567. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will change the three-year residence rule for children born outside the European Union whose parents have returned to Ireland to allow the children to become eligible for Irish fees as opposed to international fees for third level education; if he will ensure that students who meet the three-year criteria can change from being treated as international students to Irish students during the course of their studies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49911/22]
503. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for a disability allowance will be expedited due to extenuating circumstances in the case. [49760/22]
490. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will index link the income threshold for the deserted wife payment to match the rise in inflation year on year given that no increase has been allowed since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49579/22]
489. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will remove the income threshold for deserted wife benefit which is in place for the years 3 August 1992 to 2 January 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49578/22]
417. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the new Gaelscoil for Athenry, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49893/22]
394. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the status of the new gaelscoil for Athenry, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49729/22]
209. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to issue the Ministerial Directive and guidelines to local authorities to allow them to process the new Croí Cónaithe vacant properties grant scheme for rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49383/22]
208. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will issue the Ministerial Directive and guidelines to local authorities to allow them to process the new tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49382/22]
657. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the amount that was paid to general practitioners for carrying-out abortions in each of the years 2019 to 2021; and the total amount paid for abortions carried out in hospital settings separately in that timeframe. [48354/22]
656. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the amount that was spent in relation to abortion provision to community-based groups which provide counselling and provision of abortion; and if he will provide a breakdown of the monies spent on advertising, training, consultancy, legal advice, and any other relevant services in each of the years 2019 to 2021. [48353/22]
655. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the amount that is paid to each doctor for the performance of an abortion in a general practitioner-setting; the amount paid to doctors, midwifery, and any other hospital staff for the provision of abortion in a hospital setting; and if either amount has changed since 2019. [48352/22]
515. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will change the rules in relation to the three-year residency for children born outside the European Union whose parents have returned to Ireland to allow the children to become eligible for grants for third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48407/22]
438. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection when her Department will provide funding under the dormant account fund measures to support the employment of people with disabilities given that the present three-year funding expires in December 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48398/22]
377. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the reason that prior teaching service by a teacher, which has not been reckoned for an incremental credit as teaching, cannot be reckoned as a credit for non-teaching experience (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48099/22]
275. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider supporting apartment owners who need to address fire safety issues in their apartment blocks, given these property owners are not at fault in terms of the problem but are faced with huge bills to have the matter addressed and, in the meantime, lives are endangered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48105/22]
153. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the low price being paid to electricity microgenerators through the feed-in tariff (details supplied); if he will introduce a scheme in which microgenerators will be incentivised to supply electricity to their neighbours, given this would be subject to low transmission and distribution costs and would avoid a situation where electricity supplied from power stations via the grid is subject to losses of 7 to 8%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47903/22]
234. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if he will remove the commercial stamp duty definition rate of 7.5% on agricultural land and revise it in line with the residential stamp duty charge of 1% up to €1 million and 2% thereafter. [46561/22]
233. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider a VAT rebate on domestic and commercial solar panel installation to encourage the further installation of such panels in the current energy crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46560/22]
232. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider exempting all community groups from paying VAT on goods and services to protect such groups given the current increase in costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46559/22]
203. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance his views on increasing the working from home relief in view of the increased heat and electricity costs faced by home workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46558/22]
97. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance the progress that is being made on introducing a new scheme for disabled drivers and passengers which will be workable and relevant to persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46557/22]
533. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when an invitation to tender for home support services will be published; when tender arrangements will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45754/22]
384. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that carers who apply for carer's allowance do not have their spouse's travel-to-work income included in the means assessment where the spouse has availed of the cycle-to-work scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45852/22]
197. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if the grant for electric vehicles extends to local area hackney licence holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45747/22]
64. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the best way communities can be supported by his Department including through the provision of grant aid for energy efficiencies such as solar panels. [45112/22]
141. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will advance the necessary additional funding to bridge the gap between existing grants allocated through the Rural Regeneration Fund and the actual cost which is far higher due to the exceptional increase in the cost of construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29033/22]
118. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider providing more funding to local authorities due to the huge backlog of applications for local improvement schemes for rural roads; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44767/22]
102. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends to provide any additional interim Leader funding for 2023 in order to ensure that there is no gap in the provision of funding for community groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44768/22]
98. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will increase the amount of funding available for the 2022 allocation under the rural regeneration development fund; if she will provide additional funding to projects that have already received a grant allocation due to the unprecedented increase in construction costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44766/22]
82. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will conduct a review of the way increasing inflation, fuel and energy costs are affecting community groups throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45112/22]
663. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide additional funding to the public participation networks to allow them to provide additional funds to community groups struggling to pay energy costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44651/22]
551. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of a primary care centre for Claregalway, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44664/22]
550. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times for urgent and non-urgent patients at the symptomatic breast cancer clinic at University Hospital Galway; the number of patients on each list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44663/22]
546. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when full day-care services will be recommenced in a nursing unit (details supplied); the interim measures that he intends to put in place until a permanent solution is found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44648/22]
475. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children in County Galway who have eyesight issues and who are entitled to an annual eye examination at Tuam primary care centre are being refused on the basis of lack of capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44424/22]
460. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when all health workers, including agency workers who are entitled to the €1,000 recognition payment for their work during the Covid pandemic will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44386/22]
430. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44417/22]
319. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the reason that a person (details supplied) was refused an incremental credit for their time teaching in Australia. [44750/22]
302. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the measures that she intends to put in place to alleviate the problems in the school transport system in rural areas across the country following her Department’s announcement of free transport for eligible students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44649/22]
265. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the status of the review of the primary school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44393/22]
162. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider changing the rules surrounding the repayment of income tax to ensure that persons who have overpaid tax for years can receive their tax back for more than the statutory limitation period of four years and ensure that a level playing field exists for members of the public given that the Revenue Commissioners can pursue underpaid tax going back for years and impose stiff penalties on top of the amounts accrued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44488/22]
1593. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for section 39 workers to achieve pay parity with public service workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42327/22]
1486. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide support to families for the provision of respite in private settings in cases in which no respite service is available through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41974/22]
173. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will provide supports to persons who wish to establish a hackney service in rural areas in which there is no taxi service available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42121/22]
2065. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is willing to address the anomaly in which a person (details supplied) who worked in a semi-State body has no recognition in terms of pension of their years of work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39827/22]
1800. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to establish a second ambulance at Tuam Ambulance Base on a 24-hour, seven-day-per-week basis to meet the increased demand for ambulance services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40532/22]
1796. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children who have eyesight issues and are entitled to an annual eye examination are being refused on the basis of lack of capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40484/22]