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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Abortion Services Provision (3 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: I add my support in respect of this matter. The report is very frightening. The onus is on the Government and the Minister for Health to ensure that this report is examined. It is an independent report and it has not been commissioned by any particular group. The findings are horrific. I will not spell out the wording but there seem to be a significant number of anomalies in respect of...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: I will speak to amendments Nos. 73 and 75 with regard to the carbon tax on agricultural diesel. Earlier, we spoke about safety on the family farm and the equipment and tax concessions or rebates. We were applauding one another on the fact this was being introduced and that it is a great move. What the carbon tax will mean for farmers trying to eke out a living for themselves and their...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: Coming from a rural constituency, I also welcome the measures being put in place by this section. Many accidents happen so it is important that every machine is equipped properly. The fact that we are going to support it by having accelerated tax incentives is a good bonus. We have many people involved in farming who have had accidents. I want to recognise here and put on the record the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Staff (3 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to end the pay inequality for teachers who joined the profession post-2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40988/20]

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: In response to what the Minister said, I too would be seriously concerned if we are talking about the centres of cities only. As I stated earlier, we must also consider the centres of our towns and villages. One must also take into account the lack of balance in this country. The European Commission has written to us to tell this Government that the north west and western region has been...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: Remote working has been established as a way of life through Covid-19 and it will continue to be thus post Covid. We have been making preparations for this in the last number of years, including through expenditure on the national broadband plan and I acknowledge the Minister's efforts in getting the contract in place. It is important now to look at where we are going into the future and...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: I wish to speak to amendment No. 95 and the help-to-buy scheme. 6 o’clock I have continually said we should look at this in the context of expanding the scheme to include first-time buyers of properties that are vacant in our towns and villages. It is something we must examine. The housing market in this country is dysfunctional. The private sector is not building houses...

Pay for Student Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: I thank the Members who brought the motion before the House. As a Deputy living in and representing Galway East, I have received many letters and emails from student nurses and midwives and their parents and families, brothers and sisters, because we are simply doing something that is wrong. Many of the nurses who have contacted me are young people. They are the youth of our country and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 167. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the unacceptable waiting time of 82 weeks for an audiology appointment from the date of referral in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40658/20]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to lower the threshold on tax free sales by non-EU tourists; and if so, the proposed lowest threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39668/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the bar on bus drivers over the age of 70 who are medically fit for work is discriminatory on age grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40285/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficult situation that pregnant teachers are experiencing due to differing advice from organisations (details supplied); the steps she will take to rectify the situation these teachers are in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39859/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 649. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the excessive delay in assessing children under the genetics team in Temple Street and Crumlin hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39670/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 683. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is advising that women who are 28 weeks pregnant continue to work as teachers in situations in which they cannot socially distance when organisations (details supplied) advise against doing so; if the HSE has updated its guidelines to take into account recent research on the subject; if his attention has been drawn to the quandary that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 691. To ask the Minister for Health when a vacant position for a dentist for the school dentistry service based in Tuam, County Galway, will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39890/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 737. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to pay student nurses for their work in hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40225/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 814. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that were ruled out of the ANC scheme due to the fact they did not meet the stocking density criteria in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40360/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme (1 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: 815. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of active herd numbers that were eligible under the ANC in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of active herd numbers that received payments in those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40361/20]