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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...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Master of the High Court (10 May 2016)

Seán Canney: I would like to refer briefly to an issue that arises with local authorities and the private sector in the construction of houses. The planning process is followed by a procurement process and a construction process. The easiest part of that is the construction process, because one can set deadlines when one is building. Deputy O'Dowd spoke about planning. We are also tied up in huge...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (5 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the young farmers scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9197/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (5 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the young farmers scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9198/16]

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Seán Canney: The most important thing about the farming industry in Ireland is that it is embedded in all our communities. Deputy Fitzmaurice alluded to something about which I am concerned, namely, equity companies and vulture funds buying large tracts of land in Ireland. This prevents young farmers who want to expand their farms from increasing output and making good livings from the land rather than...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (4 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 292. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for tendering for a new fire station in Tuam, County Galway; when construction will commence and when the fire station will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8948/16]