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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of house and farm burglaries carried out in each county in each of the past five years; the number of convictions for these crimes in the same years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16902/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the country in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16903/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the level of support her Department is providing to the community alert scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16904/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí trained in Templemore in each of the past five years; the number of gardaí allocated to each county in the same years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (29 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to deal with the current condition of tertiary roads in County Galway; if funding will be increased to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16046/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider amending the legislation relating to the living alone allowance to ensure that single persons who were never married are treated in the same manner as widows or widowers and that they can access the living alone allowance if not in receipt of a qualifying payment; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (29 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 695. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the precise steps he took in sourcing and inviting his eventual appointee to apply for the role of chair of the review of the abortion law. [16143/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 706. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will engage with unions to finalise the process for the payment of the €1,000 Covid bonus in order that healthcare workers are rewarded without further delay. [16323/22]

Ban on Sex for Rent Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: I compliment the Social Democrats on bringing forward this very important legislation. We still have such abhorrent, reckless and demeaning practices going on in our State in 2022 and do not have legislation to punish those engaging in them. I welcome the fact that the Government is not going to oppose this legislation but we need to make sure it is brought in as quickly as possible in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: I have listened with interest to the questions and answers during this meeting. I come from a rural area and see what is happening in rural Ireland with the explosions in the prices of fuel, grain supply, fertilisers and so on, and the impact they will have. The short-term impact is such that the price of diesel and other fuel for cars has increased, as has the cost of heating and so on....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: On the cost of living, Dr. Cassidy spoke about energy in terms of security of supply and having independence. The way we are developing our offshore energy is way of track in the sense that, even with the announcement this week that seven projects may start the process of seeking planning permission, we probably will not see anything produced from that until 2028 or 2029. Given the...

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: I am delighted be able to speak on this very important issue. As the Minister knows, I represent Galway East, which is predominantly rural. It has villages and towns and growth centres around Galway city but we have very little in terms of public transport or taxi services available to us. Those people who elected me to represent them here leave the east of the country and drive into...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that can be taken against employers that did not give the 18 March bank holiday to staff; if his attention has been drawn to such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14217/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will expedite an application for a lease undertaking for an area (details supplied) which is currently with his Department given the present war time situation and the risk to energy security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14132/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of existing offshore licensing extensions currently under consideration by his Department; the length of time these applications have been in his Department in a tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14133/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that are being taken to ensure that motorists are not paying unnecessarily high prices for petrol and diesel, and to ensure that cuts in excise imposed by the Government are passed on to consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14987/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to introduce tax credits for owner occupiers and social landlords who have paid or are paying levies to fund the remediation of defects against their tax liabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14131/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will waive capital gains tax on second-hand homes which could be brought to the market or willed to family members to help the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14990/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to publish the report by the Independent Working Group on defective housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14130/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Canney: 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the fixed price contracts in place with private bus operators to service the school transport system to take account of the unprecedented increase in the cost of fuel prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14464/22]