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Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Message to Dáil (11 May 2021)

Seán Canney: I am representing Deputy Naughten. I wish to re-echo the sentiments on the Bill and how former Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh did so much to get the Bill through and give us something to work on. The Regional Group has been very supportive of the Bill. There is one item which we can discuss when it comes back to the Dáil in section 14, amendment No. 22, with which we have an...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Seán Canney: I was lucky enough to get a call to get my vaccination last Monday in the racecourse in Galway and I must say the operation that was being run there was absolutely phenomenal. There were no queues and everybody was vaccinated and out again within 30 minutes. I want to put on the record my appreciation for the work that is being done across the country in all of the vaccination centres. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Grocery Industry (6 May 2021)

Seán Canney: 5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will financially support a brand (details supplied) in launching an aggressive campaign to support Irish goods and encourage Irish persons to buy Irish as the economy reopens. [23457/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 May 2021)

Seán Canney: 200. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a transport scheme to assist older persons get to hospital and back home following treatment in cases in which they are too weak to use public transport and cannot drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23434/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Seán Canney: 207. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the different versions of vaccines available worldwide; and the way in which travel restrictions will be implemented coming into Ireland for persons that have received a non-EMA approved vaccine. [23455/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (6 May 2021)

Seán Canney: 206. To ask the Minister for Health if persons travelling from the United Arab Emirates will be required to quarantine if their vaccine is not EMA approved. [23454/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 May 2021)

Seán Canney: 44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a scheme to support owners of buildings within towns and villages to refurbish these properties and bring them into use as residential units within town and village centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22874/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (5 May 2021)

Seán Canney: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the method by which he will fund Irish Water to provide public wastewater treatment plants in towns and villages in order to allow housing to be built in growth centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22871/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 May 2021)

Seán Canney: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the review of the Flemish Decree in relation to the rights of persons to travel within the European Union and the building of one off rural houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22873/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (5 May 2021)

Seán Canney: 102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider expanding the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to include the cost of refurbishing existing houses and bringing them back into use for first time homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22875/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (5 May 2021)

Seán Canney: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the existing terms and conditions in relation to life and health insurance in circumstances in cases in which a relationship breakdown has occurred and the policy holder that is the husband refuses to allow the insured former wife to draw a legitimate claim in her favour due to a serious diagnosis; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (5 May 2021)

Seán Canney: 388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the schools building unit will give the approval for the contract to be placed for the extension to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23088/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (5 May 2021)

Seán Canney: 544. To ask the Minister for Health the training programmes in place for doctors in Ireland in carrying out dilation and evacuation abortion procedures from the second trimester of pregnancy; the person or body providing such training; the location in which it is taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22748/21]

National Autism Empowerment Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important issue. It is very timely because this is national autism awareness month. Autism and autistic citizens have been let down collectively by us here in this State. I support this motion. It is timely and follows on from the Bill which the Regional Group and I reintroduced or reinstated in the Dáil...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Online Safety (29 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will reconvene the National Advisory Council on Online Safety; when the next meeting of the Council is scheduled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22531/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) can construct an additional classroom to be attached to the school in lieu of a standalone classroom approved in which planning permission is in place and the costs are defined and the play space is confined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22386/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (29 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the trend for gender neutral toilet facilities in the design of schools as in the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22521/21]

Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Restoration to Order Paper (28 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 198, the Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017 [Seanad], which lapsed on the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil, shall be restored to the Order Paper at Second Stage.”

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (28 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will lift the restrictions on driver tests to facilitate young farmers who need to have a tractor to drive on public roads during the summer months to draw silage and other farming activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21201/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (28 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty that the recent announcement by a bank (details supplied) that it is to exit the Irish market is causing for the staff of the bank; if he has ascertained if another bank is willing to absorb the small number of branch staff into its operation; the future prospects for the staff of the bank; and if he will...