Questions asked 23 total

• Agriculture 6 questions

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason woodland on a farm is not recognised in the new acres scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37912/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what funding was in place for the 2022 BISS scheme; what funding is in place for the 2023 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38148/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the fodder scheme 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38152/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for approval for applications under TAMS 3 which closed on 30 June 2023; if there are delays in the approval process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38522/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a forest owner who fells an ash plantation that has been affected by ash dieback will have to return his forestry payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38621/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when approval letters will issue in relation to TAMS Tranche 3; if he is aware of the stress that the delay in issuing TAMS approvals is causing to farmers who wished to have sheds in place for the coming winter; what is the cause of the current delay as farmers in Tranche 2 received approval letters within four to six weeks of the closing date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39196/23]
• Housing 4 questions

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a recommended cap on the number of social houses a county council can purchase in a private turnkey development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37524/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received under the croí cónaithe vacant property grant scheme since its inception to date for each local authority; the number of applications that have been approved in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38161/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider expanding the vacant property refurbishment grant to include vacant properties that cannot be refurbished and require total demolition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38308/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will resend S1 421 of 2023 in order to allow for sufficient dialogue with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38913/23]
• Finance 3 questions

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance the rationale behind the decision not to allow tax relief for land rented to a close relative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37512/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance when the appropriate amendment will be made to the Finance Act to exempt functional farmland from the residential zoned land tax. [38162/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance when the appropriate amendment will be made to the forthcoming finance Act to exempt R2 residential zoned land from the residential zoned land tax, given that this land cannot currently be developed. [38171/23]
• Transport 2 questions

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if he will allow the NTA to distinguish between a taxi and hackney in relation to rear windows being darkened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38151/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider instructing the NCT to reverse their decision to go cashless only and to accept cash as a legal tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38548/23]
• Children 2 questions

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to set up the office in Tuam of the director in charge of the exhuming of the site in Tuam in order that the director and their staff can be based close to the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38166/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will include childcare as an appropriate career for an apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38215/23]
• Health 2 questions

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the HSE is requesting final transcripts of a student's final degree undertaken in Northern Ireland earlier than is possible for the university, which means students studying in Northern Ireland will be unable to apply for internship posts and work as doctors here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38523/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will fund the purchase of an AED device for a person diagnosed with long-QT syndrome which will be located in the person’s home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39089/23]
• Further and Higher Education 2 questions

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider providing support for student physiotherapists studying in Lithuania due to the shortage of physiotherapists in this country and places to train; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37513/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the one-off payment of €1,000 towards the student contribution will be made available to a student (details supplied) who did Year 1 of a course in 2019/2020 and received the Free Fees Initiative and who then did Year 1 of a different course in a different college in 2022/2023, but who was precluded from the payment as they did not get the free fees in the first year of their current course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38698/23]
• Environment 1 question

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the effects of lightning on wind turbines has been investigated; if in particular sulphur hexafluoride can escape into the atmosphere if a turbine is struck by lightning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37726/23]
• Rural 1 question

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is considering a review of the amount of LEADER funding allocated to County Galway, with a view to increasing the allocation to bridge the shortfall in funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38164/23]