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Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: Deputy Murphy may not arrive in time as she is running late. If she does not arrive, I will take the reminder of the time. Housing is probably one of the biggest topics to have come back on the agenda since the advent of Covid in March of last year. I welcome the Labour Party's introduction of this Bill. It is very appropriate we enact policies we believe will make housing more...

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion and I acknowledge the number of people who travelled from Donegal, Mayo and Clare to be here today to voice their opinions. The biggest issue in all of what we are discussing is what went wrong. It is my view that the key issue is the lack of independent building control. Building control is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hen Harriers (15 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published; the reason for the long delay in the publication of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30689/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will approve the tender for a school (details supplied) which was first initiated in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31431/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 791. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the design team will be appointed for the development of a new school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31432/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (15 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the threshold for earned income in order to qualify for deserted wife’s benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31381/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (15 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 890. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the existing level threshold for earnings to qualify for the deserted wife’s benefit was last reviewed; if she plans to review the threshold limit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31382/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (15 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 932. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will extend the foster care allowance for children up to 23 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30639/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (15 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 989. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a once-off bridging grant of €2 million to an organisation (details supplied) to assist it to provide essential services to its members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31509/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (15 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 1068. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Solas is no longer running the apprenticeship course in the craft of floor and wall tiling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31684/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (15 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 1175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an afforestation application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30657/21]

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta) 2020: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. We all talk about housing and about it being a crisis. The spirit of this Bill is the right of a person to have a home, which we all agree with. The problem with it is, how do we get there? People keep talking about what is wrong and saying that we must find solutions. The Government is investing more money into getting more houses built,...

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: I am delighted to speak on this Bill. Our seas have been the poor relation and have been treated as a second-class asset. For generations we looked at the sea as something out there, a place where people went out to fish and that was it. The real potential of our seas has not been realised. We are so lucky that we are an island nation, surrounded by the seas. However, like the timing of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to provide additional economic supports to businesses as they exit Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30410/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: The recovery and resilience plan was announced this week. There are particular issues around small businesses and how they are going to be treated. Many people fell through the net with regard to the supports to date. I ask the Tánaiste to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: I thank the Tánaiste. There is an array of supports there and they are all very welcome. I also welcome the fact that he has extended supports for people who are working from home, especially in the digital age, and for catering companies that do not have premises where the public are coming in. That is something that was missing. One of the challenges facing employers right now...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: The Tánaiste is saying that there is such an array of different issues out there that we need to ensure we keep on top of them horizontally, across them all. I am disappointed that there is no mention of mental health in the resilience and recovery plan. If we need to restart, to grow and to develop our economy, we need to promote mental health for our people who will build the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Priorities Exiting Covid-19 Pandemic: Discussion (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I will not delay the committee too long because I have to go to another committee meeting. It was interesting to listen to what both Dr. Kinsella and Dr. Healy had to say. One of the things I have a concern about in where we are now is that we are pumping a lot of money into supports and then I hear Dr. Kinsella say the 2020 fiscal rules will...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Priorities Exiting Covid-19 Pandemic: Discussion (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: To come back on that, I know the houses in Ballymun have been delivered. I am talking about the here and now and going forward. There is inflation in construction. A quotation for the price of materials will only last seven days. The cost of materials is going up exponentially right now for three reasons: a lack of supply of native timber; Brexit; and supply chain issues due to the Covid...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budget Priorities Exiting Covid-19 Pandemic: Discussion (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: Yes.