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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (15 Feb 2018)

Seán Canney: 293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of rent allowance both nationally and specifically for the Dublin area on 31 December in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the related reductions in expenditure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7935/18]

Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Canney: I am sharing time with Deputy Fitzpatrick. I welcome the Bill, which is part of the programme for Government, and I compliment the Minister on bringing it to the House. It is important to set out exactly what the Bill intends to do. It seeks to improve the security and predictability of people in employment. Many people do not know what they are going to earn or how many hours they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management and Congestion in Galway Region: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Canney: We should grasp a few things from this meeting. Mr. Brian Coll made suggestions on easy things that could be done to help traffic flow in Galway. I call on the National Transport Authority to collaborate with him to see if we can make Galway a pilot project in introducing Waze immediately. It would be something positive to come from this discussion. Everybody has a gripe, but we should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management and Congestion in Galway Region: Discussion (14 Feb 2018)

Seán Canney: Can two suggestions I made be taken on board, one, the Waze for Galway city and, two, opening up the bus lane? The bus lane from Claregalway was opened for people who are carpooling. We need to incentivise people to leave their cars at home. A stick and carrot approach might help. I would like something to come out of this meeting. As somebody said at the very start the time for talking...

Third Interim Report from the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak about mother and baby homes. I compliment the Minister on her endeavours in dealing with this sensitive issue. Earlier we listened to how Galway County Council was dealing with the issue in Tuam. I come from Tuam and was educated there. I have met a lot of people, some of whom are in the Visitors Gallery, who have been affected in one way or another. I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Stocks (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Canney: 545. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the objectives of the recently launched fish stock management plan for the Owenriff catchment; the way in which the objectives will be achieved; and the benefits for brown trout fishing on Lough Corrib. [7286/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Stocks (13 Feb 2018)

Seán Canney: 546. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the efforts to manage pike in the western lakes, particularly Lough Corrib; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7287/18]

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the issue of broadband in rural Ireland and also on Fianna Fáil's proposal to launch a review. First, as a rural Deputy, no more than the Minister, I fully understand what is lacking. We have talked about it for years, and I know that it was high on the agenda when we negotiated the programme for Government. What is happening at the moment is the...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Canney: It is nothing personal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Pobal: Review of Past Performance, Current Issues and Future Strategies (31 Jan 2018)

Seán Canney: Like the rest of my colleagues around the table, I am delighted to meet the delegates. Like every other Deputy, rural Deputies especially, I have a long history of working in the community. I compliment the delegates on the work they do. We have spoken about the rural social scheme and Tús, but one of the issues I am coming across lately is insurance cover for rural social scheme or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Pobal: Review of Past Performance, Current Issues and Future Strategies (31 Jan 2018)

Seán Canney: The local authorities, through Irish Public Bodies Insurance, are not inclined to take on this insurance liability and the sponsoring groups definitely should not be expected to take it on. This is seriously curtailing the benefit that can be delivered by the schemes. It is something of which the Leader groups and those administering the rural social scheme are acutely aware. I remember...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Pobal: Review of Past Performance, Current Issues and Future Strategies (31 Jan 2018)

Seán Canney: Pobal oversees the spending of a lot of money. When we undertake a project, we are asked if we delivered value for money. If, for example, an engineer was to write a letter to say value for money had been achieved, is it the kind of thing Pobal would accept? I know that the schemes do achieve value for money. Any money spent on them, including the social inclusion and activation...

Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Seán Canney: Today's business shall be No. 11, motion re amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer, referral to committee, and No. 32, Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016 - Report Stage (resumed) and Final Stage. Private Members' business shall be No. 171, motion re affordable housing, selected by Sinn Féin. Wednesday's business shall be No. 32,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)

Seán Canney: I, too, welcome Mr. Wojciechowski. I am from east Galway, an area that has seen an increase in the number of people leaving agriculture. There is also the fact that young farmers are not coming into it. That has been verified by the Western Development Commission and gives cause for concern. The number working in agriculture in the west has dropped by 41% in the past 20 years, which is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)

Seán Canney: I will leave my question until then.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Special Reports on EU Support for Young Farmers and the Rural Affairs Programme: European Court of Auditors (24 Jan 2018)

Seán Canney: This is something that is exercising my mind. The figure is 1 million young farmers lost from agriculture in the eight years between 2005 and 2013. That is supported by the figures from the Western Development Commission which show that 41% of people left agriculture in the 20 year period up to 2016. The witnesses are the auditors and part of their job is to examine whether the money we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Arts Sector Funding: Discussion (17 Jan 2018)

Seán Canney: I was waiting and listening and very taken by what had been said. I thank all participants for their contributions. I come from Galway east. People in that area - Senator Trevor Ó Clochartaigh has just left the meeting - often say we are the poor relation compared to Galway city when it comes to the arts. The delegates mentioned the Galway Arts Festival, but there was a Tuam Arts...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Western Development Commission (16 Jan 2018)

Seán Canney: The Western Development Commission has made various submissions on the deficiencies in infrastructure in the west. In particular, it has prepared an analysis, for example, to show where the agriculture industry is going in the west. There has been a dramatic drop of 41% in the number employed in the region in the past 20 years. That is a startling finding. The commission has prepared...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development (16 Jan 2018)

Seán Canney: 67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the work undertaken on the development of the Atlantic economic corridor; his views on whether there are specific infrastructure projects which could form part of the corridor; and if his Department has sought the inclusion of the AEC in the national planning framework and the capital plan. [1289/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework: Discussion (13 Dec 2017)

Seán Canney: I welcome the Minister of State. The concept of creating a counterbalance through the Atlantic economic corridor to the overdevelopment on the east coast is not targeted properly in the NPF. That needs to be the big ticket item for us in the western half of the country from Cork through Limerick, Galway, Sligo and Donegal to Derry. The technological university status granted to the...