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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the temporary help-to-buy scheme; his further plans to expand the scheme to include second-hand properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26863/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to expand the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to include the refurbishment costs in addition to the capital costs of the house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27130/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (29 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a further extension of time for planning permissions will be considered for housing developments due to the impact of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27083/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (29 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the time will be extended for community employment scheme workers to remain on their placement due to the Covid-19 pandemic crisis. [27079/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (29 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 664. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available to mature and access students to purchase laptops in order to avail of online and blended learning during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27343/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: A Cheann Comhairle, it is Seán Canney.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: Do I look like Denis? I ask the Taoiseach the Government's plans for bringing forward the legislation on the local property tax. When does the Government intend to bring the new homes currently exempt from local property tax into the system? Will he give the date that this legislation will be brought forward?

Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted and shone a light on the issue of sick pay and the continuation of income for families throughout the country. The Bill seeks to amend the existing sick pay legislation on the basis that we need to give entitlement to people who cannot attend work on grounds of force majeureor whose children are unable to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to appoint a nominee from the commercial live events sector onto the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25712/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (23 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to immediately reinstate the full rate per week of the employment wage subsidy scheme and pandemic unemployment payment payments to those persons employed in the events and entertainment industry until they are allowed to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25711/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 179. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that primary care centres built under a public private partnership arrangement cannot be structurally altered without a formal approval by the PPP company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25710/20]

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: I am delighted to speak to this very important issue. I heard previous speakers talk about Dublin but antisocial behaviour and fireworks are not confined to the city. Deputy Grealish mentioned Galway. In my constituency of Galway East we have antisocial behaviour through different strands. We have it on local authority estates where the local authorities are not capable or do not have the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (22 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to speed up the process of applications for the warmer homes scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that homeowners in County Galway that are in receipt of fuel allowance and that applied for the scheme in October 2019 were informed in September 2020 that it will take two years...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering allowing families relying on the Covid-19 payment to access free school transport for the academic year 2020/2021 in view of the fact that the current payment regime is causing great difficulty for many families particularly in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25235/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (22 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will immediately put in place an appeals process for those persons whose teacher predicated grades were downgraded by her Department and which resulted in them losing out on first choice college places; if her attention has been drawn to the huge anger and disappointment felt by many students and their families in relation to same; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the financial burden being placed on rural families by the cost of school transport; her plans to reduce school transport fees; her views on low income families paying €650 per year for school transport; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that many rural communities agreed to school...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Programme (22 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for Jobpath, the administration of the scheme and the contract with the company (details supplied) which was due to finish in 2019 and was extended due to Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24757/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (22 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the difficulties facing medical students here which is creating a situation whereby doctors that achieved their education through graduate entry programmes are defaulting on student loans due to the high education costs they face here which incentivises them to work abroad; his views on the introduction of a HSE style bursary for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 696. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out quantitative health risk assessments on the use of face masks; if so, if the results of those assessments are available to the public; if he has sought advice on the wearing of face coverings outside of the advice issued by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24728/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (22 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 731. To ask the Minister for Health the reason qualified PHECC registered advanced paramedics are not being recruited into the National Ambulance Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24872/20]