Questions asked 25 total

• Agriculture 6 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a full investigation will be conducted into the administration of the basic income support for sustainability scheme, eco and organic payments for 2023 applications for a farmer (details supplied), as the quality of the administration of these multiple schemes appears to have been very poor; his views on the multiple difficulties and delays relating to administration on the part of his Department; if the processing of their application is in contravention of the farmers' charter of rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35526/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the number of incidences of TB detected nationwide for the years 2014 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35527/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned about the incidences of TB being detected through on-farm tests, but not showing up in post-mortem tests in factories; and if records are kept in relation to these instances; whether such records can be provided for the years 2014 to 2023. [35528/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to conduct further studies into the source and prevalence of TB in Ireland. [35529/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if tests have been conducted on the efficacy of the TB vaccines currently being administered; if there are plans to change or update the vaccines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35530/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Charter of Farmers Rights is still fit for purpose and relevant; his views on whether it should be updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35531/24]
• Transport 4 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport the plans in place to increase the frequency of public transport from Galway to Kilcolgan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35248/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport the plans in place to increase the frequency of public transport from Loughrea in County Galway to Galway via Oranmore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35252/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport the grant assistance available to support a local business install an EV charging point at its premises for commercial and public use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35255/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Transport if he will give funding to local authorities to deal with the issue of ash dieback on trees located on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35534/24]
• Education 3 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if she will publish the total annual revenue received by Bus Éireann for school transport; the amounts paid by her to Bus Éireann and by the customers for the years 2010 to date, in tabular form; and if she will publish the Bus Éireann annual statement of account on her website for each of these years. [33864/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education when an application for assistive technology will be determined, bearing in mind that the application was made 12 months ago (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35247/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be provided to a school (details supplied) for a pupil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35256/24]
• Children 3 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a creche or childminding facility accepts core funding, if the facility is in breach of its core funding contract if it increases the fee to parents beyond €33.70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34549/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if full-time residential care can be provided for a person (details supplied) as their mother is not in a position to provide this care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34581/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is compensating services for the legal costs incurred during compensation applications under the mother and baby redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35943/24]
• Health 3 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the recruitment policy operated by the HSE; if he is aware that all posts vacant at the end of 2023 are now non-existent, that unfunded posts are now funded posts, and if any person leaves their post in the future, that post is not guaranteed to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34376/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 20 June 2024, if a patient with complex needs (details supplied) meets the criteria for reimbursement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34434/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the progress his Department has made on updating the Dental Act 1985 in light of the abrupt closure of an orthodontic practice in Galway in August 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34547/24]
• Finance 2 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if he will change the 9% VAT refund scheme for coaches and buses to include all coach or bus operators operating a passenger transport service, as the present scheme includes tourist operators only; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34578/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Finance if there is an exemption from stamp duty available for the Traveller ethnic group who are purchasing a home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34580/24]
• Housing 2 questions

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next funding for the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34172/24]
  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding is available to local authorities to construct homes suitable for elderly persons who are living in rural areas in houses which are unsuitable for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35562/24]
• Public Expenditure 1 question

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an elemental cost breakdown of the expenditure on the new bicycle shelter at Leinster House, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35944/24]
• Enterprise 1 question

  • 2024-09-09 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the protection that exists for consumers of medical services, when they have paid the professional involved and that professional closes the business without providing the services that were paid for in circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34548/24]