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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (7 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: 1448. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is carrying out a review of the funding allocated to Galway under the Leader Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47362/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that organic farmers are being discriminated against under ACRES due to the scoring system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 73. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to review the proportionality of financial penalties being imposed on farmers for administrative errors; if he believes that his Department is taking account of proportionality in deciding penalties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46303/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harriers (26 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 87. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider giving priority to ACRES applications where hen harrier designations exist, given these farmers currently have a designation but no compensation is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46299/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fodder Crisis (26 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a fodder support scheme for farmers in the Shannon Callows who lost their fodder due to the flooding of the Callows in summer 2023 and who are now without fodder for the winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46302/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 109. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for further details on the increased budget being made available for the ewe premium scheme; the amount per ewe; when will it be paid; if the criteria or terms and conditions will change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46301/23]

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I also welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. People's minds have focused on this subject in recent weeks. When we talk about Irish neutrality, this is something that is part of our Constitution. As a State, we are a neutral country. In recent decades, major advances have been made in digitalisation and technology, etc., and it is important we re-examine where we are at in terms...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the review and I hope it will be implemented. Perhaps the Minister will outline what she sees as a reasonable timeframe for each decision to be made. Something else that happens is that the appeals office states it is waiting for documentation to come from the Department. I and other Deputies, including Deputy Lowry, are working on cases in the process with long waiting times....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I ask the Minister for the processing times for carer's allowance applications, the sequential processing time for applications sent for review by applicants and the refusals that are under appeal by applicants. I am particularly interested in her response regarding the Department's frequent refusal of applications from individuals who serve as full-time carers for those struggling with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister. I accept that all of the budgetary measures have been put in place. I refer, however, to the time it takes for carer's allowance applications to be processed. This is a very acute issue for somebody who gives up work to care for someone at home. This might happen suddenly if there is no other choice, especially when a member of the family is experiencing depression...

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important subject. A huge debate is going on between the HSE and the Government as to whether there is enough money in the health budget to deal with services over the next 12 months. That is an unfortunate position in which to find ourselves at a time when the country has plenty of money, but I do not mean the Minister should go along and spend...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome to the Public Gallery my friends, Bertie, Helen, Denise and David, who are visiting the Dáil today. The issue I will home in on first in reference to the Finance (No. 2) Bill is agriculture. The residential zoned land tax has been a source of much confusion, concern and anxiety for farmers and people who own land adjacent to towns in which the zoning has come into play....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 191. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing one member of a couple to get their share of the help to buy scheme if their partner previously benefited in their own right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46231/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 198. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to have the long awaited revised qualifying criteria for the primary medical certificate which will be fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46406/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 208. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that the new e Tender platform is not functioning and does not have the ability to accept submissions; if he will investigate this serious situation for contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46123/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 532. To ask the Minister for Health what efforts are being made to ensure that people working as healthcare assistants who have overseas nursing qualifications can register as nurses in Ireland in a streamlined process to address the current shortage of nurses in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46221/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (24 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 538. To ask the Minister for Health what benefit accrued to a person (details supplied) having paid into two pensions since 2017, as they retired on a full pension in 2017, and has since returned to work on a part-time basis; if no benefit is accruing to them or can accrue to them, if the pension contributions can be returned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46246/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: The training of apprentices is important and must be done in a timely manner. There has been a hugely positive reaction to the level of apprentices going into the system and the expansion of apprenticeships but I concur with the Deputy that if we do not have the processes right for people to get qualified in a timely manner, the good work being done will be in vain. Young people get...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Traveller Education (19 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: This is a simple enough question for the Minister, but it is an interesting and important one. What steps is he taking to assist members of the Travelling community to access third level education, and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Traveller Education (19 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister for that positive response. As a former lecturer in the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, in Galway, I saw very few from the Travelling community passing through the built environment section as students. When I was working in the private sector I experienced Travellers who had gone to third level education, got their engineering degrees, and were out on sites...