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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]

Rural and Community Development: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: When we talk about regional development, the programme for Government is laced with the issue of regional development. I want to bring that closer to home and comment on what is actually happening. If we take the north and west region, which consists of eight counties, namely, Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal, it has the highest level of regional...

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...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: I thank the Taoiseach for his reply. To be clear, I am not advocating that we change anything. I, too, acknowledge that the people of this country have made a huge sacrifice, and continue to do so, and that all the restrictions that are there are necessary. I would also say that what we saw at the weekend, with crowds gathering, is unacceptable and is flying in the face of what the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: I wish to raise, in the context of Covid-19, the issue of publicans throughout the country. In recent days we have heard talk of new legislation being brought in to stop people from selling drink from pubs for consumption off site. This has been looked at and is creating a frenzy within the family of the publicans who do not know what is happening from day to day. The see the reaction to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that TII is reported to have turned off public lights on national roads in order to meet its 20% reduction in usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37034/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request TII to examine the public lighting and barriers in place on the junction of the M17-M18 at Rathmorrissy, Athenry, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37049/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Fund (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Galway County Council receives one of the lowest revenue allocations; if the matrix by which the Local Government Fund is calculated in each local authority will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36193/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that changes introduced in 2016 in relation to length of service on community employment schemes are being applied retrospectively to those that commenced under the previous regime; if her attention has been further drawn to the difficulty this is causing to community employment...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 578. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider amending the legislation with regard to the State pension (contributory) as pensioners often lose out on weeks of payment due to the fact they were unaware that a small sum of money is owing to the Revenue Commissioners and by the time this discovery is made and rectified they are left weeks without...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Medical Services Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the options open to medical card holders who are being charged for blood tests by their general practitioners; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty and additional costs being placed on many medical card holders; his plans to change the current regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36142/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (17 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: 726. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide proper remuneration to student nurses who are working on the front line of the fight against Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36296/20]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: I want to talk about the primary medical certificate. The fact that so many people are now in limbo must be addressed. We need a time by which a new primary medical certificate scheme will be in place. Those who are trapped, especially those who have no access to public transport or any other means of transport, need to get something sorted out. The court case was in June but it is now...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: We have a proposal in regard to the help-to-buy scheme, which looks for a report on the potential for reconfiguring it to allow it to be expanded to include first-time purchasers of second-hand houses. There is an issue relating to the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme, which will not give a mortgage towards the refurbishment of an existing house. Across the country, we have a huge number...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: I am disappointed in the Minister's approach to the proposal that the help-to-buy scheme be extended to second-hand houses. By expanding the scheme, opportunities would be offered to small contractors and not big developers. We would offer affordable houses in locations where people would be happy to live. We would also speed up the process by which houses or homes become occupied because...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister. To add to what Deputy Naughten said, the dynamics in terms of people's working lives have changed. We have seen at first hand what has happened with Covid-19 and how people are now working from home. The potential for remote working is unreal. We need to assist those who wish to work from home in doing so by providing a tax relief on the investment they must make. A...