Results 501-520 of 3,899 for speaker:Seán Canney

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (13 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of proposals to instal sections of the proposed Greenway from Athlone to Galway in active, functional farmland which will cause lands to be severed and in one instance destroy 25 acres of existing farmland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28076/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Small and Medium Enterprises (13 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 401. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied). [27334/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the school transport review being carried out by her Department to be concluded; when the review will be published; when the recommendations of the review will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27197/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will now sanction an extension to a school (details supplied); if her Department can approve an extension for another 500 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28425/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 795. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a back payment for a person (details supplied). [27337/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 1180. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the 600 job vacancies currently within the HSE, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27691/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 1360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can provide an update with regard to the Technological University Development Fund, the proposed successor to the Technological University Transformation Fund (details supplied); if this fund will be made available in advance of the expiration of the Technological University Transformation Fund on 31 August 2023; the level of funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 1357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he aware that the HEA has written to the recently formed Technological Universities informing them that they will be substantially reducing the level of funding to the Technical Universities from August 2023, if this decision is premature and will leave these universities in a poor financial state; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Support Services (1 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 317. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Ukrainians who are accommodated in hotels are allowed to have people visit them in their accommodation; if there are rules around such provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26835/23]

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter. I listened to the Minister's opening address. One of the biggest problems with this subject matter is probably the communication of what actually is or is not happening and how to decipher it. The Minister said this morning that the CAP fund will not be raided to support rewetting and that there will be a nature restoration fund of some...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Seán Canney: We move to Sinn Féin. I call Deputy Conway-Walsh.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2023)

Seán Canney: Yes, we need clarity as soon as possible. The review on the school bus service that is ongoing was raised at the previous meeting. It has been going on since 2019. Covid intervened, but I do not think Covid is with us any longer, so we need to get that review brought to a conclusion so that we can see what changes we can make. I acknowledge the fact that the school transport system...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I attended a meeting in Abbeyknockmoy, County Galway on Monday night where more than 40 parents represented their children. Twenty-six of their children did not get school bus tickets last year because they were pushed out of the system by a late, ill-thought-out measure that was brought in to try to deal with the cost-of-living crisis by allocating free school bus tickets. Effectively,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (31 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application by an organisation (details supplied) will be processed and a decision made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26435/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 163. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who worked on the frontline will receive the pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26466/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (31 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 211. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will confirm that the grant offer of €200,000 to an organisation (details supplied) under the town and village scheme in January 2021 will remain in place, as the project has been delayed but is now almost ready to be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26432/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive reply. Many parents of children have been waiting a long time for diagnoses. This week, I came across the case of a parent whose child was taken off a mainstream bus going to school due to behaviour. The parent is going back and over like a little ping-pong ball between the Department of Education, the school, the special education needs...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State. It is great to hear this. While we have all of the strategies, what kills parents such as the woman who rang me this week is that she could not talk to somebody. It was all bloody emails. There is no personal contact. It is important that we stop for a minute. We have to say, for instance, that it is not right and that we should not be proud of it. We do...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: Will the Minister of State detail the steps taken to support people with disabilities and their families? How tangible is that support on the ground?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: The question that has been raised here, and it is a national issue really, is about the fact we do the preliminary assessment and then the patient or child comes off the waiting list. What is the waiting list used for? I read an interesting thing in the FUSS report from a member of staff regarding when they are asked to produce numbers. They said there was an "Apparent lack of awareness or...