Results 41-60 of 4,238 for speaker:Seán Canney

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (17 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 681. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a procedure in place whereby nursing home residents who are part of the fair deal scheme can be taken out of the nursing home setting and nursed at home for a time; if the family is unable to cope, it can make a new application for fair deal; if in such a case, he will outline the applicable date in terms of transfers of property made in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Appeals (17 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of appeals under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme including the number of appeals in the system, the average waiting time for a decision and when the current round of appeals will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9837/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (17 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 1041. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will conclude an appeal for a review of entitlements by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10120/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (17 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 1044. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue a hardship grant to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10195/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (17 May 2016)

Seán Canney: I thank the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation for coming before the committee. Mr. Hall has described the charade around trying to get things going in respect of distressed mortgages, and how complicated everything is. He mentioned the idea of an agency or a court that would make a quick bullet point decision on such matters that would be binding. He talks about AIB and whether Bank of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (18 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when compensation will be paid to a person (details supplied) under the bovine viral diarrhoea eradication scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10892/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Pavee Point (19 May 2016)

Seán Canney: I apologise for my absence but I had to step out of the meeting. I compliment the witnesses on their forthright presentation, which was enlightening. There are a good number of Travellers in Tuam, Athenry and Ballinasloe in east Galway, where I am from. There is a place in Tuam called Brú Bhríde that works fairly well. Have the witnesses examples or models of things that well...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why his Department declined an application by a school (details supplied) for a pathways to literacy course; if he is aware that this school has Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools band 1 status, and this is the second year running that its pupils have been denied this important intervention; if he will increase funding...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: The Commissioners of Public Works hold leases on four properties that are currently vacant pending re-allocation to a Government Department: 1. Office at Island House, Cathedral Square, Galway; annual rent €105,120.00. The Department of Social Protection’s staff and functions transferred to the new Intreo Centre in Galway in late 2015. The Commissioners are negotiating an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: Advance works carried out to date on the River Clare as part of the Claregalway flood relief scheme include the construction of an additional flood eye at Claregalway Bridge and the replacement of Crusheeny Bridge. These works were carried out on foot of the recommendations of the engineering consultants for the scheme in order to reduce flood risk in the area. Channel Maintenance has been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: The River Deel Catchment Drainage Scheme was constructed in the 1960s by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to provide drainage outfall for agricultural purposes. In line with its statutory responsibility, the OPW continues to maintain the Scheme in proper repair and effective condition. The Scheme was not designed to a standard that would be appropriate for the protection of residential...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: Many properties within the town of Adare, including the development mentioned by the Deputy, lie within the “Benefiting Area” or floodplain of the River Maigue Catchment Drainage Scheme (CDS) which is under the statutory care of the Commissioners of Public Works. The embankments protecting the Maigue Catchment floodplain were constructed to a standard to protect agricultural...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: Limerick City and County Council (LCCC) are leading on and managing the Foynes flood relief project. The Office of Public Works agreed to fund these works and in December 2015 issued approval to the local authority to proceed. LCCC is currently finalising formal agreements with stakeholders and a letter of intent has issued to the successful contractor and pre-contract meetings have taken...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: During the flooding event of last Winter, the National Emergency Co-ordination Committee, chaired by the then Department of Environment, Community and Local Government met on a daily basis to co-ordinate at a national level the response to the flooding event. Mr. Simon Harris T.D., Minister with responsibility for the Office of Public Works during that time, was appraised daily on the work...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in respect of a 40% capital investment in a slatted shed under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; if he is aware that the application was made seven or eight months ago and the person has received no response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11381/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (25 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will end the pay inequality for teachers who qualified after 2011; when he will establish a public service pay commission; when the commission will report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12007/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Waterways Issues (25 May 2016)

Seán Canney: The Arra River is part of the River Deel Catchment Drainage Scheme which was carried out by the Office of Public Works (OPW) under the Arterial Drainage Act 1945. The OPW continues to have statutory responsibility for the maintenance of this scheme. The weir mentioned in the question was not constructed as part of the Drainage Scheme, and the OPW is therefore not responsible for its maintenance.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (25 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11976/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Monuments (26 May 2016)

Seán Canney: St. Laurence's Gate in Drogheda is a National Monument in State care and is maintained by the Heritage Service of the Office of Public Works. From time to time Heavy Goods Vehicles and larger vehicles will attempt to gain access through the gate and this poses a collision risk to the structure. This is a matter of some concern and has I understand been raised a number of times by the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Coverage (26 May 2016)

Seán Canney: The Memorandum of Understanding between Insurance Ireland and the Office of Public Works (OPW), which was signed in 2014, recognises that both parties have a common interest and objective in ensuring that appropriate and relevant information on completed OPW flood defence schemes is provided to insurers to facilitate, to the greatest extent possible, the availability to the public of...