2022-07-26Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if families who have been denied respite care due to the fact that no respite care is available in a public facility due to Covid can get financial assistance towards the cost of respite care in a private nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40409/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the national review of cardiac services being conducted by a person (details supplied) will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40479/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the actions that have been undertaken by his Department to participate with other European Union member states in the prevention and detection of cardiovascular disease in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40480/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will introduce a national screening programme for those over the age of 65 years to identify those most at risk of structural heart disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40481/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children who have eyesight issues and are entitled to an annual eye examination are being refused on the basis of lack of capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40484/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has plans to establish a second ambulance at Tuam Ambulance Base on a 24-hour, seven-day-per-week basis to meet the increased demand for ambulance services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40532/22]
Environment2 questions
2022-07-26Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a person can apply for windows and doors under the retrofit scheme as a stand-alone measure; if not, if the applicant must carry out other measures to qualify for grant assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39851/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he will authorise the payment of the 2% pensionable increase effective from 1 January 2022 to An Post pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40529/22]
Education2 questions
2022-07-26Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if a primary school teacher may transfer from one regional teaching panel to another due to extenuating family circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40589/22]
2022-07-26Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education her views on the need for children with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, who attend a special school to avail of a structured school routine throughout the summer months given that the ten-week break causes many non-verbal children to have significant struggles in terms of frustration and behavioural issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40707/22]
Foreign1 question
2022-07-26Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cause of the current delay in applications to join the foreign birth register; the steps that he is taking to address the current two-year waiting time and backlog of 39,000 applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40710/22]
Social1 question
2022-07-26Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will amend the regulations governing illness benefit to ensure that workers who were out of work through no fault of their own due to Government lockdown in 2020 and who received the pandemic unemployment payment at the time are not now precluded from getting illness benefit if they are ill or injured as in the example (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39835/22]
Agriculture1 question
2022-07-26Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is willing to address the anomaly in which a person (details supplied) who worked in a semi-State body has no recognition in terms of pension of their years of work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39827/22]