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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why his Department declined an application by a school (details supplied) for a pathways to literacy course; if he is aware that this school has Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools band 1 status, and this is the second year running that its pupils have been denied this important intervention; if he will increase funding...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: The Commissioners of Public Works hold leases on four properties that are currently vacant pending re-allocation to a Government Department: 1. Office at Island House, Cathedral Square, Galway; annual rent €105,120.00. The Department of Social Protection’s staff and functions transferred to the new Intreo Centre in Galway in late 2015. The Commissioners are negotiating an...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: Advance works carried out to date on the River Clare as part of the Claregalway flood relief scheme include the construction of an additional flood eye at Claregalway Bridge and the replacement of Crusheeny Bridge. These works were carried out on foot of the recommendations of the engineering consultants for the scheme in order to reduce flood risk in the area. Channel Maintenance has been...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: The River Deel Catchment Drainage Scheme was constructed in the 1960s by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to provide drainage outfall for agricultural purposes. In line with its statutory responsibility, the OPW continues to maintain the Scheme in proper repair and effective condition. The Scheme was not designed to a standard that would be appropriate for the protection of residential...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: Many properties within the town of Adare, including the development mentioned by the Deputy, lie within the “Benefiting Area” or floodplain of the River Maigue Catchment Drainage Scheme (CDS) which is under the statutory care of the Commissioners of Public Works. The embankments protecting the Maigue Catchment floodplain were constructed to a standard to protect agricultural...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: Limerick City and County Council (LCCC) are leading on and managing the Foynes flood relief project. The Office of Public Works agreed to fund these works and in December 2015 issued approval to the local authority to proceed. LCCC is currently finalising formal agreements with stakeholders and a letter of intent has issued to the successful contractor and pre-contract meetings have taken...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: During the flooding event of last Winter, the National Emergency Co-ordination Committee, chaired by the then Department of Environment, Community and Local Government met on a daily basis to co-ordinate at a national level the response to the flooding event. Mr. Simon Harris T.D., Minister with responsibility for the Office of Public Works during that time, was appraised daily on the work...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (24 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in respect of a 40% capital investment in a slatted shed under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; if he is aware that the application was made seven or eight months ago and the person has received no response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11381/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Pavee Point (19 May 2016)

Seán Canney: I apologise for my absence but I had to step out of the meeting. I compliment the witnesses on their forthright presentation, which was enlightening. There are a good number of Travellers in Tuam, Athenry and Ballinasloe in east Galway, where I am from. There is a place in Tuam called Brú Bhríde that works fairly well. Have the witnesses examples or models of things that well...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (18 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when compensation will be paid to a person (details supplied) under the bovine viral diarrhoea eradication scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10892/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation (17 May 2016)

Seán Canney: I thank the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation for coming before the committee. Mr. Hall has described the charade around trying to get things going in respect of distressed mortgages, and how complicated everything is. He mentioned the idea of an agency or a court that would make a quick bullet point decision on such matters that would be binding. He talks about AIB and whether Bank of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Offices (17 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 601. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the development of an Intreo centre in Tuam, County Galway, including when it will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9470/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (17 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 681. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a procedure in place whereby nursing home residents who are part of the fair deal scheme can be taken out of the nursing home setting and nursed at home for a time; if the family is unable to cope, it can make a new application for fair deal; if in such a case, he will outline the applicable date in terms of transfers of property made in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Appeals (17 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of appeals under the green low-carbon agri-environment scheme including the number of appeals in the system, the average waiting time for a decision and when the current round of appeals will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9837/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (17 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 1041. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will conclude an appeal for a review of entitlements by persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10120/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (17 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 1044. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue a hardship grant to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10195/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Seán Canney: I thank Mr. McDonagh for his presentation, which was factual. We can see the numbers and, therefore, we can decipher them for ourselves. NAMA plans to build 20,000 new houses between 2016 and 2020. Has Mr. McDonagh a number for each year in order to outline how that will be progressed?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Seán Canney: He said 48,000 units could be built on land available in the greater Dublin area, with an investment of €165 million to get the sites shovel-ready. Is there is an issue with planning permission running out on sites, even allowing for extensions that are currently in place? If planning permission was extended by another three or five years, would more land be available to build on? ...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Seán Canney: Mr. McDonagh referred to gearing up contractors. If there is a huge building programme for the next five years, in his view, do we have the people required, particularly the tradesmen, or does he see this as a difficulty?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)

Seán Canney: I will be brief because some of my questions have already been raised and answered and I have no wish to repeat them. There are two points. Ms O'Connor referred to the fact that 11% of people in emergency accommodation had gone into private accommodation. What is happening there is a problem. Having listened to Ms O'Connor, it is clearly very complex. I note Mr. O'Connell said we need to...