Results 81-100 of 2,185 for speaker:Seán Canney in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is in long-term nursing care rents out their principal private residence, which is vacant, will there be any negative implications on their State pension (non-contributory) or any other tax issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7653/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons (details supplied) are eligible for optical benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7694/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedge Cutting (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the time for the planting of whitethorn hedging until net planting season due to the current state of groundwater on land and the scarcity of the hedging roots under the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7407/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 520. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to regulate CAMHS and if he agrees that the CAMHS is in need of reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7412/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 539. To ask the Minister for Health if a medication will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7623/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has tested wild deer in the Kilcolgan and Kinvara area of County Galway for TB over the past five years; if so, the results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7391/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has tested badgers in the Kilcolgan and Kinvara areas of County Galway for TB over the past five years; if so, the results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7392/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the broadband connection point at Mountbellow mart will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6475/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to introduce legislation to allow Irish people living abroad the right to vote in elections and referenda in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6101/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 561. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the draft design guide for long-term care, to ensure the facilities remain viable and that this is taken into account in determining the maximum size of such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6100/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 26. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps an energy bill holder (details supplied) should take when neither they nor their late father received the energy credit on their household account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5653/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional flood relief measures his Department can put in place to alleviate flooding of 20 acres of land which occurs each year from August 2023 to January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5484/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will make changes (details supplied) to exempted development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5486/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 404. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the fodder support scheme to include a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5483/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 453. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase the ECCE capitation grant to childcare providers to meet the additional cost of providing the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5440/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (7 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the different rates of pay given by SOLAS to apprentices who are undertaking the same off-the-job training programme, will get the same qualification and do the same work; if he will address the pay difference paid by SOLAS to electrical apprentices in the engineering industry and electrical industry; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Renewable Energy Generation (1 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that householders who install solar panels on their home will not be liable for any tax for the green electricity fed to the grid from the solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2961/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (30 Jan 2024)

Seán Canney: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason new checks for check straps on door hinges have been added to the checklist for the NCT; what the rationale is for this, as it does not impinge on the mechanical ability of the car; if he is aware of the additional expense that this is placing on motorists; if there is any analysis of the effect on consumers conducted before...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Jan 2024)

Seán Canney: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the awarding of incremental credits for teachers for prior work in a related field; if she believes that the current system is overly restrictive; if she believes that the Appeals Committee established under section 6C of the scheme for the Award of Incremental Credits should have to issue comprehensive judgements following an...

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

Seán Canney: 379. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the review process by which carers are having their carers allowance reviewed and the invasive nature of the information being requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4092/24]