Results 21-40 of 116 for going forward speaker:Seán Canney

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: ...Tuam office who are here today to do some training, and also Rory from County Derry who has joined us as well. I must first compliment Deputies Fitzmaurice and Harkin and the group for bringing forward this motion. It is timely that we discuss this in an open and forthright way. There is a lot of fear, anxiety and worry among farmers on what the future holds for them, especially for...

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: I commend Sinn Féin on bringing forward this motion. I welcome to the Public Gallery the representatives of nursing homes, including Brian McNamara from Greenpark Nursing Home in Tuam. This really and truly is an issue about patient care and making sure older people are taken care of properly. We have a divided service at the moment in that big business is getting involved and is...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the Minister back to the Chamber and thank her for bringing forward this very important motion. I have listened to a lot of the speakers today. There are lots of things going on and lots of things being discussed but at the end of the day we are talking about law and order in our country. The first point I would make is that we needed this emergency legislation during the...

Extension of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021: Motion (24 May 2023)

Seán Canney: .... We brought in this because of a particular circumstance and to help the hospitality sector. It is important we get it right for the future so that we do not end up having an ad hocarrangement going forward. One of the points I would like to address in particular is the idea that where outdoor dining is taking up foothpaths and public spaces that, we also take into account and bear in...

Access to Autism and Disability Assessments and Supports: Motion [Private Members] (24 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak and compliment those who brought forward this motion. As a member of the Committee on Disability Matters, I have been listening for two and a half years to a litany of complaints from service users with the lived experience of disabilities. They bare their souls in public before the committee. It is not pretty. The courage and determination they show is...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. It is important we discuss it. First, many towns and villages around the country have housing estates that were built back in the boom times, with private wastewater treatment plants. Irish Water, local authorities and the Government have walked away from them. They are refusing to recognise them. They are leaving...

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: ...out. That will increase supply and makes sense to take our existing vacant properties and bring them back into use. I am glad that I, along with other members of the Regional Group, brought forward measures that the Government accepted. These measures must be implemented by 1 May 2023. These include extending the vacant property scheme to allow people renting out properties to be...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: .... That is the way we have been doing things, and I believe people have never been accountable for this. It is something we need to do in order to make sure we learn from our mistakes and when going forward we do not make the same mistakes again. I agree with the philosophy that we need to get people out into the communities and we need to get people into step-down facilities. That...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: We are talking about a length of time that is unacceptable. It would be good if we were going to be as quick with these types of schemes as we were to shut down Lanesborough and Shannonbridge power stations. To give the House another bit of history in this regard, this situation reflects what we did with the sugar beet industry. We made a decision, based on some desktop survey that was...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: .... They do a great job in minding it and making sure it is invested properly to benefit communities and protect those saving for retirement or another purpose. We have had some cases of things going wrong in particular credit unions. We will always have these but they have been blown out of all proportion, as is evident from the large number of good credit unions we have had...

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Ministers present. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing it forward. The people we are talking about here are people who are contributing to the economy in every way. These are young people, couples, or single people who went out there and took the brave step of deciding to build or buy their own...

Report on the Summer Programme 2023: Motion [Private Members] (2 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I wish I had a train to Tuam. I have to drive. Deputy Lowry was to be here but, unfortunately, he had to go home for a funeral. I wish to record that first. I thank the Joint Committee on Autism for bringing forward this motion. I thank Deputy Buckley for sponsoring it and Senator Carrigy for his introduction. Members of the committee have seen this first hand. I note some of them...

Council Development Levies: Motion [Private Members] (1 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: He has left now, but first I congratulate the new Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, on his appointment. He was here earlier. I thank Deputies Joan Collins and Pringle and the group for bringing forward this motion. As a county councillor over a long number of years, I saw local development charges being hoisted and foisted onto people going in for planning permission for their houses,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: ...on the disability matters committee I often hear, and feel, the frustration that here we have something that can work, and will work, but is not being rolled out other than through the grace of God and a few pounds from the "Late Late Show" and a few other things like that. It seems ridiculous that we have an implementation tool to get services and supports to people. In my constituency...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (18 Jan 2023)

Seán Canney: 843. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will index link all social protection payments to meet the cost of living going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63283/22]

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (17 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: ...for Health about the cancer centre for Galway. The previous week there was the announcement of an elective hospital for Galway and I think one for Cork as well. These have been in the pipeline for a good while. We also have an emergency department in Galway for which enabling works have been done, but for which no planning permission has been applied. The root cause of this slow...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: I am sharing time with Deputy Shanahan. I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this motion. This is my first opportunity since being elected to the Dáil to speak about drugs and the plight of those who have an addiction to drugs. There is more than one part to this issue but first, and most important, are the victims, young and old, who have succumbed to the use of drugs and...

Transport in Galway and Other Areas: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: I compliment Deputy Connolly and the Independent Group for bringing forward this important motion. Last week we sent a letter about the western rail corridor to the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister for Transport to urge the Government to reactivate the reopening of phases 2 and 3 of the line from Athenry north through Tuam and on to Claremorris. For the Minister of State who is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: ...the one pot and are all vilified for being in that market. Yet, if we did not have farmers, we would not have food, our produce or our exports. We have to level it all down and ask where we are going with all of this. It was a mistake not to have farming representatives on the commission. When we look at the impact that farming has on the wider economy, it is important that that type...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: ...the witnesses for their presentations. The amount of money involved in the budget can be overwhelming. When you read documents and reports, you get confused. I am concerned when Revenue bring forward a set of figures that are different from the Department's set of figures and are working from a different base. There needs to be common approach to how reporting is done, be it from...