Results 61-80 of 3,921 for speaker:Seán Canney

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an applicant for the local authority home loan will be considered as a second chance applicant if they are divorced but still retain a legal interest in the family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11689/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the size of an extension from 40 to 60 square metres as exempted development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13070/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 1249. To ask the Minister for Health if he will be providing funding to a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11704/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 1422. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion in percentage terms of the annual health budget spent on medical continuous glucose monitoring devices in relation to overall medical technology spending, from 2019-2023, broken down per annum, in tabular form. [12576/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 1516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of babies born with Down syndrome in Ireland in each of the years 2017 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13092/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (7 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 206. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a VAT refund scheme on the purchase of a car for owners who provide respite services for people with a disability who use their car to transport the service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11408/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bus Éireann (7 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will instruct Bus Éireann to abolish its rule not to allow private bus operators who are contracted to Bus Éireann not to have drivers over 70 years of driving business on the contracted services in light of the scarcity of skilled drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11403/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the housing assistance payment scheme to increase the amount of supports to reflect the increase in private rental costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11415/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (7 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will introduce compensation for farmers whose forest have been affected by ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11402/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 328. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will accept a child (details supplied) for the ECCE overage exemption for September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11422/24]

Rare Diseases: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: We will now go back to the Government.

Rare Diseases: Statements (6 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: Yes.

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: Before Committee Stage commences I would like to deal with a procedural matter relating to Bills to amend the Constitution. The substance of the debate on Committee Stage relates to the wording of the proposed constitutional amendment, which is contained in the Schedule to the Bill. The sections of the Bill are merely technical. Therefore, in accordance with long-standing practice, the...

Housing Targets and Regulations: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward the motion. I welcome the opportunity to speak on it. Housing has become the single biggest issue not just in Dublin and other cities but right across the country. It is an issue in every rural constituency, including my own in Galway East, where we do not have enough houses being built. I will focus first on social housing. I accept there...

Supporting People with Disabilities and Carers: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: I commend Deputy Tully and Sinn Féin on bringing forward this motion. As a member of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters it is important that I focus in on a few things. We have looked for the ratification of the UN protocol. We issued a report on that. I was disappointed this week to see an announcement that some other report will now be prepared by Government. That will be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (5 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an application (details supplied) for funding under the remedial action list RAL will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10669/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person paying PRSI contributions between the ages of 66 and 70 can use those contributions to reach the threshold of 520 contributions to access a contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10164/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that TAMS applications are taking up to 24 months to be assessed by his Department and is causing great uncertainty in the industry including suppliers and contractors; if he will intervene to ensure that TAMS applications are processed in a timely way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10588/24]

Protection of Employees (Trade Union Subscriptions) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: I am sharing time with Deputy Tóibín. I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Bill and commend Deputy Collins and her group on having introduced it. At face value, it seeks to protect workers who want to have their union fees deducted at source, checked off and submitted to the union. That is fine but I want to speak about the implications it might have for small business. ...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Impact of Climate on Public Finances: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (28 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: There was a lot of interesting conversation going on there but as a former Minister with responsibility for the OPW dealing with flood relief, investing in it is one thing but to have a budget for the general maintenance of whatever we do is another issue. The fact is that the type of maintenance we do now is being hampered by our desire to protect the habitat in which the flood occurs....