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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school (details supplied) for Tuam, County Galway, is expected to be delivered; the stage that it is at presently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2879/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 340. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will change the rules to allow deserted wives who applied for deserted wives benefit between 3 August 1993 and 2 January 1997 be treated in respect of their income threshold similar to people who applied prior to 3 August 1992; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5482/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (1 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: Yes. We do not have a quorum.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Living with a Disability: Discussion (2 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank everybody who has presented. I will follow on from what we were talking about. The 2012 strategy effectively has not worked. Has it brought forward or progressed matters? What are the most important things the witnesses wish to see in the new strategy? Have they been engaged with in the development of the strategy? Will they expand on the purchase scheme for buying in services...

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Ministers present. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing it forward. The people we are talking about here are people who are contributing to the economy in every way. These are young people, couples, or single people who went out there and took the brave step of deciding to build or buy their own...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I have a question in respect of the housing adaptation grant which the local authorities look after in each county. It is a great scheme and I know the Minister is carrying out a review of it but there are a number of things he might consider. First, the maximum amount of money available is €30,000 at present. In light of the increasing costs which have occurred in the construction...

Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important subject, which is affecting everybody across this country. I will first declare an interest by saying that I am a landlord. The biggest issue with housing at the moment is supply. If we are going to build more houses, we need to beef up the local authorities because that seems to be the way we are going - local authorities will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a scheme with funding to allow local authorities to provide wastewater treatment plants in towns and villages where none exist, solely to facilitate social and affordable housing development, which will increase the locations available to provide social and affordable housing in all towns and villages;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will offer the same financial support to registered post-primary teachers to upskill in order to teach home economics, as is currently being offered to registered teachers to teach mathematics, physics and Spanish, given that home economics is currently the second-most difficult subject to find a teacher for, ahead of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale behind only giving carer's benefit to people previously working 18 hours per week, as some applicants were working 16 hours per week at higher per hour averages and were taking home more wages and paying more in PRSI than those on the minimum wage working 18 hours per week; if she will consider amending the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 383. To ask the Minister for Health the research that was carried out in consultation with women who opted not to proceed with a second appointment for termination of pregnancy following the three-day waiting period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5761/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 384. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 649 of 23 November 2021, the number of live births that were registered of babies who survived the abortion procedure; and the number of death certificates that were issued between 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2022. [5762/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 386. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that fistula surgery is not performed in Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5766/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank all of the witnesses. It has been enlightening. I was listening in the office to the presentations. I was struck by a few things that I have probably been saying myself, but not saying loud enough. A strategy is driven by an implementation plan, and if you do not have implementation plans you are in trouble because all you have is paper. I know the HSE is still putting young...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: Case workers are a scare resource, I imagine, in the HSE or wherever the services are coming from. We do not have enough case managers because so many people need help. They are stretched and it is hard to access them and get time with them. Time is needed because everything is new to people with an acquired injury or disability. There is a learning curve for parents, family and the...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I want to say a few things about the Bill. I was at a protest in Roscommon mart yesterday about the viability of the sheep industry. From speaking to farmers, I am aware that there is a palpable fear that the new legislation will add to the cost of running a farm. It has been pointed out that existing practice has proven to be good. There is an element of trust between farmers to make...

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this very important motion. I thank Sinn Féin for tabling it. I compliment staff in Department of Social Protection offices throughout the country who, since Covid-19 came upon us, have done Trojan work to deal with everything that has been thrown at them. I think it was the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon...

Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: What has gone wrong in this country is that we put the cart before the horse. We decided to get rid of energy producing methods that we had such as the power stations in the midlands before we had an alternative in place. What we are finding now is that we have been preaching about how to heat our homes and do all the things that are green, which comes from all sides of the House, without...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider amending the SUSI terms and conditions to ensure that students whose parents were working and became ill and accessed illness benefit are not discriminated against in the system, in that if the household income is low enough, they will be able to access the special rate of grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the status of R2-zoned residential lands; if they will be liable for the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6989/23]