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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider expanding the better energy warmer homes scheme to include households that previously benefited from insulation grants but do not meet the required building energy rating, BER; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29207/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: I wish to ask the Minister about the better energy warmer homes scheme. Will he expand the scheme to include households that previously benefited from the insulation grants but do not meet the required BER, in particular houses with solid wall construction that under previous iterations of schemes could not be insulated and just saw their attics done. Now that external wall insulation is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: It is a great scheme for the people who need it and who are in energy poverty, but in the review being done it is important we look at households which are still in energy poverty. They are not getting the benefit of the scheme as it is now. I accept that lots of homes have not benefited so far, but it is important we redress the absence of proper insulation in some of the houses. This is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister. I agree with all the sentiments he has expressed regarding the importance of this issue. It is one of those areas where we can make a huge difference to people's lives and at the same time save a lot on energy and make sure that people's homes are warmer and better places for them to live in. An issue arising now, as the contractors will tell one, is that the cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will introduce at specific 100% grant for the retrofit scheme for first-time buyers of vacant properties to incentivise them to live in towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29205/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review the threshold on the level of grants available for deep retrofit of houses due to the exceptional rise in the cost of insulation over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29206/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he will take to accelerate the SEAI better energy warmer homes scheme to ensure delivery of improvements to households in receipt of fuel allowance and to reduce the current waiting time of two years for inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29208/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 to ring-fence targets for biogenic methane produced from agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29211/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to support the aviation industry in the regions in order to ensure international connectivity for the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29357/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the 124 special schools open for the 2021 July provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29091/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (1 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 559. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to support private property owners to convert vacant properties to digital hubs to facilitate remote and blended working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29209/21]

Maternity Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: I compliment Deputy Catherine Connolly and her colleagues on bringing forward the motion. It might have been an ill-judgment of the Minister to leave before some of the contributions were made. I say this with no disrespect to the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, and I acknowledge her presence. The Covid-19 situation and all the restrictions that came into being gave rise to angst...

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: The response to the plan is welcome. There are two or three issues I wish to highlight. I am concerned about the PUP being phased out for everybody. I am thinking of those who work in live music. I do not mean acts like U2 or Hozier, but the people who play in pubs, at weddings and so on. Their sector is still being decimated and there will be no work for them for a long time. Their PUP...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to provide additional economic supports to businesses as they exit Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30410/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: The recovery and resilience plan was announced this week. There are particular issues around small businesses and how they are going to be treated. Many people fell through the net with regard to the supports to date. I ask the Tánaiste to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: I thank the Tánaiste. There is an array of supports there and they are all very welcome. I also welcome the fact that he has extended supports for people who are working from home, especially in the digital age, and for catering companies that do not have premises where the public are coming in. That is something that was missing. One of the challenges facing employers right now...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: The Tánaiste is saying that there is such an array of different issues out there that we need to ensure we keep on top of them horizontally, across them all. I am disappointed that there is no mention of mental health in the resilience and recovery plan. If we need to restart, to grow and to develop our economy, we need to promote mental health for our people who will build the...

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: I am delighted to speak on this Bill. Our seas have been the poor relation and have been treated as a second-class asset. For generations we looked at the sea as something out there, a place where people went out to fish and that was it. The real potential of our seas has not been realised. We are so lucky that we are an island nation, surrounded by the seas. However, like the timing of...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta) 2020: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. We all talk about housing and about it being a crisis. The spirit of this Bill is the right of a person to have a home, which we all agree with. The problem with it is, how do we get there? People keep talking about what is wrong and saying that we must find solutions. The Government is investing more money into getting more houses built,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: 184. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to target regional towns as opposed to major cities in order to expedite balanced national development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30411/21]