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Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important motion. I welcome its introduction. As the Minister knows, public transport is a rare species in the west of Ireland. We know all about it. I listened to some of Deputy Bríd Smith's comments about a 24-hour service and thought how happy people in parts of rural Ireland would be with a five-hour service. There are many things I...

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill 2022 and to address some of the queries that have been raised since the budget was announced. The energy supports for households are to be welcomed, but the problem is that there are anomalies in the whole process, and pay-as-you-go customers are not sure how they are going to get the credits or how it is going to work. That must be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to increase the benefit-in-kind by 40% which will reduce the income for workers who need a company vehicle to carry out their duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly in the Budget 2023 proposals in which participants on community employment schemes will receive a €5 increase per week; if she will increase this payment to €12 per week in line with all other social welfare recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to change the regime in which persons who work past the age of 66 years can continue to claim the contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53197/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to extend the recently-announced €1,000 refund to undergraduate students to graduate entry medicine students who face annual fees of between €15,000 and €17,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53215/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new forestry programme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53361/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 772. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a support scheme to support forestry in view of the delay in launching the new forestry programme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this delay has pushed many small businesses to the brink of closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53363/22]

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I support my colleague, Deputy Naughten, in what he said. I reiterate that in a constituency like Galway East, where we have had a significant amount of flooding for a long period and where many local roads were blocked, local radio proved to be a vital information tool to direct people on how to access their homes, to know where to go and what was going on in terms of electricity cuts....

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: The important thing is we catch something in this legislation or some commitment is made rather than leaving it in abeyance, because if it drifts from this legislation and this opportunity, we could rue what we have done. When the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform gets its hands on it, it will be a different kettle of fish. Even from a music industry point of view, it is very...

Priority Questions: Community Care (20 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: HIQA has no remit over day care centres. Why has somebody decided that the existing Seven Springs site is suitable one day a week? If it is suitable on Wednesday, why is it not suitable on Tuesday, Monday or Thursday? What is the logic in this? As I understand it, there are capacity issues in the nursing home and the people who are using the day service have been moved out to facilitate...

Priority Questions: Community Care (20 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: Something is missing here. If HIQA has a role in day care services, did it approve the current location? I have seen a citation from the grandson of one of the service users. On her first day at the new location, she rang him at 11 p.m., crying and asking to be brought home. There is something fundamentally wrong here. This day service was purpose-built as a day centre; it was not...

Priority Questions: Community Care (20 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 76. To ask the Minister for Health when St. Brendan's day care centre in Loughrea, County Galway will be reopened for use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51142/22]

Priority Questions: Community Care (20 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I want to raise a very important issue that has arisen in the past year in Loughrea, County Galway, where we have a purpose-built community nursing home with a day case centre as part of it. When Covid came, the day care centre, Seven Springs, was closed. To date, there has been much confusion as to what is happening there. The service in the centre has been resumed one day a week and on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (20 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 102. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the long-delayed x-ray facilities to be up and running in Tuam primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51143/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (20 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 110. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a national screening programme for structural heart disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51147/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 112. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the long waiting lists for treatment due to a chronic shortage of radiation therapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51145/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (20 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 145. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that he is putting in place to deliver the specialist neurology required to meet the current demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51146/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure that medical card holders can avail of dentistry services which are currently unavailable at this time due to an ongoing dispute between dentists and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51144/22]