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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: Will the Minister outline the process through which the carbon or methane footprint of Irish farms is or will be calculated? Farmers are under severe pressure and are worried about how all these carbon emissions will be charged to their business. It is important that we set out how it is to be done and what baselines we will put in place.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: One issue that farmers are concerned about is that they are not getting any credit for the carbon they sequester through pasture, crops and hedgerows. There is also a need to establish a carbon measuring, reporting and verification process which farmers need to work with. It is in place in Northern Ireland. Farmers wonder how the baselines are being set out and how they will be supported...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister for his comments. This is a case of us chasing something very fast without having the research and knowledge base built up concerning how we will measure what farmers sequester through their daily practices and with hedgerows, etc. There have been many pilot schemes and a lot of research has been done but, as the Minister said, we do not yet have the science to show...

Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I am delighted the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, is here to listen to us. I am not going to tell him what is wrong, because I think he knows himself what is wrong. There is no point in me repeating what everyone else says. What we must do is look at a few issues and see how we can improve on delivery. The very first issue I will address is the planning system. I give the Minister...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak to the Bill. I will preface my remarks by declaring my interest in that I am a landlord and I have some properties we have rented. If we keep demonising landlords who are renting out properties in the way we are doing, we will find we will be in bigger trouble than we are right now. I understand there are about 500 properties in Galway that are up for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 258. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to increase the benefit-in-kind by 40% which will reduce the income for workers who need a company vehicle to carry out their duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly in the Budget 2023 proposals in which participants on community employment schemes will receive a €5 increase per week; if she will increase this payment to €12 per week in line with all other social welfare recipients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to change the regime in which persons who work past the age of 66 years can continue to claim the contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53197/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to extend the recently-announced €1,000 refund to undergraduate students to graduate entry medicine students who face annual fees of between €15,000 and €17,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53215/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new forestry programme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53361/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: 772. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a support scheme to support forestry in view of the delay in launching the new forestry programme; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this delay has pushed many small businesses to the brink of closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53363/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Supporting People with Disabilities to Live in Communities: Discussion (20 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the witnesses for their very enlightening opening remarks. I listened to the questions Deputy Ellis put. Members find that at times, there is a huge difficulty for people with disabilities, in that there are no clear pathways as to how they can get the supports they need to live independently. I do not know how this can be dealt with but there is a repeated request for people to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Supporting People with Disabilities to Live in Communities: Discussion (20 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: To clarify something, is there a way of measuring what is going on and how it is evolving? Is there data to back that up or is it just a softer approach than that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Supporting People with Disabilities to Live in Communities: Discussion (20 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: That last contribution was great. It is important that we continue to highlight the social return on investment, and that if money is being invested, people are benefitting from it and the social return is there. I say well done.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. The amount of money involved in the budget can be overwhelming. When you read documents and reports, you get confused. I am concerned when Revenue bring forward a set of figures that are different from the Department's set of figures and are working from a different base. There needs to be common approach to how reporting is done, be it from...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: Does that money get spent?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: It is an ongoing-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Post-budget 2023 Examination: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Oct 2022)

Seán Canney: From the Department's point of view, what would be the pluses and minuses of having indexation?