Galway East — week of Mon, 19 Apr

What your Galway East TDs did this week

Mon, 19 Apr – 25 Apr 2021 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 31 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-04-21 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 41–3

Voted for 2 Ciarán Cannon · Seán Canney

Did not vote 3 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche

Albert Dolan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Louis O'Hara — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Peter Roche — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Seán Canney — Independent 1 vote · 28 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 28 total

Health 10 questions
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19513/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to prioritise the reintroduction of maternity support services in the reopening of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18173/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the provisions that are included in the quarantine system for a family returning from the UAE who have a child with special needs; the way in which this child will be facilitated; if the family will be required to quarantine in a hotel facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18187/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure maternity and maternity support services such as ante-natal classes are returned to normal as soon as possible following the end of the level 5 lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18983/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the difficulties faced by couples who are currently separated and living in different countries due to Covid-19; the plans that exist to allow such couples to visit each other in coming months as lockdown restrictions are eased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18991/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to the need to promote increased movement and physical exercise as Covid-19 restrictions ease; the plans that exist to reverse patterns in which students and workers are spending long hours in front of computer screens; the plans that exist for the reopening of dance and sport activities which have now been restricted for over a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18992/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when, in view of easing of Covid restrictions, it is planned to hold pres three exams to allow foreign doctors currently living here to get permanent registration which will allow them to take up work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19047/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when patients that suffer from asthma can expect to receive the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19122/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when restrictions will be lifted for weddings; and the numbers that will be allowed. [19280/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his plans to re-draft the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19514/21]
Enterprise 5 questions
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the immediate reintroduction of click and collect services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18174/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the need for a defined plan for reopening retail business; his views on whether there is a need for a reopening plan as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18175/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the need for an urgent arbitration plan to address the looming rent crisis for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18176/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the financial supports available to businesses will be extended to enable those businesses that were viable prior to the pandemic to trade effectively once restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18177/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are many businesses that do not have rateable business premises and do not qualify for supports; if a support scheme for such businesses will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18370/21]
Housing 3 questions
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18968/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; the details on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; when the interim planning regulations will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19356/21]
- 2021-04-22 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the delivery targets for housing in Galway County Council for 2019, by build, acquisition, leasing and the actual numbers attained in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21008/21]
Transport 2 questions
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss its proposals for a funding strategy for the region and in particular Shannon Airport. [18374/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport his plans for investment in rail projects as outlined in the Programme for Government including projected timelines and associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20531/21]
Children 2 questions
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for not advertising the call for submission on a restorative recognition scheme for former residents of the mother and baby homes in a publication (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18225/21]
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Government will immediately relocate refugees and asylum seekers from the horrific, dehumanizing Moira refugee camp in Lesvos, Greece in which they are trapped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18267/21]
Environment 1 question
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the National Inland Fisheries Forum; when it last met; his plans to reconvene the forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18486/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if he will extend the help to buy scheme to include the refurbishment of old property to upgrade; if not, if the scheme will be reinstated for habitation for first time homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18451/21]
Education 1 question
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education her views on the naming of special needs schools as special; if she will consider removing the word special from the name of such schools as this may attach a stigma to the schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18372/21]
Social 1 question
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans for the expansion of local employment services; if expansion will include the change in delivery from a cost-met to a cost-bid arrangement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19500/21]
Justice 1 question
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice the action she plans to take in Q2 2021 to meet the objectives set out in the Action Plan 2021 to identify areas in which gaps in supports exist for victims of crime and to ameliorate those gaps; if she will examine the availability of counsellors in rape crisis centres as part of the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19016/21]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2021-04-21 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on recent reports that up to 15 million bees from Italy may be released in Northern Ireland later in April 2021; if he has been in contact with beekeepers across the country who are very concerned at this proposed release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19045/21]