Results 341-360 of 2,177 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Seán Canney

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (25 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher (details supplied) is under the pre-2012 pension regime or the post-2012 pension regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19151/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports that are in place for self-employed people who fall ill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19070/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (25 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to meet with stakeholders following the report of the Firearms Expert Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19059/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 441. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if tillage land was eligible for ANC payments prior to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19168/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers ruled out of the ANC scheme for reasons other than not meeting stocking density criteria in 2020, 2021 and 2022, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19277/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 454. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector will be in place in 2023 in order to give security to the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19521/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (25 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 535. To ask the Minister for Health the reason an emergency medical card is not issued to the spouse of a self-employed person even through the spouse is employed on a PAYE basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19072/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (25 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the facilities that are in place to diabetes patients for the safe disposal of used needles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19573/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (20 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 382. To ask the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency rooms that will be included in the new community nursing unit being built in Tuam; the application process for patients to access these rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18752/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the re-location of a school (details supplied); if she is aware that the NCSE evaluation was finalised in March 2022, and the school’s current lease is due to expire in September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16365/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to pay the full basic supplementary welfare allowance to asylum seekers who are not in direct provision and if she plans to give asylum-seeking children access to child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16701/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider abolishing the means test for carers where the care recipient is a child who has lifelong medical needs as the level of care required from such families is all-encompassing, from daily personal care, feeding, household chores to include a multitude of medical appointments and the associated costs of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 919. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider the criteria for fuel allowance in light of the housing crisis, where many adult children cannot get accommodation and move out of home, which is preventing their parents from accessing fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17335/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 927. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [17580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 955. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to lift the restrictions on the right to work to allow all asylum seekers to work and implement all the recommendations of the Catherine Day advisory group in relation to the right to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16700/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1023. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to update the laws on hearsay to match those of other jurisdictions to ensure that juries are allowed to hear of fears expressed by a person prior to their death and that these statements are not ruled as inadmissible due to rules on hearsay in trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18071/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Regulations (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1024. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will amend the necessary regulations to ensure that someone convicted of murder or manslaughter does not benefit in any financial way from the estate of the victim of the crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18072/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the State forensic investigators are to acquire advanced new technology to allow them to identify relatives of children buried at Tuam Mother and Baby Home; and if he will allow relatives as distant as half nieces and nephews and cousins to be matched to remains; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1200. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to increase the direct provision allowance, as welfare allowances have been increased several times while the direct provision allowance of €38.80 per week remains unchanged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16699/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1267. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will expand the rent-a-room scheme to allow households who have an available bedroom to rent it to asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17665/23]