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Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 772. To ask the Minister for Health the status of legislation regarding housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33717/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I accept that. I reiterate my admiration for the staff of the Passport Office and those of the Minister's office. The phone line for Oireachtas Members is fantastic, but it is creating 160 little passport offices around the country. People are contacting several Deputies on particular issues to try to get traction. We are there to help. The Minister has said he will explore the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, with the surge in the number of applications for passports and the delays in getting those applications processed, he will consider opening a passport office in the west of Ireland to serve the needs of the population there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33475/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I compliment the staff of the Passport Office and of the Minister's office, but I would argue that it is high time we located a public-facing passport service office in the west of Ireland in order to serve the people of that region. There is a communications issue. People have difficulties with speaking to someone in the Passport Office, with submitting documents and with finding out what...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: The Minister said he is not ruling out increasing the footprint across the country, but let us take the example of somebody living in Clifden who needs an emergency passport. He or she travels through the county and arrives in Ballinasloe, halfway to Dublin but not having left the county. If a child needs an emergency passport, both parents have to take time off work to get it. Their...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (23 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 245. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made since the election of President Joe Biden in rectifying the situation for the undocumented Irish in America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33476/22]

Insurance Reform: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak about insurance reform. We could talk about many aspects of insurance but I want to home in on a few matters. In my area, voluntary groups have rural social schemes and community employment schemes which do work in the community. However, they are not able to do work on the roads or in public areas without having public liability insurance. Those groups...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Angling Sector (22 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the working group established in 2018 to examine ways to improve fish access at Parteen Weir on the River Shannon has completed its work; if so, the agreed outcomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32911/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (16 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the fact that pensions will be pegged to increases as they happen. When I talk to pensioners they say they feel they are forgotten because they took cuts under the austerity measures that were taken after the bust. These are people who worked for this State all of their lives and contributed enormously to it through taxation, building our economy and getting the State to where we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (16 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome what the Minister is saying and I know every effort is being made to help pensioners who worked in public service. I refer, however, to semi-State bodies like the ESB and others whose pensioners are really caught in a bind. It is important that we look at that and assist these people. The Minister says it is left to each line Department or entity to deal with the issue but there...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (16 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to increase existing public sector pensions to take account of the exceptional increase in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29036/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pensions (16 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: Regarding public sector pensioners and the cost of living, are there plans to examine their fixed pensions with a view to increasing them in line with the prevailing cost-of-living issues?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: Returning to the question about the overall tax position and the idea of having people working and making sure they get their due reward, it is important that all the social welfare thresholds are also increased in line to ensure people do not lose entitlements whereby they have gone over a threshold due to a pay increase, are taxed on that and end up being a lot worse off. A great deal of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his intentions in relation to adjusting public sector pay in view if the exceptional increases in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29035/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I would like the Minister’s overview on how we will deal with public sector pay in light of the exceptional increased costs of living and also how we will deal with the overall pay structure to make sure work pays in order that people who go to work get the benefit of an income into their pockets rather than being the victims who must pay for everything.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Sector Pay (16 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: The Minister is right; we are at critical stage. However, I believe that people who go out to work want to see the benefit of that work. It is not all always about the pay scale. It is actually about what will happen in terms of tax credits, especially for the lower and medium income earners. If they get an increase in wages, what often happens is that it puts them over a threshold for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (16 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I accept that, but when we think about how to have a collaborative industry in which contractors and the contracting authorities will work together, we need to look at what has been established in other jurisdictions such as the UK, where there is the new engineering contract, NEC. In that case, there is risk-sharing and more is got out of the contract. The Minister of State referred to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (16 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to introduce a new public works contract for the construction industry to ensure the risk in these contracts is shared in an equitable way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29034/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (16 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I raise the issue of public works contracts, which have been in place since 2007. I acknowledge the Minister's efforts in introducing a variation to the contracts for the unreal price increases that have happened. However, I fear that if the contracts are not overhauled, we will have serious issues in trying to get contractors to do work for us. Are there any plans to reform them or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Construction Industry (16 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: The Minister of State said a lot there. I will give him some facts. Right now, the construction industry is in free fall. Contractors are not going to price public works contracts as they stand at the moment. It is a particular risk in the engineering contracting. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, is here. This also affects flood relief schemes, where there is an enormous risk in...