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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Technological Universities (1 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that is being made on the delivery of the new STEM building for the Galway Campus of the Atlantic Technology University; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60119/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Technological Universities (1 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I raise an important issue that is close to my own heart which is the development of what we call the science, technology, engineering and mathematics, STEM, building in the Galway campus of the Atlantic Technological University, ATU. As we know, STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and maths. This project has been talked about for a long number of years and as a former lecturer...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Technological Universities (1 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister and acknowledge the fact that he was down in Galway. These investments are vitally important and that is a lot of money in a good week for the region in terms of educational facilities. Referring to the STEM building, when I was lecturing there seven years ago, and for a number of years before that, we were talking about what the Minister called bundle 2 and those five...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Technological Universities (1 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister for all of that and there is a huge amount of investment to come yet. Crowley Park is a significant acquisition for the facility. It is only right that was done. In fact, we should have bought the hotel across the way when it was available through NAMA and secured that site as well. At the time it did not happen for various reasons, none more so than the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (1 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of a Safe Routes to School Programme 2021 for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59908/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (1 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 265. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options that are available to a person who cannot go into an Intreo centre to get a public services card due to severe social anxiety; if this person will be allowed to get a photo in a pharmacy similar to a passport application or if there is any other avenue available to them; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the creation of a new further education and training college in Galway to consolidate the provision by the Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board of education in the city and to enable the Board to deliver on the national Further Education and Training Strategy and on his Department's policy mission to develop...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (1 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that part-time students are excluded from the reduction in student fees outlined in Budget 2023; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many students are trying to progress their careers in difficult circumstances by pursuing part-time education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60121/22]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I raise the issue of the residential zoned land tax and its implications for family farms around the country. Farmers are private landowners. They are not builders. They own the land to farm it and try to make a living from it. They do not hoard it as an investment. The fact that farmers are completely unaware that some of their land is being zoned for residential purposes leaves them in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I feel frustration when somebody raises an issue about a tax such as this which is trying to free up land to have houses built on it. However, I believe this is an imposition on farmers and it should be wiped off the agenda. What Minister is devising this policy? Will that Minister meet farmers’ representatives in order that they can get a clearer understanding of what is going on?...

Building Defects: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to contribute again on this particular problem that has developed over a good few years. There are people in the Gallery who are on the front line and affected by the problems and the defects that have arisen. It will cost the State an awful lot of money to put this right but that is what it has to do. We have to make sure that everybody is taken care of and that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will open applications for the ACRES in early 2023 to allow farmers who could not meet the 2022 application deadline to qualify for a payment in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61447/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: The application process for the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, closed yesterday evening and there was probably a frenzy of activity within the Department to handle all the applications that came in. My question relates to the farmers who have not applied or had time to apply or have missed the deadline through no fault of their own. The Minister intends to reopen the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I also thank the Minister for extending the scheme for two weeks and I know a number of Deputies, including myself, approached him about this and he did take action. I welcome the fact he will review this. Farmers rely on income supports and on these types of grants to make sure they have a cash flow. If farmers who were in GLAS cannot get into this scheme, there will be a gap in their...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: No doubt from listening to farmers himself, the Minister does grasp that the important issue is that there is something done for people in a gap year so they are not just left in a vacuum. I also welcome his statement that he will examine any anomalies that arose in the process and in the criteria. If there is an issue, maybe farmers could access their application again over a short period...

Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this most important legislation. Listening to the debate, I think there is a fairly clear message that not enough time is being provided to consider this important Bill. A 45-minute session on Committee Stage next week is not good enough. On the topic at hand, we are talking about the extraction of water and how we manage and regulate that. We are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport (6 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will extend the active travel scheme to include active travel measures to be carried out at schools located in rural areas which do not have a reduced speed limit but would benefit enormously if they could qualify for the scheme. [60189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (6 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the licence that is required in order to drive an e-bike on public roads; the training that will be required prior to obtaining a licence; the speed restrictions and age restrictions, if any, that will apply for e-bikes to be used on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60668/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (6 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide funding for a municipal wastewater treatment plant for Abbeyknockmoy, County Galway to allow the proper development of the village; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60446/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Community Care (6 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 654. To ask the Minister for Health when a community neuro-rehabilitation team will be established for CHO2 given a team was promised to every CHO area but only two of nine have being delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60768/22]