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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Legislative Process (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: 985. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the redress scheme will be open to applicants to apply for; the timeframe that the process is expected to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1380/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: 986. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the optional protocol will be enacted to give credibility to the adoption of the UNCRPD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1383/23]

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

Seán Canney: 1249. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions his Department is taking to secure dental services for medical card holders in County Galway; the services available to patients who cannot find a local dentist to avail of the dental treatment services scheme; when the current dental treatment services scheme will be replaced with a fit-for-purpose scheme; and if he will make a statement on...

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

Seán Canney: 1250. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in County Galway which have ceased providing medical card services to persons with disabilities in the past five years; the medical card dental services that are currently available to adult persons with disabilities; the provisions in place for those whose local dentist withdraws from the provision of medical card services;...

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

Seán Canney: 1251. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in County Galway which have ceased providing medical card services in the past five years; the medical card dental services that are currently available to medical card users; the provisions in place for those whose local dentist withdraws from the provision of medical card services; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: 1469. To ask the Minister for Health if he will direct the National Ambulance Service to put a second ambulance in place in Tuam, County Galway, on a full 24/7 basis to deal with the demand in Tuam and the catchment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1387/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: 1472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make equipment and medications for sleep apnoea available on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1392/23]

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

Seán Canney: 1494. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the plan to create a population-based community neurorehabilitation team in CHO 2 or the associated new regional health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1454/23]

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

Seán Canney: 1519. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made on recruiting a permanent consultant ophthalmologist post for County Galway who will provide a service at the Tuam primary care centre; the progress that has been made on the recruitment of clinical optometry staff for Galway; when the integrated primary care eye team for County Galway will be fully in place to address the...

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...