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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Code (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will change the rules in relation to the motor tax for commercial vehicles to allow sons and daughters of elderly farmers avail of the reduced motor tax charge given that they use the commercial vehicle to undertake farming activities to support their parents that cannot drive and rely on this support; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will remove the means testing for persons that suffer from thalidomide that are applying for housing adaptation grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6935/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that full medical cards are provided to persons that have suffered from thalidomide irrespective of their means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6918/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: Mr. Johnson is very welcome. It is great to listen to his take given his experience in the UK. I will go back to his point that people in their 50s or 60s who are out of work are getting a relatively poor jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit, as we call it here. Then when people come to pension age they come into a different category. I might have missed what Mr. Johnson said. Is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: To get a bit of comparability on this, do all single people or people who retire at 66 in the UK now get a state pension? Are they contributory or non-contributory? How does that work?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: What is the level of the pension that-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: Per person. For a person in the UK who is unemployed and 60 years of age, what is the rate of jobseeker's benefit or-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: Yes, but it gives me an idea. The other part of it is that we are in discussions here about the pension age and increasing the pension age. There are several scenarios in front of us. The current pension age is 66 and we are discussing whether we should increase that going forward or whether we should increase the PRSI levy to pay for the pension deficit that may be there in future....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: Very good. That is very interesting. As regards the overall issue of indexation, the discussion here includes all social welfare benefits, including jobseeker's allowance, disability allowances and the whole area of social protection, which is probably where most of the certainty needs to be in place for people who cannot work for a particular reason. We need to consider how they will be...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: I again thank Mr. Johnson for joining us.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (8 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended to date on the help to buy scheme since its inception; the number of first-time buyers that benefited from the scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6557/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (8 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 259. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the primary medical certificate scheme per annum since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6566/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (8 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 273. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department provides funding to sports clubs that are engaged in providing activities for persons with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5941/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, as part of the review of school transport, her Department will consider allowing national school children to receive transport to their parish school as their second school of choice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5887/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the difficulties faced by disabled artists trying to access social protection payments and the basic income for artists; if her attention has been drawn to the implications that this payment will have on social protection payments already received by disabled artists, in particular on the fact that while the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (8 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the Tusla emergency accommodation review which has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (8 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has plans to bring forward legislation to deal with cyber flashing and online harassment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6490/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses required in order to have the full complement of neurology nurse specialists for University Hospital Galway, which serves a large population in the west of Ireland; the number of neurology nurse specialists that are currently in place; the steps that are being taken in terms of recruitment and allocation of additional nurse numbers; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 756. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can have their funding transferred to the personalised budget demonstration pilot project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6558/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 758. To ask the Minister for Health when a drug used to treat hyperemesis gravidarum (details supplied) will be made available on the medical card and drugs payment scheme to women; if his attention has been drawn to the additional financial hardship this lack of funding is placing on women suffering from this extremely debilitating condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter....