Results 241-260 of 2,163 for speaker:Seán Canney in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for facilitating flexible modes of study for full-time students who are wheelchair users and students who are hearing or visually impaired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32422/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (4 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 615. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the discrepancy between the 8,876 combined termination procedure and aftercare claims under the primary care reimbursement scheme in 2022, whilst just 8,156 notifications of termination were officially received in 2022. [32372/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (4 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 616. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the number of meetings, in tabular form, held with the Attorney General on the issue of safe access zones legislation since January 2022 to date in 2023. [32373/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 618. To ask the Minister for Health his plans in relation to nurses who contracted Covid during the course of their duties, who are now suffering from long-Covid and who need an extension of special leave with pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32380/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (4 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 626. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he intends to take to remove the pay difference between Section 38 and 39 health care workers which is causing major problems for the retention of staff and has resulted in the closing of respite services (details supplied) in Galway and Tuam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32423/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31447/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the additional excise duty applied to goods coming into Ireland from other EU countries but shipped through the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31281/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider requesting the retail banks and credit unions to exempt people with disabilities from bank charges as it is an added cost to those who are most vulnerable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31293/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Construction Industry (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will defer the introduction of the concrete levy due to be introduced on 1 September 2023, given the current construction inflation and the additional burden the levy will place on the cost of construction including housing and public works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31294/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the cost issue relating to the design and delivery of the flood relief scheme for the Gort lowlands as a result of a design issue with the recently constructed M17/M18 motorway; if he will intervene and instruct the Department of Transport and TII to rectify the issue to ensure the flood relief scheme can be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider increasing the income threshold for people applying for the local authority home loan to take into account the increase in wages and to include people who are second-chance applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31106/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the State pension will be increased to 34% of average earnings to meet the Government’s commitment on pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30536/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a targeted, funded strategic capital investment programme for mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30503/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 616. To ask the Minister for Health when he will give the necessary powers to the Mental Health Commission to regulate not just approved inpatient mental health services, but the 24-hour community residences, as well as approved community mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30504/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 639. To ask the Minister for Health when the Slainte Care project on the development of a national diabetes register will be developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30637/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 641. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the option of appointing a project delivery team to oversee the delivery of major projects including the new emergency department, maternity unit, paediatric unit, regional cancer centre, bedroom block and laboratories on the existing site at University Hospital Galway to ensure delivery is achieved in the shortest time possible; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 708. To ask the Minister for Health whether proposals to 'decriminalise' performing terminations of pregnancy would permit non-medically trained individuals to carry out terminations without legal consequences. [31044/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 709. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify, based on Section 10.1 of the abortion review report, whether babies have been born alive having survived late-term abortions in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31045/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance to reintroduce tax relief for first-time mortgage holders in light of the increasing interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30098/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: 383. To ask the Minister for Health what plans he has to end geographical inequality in children’s eye care across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30409/23]