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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hedge Cutting (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 10. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on how farmers should dispose of cuttings from hedge trimming on their land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9692/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hedge Cutting (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I have a very simple question for the Minister of State. What are her views on how farmers should dispose of cuttings from hedge trimming on their lands. There have been some alterations to the rules. Perhaps she would enlighten me as to what farmers can do because there is a lot of confusion out there.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hedge Cutting (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I seek clarification in light of the fact that farmers are reading various things and there is much confusion. How long more will the regulations allow for the burning of the trimmings? The Minister of State referred to alternatives. I was at a meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight yesterday evening. One of the IFA representatives told us about a farmer in the south who was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hedge Cutting (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State for the clarity regarding the derogation. Do we have sight of what the proposals are and how they will be implemented? Will there be a cost implication for farmers arising from these methods? If so, how will farmers be supported in carrying out the disposal under the green measures the Minister of State is proposing?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I also tabled a question on this matter. Galway Wool was set up by Ms Blatnaid Gallagher. That is an example of where there is huge potential in wool. As Deputy McNamara said, it is not so much that wool is almost useless at the moment, it is worse than useless because it costs more to shear a sheep than the price one gets for the wool. Back in the day, wool was a big source of income...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will suspend planning applications for onshore wind turbine developments until the planning guidelines for such developments are updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11921/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: A very large number of applications are being made for onshore wind turbine projects but the planning guidelines were produced in 2006 and need to be updated. Will applications for these planning permissions be suspended until the guidelines are updated?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State. There are two projects in my constituency at the moment where the size of the turbines is far beyond anything that was contemplated back in 2006. Further information has come from research on the noise. It is called sonic noise, which is a silent noise that affects people. There is also the question of the proximity to residents. All of this information is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I can assure the Minister of State that, on the two projects I am dealing with at the moment, it is a box-ticking exercise. The first that people knew about it was when a letter came in the door. There was a public meeting coming up, and the day before the public meeting, another drop was put into letter boxes. Any engagement with the agent has consisted of comments such as “I do...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the Croí Cónaithe scheme to include vacant houses that can be refurbished for rental purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11919/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: The Croí Cónaithe scheme is very good, and I congratulate the Government on bringing it in. It is helping and beginning to take off. There is a lot of interest in my office about it and many are inquiring about it. There are a few anomalies in the scheme, as is the case for all schemes. The first relates to the fact that a house has to have been vacant for two years. There are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. There is one other anomaly in that a house must have been built before 1993. There are lots of houses built since then that are vacant because they were never completed. People emigrated because they ran out of work or whatever when the economy went bust. The houses are there, and there is potential to create more living accommodation. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I want to raise the issue of the residential zoned land tax. It has created a huge amount of confusion for many farmers who have land which is adjacent to or inside the boundaries of these local area plans. In Galway, the Tuam local area plan is now being done for the next five years. We have the same thing in Ballinasloe, Gort and a few other places. The people who own these lands are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: Just for clarity, phase 2 land cannot be developed, full stop, until all of phase 1 land has been used up. There should be no liability to any owner of that land while it remains in phase 2. That needs to be set out clearly because a tax cannot be put on something when somebody is not making it available because it is not going to be used. My other concern about all of this, going back...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: That is the key.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the witnesses for coming in. I wanted to ask them about a number of things. We will start with how we deal with the health services. The witnesses talked about the universal Sláintecare model being the one by which everything will be done in the future and how we will get rid of private hospitals and private healthcare. That will take decades to achieve. We have a situation...