310. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason agricultural planners can no longer witness signatures for his Department’s application forms, such as transfer of entitlements; if he is aware of the inconvenience and additional cost this is causing farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20266/23]
305. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the scheme of investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector will be made available; if he is aware of the difficulties that the delay in this scheme is having on commercial horticulture farmers, particularly young farmers; if he can reassure farmers that the scheme will be made available in 2023; if he will provide a detailed timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20251/23]
246. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection to support a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20259/23]
225. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a grant is available to all local authorities to upgrade an existing septic tank; if so, the criteria used in the assessment of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20527/23]
224. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider putting a cap on how many social houses a local authority can purchase in a private housing development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20526/23]
176. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made on an extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20601/23]
174. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if her Department will provide a school place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20568/23]
148. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if she will support a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20253/23]
100. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if he will support a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20567/23]
336. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish the report from the working group on transport supports for people with disabilities; if he will confirm whether the report includes proposals to put in place a fit-for-purpose primary medical certificate for people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20045/23]
627. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the facilities that are in place to diabetes patients for the safe disposal of used needles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19573/23]
535. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason an emergency medical card is not issued to the spouse of a self-employed person even through the spouse is employed on a PAYE basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19072/23]
454. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the investment aid for the development of the commercial horticulture sector will be in place in 2023 in order to give security to the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19521/23]
448. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers ruled out of the ANC scheme for reasons other than not meeting stocking density criteria in 2020, 2021 and 2022, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19277/23]
441. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if tillage land was eligible for ANC payments prior to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19168/23]
397. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice when he intends to meet with stakeholders following the report of the Firearms Expert Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19059/23]
357. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports that are in place for self-employed people who fall ill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19070/23]
264. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if a teacher (details supplied) is under the pre-2012 pension regime or the post-2012 pension regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19151/23]
382. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency rooms that will be included in the new community nursing unit being built in Tuam; the application process for patients to access these rooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18752/23]
1668. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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]
1562. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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]
1548. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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]
1463. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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]
1462. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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]
1461. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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]
1412. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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; if he is aware of the importance of overseas healthcare assistants in the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16607/23]
1352. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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]
1269. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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]
1268. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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]
1267. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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]
1200. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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]
1177. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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 statement on the matter. [16071/23]
1024. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice 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]
1023. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice 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]
955. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice 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]
919. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider the criteria for fuel allowance in light of the housing crisis, where many adult children cannot get accommodation and move out of home, which is preventing their parents from accessing fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17335/23]
913. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider abolishing the means test for carers where the care recipient is a child who has lifelong medical needs as the level of care required from such families is all-encompassing, from daily personal care, feeding, household chores to include a multitude of medical appointments and the associated costs of attending these appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17248/23]
881. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to pay the full basic supplementary welfare allowance to asylum seekers who are not in direct provision and if she plans to give asylum-seeking children access to child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16701/23]
627. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the re-location of a school (details supplied); if she is aware that the NCSE evaluation was finalised in March 2022, and the school’s current lease is due to expire in September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16365/23]
355. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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]
329. Deputy Seán Canney asked 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]
125. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport 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 make a statement on the matter. [15973/23]
643. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the longest time that a child who is classified as urgent, semi-urgent and non-urgent is waiting for an MRI scan in UHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14783/23]
513. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support an urgent matter (details supplied). [14970/23]
225. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport 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]
177. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has given approval to a request by a company (details supplied) for pension increases for its pensioners payable from July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14582/23]
1572. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) whose REAP scheme ended in January 2023 can apply for the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13446/23]
1551. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of difficulties experienced by farmers applying for the fodder scheme who were informed online that their applications were submitted and were later told that the application had not been received (details supplied); the number of farmers that are affected by this problem; his plans to address such problems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12839/23]
1308. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the electric charging point located at unit 4, Merlin Park Hospital, Galway, which was installed in 2022, will be available for use by the public and employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12854/23]