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Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I want to return to a few things mentioned by the Minister of State. We accept that increases have been given for grants but it is important to say that the increases do not reflect the increases in the costs. Second, the grant for housing adaptation is a maximum of €30,000. I have cases in my constituency where people have acquired injuries, whether they had an accident, a brain...

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — that Ireland is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which places an onus on signatories to ensure the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and the opportunity to choose their place of residence and where and with...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I will start with Mr. Barnes's final point about getting to a stage where we would not be importing any energy. It is a long way off. From reading the submission, the council is concerned we have not factored in the transition to a green economy. By not doing that, are we moving further away from making our dream of becoming energy self-sufficient and secure a reality? I am seeking Mr....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank Mr. Barnes. I meant to say at the start that I was watching these proceedings in my room but that the Internet connection was a bit flaky. It was going in and out. I decided to come down and join the party here. Not the political party. When we talk about changes in this context, I was in an electric car last night. The tax on it is €90. I guess the tax on that type of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: Following on from that point, let us take the working person and public sector pay. When we had increases in public sector pay back in the champagne days, those were blamed for causing significant inflation and for a recession. There is an expectation that public sector pay will have to rise to take care of and try to compensate people for the hyperinflation we have now. Does Mr. Barnes...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: Turning to tax revenues and the imbalance we have with corporate tax collection in this regard, does Mr. Barnes see the aspiration to continue to grow the numbers in work as a counterbalance for drawing in tax revenues that would be more stable? How can we address our reliance on corporate tax revenue in the context of running the country? I ask this because the current situation is not...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (1 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: Would it be wise for us to be taking some of those corporation tax revenues and banking them away as a fund for a rainy day and as a safeguard in the context of future events?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (31 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 173. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who cares for and lives with their incapacitated sibling can avail of the home carer tax credit; if this credit is confined to a person’s spouse, civil partner or cohabitant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27582/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (31 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the increased demand for a sports hall for a school (details supplied) and if she will meet a delegation from the school to discuss this urgently required facility for the school. [27316/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (31 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 662. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that is being made with the construction of a new emergency department at University Hospital Galway; when the additional bed capacity will be made available; the additional staff that will be recruited to cope with the increased workload; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27386/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (31 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 684. To ask the Minister for Health when an agreement will be in place to allow for increased subventions to nursing homes given the increased costs they face post-Covid and with the rising cost of heating fuel and other input costs; when this payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27508/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (31 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 807. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding that this Government will receive from the EU crisis reserve fund; the level of funding the Irish Government will top it up with; and the additional supports that this funding will provide for farmers in this deepening escalation of input prices. [27412/22]

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Seán Canney: Most of the workload coming in to most Deputies' offices in recent weeks has comprised queries about passports. I thank the staff of both the Passport Service and the Department of Foreign Affairs for trying to deal with the applications. The aspects that are amiss are at a management level. There needs to be a better communication structure to deal with applications, as virtually every...

Irish Apprenticeship System: Statements (26 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to address the Minister of State in regard to apprenticeships. As a former lecturer at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, now the Atlantic Technological University, I have seen in my work in the private sector how apprenticeship courses, and apprenticeships as a facet of construction alone, are a vital component. Unfortunately, in the boom times, the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 416. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applicants for the Beef Data and Genomics Programme have experienced difficulty (details supplied) in relation to same; his views on whether cases in which all other conditions of the scheme have been met should be treated in a common sense manner and be accepted and processed by his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the witnesses. They have given us an insight into how they are living through this process and the issues arising, which are horrible. This committee has had many meetings and is determining the best way to progress disability services. Having listened this morning, I believe the frustration of parents of children with Down’s syndrome relates to the fact that everything is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Progressing Disability Services: Discussion (26 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank our three guests for their forthright answers, not least in regard to recruitment. I was very interested when Ms Holmes stated that more administrative staff are needed to support therapists and to let therapists focus on their expertise. That is something we should take up given that if a therapist is involved in administrative work, that is a waste of a valuable and scarce...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister for that reply and I acknowledge the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is working under great pressure to get the supports in place. Farmers have the problem that the announcements have been made over recent months but the call for the funding and the application process is still not in place and this is the biggest concern they have. In looking forward to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Seán Canney: First, I want to associate myself with the remarks made on the atrocity that happened in Texas. I wish to raise an issue in relation to farmers. Last Monday at 7 p.m., I met with over 300 farmers at an event organised by the Galway Irish Farmers' Association, IFA, in my own parish in Corofin. It was organised by Mr. Stephen Canavan, chairman of the Galway IFA. The mood of farmers at...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Public Service Performance Report 2021: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Vice Chair and the witnesses who are with us. When we talk about the whole area of public sector reform and sectoral performance reports, one of the things that is close to my heart is equality in terms of disability budgeting. The reporting on that was introduced in 2018. Are the witnesses satisfied that the allocated expenditure is being spent within the Votes? Is it making...