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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (9 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 603. To ask the Minister for Health the dental services in County Galway that will take on new medical card patients; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many pensioners in County Galway have reported that they have found it difficult to access dental services through the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54296/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 726. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will apply the maximum timelines on each application in a functioning licensing system for forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 727. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a refined timeframe will be provided for the implementation of the MacKinnon Report on the review of the approval process for forestation in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54707/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 728. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a single licence application system to deal with planting, thinning and harvesting to give certainty to the forestry industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54708/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 729. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set up a forestry development agency to promote and represent the forestry sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54709/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: I want to raise an important issue relating to Galway County Council. There has been a serious lack of money in the local government fund for the council Galway for many number of years. The perception is that Galway County Council is being punished for the fact it has not amalgamated with Galway City Council. The expert advisory group set up to examine the amalgamation recommended that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (11 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief scheme for Portumna, County Galway; when the project will be ready for construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55397/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: I thank the witnesses for their presentations and their input. What Deputy Durkan said with regard to what we need to do is interesting. One of the issues I would like to ask about is energy costs. Would the witnesses say some of our energy costs are related to the fact we have not put in place bridging measures when trying to get rid of fossil fuels, turf burning and so on? There has...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (10 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: That is exactly my point. We have the potential to be self-sufficient and an international net supplier. We have the potential on the west coast of Ireland, but we are only now developing our national maritime planning legislation to work out a system by which we do it, which seems should have been done 20 years ago. We did not do it and all of sudden, in a rush of blood to the head to get...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (16 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will expedite legislation to amend both the Litter Pollution Act 1997 and the Waste Management Act 1996 to provide a lawful basis for local authorities to use CCTV in detecting and prosecuting illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55946/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (16 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Road Safety Authority may be contravening EU employment law by not facilitating contracts of indefinite duration for driving testers by letting those testers leave after 35 months' continuous employment and then hiring new testers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55489/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Accident Investigations (16 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate an immediate review of the failures identified in a report (details supplied); if he will bring forward proposals to address each failure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55490/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (16 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is working to try and agree a code of best practice for the Athlone to Galway and other regional and national greenways with TII and others; his views on whether an essential aspect of the code is the use of voluntary land acquisition agreements as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (16 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to meet the executive of Galway County Council as a matter of urgency to address the funding shortfall in the local authority from the Local Government Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55950/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (16 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: 512. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care for seven and eight year olds will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55584/21]

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: I welcome the Minister back to the Chamber. I congratulate her on the birth of her baby. I welcome the Bill, but it should have been introduced a long time ago. I wish to address some issues in my constituency. I live in a rural constituency and the issues I come across create considerable anguish and expense. People have needed to go to the courts to define something that should be...

Disability Funding Report: Motion (18 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to contribute. I acknowledge the presence of both my colleagues from Galway, the Minister of State, Deputy Anne Rabbitte, and the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. When this committee was set up, I volunteered for it for the simple reason that I spent five years representing a constituency and have been experiencing and seeing all through my life the lived experience...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: I was listening to what was said there. The thing that I really want to get on top of is carbon tax. I know that the ESRI factored that into its analysis, but the cost of living is going up. The weekly shopping is going up as are travel costs. How sustainable is that? I know we say that there are international reasons for the fuel costs going up but fuel costs drive up every other cost....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: I think Dr. Doorley and Dr. Farrell are confusing two things. They may believe that people living in rural Ireland who cannot access public transport are all on social welfare. Many are working and paying their taxes and will not benefit from an increase in social welfare payments. The people I am talking about are the working people who, through carbon tax, must pay more to go to work to...