Questions asked 13 total

• Housing 4 questions

  • 2023-05-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of farmers who were successful in their applications to have their land dezoned in each local authority as part of the submission process for residential zoned land tax that closed on 1 January 2023, and for which decisions were issued at the start of April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21590/23]
  • 2023-05-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm that the residential zoned land tax will not be applicable to farm lands currently being used as part of a functional farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21591/23]
  • 2023-05-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm that the residential zoned land tax does not apply to lands that are zoned phase 2 in local area plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21592/23]
  • 2023-05-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can confirm that the recently announced exemption from development charges includes exemption from water charge connection fees from group water schemes and connection charges to the ESB networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21593/23]
• Health 4 questions

  • 2023-05-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if staff working in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service are included in the Covid bonus payment as front-line workers; if so, when he expects that they will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21414/23]
  • 2023-05-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of first appointments made for an abortion in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21599/23]
  • 2023-05-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of first appointments made for an abortion in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21600/23]
  • 2023-05-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by county of the number of first appointments made for an abortion in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21601/23]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2023-05-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure a regular bus service is put in place to service Clarinbridge into Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21214/23]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2023-05-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance the supports he will put in place to support mortgage holders who are in receipt of disability allowance and are on fixed income where the repayments are increasing as a result of increases in the interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21744/23]
• Public Expenditure 1 question

  • 2023-05-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when payments will be made to retired OPW workers in relation to backpay due to them, given that this money has already been paid to current OPW workers, but some retirees are awaiting payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21379/23]
• Education 1 question

  • 2023-05-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if she will support a project (details supplied). [21403/23]
• Agriculture 1 question

  • 2023-05-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new ash dieback scheme will be extended to forest owners who received the previous support but who have lost financially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21320/23]