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Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (23 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: 2208.To ask the Minister for Health the total number of claims received for reimbursement made by the HSE for combinated termination of pregnancy under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 from January to June 2024. [31899/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to provide additional bus services between Galway and Loughrea to service the demand for public transport in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36013/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: 117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the direction by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to all local authorities to withhold planned road improvement tenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36014/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: 243. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that some soft play centres that have a coffee shop attached which accounts for 80% of their turnover and the business is a registered cafe and or restaurant with the HSE have been deemed ineligible for the increased cost of business scheme (ICOB2) grant funding despite the fact that they were eligible for ICOB1...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: 351. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address the lack of strategy around regional screen production since the lapse of the s.481 regional uplift; if she will support a dedicated regional strategy as part of Budget 2025 to specifically address the development of the sector in the regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36128/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: 432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a farmer who is applying for farm assist has to have farm accounts done by an accountant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36012/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: 448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove nursing home costs from the means assessments for fuel allowance payments to alleviate the burden on families (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36431/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: 687. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE is refusing to employ recently graduated mental health nurses, despite the chronic shortage of mental health nursing staff in the health system, leaving graduates with no option but to emigrate to other countries; if his attention has been drawn to the further devastation that this decision will cause to the mental health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: 751. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for assessment and the waiting time for treatment at the pain clinic in University Hospital Galway; the number of people waiting for treatment; the length of time they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36620/24]

Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: I move: That Dáil Éireann calls on the Government to set out a clear road map for the abolition of the Carer's Allowance means test by 2027. The Regional Group is tabling this motion because, given that the budget is next Tuesday, it is time that the Government take action on this issue. The motion calls for a roadmap towards abolishing the carer’s allowance means test...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to increase the income threshold for personal income tax from €18,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37399/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: 36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when final approval will be granted to a school (details supplied) to commence works on the new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38107/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (25 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: 49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in light of the success of Irish swimmers in the recent Olympics and Paralympics in Paris, and considering that there remains a serious deficit in swimming pool facilities, including in east Galway, if she will support the proposal to build a Connaught regional 50-metre, Olympic-size swimming pool in Loughrea, County Galway,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: I want to follow on with the subject of housing and, in particular, the issue of affordable housing for first-time buyers in this country. A number of things could help with the delivery of affordable houses. The Tánaiste spoke about wastewater treatment plants. In many villages and towns in my constituency and throughout the country, people cannot build houses because there are not...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: Wastewater.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: While I mentioned Corofin, some 30 towns and villages in County Galway are earmarked for wastewater development. At the same time, we are creating restrictions in respect of rural housing. We are telling people they cannot live in the rural areas and telling them to move into the towns and villages. Houses cannot be built there and the urgency is not there. Craughwell in County Galway was...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Sep 2024)

Seán Canney: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on deemed disposal tax; if he considers that it imposes undue administration on smaller investors and taxes unrealised gains; if he is considering abolishing this tax to support young investors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38355/24]

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Budget Statement 2025 (1 Oct 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the budget announced today. A lot of money is being given out. There is a lot of detail that we have not seen yet. Something that came to my mind at the very start of this is that so much money is being flayed out all over the place, the most important thing will be how we are going to manage it. How are we going to make sure that money reaches where...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (1 Oct 2024)

Seán Canney: 97. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on talks between the National Transport Authority and Local Link to provide improved public transport connectivity in the evening between Galway and Loughrea; when the project will be put to tender; if he will provide a timeline as to when the services will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38930/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Habilitation and Rehabilitation – UNCRPD Article 26: Discussion (2 Oct 2024)

Seán Canney: First, I welcome everybody in the Gallery. It is great to see people in here listening to what is going on. I would like to say to the participants here that it is not easy. I feel the frustration that is building up but I also feel the energy they have to do something that needs to be done. On the overall strategy on neurology services, Galway is a black hole. That needs to be fixed....