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

Seán Canney: 334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the deadline for the ACRES past the current deadline of 21 November 2022 for a further four weeks to allow farmers and agri-planners to arrange the necessary on-farm inspections in advance of applications being made, given many farmers will be locked out of the scheme otherwise; and if he will make a...

Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: It is great to see you back in the Chair, a Cheann Comhairle. I wish you the best of luck. I welcome the opportunity to speak about Irish Water and water policy. At times, I have spoken repeatedly about some of the issues creating problems with regard to the work carried out under Irish Water. Irish Water has two main functions: water and wastewater. I will address wastewater first....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: The national retained firefighters service is suffering severe difficulties in the recruitment and retention of staff. The model on which the current service is operating was developed in the 1950s and is not fit for purpose in a modern working environment. I acknowledge that the Department has undertaken investment in my constituency, with a new fire station in Tuam, a contractor having...

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: I move: That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges that: — the most recent waiting list figures available from the National Treatment Purchase Fund show over 79,000 patients are waiting for an inpatient or day case procedure, and a further 625,000 are awaiting an outpatient appointment; — the Irish College of General Practitioners has indicated that only one-in-five...

Home Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: I am delighted we are debating this subject. In my constituency, as is probably also the case for the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, a lot of people come to me who say they or their parents have been assessed for hours, there is an allocation given but the hours are not provided. Nothing happens. I dealt with a man who needs two people to help him because he has had three strokes. He...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: I do not disagree regarding all the schemes that are there, but they are available to everybody right across the country. The Minister mentioned rural regeneration and urban regeneration and all these funds. They are welcome and they create better investment for a better environment to work and live in in rural areas. The kernel of my point is not about a reduction; it is about how...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: Funding was announced for the LEADER programme two weeks ago. I welcome that this funding has been put in place. County Galway received an allocation of €9 million for the next five years and this process has shown the funding we are getting per head of population is at the lower end of the scale. We are getting €46.63 per person for the next five years. A comparative...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inshore Fisheries (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the tourist angling measure funding for the Clare river system has delivered the 37 galvanised metal stream crossings and angling stands which were to be installed; if the funding was drawn down by Inland Fisheries Ireland from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54522/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rented Dwellings Register (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there will be a rebate for landlords who registered their property with the Residential Tenancies Board in 2021 and paid €90 and who now have to re-register the property in 2022 and pay another €40; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54369/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm that tenants who fail to pay their HAP payment can be evicted from their tenancy during the eviction ban period as proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54374/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will engage with insurance companies and the Fire Service to delay any evacuations from an apartment block (details supplied) pending the introduction of a support scheme by his Department and the procurement of remedial works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54447/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend the recently announced decision to provide funding to a cohort of final-year psychology students in named colleges by contributing towards fees and expenses to second-year students, or to clarify whether NEPS will sponsor a cohort of trainees in the following academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 702. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the Child Maintenance Review Group Report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55141/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 701. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to increase the living alone allowance to one-parent families in receipt of fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55140/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 700. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has plans to introduce targeted measures to improve the circumstances of one-parent families in 2023, given that there were no targeted measures for these families in Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55139/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 703. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend social protection legislation to allow persons in receipt of farm assist payments to receive the household benefits package, given that low-income farm families are among those struggling with increasing energy costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55166/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 721. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that bonus payments are not being paid to persons in receipt of illness benefit; her views on whether this is permitted and if it is punishing ill persons who were formerly working; if she plans to introduce a mechanism whereby persons on illness benefit who have low means can apply for the bonus payments; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 740. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to develop a new National Child Poverty Plan with a dedicated unit to ensure an integrated and cross-governmental approach to address high levels of poverty in households headed by one parent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55142/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 811. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the reduction in the student contribution of €1,000 is not extended to students who have changed college course and are deemed to be repeating first year even though it is a different course; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty that this is causing for a great number of families where a student has changed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 977. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied). [54445/22]