been created by the scheme. The design of the scheme...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Environmental Schemes (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: I agree wholeheartedly with everything the Minister of State has said. This is not a criticism of the scheme. It is a free scheme. The number of people coming into my office inquiring about it has risen over the last six months. I accept that. If the Minister of State looks at the local contractors, that would be important. One other aspect of the scheme he might have a look at is cases...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: Apologies, but I am double-jobbing. I am going between the disability matters committee and this committee. I thank the Ministers for their presentations. There are two aspects that I would like to address. There is the whole issue of the upcoming budget, the expectations and all the money we have in the country creating pressures on Government to deliver everything to everybody. I want...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: I am sorry Chair. I am double jobbing. I am attending the Committee on Budgetary Oversight as well. We were talking about the budget. I thank the witnesses. I read their submissions and I wish to raise a few issues. I was on the train going from Athenry to Dublin. Getting off the train in Heuston there was an older person with a Zimmer frame who was struggling to get from the train...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: It is a good news story that the line is working well but we have to ensure that the experience on it is the best for everybody, young and old. In particular in rural areas, we do not have public transport and we rely on cars to get people to bus stops, many of which do not have shelters. What plans are in place for that? There are also challenges regarding the location of, and the space...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: For the rural link example that I gave, that service is up and running. However, there should be the flexibility to be able to change stops if it is better to have a stop at another location. Rather than having to go through the whole process of licensing new stops, there should be a way to adapt them. The other gripe I have is that while many people with disabilities have free travel,...