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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...

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...

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]

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 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 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]