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

Seán Canney: Regarding that issue and the forecasting, there is an underspend in capital and grants whereby works could not be carried out or moneys were there to be spent but were not. How does the council see the Departments managing that? The Tánaiste said the other day that there is an underspend and we might be able to find money for this, that and the other in it. Does the council have any...

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

Seán Canney: Perhaps a lot of it is to do with the fact that local authorities do not put in their returns until December as they are so busy carrying out road works, etc., so it is not known what it is until 31 December when all of the books are closed off and we start totting it up, which is a bad system. We should have a system where if a Department has committed to a job, at least it is reported that...

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

Seán Canney: Then we are all experts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning disability services with the UNCRPD and considering the future system and innovation: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: I apologise for being late in joining the meeting. I was tied up at another meeting but I got here for the first round of questions. I had read the presentations and made some notes. We are at a stage here where our system is fractured. It is under-resourced and it is crisis-only solutions we try to bring forward. The system is fragmented. I listened to what Dr. Walsh and Ms Walsh...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Personal Transport for People with Disabilities: Office of the Ombudsman (16 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: I thank both Ms Cooney and Mr. Tyndall for the strait-laced report. It sets out what the issues have been. The biggest message is that there is inequality. Some disabled people had the benefit of the schemes to help them. Then, because they were suspended, nothing else was put in place. Those who came after have been left without any support. That in itself is an inequality. Mr....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will add physiotherapists and occupational therapists to the critical skills occupations list to meet the present staffing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will amend the SEAI rule on a one home one visit in the SEAI warmer homes scheme to allow homeowners reapply for works that were not supported by grants in the 2014 scheme such as external wall insulation on houses in which walls were solid and could not be insulated; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 349. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department estimates it received in overpaid taxes in 2020 and 2021; his plans to make taxpayers aware of their overpayments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2041/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 350. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put in place a tax regime which properly reflects the costs that persons working from home incur in terms of electricity, heat and broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2042/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 418. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of public funding or public support received by a club (details supplied) in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63125/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 419. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of public funding or public support received by League of Ireland clubs in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63126/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published; the reason for the long delay in the publication of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1780/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the tenant purchase scheme to allow carers who have given up work to care for loved ones to avail of the amended scheme to ensure that carers are not discriminated against in terms of purchasing their own homes. [2039/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 468. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide additional funding under the housing aid for older people scheme to reflect the unprecedented increase in the costs of materials and labour; if this funding will be 100% grant funded by his Department to the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63175/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and his Department support the master plan for Moore Street as developed by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63176/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to introduce a new tenant purchase scheme for tenants of social houses, including Part V houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2038/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (19 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 488. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will alter the regulations on the registration of septic tanks to allow persons who purchase a property in which the septic tank has not been previously registered to register same in order to be eligible for grant aid to upgrade for environmental reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63471/21]

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: Some of our citizens have gone to their graves without finding their families or ever receiving from the State the most basic information many of us take for granted, such as knowing the family of our birth, heritage and medical history, which can literally save a life. I am happy to take the opportunity to speak on this important Bill. Survivors from the Tuam Mother and Baby Home Alliance...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: I am sharing with Deputy Tóibín, if he arrives to the Chamber.

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: I will have a go at it. I thank the Minister and Minister of State for bringing forward the legislation, which is overdue because we have seen many issues in the construction industry, some of which have been the result of poor certification and workmanship with no real or effective engagement in how we take care of things when buildings are constructed, whether they are houses, public...