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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on this legislation, which provides for a transfer of functions. I welcome the Bill and support it. However, like other speakers, I am worried about what happens when it is passed. The most important issue with regard to disabilities is funding. Responsibilities going from one Department to another is fine but the funding needs to follow the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister for the comprehensive response. What is missing here is that some farmers, including some in my own constituency, are not very computer-literate or experienced. They often make a mistake, which may not be rectified or is an obvious mistake that was made in human error. We need flexibility within the Department and from the officials to try to ensure as many farmers as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: I reiterate that while the Minister says all of these measures are in place for farmers, many farmers around this country are losing out because they are not competent in the process of submitting applications. They are not given the human support that is required by the Department. It is very much a case of you are right or you are not. If you are not right or you do not tick the box...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers who make simple errors in online applications are not having their problems rectified within his Department’s appeals process, including, for example, farmers who fail to tick an areas of natural constraint, ANC, box on a basic payment scheme, BPS, application, who are not having this simple matter...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: I raise a very simple but important issue for farmers. When they make an application for their grants and entitlements, they may run into a situation where they make a human error or tick the wrong box and there is no chance to rectify such errors. In some cases, including in my constituency of Galway East, a large number of farmers are being penalised for simple errors.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 148. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he plans to put in place to support farmers in relation to the high cost of inputs including fertiliser due to the extraordinary increase in the price of inputs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5967/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (10 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a new licensing regime for single forestry applications to include planting, thinning and felling of forests to give certainty to farmers and persons involved in the forestry business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5971/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider amending the sheep welfare scheme to allow farmers who were forced out of the scheme for a year due to significant ill health or other exceptional circumstances to re-enter the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5970/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Education with the UNCRPD: Discussion (10 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: My apologies, I was present for the start of the meeting and the presentations but unfortunately - or fortunately - I had to speak in the Dáil. I thank the witnesses for their contributions. As a former lecturer in GMIT, I have experience of some people with disabilities being educated and getting their degrees. The good news is that those people are now in gainful employment. They...

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...

National Minimum Wage: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank People Before Profit-Solidarity for introducing the motion. It is well timed, given the main item we have been discussing in recent weeks has been the increase in the cost of living. Many factors are contributing to the increase but I do not believe that wages in this country, and especially lower ones, are one of them. An argument can be made that an increase in wages will lead to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Strategies (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to publish a national hydrogen strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6933/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the profound negative effects that LED lighting is having on some persons and that they are now prisoners in their homes as a result of the roll out of LED public lighting and all associated LED lighting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6934/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will cease the practice of using LED lights in all public lighting due to the negative impact it is having on some citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6932/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Code (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will change the rules in relation to the motor tax for commercial vehicles to allow sons and daughters of elderly farmers avail of the reduced motor tax charge given that they use the commercial vehicle to undertake farming activities to support their parents that cannot drive and rely on this support; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will remove the means testing for persons that suffer from thalidomide that are applying for housing adaptation grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6935/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that full medical cards are provided to persons that have suffered from thalidomide irrespective of their means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6918/22]

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

Seán Canney: Mr. Johnson is very welcome. It is great to listen to his take given his experience in the UK. I will go back to his point that people in their 50s or 60s who are out of work are getting a relatively poor jobseeker's allowance or jobseeker's benefit, as we call it here. Then when people come to pension age they come into a different category. I might have missed what Mr. Johnson said. Is...

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

Seán Canney: To get a bit of comparability on this, do all single people or people who retire at 66 in the UK now get a state pension? Are they contributory or non-contributory? How does that work?

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

Seán Canney: What is the level of the pension that-----