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Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Bodies (18 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 671. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that CORU social care worker registration status has not been given to the BA in professional social care (disability) degree from Open Training College courses for students who completed the course in 2020; the steps that students who completed this degree course in 2020 can take to get registered as a social care worker; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 697. To ask the Minister for Health his views on patients in public nursing homes being charged €100 for transport between one hospital and another for a scope, especially in light of the removal of inpatient hospital charges; if he recognises many such patients are already contributing much of their non-contributory State pension towards their care and are left with little real...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (18 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 776. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are available to a child (details supplied) with Down Syndrome and moderate or severe hearing loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51569/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 791. To ask the Minister for Health the HSE roles that will be put forward for social care worker registration; and the level three qualifications that will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51759/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 873. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his rationale for requiring farmers applying for the new beef suckler scheme 2023 to be Bord Bia quality-assured given that the Bord Bia audit is another cross-compliance check for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51565/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (13 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: A good example is the need to ensure transport supports are there for people with disabilities and to deal with the mayhem around the primary medical certificate. Effectively, the appeals board dealing with the primary medical certificate resigned. The criteria by which the board members would judge somebody to be entitled to a primary medical certificate were deemed to be unfit for purpose...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (13 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: For clarification, I have just come from the meeting of the Committee on Disability Matters, where we discussed mental health reform and advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities and mental health. One of the issues which came from that meeting and continues to come from many of the meetings we have in this committee is that people talk about doing something into the future, or that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Schemes (13 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 18. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to increase the number of participants on rural social schemes to meet the demand for the services delivered by the rural social schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44769/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rural Schemes (13 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 54. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has had any discussions with the Department of Rural and Community Development with a view to addressing the anomaly whereby some persons on rural social schemes cannot access the fuel allowance due to the fact that they were not in receipt of the allowance when they started on the scheme, especially in light of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Considering a Rights-Based Approach to Disability in Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: Thank you Chair. I thank Senator McGreehan for letting me in. I have tabled a question on the optional protocol ratification, which is due to be taken in five minutes in the Dáil. I do not need any responses back at this stage, but I thank the witnesses. I have been listening to them all morning. What keeps coming up is that it is about rights. What has also come up is that we have...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. When I worked in the private sector, I had experience of trying to get permits for people coming into this country who were specialised at the time. That is going back a number of years ago. It was an arduous process to get the people we needed to work for us and who were specialised. Every year they had to reapply and we had to prove that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I will raise a very important issue. Last Monday night, along with other public representatives, I met with some GPs in Ballinasloe to discuss grave concerns about the out-of-hours GP service for a large part of south-east Galway, including Eyrecourt, Lawrencetown, Kiltormer, Kilconnell, parts of Ballinasloe, Portumna and Loughrea. The service serves approximately 15,000 patients and is...

Community and Voluntary Sector Workers: Motion [Private Members] (12 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I listened to the opening remarks of the Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, and one thing missing was that at this stage people working in the community services do not need more platitudes. They need to be treated with respect and parity. We know what they do. We know what section 39 workers do in Ability West and the Irish Wheelchair Association, IWA, in the constituency I share with the...

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank Deputy Tully for tabling this motion. It is important to state that the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters has worked hard on many issues over the last two and a half years. Hopefully, we will bring forward some supports for people with disabilities, in conjunction with the Government, which is what it is all about. When I meet parents in my constituency who have...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. Its importance has been brought to the attention of all of us in our constituencies, with people telling us they find it harder to live because of the cost of energy, fuel and all the other things necessary for living. It is important that people are supported but I am not sure about supporting them by giving them energy credits....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new gaelscoil for Athenry, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49729/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the new Gaelscoil for Athenry, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49893/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will remove the income threshold for deserted wife benefit which is in place for the years 3 August 1992 to 2 January 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49578/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will index link the income threshold for the deserted wife payment to match the rise in inflation year on year given that no increase has been allowed since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49579/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance will be expedited due to extenuating circumstances in the case. [49760/22]