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

Seán Canney: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will remove the planning requirements from the short-term accommodation register given that it will have a very negative consequence as many short-term lets cannot afford the cost of the planning process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the changes proposed by her Department to professional development courses for primary school teachers outside of school time; the impact it is having on teachers; the consultation that was had with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6618/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty that the changes to summer courses will have for teachers as they now require online courses to have 8 hours synchronous time, increasing to 15 hours by 2025; if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that this is causing for teachers who have childcare responsibilities during the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 753. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide clarity for pregnant women on the process of how to obtain cariban through the drugs payment scheme, given that the drug is necessary to prevent extreme nausea and vomiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7138/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 776. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department and or the HSE has taken to ensure all abortions carried out legally in the State are properly notified to the Minister for Health in accordance with section 20 of the Act and made publicly available in the annual report, following on from the underreported abortions in the official report issued in 2022. [7184/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 777. To ask the Minister for Health the way the cyber-attack and Covid-19 so severely impacted the collection of notifications for abortions in 2021 but not the requests for reimbursements related to abortions paid to GPs. [7185/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 778. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the report of the three-year review into Ireland's abortion law in view that he has now received the report. [7186/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank all the witnesses this evening. Listening to the debate it appears we could be at this for years without achieving anything. As Dr. Healy says, thousands of hours have gone into the work. I wish to raise three points with the witnesses in the context of social welfare and taxation. Self-employed people seem to miss out on social welfare if they are out sick. They do not get the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: It was updated in 2021, yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: My experience has been that if a person who has a disability marries, his or her spouse's income is assessed against that person's disability payment. When it comes to housing adaptation grants, if a person needs to adapt the bathroom or whatever for their disability, the income of that whole household is assessed against the person's need. That is a social injustice to people who need such...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: What is it called?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank Ms O'Brien.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: That is obtained by going to the community welfare officer.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: The community welfare officer is snowed under and there is a turnover time of 12 weeks, so that is not working at the moment.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: Absolutely. It should be online.

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: Coming from a construction background, at times I get frustrated by the fact things are not being done at a quicker pace. The supply of housing is the issue and the pace of supply is what is causing the problem. I will go through the local authority processes. If a local authority buys a site to build housing, it has to appoint a design team and then do the design to get the Part 8...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. At the outset, I declare my own interest in that I am a landlord. We talk about evictions and we demonise landlords because we are trying to portray landlords as the cause of all our housing problems. The opposite is borne out by the fact that landlords are actually selling any properties they have because they cannot continue to work in a...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I support the amendments Deputy Boyd Barrett tabled. In any scheme we are doing, it is important that decisions are made by the chief deciding officer. The Bill says it will be done as quickly as possible, but we have all seen in the past where that gets diluted because, as quickly as possible, it is left open ended. It is important we put a timeframe on that. It would be reasonable to do...

Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome this enhanced scheme for businesses. It is important. I come from a constituency with a lot of small businesses and shops in rural towns and villages which use a lot of energy for freezers, lighting and all that goes with it. The people have been suffering. It is important that the scheme that is now being proposed will benefit these small businesses. It is important that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 626. To ask the Minister for Health when front-line workers employed by a company (details supplied) will be paid the Covid bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8329/23]