Seán Canney

1141. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to address the situation whereby persons in a mental health crisis in the Tuam area of County Galway have a current wait time for a crisis appointment of six-weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47782/25]

1142. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the posts in adult mental health services in Tuam, County Galway; the services offered by the team; if any posts remain vacant; the current wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47783/25]

1143. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that mental health professionals in community mental health teams are equipped to deal with adults with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47784/25]

836. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, following her announcement that teachers taking up their first contract in a viable teaching post in September 2025 will become eligible for a permanent contract in September 2026, with the eligibility contingent upon successful re-appointment following a competitive recruitment process, if this extends to teachers who are in the career for a number of years but who have no permanent position as of yet and who are working on a contract of indefinite duration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45687/25]

1776. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider amending the Forest Act 2014 and the Forestry Regulations 2017 to allow forest owners who have felled their forest to use the land for other purposes, as some forest owners want to use their land for alternative purposes but are prohibited from doing so by the replanting obligation of the clear-felling licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46090/25]

1803. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a balancing payment for ACRES to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46772/25]

575. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he intends to put in place to support bog conservation as the payments to bog owners for the cessation of turf cutting are due to cease in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38984/25]

618. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will make changes to the current homemakers and home carers scheme given both discriminate against women in terms of age (details supplied); if he is aware that the current regime is causing income poverty for many women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38805/25]

655. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider increasing the income thresholds for State pension (non-contributory) in light of the significant increase in the cost of living in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39326/25]

905. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if wheelchairs will be provided to nursing home residents where needed, as the current situation is that people can access a wheelchair while living in the community but cannot access one once they are a resident in a nursing home; the steps that can be taken to procure a wheelchair for a nursing home resident; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38932/25]

93. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the multi-annual water programme 2024–2026 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38046/25]

511. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has examined the repercussions that the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 will have on carers (details supplied); if he plans plan to communicate this change to carers and advise them of the repercussions it may have on their ability to claim carer’s allowance or carer’s benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35396/25]

679. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if the anti-sickness drug akynzeo can be made available on the GMS as it is the only effective anti-sickness medication for many cancer patients, including those with a brain tumour; if she is aware that the cost of buying this medical monthly is placing financial strain on families already dealing with illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35269/25]

588. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason jobseeker’s benefit appeals are taking so long and to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34238/25]

946. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will reverse austerity measures made during the financial crash regarding FET learners payments, as many prospective students are not able to take up places on suitable courses due to the payment that they would receive being well under that of a full weekly social welfare payment, despite them having travel and food costs and other costs associated with attending a course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34144/25]

403. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reverse austerity measures made during the financial crash regarding FET learners payments, as many prospective students are not able to take up places on suitable courses as the payment they would receive is well under that of a full weekly social welfare payment, despite them having travel and food costs and other costs associated with attending a course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32049/25]

827. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she will expedite the process of approval for givinostat, used in the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, as further delays could affect the ability of patients to retain muscular strength and the current process for drug approval in Ireland can take on average 617 days, during which time muscular dystrophy patients will have lost significant muscle strength; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32237/25]

840. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason the drug dioctyl is not covered on the medical card scheme; if she is aware of the financial hardship this is causing patients; if there are plans to have this drug covered in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32323/25]

887. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health if she plans to change capacity laws in cases where a person has a dual mental health diagnosis as many family members are watching on helplessly as their loved ones who lack capacity are not given necessary mental health treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32559/25]

496. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE makes enteral feeding syringes available free to patients in public nursing homes but not in private nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31357/25]

944. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection when the farm assist appeal of a person (details supplied) will be finalised as the appeal was submitted over six months ago and it is not yet assigned to an appeals officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30202/25]

285. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if a scheme will be put in place whereby people on employment schemes who are refused fuel allowance, as they came on to the scheme from a social welfare benefit payment as opposed to a means-tested payment, have their current means assessed to see if they are eligible for fuel allowance, as the current qualifying criteria is unfair to people on low incomes who went on to a scheme from a benefit-based payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26575/25]

594. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an application for additional special needs assistants at a school (details supplied) as the school authorities need to make arrangements to put new SNAs in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23981/25]

236. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the burden being placed on farmers by new requirements being instituted by farm plastic collection firms that farmers must now be able to prove where and when the plastic film was purchased or face a double cost; if he is further aware that many farmers do not purchase the plastic themselves, the plastic is provided by silage contractors and the price included in the costs to the farmer; if he believes that this rule change is placing an unfair burden on farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16735/25]

885. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health when weight loss drugs will be made available to people on medical cards as those struggling to lose large amounts of weight, but who do not have diabetes, would benefit significantly from the availability of this medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16664/25]