Galway East — week of Mon, 26 Apr

What your Galway East TDs did this week

Mon, 26 Apr – 2 May 2021 · 4 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 16 questions · 8 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2021-04-28 · 2 votes

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted for 1 Ciarán Cannon

Did not vote 4 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche · Seán Canney

The motion · motion passed 25–20

Voted for 1 Ciarán Cannon

Did not vote 4 Albert Dolan · Louis O'Hara · Peter Roche · Seán Canney

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 0 votes · 16 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 16 total

Health 6 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if it is HSE policy that partners can attend the 20-week scan given this is not being implemented in University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21126/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health his position on the use of antigen testing to facilitate visitors to visit patients in hospital, including antenatal visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21127/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when chiropody services will be made available in Tuam primary care centre, Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21233/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason patients with significantly reduced lung capacity are not receiving early vaccinations given the dangers that Covid-19 poses to their health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21325/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that an ad hoc approach is not being taken by different hospitals to allowing partners to access antenatal appointments and attend at births to ensure that women across the country can have clarity on their partners being able to attend maternity appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21397/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the options open to persons aged 60 to 69 years of age who do not want to receive a vaccine (details supplied) but are anxious to be vaccinated; when they can expect to receive a vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21399/21]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider putting in place a top-up payment on grant schemes to reflect the additional costs that disabled farmers incur in meeting the terms of the schemes in view of the fact that 13% of farmers have a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21193/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will lift the restrictions and allow farmers selling at marts to attend at the mart for the sale given that many farmers do not have access to proper broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21200/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider changing the terms and conditions of the TAMS scheme for low emission slurry spreading equipment to allow registered agricultural contractors who do not own a farm to apply for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21345/21]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider amending the Student Support Act 2011 to support Irish students studying within the EU who would qualify for SUSI support if they were studying in Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that third-level education fees are lower in most other EU states than they are in Ireland; the estimated cost of such a change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21438/21]
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of places available for students wishing to study medicine in Irish universities; the annual intake of first year students; his views on whether the number of places is sufficient given the shortage of doctors in the Irish health system; his plans to increase same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21440/21]
Education 2 questions
- 2021-04-29 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) can construct an additional classroom to be attached to the school in lieu of a standalone classroom approved in which planning permission is in place and the costs are defined and the play space is confined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22386/21]
- 2021-04-29 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education her views on the trend for gender neutral toilet facilities in the design of schools as in the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22521/21]
Transport 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if he will lift the restrictions on driver tests to facilitate young farmers who need to have a tractor to drive on public roads during the summer months to draw silage and other farming activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21201/21]
Finance 1 question
- 2021-04-28 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty that the recent announcement by a bank (details supplied) that it is to exit the Irish market is causing for the staff of the bank; if he has ascertained if another bank is willing to absorb the small number of branch staff into its operation; the future prospects for the staff of the bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21336/21]
Tourism 1 question
- 2021-04-29 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she will reconvene the National Advisory Council on Online Safety; when the next meeting of the Council is scheduled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22531/21]