Results 721-740 of 4,645 for speaker:Seán Canney

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 571. To ask the Minister for Health how many patients are on the podiatry waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; if the interval between appointments for patients has been changed in the past year; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20498/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is planning to take to deal with the lack of dental treatment services being delivered in our schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20525/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 578. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he intends to take to eliminate the long waiting list for children awaiting surgery for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20526/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an indication of the composition of the operational guidelines working group operating under the auspices of Education and Training Boards Ireland; if there is sectorial input from staff currently working within ETB Youthreach designated centres and community training centres that provide the Youthreach programme; how the input data...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (2 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total funding available to the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund; when the next call for funding will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20055/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (2 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a copy of the rules, regulations and procedures in place to guide the fitting, replacement and ownership of hand controls being fitted to car for people with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20074/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a matter (details supplied). [20094/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps are being put in place to remove the large encampment from the Mount Street area of Dublin; what supports does she intend to offer residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20070/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank the three groups for coming in. I have read their detailed opening statements for which I thank them. Within this committee, we listen to people's lived experience. At what level do the three organisations represented here engage with people with disabilities in order to inform themselves as to how they can implement policies within their own organisations? How are facilities...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on what is a very emotive subject whether people are directly affected by it or not. One of the issues that has manifested in recent days is the total confusion in the Government about numbers and percentages. This is leading to more fodder and ammunition for those termed right-wing groups that are trying to put the fear of God into people. It is high...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue. It is tough for everybody to try to grapple with what happened in the past. When the Government brought in the redress scheme for mothers and babies homes, it built things into the relevant Bill that created division. It included a timeframe requirement whereby people had to have spent six months in a mother and baby home before...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a VAT refund scheme for first time buyers of homes to help deal with the increased cost of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18891/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turf Cutting (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: 417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a bog owner with two plots on a designated bog can designate a second household that used the second bog plot to receive compensation as they have lost the right to cut turf on the bog but have not received any compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19327/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: 442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if people receiving a disability payment and who transfer to the State pension will still be eligible for any additional one-off cost-of-living payments which are made to a person with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18890/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: 445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly whereby people who are wheelchair users and who are receiving a civil service pension and who are not in receipt of a disability allowance cannot access free travel while under 66 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18965/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: 480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of Garda graduates assigned to positions outside of Dublin city over the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18791/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: I raise an important issue, having regard to an email I received from a concerned citizen. It relates to the circumstances in Dublin whereby residents and business people are affected negatively by what is happening at Grattan Hall, Mount Street, Grattan Court and adjacent areas. I want to know what the Government is going to do about this. The description I have indicates there is a large...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: Thank you, Deputy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: Thank you Deputy. Minister -----