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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (14 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: 102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the consultation with retired workers’ organisations in relation to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that to date retired workers have been excluded from the process of engagement between sponsoring...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (14 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: 107. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the pandemic unemployment payment is being restored to €350 level then should the employment wage subsidy scheme rates increase back to 4 tier rates of €350, €300, €203 and €151.50 to encourage employers to retain staff rather than laying them off; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme is not restored to pre-December 2021 rates or eligibility criteria are not changed, his views on whether a percentage of the employment wage subsidy scheme receipts from 2021 should be set against quarter 1 2022 to finance the increased labour costs being incurred (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will remove the Covid restrictions support scheme limit of €5,000 per week; if the basis of calculation is 12% of 2019 turnover, then that full amount should be allowed given larger properties also incur larger costs and should therefore not have a limit imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61659/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy eligibility criteria for Q1 2022 should compare projected turnover against quarter 1 2019 and not 2021 versus 2019; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that cognisance should be made of the different set of circumstances that pertained in 2021; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that quarter 1 is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Tests (14 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: 470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider the exclusion of students in private higher education sector from the decision to fund rapid antigen tests for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61664/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: 536. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has the highest rate of spina bifida in the world; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that many children with spina bifida are waiting surgery, particularly scoliosis surgery; if he has plans to provide the necessary funding to increase surgery capacity in order that surgeries can go...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Foetal Pain Relief) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: What we have here before us is simply a Bill for the prevention of cruelty. I will, therefore, appeal to all Deputies, including those who support legal abortion, to join in voting for this Bill, which merely shows a measure of compassion for unborn children at a relatively disadvantaged stage in their prenatal development. I can see no legitimate ground for objecting to it. In fact, some...

Animal Health and Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Instruction to Committee (15 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Like the previous speaker from the Regional Group, I look at this and ask what is broad consensus and how would you define it. We could have broad consensus on anything, but do we have the proof that there actually is broad consensus? We could take a stance on different issues, but at the end of the day we must talk about animal welfare and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: Both witnesses are very welcome to the committee. It is interesting to listen to the way the conversations have been going. The first area I want to touch on is inflation and inflationary effects. We have an unprecedented set of circumstances, worldwide, as well as an unprecedented domestic situation. We have been saying that the common view on this is that it is a blip in that the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: Can I ask for one clarification there? Dr. Cassidy referred to the productivity deficit in the construction sector. What does he mean by that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: Are we talking about off-site construction and the type of work to speed up the process rather than traditional-style building? Is that what Dr. Cassidy is alluding to when he talks about investing more in the technologies to create a faster production of units, whatever they are?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: I ask the Chair to allow me one final remark.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: In the context of mortgages, is there any hope that Dr. Cassidy can offer young people at this point? Mr. Makhlouf stated that we cannot have reckless borrowing. How do we support them?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Inflation: Discussion (resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: I thank the Chair and our witnesses.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: I want to be associated with the remarks about the staff and everybody in the House all year. I have a question on the unprecedented rise that has happened and is happening in the cost of construction materials. Building suppliers are getting daily notifications of price increases coming in January. Building contractors who are building some of the 30,000 homes the Tánaiste mentioned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UNCRPD and Considering Future Innovation and Service Provision: Discussion ^ (2 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: I apologise that when the meeting started I was in the Dáil speaking on the Health (Amendment) Bill and that is why I was late joining the meeting. I welcome the witnesses. I read their introductory presentations which are very coherent and set out some of the issues. I want to begin with neurology as it is close to my heart in Galway where we have a shortfall of nine neurology...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UNCRPD and Considering Future Innovation and Service Provision: Discussion ^ (2 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: I have one question in relation to the idea of the family caring. There seems to be a mishmash of services and breakdowns of services and no joined up thinking. For example, when a young couple is told their child has autism or is diagnosed with something, they find it very hard to access the services. They do not understand where they need to go. There does not seem to be a communication...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning Disability Services with the UNCRPD and Considering Future Innovation and Service Provision: Discussion ^ (2 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: Are local authorities the best places to have housing adaptation grants administered? What are the experiences with the administration speed of the grants and the level of the grants?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (8 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: I welcome the witnesses this evening and thank them for sharing their thoughts with us. The biggest issue we have at the moment relates to budgetary matters and the forecasting we have. How can we better prepare so that we have more accurate forecasting, in light of what has happened this year with the increase in revenue which was not predicted? What is the Department of Finance not...