143. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure that every applicant under the warmer homes scheme will have measures carried out, regardless of whether these premises are deemed suitable for the deep retrofit scheme or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42049/23]
142. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures he will consider to reduce the costs to householders who wish to undertake retrofit measures in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42048/23]
70. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans he is putting in place to reduce the waiting time for householders under the better energy, warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42047/23]
568. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if an interview taken in April 1994 in a hospital setting will be released to the patient involved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41350/23]
565. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a multidisciplinary medical team can be assembled at University Hospital Galway to assess the case of a 17-year-old (details supplied) who is wheelchair- and bed-bound, seven months after an acute viral illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41280/23]
563. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason that the pandemic special recognition payment is not being paid to haematology staff, given the heroic work that they performed in keeping the service open and operational for patients during the Covid-19 pandemic; if he is aware that blood transfusions were made available to cancer patients throughout the course of the various lockdowns; if he will reverse this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41271/23]
558. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health how many patients are on the podiatry waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; if the interval between appointments between patients has been shortened or lengthened in the past year; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41261/23]
557. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health how many patients are on the orthodontic assessment waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; how many patients are on the orthodontic treatment waiting list; what the current wait time is; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions in the Galway service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41260/23]
527. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of x-ray facilities at Tuam primary care centre; when work will commence and when the facility will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41070/23]
515. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health what assistance is in place to assist parents who paid for orthodontic treatment with a registered orthodontist, but the practice closed; what insurances are in place to assist parents to recover their money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41021/23]
262. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education for an update in relation to the provision of school accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41291/23]
261. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education for an update in relation to the provision of phase 2 of school accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41287/23]
208. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when retired OPW staff will receive a raise in their pension and arrears in relation to the recent raise in their pension; what is causing the current delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41346/23]
604. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will remove the means test from full time carers, many of whom are providing 24/7 care for a loved one but who cannot access carer's allowance due to the means of a spouse or partner; if she recognises the savings that these people are providing for the State and the valuable social role that they are performing, especially in light of ever-increasing household cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39464/23]
206. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when approval will be given to allow communication workers to access pension increases as approved by the Labour Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40011/23]
2089. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is considering a review of the amount of LEADER funding allocated to County Galway, with a view to increasing the allocation to bridge the shortfall in funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38164/23]
2065. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the one-off payment of €1,000 towards the student contribution will be made available to a student (details supplied) who did Year 1 of a course in 2019/2020 and received the Free Fees Initiative and who then did Year 1 of a different course in a different college in 2022/2023, but who was precluded from the payment as they did not get the free fees in the first year of their current course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38698/23]
2044. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider providing support for student physiotherapists studying in Lithuania due to the shortage of physiotherapists in this country and places to train; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37513/23]
1880. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund the purchase of an AED device for a person diagnosed with long-QT syndrome which will be located in the person’s home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39089/23]
1778. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE is requesting final transcripts of a student's final degree undertaken in Northern Ireland earlier than is possible for the university, which means students studying in Northern Ireland will be unable to apply for internship posts and work as doctors here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38523/23]
1420. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will include childcare as an appropriate career for an apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38215/23]
1418. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to set up the office in Tuam of the director in charge of the exhuming of the site in Tuam in order that the director and their staff can be based close to the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38166/23]
1333. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approval letters will issue in relation to TAMS Tranche 3; if he is aware of the stress that the delay in issuing TAMS approvals is causing to farmers who wished to have sheds in place for the coming winter; what is the cause of the current delay as farmers in Tranche 2 received approval letters within four to six weeks of the closing date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39196/23]
1314. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a forest owner who fells an ash plantation that has been affected by ash dieback will have to return his forestry payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38621/23]
1311. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for approval for applications under TAMS 3 which closed on 30 June 2023; if there are delays in the approval process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38522/23]
1295. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the fodder scheme 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38152/23]
1294. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what funding was in place for the 2022 BISS scheme; what funding is in place for the 2023 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38148/23]
1282. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason woodland on a farm is not recognised in the new acres scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37912/23]
945. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will resend S1 421 of 2023 in order to allow for sufficient dialogue with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38913/23]
906. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider expanding the vacant property refurbishment grant to include vacant properties that cannot be refurbished and require total demolition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38308/23]
899. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received under the croí cónaithe vacant property grant scheme since its inception to date for each local authority; the number of applications that have been approved in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38161/23]
842. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a recommended cap on the number of social houses a county council can purchase in a private turnkey development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37524/23]
453. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance when the appropriate amendment will be made to the forthcoming finance Act to exempt R2 residential zoned land from the residential zoned land tax, given that this land cannot currently be developed. [38171/23]
451. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance when the appropriate amendment will be made to the Finance Act to exempt functional farmland from the residential zoned land tax. [38162/23]
436. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the decision not to allow tax relief for land rented to a close relative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37512/23]
366. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider instructing the NCT to reverse their decision to go cashless only and to accept cash as a legal tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38548/23]
315. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if he will allow the NTA to distinguish between a taxi and hackney in relation to rear windows being darkened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38151/23]
91. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the effects of lightning on wind turbines has been investigated; if in particular sulphur hexafluoride can escape into the atmosphere if a turbine is struck by lightning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37726/23]
1164. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when public ADHD services will be available in the Tuam area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35911/23]
1119. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of neo-natal deaths that have been registered which included premature delivery or termination of pregnancy as a cause of death and in cases in which a condition was present affecting the foetus that was likely to lead to the death of the foetus either before or within 28 days of birth. [35758/23]
1101. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide sustainable funding to an organisation (details supplied), as the funding is vital to ensure the viability of these centres, which are recognised as having a significant role in the patient pathway of cancer patients in the HSE National Service Plan 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35625/23]
980. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will set up a skills database of all people entering this country who can access the labour market in an effort to deal with the skills shortage facing this country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35670/23]
909. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the Forestry Programme 2023-2027 will be approved and commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35862/23]
152. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will consider changing the nature of the inquiry into the Defence Forces to establish a tribunal of inquiry as opposed to a private commission of inquiry and amend the terms of reference so that the inquiry will have the necessary buy-in from important stakeholders and victims' representative bodies and not be an exercise in self-investigation by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35628/23]
74. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the use of sulphur hexafluoride also known as SF6, in the switch gears of wind turbines; if he is aware of its description as one of the world's most potent greenhouse gases; if he plans to ban the use of this greenhouse gas in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35859/23]
683. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all informal and formal meetings or engagements held with groups or individuals by him or his Department on the subject of abortion exclusion zones from 2022 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [34992/23]
682. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 615 of 4 July 2023, the reason for the disparity in his reply where he stated there had been approximately 8,844 second consultation claims made in 2022 under the PCRS for termination of pregnancy, whilst in Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 10 May 2023, the HSE stated there had been 8,876 claims under the PCRS for termination of pregnancy in 2022; and if he will clearly clarify, the exact number of claims paid out under the PCRS for combined termination of pregnancy procedure and aftercare in 2022. [34991/23]
185. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice if she is satisfied with the number of gardaí in the force presently; the number of gardaí who will be retiring in the next 12 months; the number of gardaí who will be recruited in the same time; the number of gardaí who have retired early in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34683/23]
184. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice if she will expedite the application process for persons seeking a visa to enter this country for work purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34682/23]
643. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on a matter (details supplied). [34275/23]