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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (23 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister. I take solace from the fact he spoke about regional development. It is important we are all singing off the same hymn sheet. It is also important for colleges to have a decision as soon as possible. Many pieces of the jigsaw need to be put together, but I believe the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is on board. I look forward to an announcement at the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (23 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the selection of the two locations for the new veterinary schools it is proposed to establish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23174/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (23 May 2024)

Seán Canney: A proposal to establish two new veterinary colleges has been put forward. When will the two preferred locations be announced in order that those involved can get on with establishing these veterinary colleges, which will be very important for rural Ireland and those involved in agriculture?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (23 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I wish the Minister well in his new position. This is the first time I have had the chance to do so publicly. I accept that the process is ongoing. I know that the Minister and his colleague, the Minister for agriculture, will look at the financial supports and how they will be brought together. The Minister mentioned that the decision on where these veterinary schools will be located is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (22 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 197. To ask the Minister for Health what procedures and expert advice are available and in place to a person whose child has been diagnosed with sprix (details supplied); what effects the condition will have on the child in the long term; the symptoms to be watchful for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23208/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I want to raise an issue that I know was close to the Taoiseach’s heart when he was Minister for higher education. It relates to the proposal to locate two additional veterinary colleges in the country. A process has been gone through and three locations have been shortlisted. The colleges are waiting anxiously for the announcement as to which ones will be running these courses...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I will say two things about what the Taoiseach said: people matter and families matter. It is important that in any rules, regulations, guidelines or anything like that we bring in, that our people have got to be at the top of the agenda. Deputy O'Donoghue will talk about this matter after me. However, it is important we see this as something that needs to be done for people on the ground....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2024)

Seán Canney: Today I want to raise an issue that is affecting many communities around this country. Outside on Kildare Street today, hundreds of people have gathered from 18 counties representing probably 50 community action groups regarding the development, proposed or otherwise, of wind farms across this country. It is unbelievable to think that the communities have to come together. They have formed...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (21 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 258. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request the Workplace Relations Commission to update its website as a matter of urgency to allow workers to lodge a complaint about an employer who is ignoring a remote working request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22523/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pay (21 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to address the disparity in pay and conditions between section 38 and section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22907/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (16 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that the fees paid to optometrists providing eyecare under her Department’s adult eyecare schemes are inadequate and do not reflect the cost of providing a modern eye examination; the steps being taken to address this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22294/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (16 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 244. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the fees paid to optometrists providing eyecare under the HSE adult eyecare schemes are inadequate, do no not reflect the cost of providing a modern eye examination and have not been increased in more than 20 years; if he is further aware that the Department of Health has made submissions for funding to his Department and is awaiting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the second ASD classroom for a school (details supplied) will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21499/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Medical Cards (14 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when medical card supports will be in place for survivors of residential institutional abuse (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21578/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (14 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 607. 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 has changed in the past year; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21624/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (14 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 614. To ask the Minister for Health what assistance is available to a child with molar incisor hypo mineralisation which requires root canal treatment, extraction, braces and aligners (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21646/24]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the next weekly division time.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Brian Stanley - To discuss funding for youth services in counties Laois and Offaly. Deputy Joe Flaherty - To discuss the increased administrative burden on small and rural-based community employment schemes. Deputy Violet-Anne...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak about housing. I will first wish the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, well in his position. It is the first time I have met him across the floor. As a fellow coming from the west of Ireland, I know he will do his best to bring houses there. I will start with the affordable housing scheme. I spoke to the Ministers, Deputies Michael McGrath and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome all our guests. It is great to have them here to have a chat about the financial matters that are most pressing. Following on from the discussion about housing, one of the biggest failings in housing at the moment relates to the fact the private sector is not functional, and it will not be functional until we step in to help it become functional by providing it with funding or...