Seán Canney

888. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive payment for the succession planning and advice grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38697/26]

1162. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if her Department will review the exclusion of fezolinetant from the drug payment scheme, particularly for patients undergoing cancer treatment, as many rely on this medication for quality of life and ongoing care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37306/26]

517. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason that at present paramedics and EMTs do not receive the same level of flat-rate expense allowances as other frontline healthcare professionals, such as nurses, despite carrying out comparable clinical duties and being subject to similar uniform requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29278/26]

776. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will consider making versatis patches available to a wider cohort of patients as some patients, including a person (details supplied) are unable to sleep for prolonged periods, and are forced to sleep in a sitting position, due to nerve pain; if she will recognise that for some patients this is the only relief available for them and they need to be reimbursed due to the high cost of the medication; if she will recognise that the current one-size-fits-all approach is leaving many patients in great pain as a result of a poor bureaucratic system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28093/26]

777. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will consider making versatis patches available to a wider cohort of patients as some patients, including a person (details supplied) are unable to sleep for prolonged periods, and are forced to sleep in a sitting position, due to nerve pain; if she will recognise that for some patients this is the only relief available for them and they need to be reimbursed due to the high cost of the medication; if she will recognise that the current one-size-fits-all approach is leaving many patients in great pain as a result of a poor bureaucratic system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28094/26]

1746. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when the drug Skyclarys will be reimbursed for patients with Friedreich’s Ataxia (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18731/26]

1748. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will consider amending the fair deal legislation to allow persons in nursing homes who own a property in the UK to access the nursing home support loan; to ensure that the property tax payable on such properties is an allowable deduction in terms of the financial assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18738/26]

832. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when Möscha swivel spout, an improved alternative to traditional splash plates as it has lower emissions, will be approved in terms of TAMS grants, as currently, small or medium-sized farmers cannot afford to buy large tankers which necessitate large tractors, which are unsuitable for hilly or wet ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14911/26]

1157. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an operation in St. Vincent’s Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12233/26]

1167. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to ensure that Ireland is on a par with other European countries in terms of ensuing the financial wellbeing of healthcare staff affected by long-Covid as a result of working at the front lines of the health service during the Covid pandemic; if she is aware that the EU recommended that all member states recognise long-Covid as an occupational illness and that all members have accepted this bar Ireland and Greece; the steps she is taking to address this situation and ensure that Irish health staff who suffer from this debilitating condition are properly taken care of; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12291/26]

307. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of funding that was allocated for the solar PV scheme for medically vulnerable customers; the number of individuals that have received the solar panel grant since it was launched; and what the process of selection is/was; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10047/26]

692. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will re-examine the national guidelines in relation to exceptional needs payments for household furnishings, appliances and equipment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3709/26]

896. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the number of podiatry posts in counties Galway and Roscommon; if the number has increased or decreased in recent years; the number of people which are on the waiting list for podiatry services; the number currently availing of services; if this has increased in recent years; if there is a need for additional posts; if there are posts that are currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71357/25]

919. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will appoint a consultant to deal with ME as there is currently no public consultant available in this speciality; if she will list ME on the long-term illness scheme given many ME patients are paying for prescribed drugs outside the medical card scheme and are also paying for prescribed supplements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71483/25]

892. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason carer’s allowance is taken into account for the over 70 medical card income assessment, as its inclusion is putting many people over the income threshold for a medical card and is a disincentive to take up important caring, duties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69297/25]

368. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider making rent supplement available to people living in accommodation provided by voluntary housing bodies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67551/25]

815. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health her views on whether CORU’s recently published standards for training and practice in psychotherapy represents a decrease in standards, as the proposed regulation would see the removal for personal therapy in training, the elimination of mandatory clinical supervision during training, a dramatic reduction in clinical training hours, the removal of any minimum timeframe for training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65226/25]

1158. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if she will consider amending legislation governing SUSI to allow students who have previously completed Springboard courses to have these courses discounted in terms of progression when applying for SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63137/25]

516. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the arrangements being put in place to ensure that a child (details supplied) has an appropriate school placement for September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61552/25]

1017. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of dental services to medical card holders as thousands of medical card holders across the country cannot currently afford to attend a dentist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61551/25]

1036. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health to outline the changes that have been made to the podiatry services in County Galway; if patients are now experiencing longer wait times between appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61701/25]

611. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will investigate the potential cost of extending the availability of glucose monitors to persons with diabetes, other than type 1 diabetes, including type 2 and type 3c diabetes, with a view to extending the availability of monitors to this cohort of patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53248/25]

627. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will amend legislation so that the long-term illness scheme will include ME; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53321/25]

324. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider allowing an extension for slurry spreading to mid-October 2025 in view of the fact there has been three weeks of wet weather in September (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50914/25]

363. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the implementation of banding and grading in Waterways Ireland; the retrospection of pay for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50178/25]