Results 61-80 of 120 for going forward speaker:Seán Canney

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank Deputy Tully for bringing forward this important motion. As members of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters, she and I have heard at first hand the experiences of witnesses who have come in over the past two years, including parents of children who gave harrowing accounts of what they have to endure when they discover their child has a disability or special needs. As a Deputy...

National Driver Licence Service: Motion [Private Members] (2 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: I compliment the Independent Group on bringing forward the motion. The new contract is in place but the problem is that walk-in services are now not available. I live in Galway East, a rural constituency. Some of the people I represent do not have a smartphone or a credit card and may not have broadband, which is very relevant. They may not have any of the tools they need to do their...

Town Centre First Policy: Statements (24 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: ...the urban regeneration development scheme together into one document. These schemes have been in place and they have been very effective. When I think of my constituency of Galway East, Athenry, Gort, Loughrea, Tuam, Kinvara and a multitude of small villages have been supported and are being transformed with the infrastructure going into them. However, sadly, when walking the new...

Supplementary Budget for Rural Communities and Farmers: Motion [Private Members] (23 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: I take the opportunity to thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. I will concentrate on farming and the supports required there. I acknowledge the Government's measures to try to help people with the cost of living. I think nearly €500 million has been put into the system. The question I always ask is where we are going to get the money to pay for it....

Mobility and Transport Supports for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: ..., and the requirement to hold a primary medical certificate, were wrong and did not comply with the Equal Status Act. It is not the fault of the Green Party or Fianna Fáil; they have been in government for the past two years. Really, the reaction of Governments has been to suspend a scheme if there is a problem with it. They say they will look at it and bring something forward in...

Mobility and Transport Supports for People with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (16 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: ...disabilities need access to public and personal transport; and — many people with disabilities are confined to home, unable to engage on an equal basis in employment or in their community, as they are unable to access Government support to help with their personal transport needs; notes that: — the recent Ombudsman Report entitled "Grounded - Unequal access for people with...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome that the Bill is being brought forward. It is important for our country to make sure that, whatever we are doing in life, we do it in a fair-minded way and ensure as best we can people get value for money. There are many facets of life and business where I feel competition may not be what it should be. In terms of insurance costs, there is a suspicion we may not have a lot of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: ...here about the pension age and increasing the pension age. There are several scenarios in front of us. The current pension age is 66 and we are discussing whether we should increase that going forward or whether we should increase the PRSI levy to pay for the pension deficit that may be there in future. Interestingly, Mr. Johnson said that because the UK increased the retirement age...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: I would like to raise with the Taoiseach a very important issue in regard to the Government's plan to make a once-off tax free €1,000 bonus payment to front-line healthcare workers and the concerns that not all of our front-line workers will be included in this bonus payment. Take, for example, a letter I received from Ability West in Galway which provides services right across the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: I wish to make a final comment on that. The tapering of the supports for people who will be coming off social welfare and going into the workforce is the way forward. That could be something that could be tapered over two to three years to give people a change to adjust and to get to a level of income where they are better off than if they were on social welfare. I also think there is...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: I will have a go at it. I thank the Minister and Minister of State for bringing forward the legislation, which is overdue because we have seen many issues in the construction industry, some of which have been the result of poor certification and workmanship with no real or effective engagement in how we take care of things when buildings are constructed, whether they are houses, public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning disability services with the UNCRPD and considering the future system and innovation: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: I apologise for being late in joining the meeting. I was tied up at another meeting but I got here for the first round of questions. I had read the presentations and made some notes. We are at a stage here where our system is fractured. It is under-resourced and it is crisis-only solutions we try to bring forward. The system is fragmented. I listened to what Dr. Walsh and Ms Walsh...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: ...Bill. Everybody tells the Minister stories about what is not right in terms of what we are doing. What has happened in the past two years has never happened before. It is unprecedented. The Government makes decisions, and the House supports it on the basis we are doing the right thing on the day. There are a few things we need to look at. All rules have gone out the door. We have...

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: I am delighted to get the opportunity to speak on this very important issue. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward the motion. In the past year I have received a huge amount of correspondence from people in my constituency, right across County Galway and the west, expressing their concerns, not least the local employment services workers. They have highlighted to me that the new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: ...the lead on the issue. When will we have a new scheme in place? That is what the Ombudsman is seeking. We need to get a new scheme up and running. There are discussions about the other scheme going on between the Department of Finance and the Department of Health, but is the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth involved as well? Which Department is...

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: I thank Sinn Féin for putting forward the motion. I supported and put my name to the motion on the basis that the idea of dividing people has come across very badly with survivors. In the past week, I have spoken to a number of survivors about the redress scheme. They are disappointed because they all came into this together, told their stories together and bared their souls in public...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill. There are some very good directional changes in this budget, first towards the idea of making it more beneficial to work than not to work, that is, to make work pay. It is important that the universal social charge has been adjusted to try to create that difference between not working and working in order that people will feel they can...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: I compliment Deputy Harkin on bringing forward this very timely Bill. I am very disappointed at the Minister of State's reply. To defer this for nine months is not the way to do this business. During the week - I think it was last Monday - we were at the launch of the Greenify home improvement loan product by some credit unions. The Minister of State was there and spoke. It was very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Seán Canney: ...there is enough for everybody. I will say two things about aviation. Mr. Geoghegan hit on it when he mentioned being best in class and best at international aviation services whereby we can go any place in the world and deliver them. That is fantastic but we must sell that more and more so that Shannon, Cork and Knock airports can do that. We have the expertise and we need to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (14 Oct 2021)

Seán Canney: My question relates to women's sheds. I have been contacted by a group of women in Tuam who want to set up a women's shed. They want to know where to go to get State support. Men's sheds groups have been successful throughout the country and have been strongly supported by the Department. In that context, we should consider supporting women's sheds. I look forward to the Minister's response.