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Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Foreign Birth Registration
Seán Canney
127. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on an application for foreign birth registration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48478/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Road Tolls
Seán Canney
204. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if he will ascertain the number of staff employed by the road toll companies since Covid; if the companies can reduce tolls due to the fact that all tills are cashless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47305/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Road Safety
Seán Canney
205. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport the reason the lay-bys are closed on the M17/M18 motorways and the M6 motorway, when drivers are encouraged to rest but there is no place to pull in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47306/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Road Safety
Seán Canney
210. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that the speed limit reviews being carried out by local authorities are paused pending instructions from his Department, which is delaying the implementation of safety measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47387/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Taxi Licences
Seán Canney
267. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if he will amend the rules to allow a SPSV driver’s licence holder switch from a WAV licence to a standard taxi licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48389/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Tax Code
Seán Canney
334. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to amend the tax treatment of interest-free loans from parents to their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48624/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Consumer Rights
Seán Canney
415. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce a measure to protect persons who pay up front for services and the supplier of the services closes their business prior to the service being delivered, such as orthodontic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48590/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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EU Directives
Seán Canney
790. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider not turning the clocks back one hour this winter to facilitate persons who suffer from seasonal affective disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47307/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Animal Culls
Seán Canney
890. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans in place to cull the wild deer herd, which is causing serious risk to motorists as they are coming onto public roads in darkness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47372/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Patient Files
Seán Canney
1110. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if patient records from prior to 2001 are available from Merlin Park Hospital, Galway, and University Hospital, Galway; and if so, whether those records can be released to a patient (details supplied). [47358/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Education and Training Provision
Seán Canney
1407. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide the necessary funding to Galway Roscommon Educational Training Board for the purchase of a site in Roscommon for the provision of an apprenticeship programme centre in Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48004/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Departmental Programmes
Seán Canney
1447. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she intends to give a start date for the new Leader Programme to the companies who will administer the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47361/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Departmental Programmes
Seán Canney
1448. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is carrying out a review of the funding allocated to Galway under the Leader Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47362/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Seán Canney
70. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that organic farmers are being discriminated against under ACRES due to the scoring system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46300/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Seán Canney
73. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to review the proportionality of financial penalties being imposed on farmers for administrative errors; if he believes that his Department is taking account of proportionality in deciding penalties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46303/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Hen Harriers
Seán Canney
87. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider giving priority to ACRES applications where hen harrier designations exist, given these farmers currently have a designation but no compensation is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46299/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Fodder Crisis
Seán Canney
102. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a fodder support scheme for farmers in the Shannon Callows who lost their fodder due to the flooding of the Callows in summer 2023 and who are now without fodder for the winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46302/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Seán Canney
109. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for further details on the increased budget being made available for the ewe premium scheme; the amount per ewe; when will it be paid; if the criteria or terms and conditions will change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46301/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Housing Schemes
Seán Canney
191. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider allowing one member of a couple to get their share of the help to buy scheme if their partner previously benefited in their own right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46231/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Primary Medical Certificates
Seán Canney
198. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance when he expects to have the long awaited revised qualifying criteria for the primary medical certificate which will be fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46406/23]