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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 955. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to lift the restrictions on the right to work to allow all asylum seekers to work and implement all the recommendations of the Catherine Day advisory group in relation to the right to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16700/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1023. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to update the laws on hearsay to match those of other jurisdictions to ensure that juries are allowed to hear of fears expressed by a person prior to their death and that these statements are not ruled as inadmissible due to rules on hearsay in trials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18071/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Regulations (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1024. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will amend the necessary regulations to ensure that someone convicted of murder or manslaughter does not benefit in any financial way from the estate of the victim of the crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18072/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the State forensic investigators are to acquire advanced new technology to allow them to identify relatives of children buried at Tuam Mother and Baby Home; and if he will allow relatives as distant as half nieces and nephews and cousins to be matched to remains; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1200. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to increase the direct provision allowance, as welfare allowances have been increased several times while the direct provision allowance of €38.80 per week remains unchanged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16699/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1267. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will expand the rent-a-room scheme to allow households who have an available bedroom to rent it to asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17665/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1268. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will pay the full basic supplementary welfare allowance to asylum seekers who are not in direct provision and give asylum-seeking children access to the child benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17666/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1269. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase the direct provision allowance, given that welfare allowances have been increased several times while the direct provision allowance of €38.80 per week remains unchanged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17667/23]

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

Seán Canney: 1412. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the difficulties being faced by overseas healthcare assistants in terms of getting renewed work permits; if those qualified above QQI level 5 in the health care sector will need to repeat the QQI level 5 due to HSE changes to the National Framework of Qualification QQI level 5 course for the occupation of healthcare assistant in Ireland;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1352. To ask the Minister for Health what steps should be taken by nursing home workers where a former employer sought and was paid the Covid bonus payment on their behalf, but the worker has not been paid by their now former employer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16368/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1461. To ask the Minister for Health whether reimbursement payments to abortion-providing GPs was included as part of the €11.5 million figure allocated in 2019 to abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16801/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1462. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the State expenditure, by all categories including GP reimbursement payments of the €9.5 million spent on abortion services in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16802/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1463. To ask the Minister for Health the amount allocated to fund abortion services in 2021; the breakdown by all categories of expenditure on abortion services in 2021, including GP reimbursement payments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1562. To ask the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to reduce wait times for genetic testing in Ireland, as the current wait times of up to two years are too long and patients on waiting lists are often being treated for the wrong diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17232/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1548. To ask the Minister for Health if private nursing home residents in the Tuam primary care team, PCT, area with leg ulcers can be seen at the leg ulcer clinic in Tuam Primary Care, County Galway; if this clinic cannot see nursing home residents, given local residents with leg ulcers have difficulty travelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17178/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 1668. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE to install mother-and-baby carpark spaces in the primary care centre, Tuam; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17651/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Programmes (30 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the active travel scheme has been collectively assessed under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 to determine if the scheme complies with the Act, bearing in mind that it includes plans to build out 1,500 km of footpaths and cycleways; if he will publicise the results of the assessment; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (30 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 329. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the x-ray facility to be installed in the primary care centre in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15972/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harriers (30 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive the hen harrier scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15979/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (28 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made on a local area hackney licence application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15282/23]