Results 921-940 of 3,995 for speaker:Seán Canney

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: 1528. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that is available to persons who are in receipt of social protection payments and who are paying for IVF treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1622/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: 1545. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that his Department will put in place to help parents and patients of a dental practice (details supplied) that has closed or have been left without a service and are unable to access another service; if he will request the Dental Council to provide assistance and advice on the way to claim back money paid for treatments that were not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: 1638. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting for pain management at University Hospital Galway; the length of time that they have been waiting; his plans to address the crisis in waiting times for pain management in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1940/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: 1760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider overhauling the current grants regime in order that farmers can bank the money they receive year by year and not face recoupments going back up to five years in relation to money that is long spent; if his attention has been drawn to the stress that these recoupments are placing on farmers and the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: 1768. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that the areas of the Ballyboy, Cregaclare Turlough, Ballyboy, Ardrahan, County Galway, are excluded from the ACRES scheme given that they are areas of important ecological value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63472/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: 1827. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who has been willed a farm holding as a sole beneficiary but probate has not yet been completed can participate in the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1138/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: 1919. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will increase the amount of funding available to local authorities for the streetscapes and shop fronts scheme to meet the demand the application process has identified and ensure all eligible businesses receive funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1688/23]

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (17 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak here this evening on this historic occasion. First, I offer my sincere congratulations personally to Leo Varadkar on his elevation to Taoiseach once again and compliment Micheál Martin on the work he did over the past two and a half years. Listening to all the debate today, I will say at the outset we have a great country and we have great people but...

Defects in Apartments - Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing Report: Statements (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this sometimes emotive subject. Hundreds of thousands of families have been put into a situation where they bought a house or an apartment in good faith, took out a mortgage on it and are still paying that mortgage for a home that is now defective. There is widespread anger about what has happened to innocent people who were trying to pay their way in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 3. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding that she envisages providing in 2023 for the local improvement scheme; if she intends to increase the level of funding to meet the demand for this very important scheme for rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63051/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: The local improvement scheme is important in rural Ireland. It is popular. There is considerable demand for the scheme. I acknowledge the fact that the Department has over the years since it was reintroduced funded this scheme as best it could. There is considerable demand for it. In Galway alone, we have probably 150 applications in a waiting list and we have stopped taking...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I truly acknowledge the importance of the scheme and the support of the Department and Deputy Humphreys, as Minister, and the previous Minister, Deputy Ring, in reintroducing the scheme. The Minister hit on the point I wanted to raise. We have active travel. Many of these schemes are used for active travel. They are used for cycling. At the back of my own house, there is a 2 km road...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister. I will lend my support to the Minister's campaign with the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan. I believe that in rural Ireland - earlier the Minister mentioned a region that is lagging in all of this type of thing - a scheme such as this is popular. There is demand for it. It is efficient. The local authorities are doing a great job in getting the works done. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 364. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; the discussions that have taken place between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63062/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 411. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding that she has set aside for the community centre support scheme for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63052/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I want to add my voice to the concerns that have been raised. As the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in the last Government, I am truly shocked at what is going on and the evidence I have seen is disturbing. All of our inland fishing is for the benefit of people on the ground and for local angling clubs. What I am beginning to see is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I want to add my voice to what has been said. We are coming from three different constituencies to bring this to the Minister of State. There is a lot of feeling that there is something wrong and amiss and that it has not been investigated properly or externally. The review that was done on the board was not what was needed. There are actions that have been taken and allegations have been...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: SBO Tax Expenditures: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit (resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: Much of the emphasis so far has been on the terms and conditions of people and how they are employed within the industry. I know the workload is very much fragmented in that you get a project and you have to do it. Some of the workers on the sets and elsewhere will follow a particular producer or theme with regard to films or whatever, but at the end of the day, what happens to these...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: SBO Tax Expenditures: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit (resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: Before the Chair goes, I just want to say that the last point is very relevant and I thank Mr. Lowe for that. Regional development is right near my heart and is something we will be looking at. I will be promoting this for the sector. Well done and the best of luck to Mr. Lowe with everything.

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I am delighted both Ministers are here to listen to what is being said this evening. We have a crisis throughout the country in the delivery of services. We have waiting lists and all kinds of things going on. All Members hear about it in their constituency offices. What do we do about it? I want to focus on my region and the Saolta group, which serves more than 800,000 people. In...