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Thu, 10 Sep 2020
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Medical Cards
Seán Canney
201. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if legislation necessary to implement changes to the medical card weekly income limit for persons over 70 years of age announced in budget 2020 has been enacted and commenced in view of the fact the situation means that couples with a combined weekly income of between €900 and €1,050 are losing out on their entitlement to a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23030/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Seán Canney
25. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the steps in the process to exhume the bodies at the mother and baby home site in Tuam, County Galway. [21152/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Postal Services
Seán Canney
149. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks his plans to develop the post office network as a one stop shop for all offline State transactional services, including motor tax payments, driver licences, public services card renewals, identity verification and administration for Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21865/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Taxi Licences
Seán Canney
219. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport his views on the granting of local area hackney licences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21868/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Office of Public Works
Seán Canney
322. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the project for the development of the Office of Public Works regional office in Headford, County Galway will go to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21866/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Home Loan Scheme
Seán Canney
397. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason approvals for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme are being withdrawn by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21153/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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School Accommodation
Seán Canney
549. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education when a design team will be appointed for a new national school campus for Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21870/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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School Accommodation
Seán Canney
550. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education when a design team will be appointed for a new Gaelscoil campus at Athenry, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21871/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Seán Canney
653. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Covid-19 support payment will be reinstated for self-employed persons in the music and entertainment industry here (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21154/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Seán Canney
727. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection when arrears in payments for Covid-19 will be processed (details supplied). [22045/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Child Benefit
Seán Canney
743. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to extend the payment of child benefit to include those children that have reached 18 years of age but are still in full-time secondary school education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22221/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Seán Canney
887. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice when funding will be put in place to confirm the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the timeline for compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22032/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Disability Services Provision
Seán Canney
987. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the plans and timeline for the introduction of transport services for disability service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22638/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Hospital Services
Seán Canney
1269. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the development of the mental health day hospital and disability centre at the Grove Hospital site in Tuam, County Galway will go to tender; when a contractor is expected to be appointed to carry out the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21869/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Health Services Staff
Seán Canney
1289. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason advanced paramedics that are qualified and work in that capacity in the UK are not being recognised here by the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council and are being downgraded to paramedic status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21999/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Occupational Therapy
Seán Canney
1293. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if a fast track process will be introduced as a matter of urgency to allow occupational therapists that trained in the UK that are applying for degree recognition here to do so in a short time in view of the fact that applications are taking in excess of seven months from the date of submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22014/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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National Broadband Plan
Seán Canney
114. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if all dwellings will be treated equally in relation to recent reports indicating that new rural houses without an alternative broadband provider may be subject to large costs as a deterrent to building in rural areas and that no house will be burdened with additional costs in the provision of fibre broadband to the home under the national broadband plan. [18897/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Seán Canney
193. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will intervene in view of the fact that many Irish persons that booked holidays before the Covid-19 lockdown are now losing their money due to the travel ban and airlines are refusing to offer a refund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18900/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Seán Canney
533. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in cases in which landlords are refusing to give refunds to students that could not remain in their accommodation during the Covid-19 lockdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18899/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Forestry Sector
Seán Canney
639. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will put in place with immediate effect to resolve the delays being experienced in the supply chain for timber due to objections to felling licences being granted under the Forestry Act 2014; his views on the lack of resources available to the forestry appeals committee to deal with such objections in a timely fashion; his further views on the impact this will have on the supply of timber for house building and the construction industry in general; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18895/20]