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Tue, 8 Nov 2022
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Dental Services
Seán Canney
1192. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to cases where dental patients with medical cards are being taken off dentists’ medical card patient lists due to the patient not attending the dentist within the past three years and when they attended the dentist in 2019 but were unable to do so in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid restrictions; if this is permissible under the scheme; his views on whether this practice is acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55279/22]
Tue, 8 Nov 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Seán Canney
1194. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient and inpatients waiting for pain management in the Saolta University Health Care Group region; the length of time that these persons have been waiting; his plans to address waiting times for pain management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55304/22]
Tue, 25 Oct 2022
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Tax Code
Seán Canney
258. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to increase the benefit-in-kind by 40% which will reduce the income for workers who need a company vehicle to carry out their duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53189/22]
Tue, 25 Oct 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Seán Canney
462. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the anomaly in the Budget 2023 proposals in which participants on community employment schemes will receive a €5 increase per week; if she will increase this payment to €12 per week in line with all other social welfare recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53190/22]
Tue, 25 Oct 2022
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Pension Provisions
Seán Canney
464. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to change the regime in which persons who work past the age of 66 years can continue to claim the contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53197/22]
Tue, 25 Oct 2022
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Third Level Fees
Seán Canney
531. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he intends to extend the recently-announced €1,000 refund to undergraduate students to graduate entry medicine students who face annual fees of between €15,000 and €17,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53215/22]
Tue, 25 Oct 2022
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Forestry Sector
Seán Canney
771. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new forestry programme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53361/22]
Tue, 25 Oct 2022
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Forestry Sector
Seán Canney
772. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a support scheme to support forestry in view of the delay in launching the new forestry programme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this delay has pushed many small businesses to the brink of closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53363/22]
Thu, 20 Oct 2022
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Community Care
Seán Canney
76. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when St. Brendan's day care centre in Loughrea, County Galway will be reopened for use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51142/22]
Thu, 20 Oct 2022
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Primary Care Services
Seán Canney
102. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when he expects the long-delayed x-ray facilities to be up and running in Tuam primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51143/22]
Thu, 20 Oct 2022
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Health Services
Seán Canney
110. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to establish a national screening programme for structural heart disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51147/22]
Thu, 20 Oct 2022
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Hospital Staff
Seán Canney
112. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the long waiting lists for treatment due to a chronic shortage of radiation therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51145/22]
Thu, 20 Oct 2022
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Disability Services
Seán Canney
145. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the plans that he is putting in place to deliver the specialist neurology required to meet the current demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51146/22]
Thu, 20 Oct 2022
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Dental Services
Seán Canney
162. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that medical card holders can avail of dentistry services which are currently unavailable at this time due to an ongoing dispute between dentists and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51144/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Local Authorities
Seán Canney
343. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of building control officers who are employed by each local authority; his views that the numbers are sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51558/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Education Policy
Seán Canney
605. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason part-time students are excluded from the reduction in student fees outlined in the recent Budget; if has attention has been drawn to the fact that many students are trying to progress their careers in difficult circumstances by pursuing part-time education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51809/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Regulatory Bodies
Seán Canney
671. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason that CORU social care worker registration status has not been given to the BA in professional social care (disability) degree from Open Training College courses for students who completed the course in 2020; the steps that students who completed this degree course in 2020 can take to get registered as a social care worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51758/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Nursing Homes
Seán Canney
697. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his views on patients in public nursing homes being charged €100 for transport between one hospital and another for a scope, especially in light of the removal of inpatient hospital charges; if he recognises many such patients are already contributing much of their non-contributory State pension towards their care and are left with little real income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51273/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Disability Services
Seán Canney
776. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the services that are available to a child (details supplied) with Down Syndrome and moderate or severe hearing loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51569/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Health Services Staff
Seán Canney
791. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the HSE roles that will be put forward for social care worker registration; and the level three qualifications that will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51759/22]