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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I raise the decision by the ESB to decommission the wind farm in Derrybrien in my constituency. This is a terrible decision in light of what the Central Statistics Office, CSO, has published this week. A total of 40,000 houses have been getting wind energy from this project. It has also served to boost broadband and mobile telephone services in the area. It has been in operation since...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Tús Initiative and the Rural Social Scheme: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Seán Canney: Although I am not a member of the committee, I feel passionate about the rural social schemes and what they do in communities. I am delighted to welcome Ms Macdonald, Mr. Larkin and Mr. Broderick from Galway Rural Development, which is based in my own constituency, as well as the other representatives. The impact the rural social schemes have had, since they were first initiated by the then...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important motion this evening. It is important to reflect on what is happening right now. We have people in every constituency, including in my own constituency of Galway East, who cannot find a house to rent and people who want to buy a house but cannot find one to buy. We also have a situation whereby the social housing waiting list is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (10 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applicants for the SEAI better energy schemes are expected to employ a BER assessor and also retain the services of an air tightness consultant which is adding to the cost of any works under the retrofit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22994/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when special schools will be given the same supports as mainstream schools in terms of pupils who come to the school with English as a second language in terms of additional hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22858/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make secondary school qualified teachers available for students in special schools to undertake junior cycle subjects such as art, woodwork and home economics; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some special schools have this allowance and others do not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22859/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (10 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislation, Acts or any other constitutional document that indicate that the teaching of Irish in schools is mandatory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23172/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (10 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that it is legal to offer Irish citizens who were studying medicine or dentistry in Ukraine a place in an Irish university as they may not have the required CAO points for the year that they started their studies and they could be taking the place of another student who may have lost out on a place having received higher points; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 775. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for urgent, urgent 1 and non-urgent patients at the symptomatic breast cancer clinic at University Hospital Galway; the number of patients on each list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23139/22]

Regulations for the Sale and Distribution of Turf: Motion [Private Members] (5 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I too opposed the Government's proposals last week in the motions because we all want to ensure that measures put in place are just. I will give a few examples of things that should be in place and alternatives that are not available. We all know the charging point infrastructure for electric vehicles is not in the country. I have a constituent who sold the electric car he bought eight...

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Seán Canney: This morning at the Joint Committee on Disability Matters we heard presentations from people who have disability in their mind. AsIAm, WALK and other agencies were in attendance to explain what is happening in Ukraine to children and people with disabilities and what the challenges are when they come out of Ukraine and into Ireland or across Europe. The presentation from WALK describes how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Situations of Risk and Humanitarian Emergencies: Discussion (Resumed) (5 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank everybody for their contributions. Last night I read the presentations and listened to what has been said here and I was struck by the fact that the general population has a complete lack of awareness or understanding about the situation for people with special needs or disabilities in a war-torn country. Some of the descriptions stated in the presentations are eye-opening in terms...

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Seán Canney: We have heard a lot about housing this evening. I would have liked the Minister to be here to listen to what I have to say. I have previously made statements about housing that may have fallen on deaf ears. I have just come from a meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight at which I raised an issue with the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe. He does not agree with me that we...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister for his presentation and his attendance at the meeting. I am reminded of the rainy day fund. With the way things are going between Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine, a rainy day fund would be needed every week to try to keep pace with all the different challenges that have been put before him over the past two and a half years. It is important that we recognise we are...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Seán Canney: What is available to the local authorities apart from housing adaptation and housing aid for older people to repair their own stock of houses?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update 2022: Minister for Finance (4 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I stress that those second-hand homes are not homes at the moment. They are blocked-up boarded-up buildings with four walls and maybe a roof. They are not occupied and have not been lived in for up to 20 or 25 years. We need to tackle that. A recent report for the Northern and Western Regional Assembly identified 45,000 such properties in the west and north west of the country alone....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (4 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason section 2.4 of Circulars 52 and 53 of 2019 refer to an Appeal of an Irish exemption refusal when it is only a review of the procedures followed by schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22213/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (4 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that disabled artists will not be penalised and will be able to retain their disability payments if they are successful in qualifying for the basic income for artists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21874/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person whose entitlement to the illness benefit is exhausted after two years can sign on for credits in the time between the end of their illness benefit and the making of an invalidity pension application in cases in which that person had full PRSI contributions made prior to becoming ill and who worked in the private...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (4 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 391. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that she is taking to ensure that the new immigrant investor programme does not make the public donation category more restrictive for public good projects such as hospitals and sports clubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21967/22]