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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Inadequate Personal Assistance Supports: Discussion (23 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: Does Dr. Carroll wish to comment?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pension Provisions (23 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has given approval to a request by a company (details supplied) for pension increases for its pensioners payable from July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14582/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: Section 39 health workers provide an invaluable service to the State. There is an issue with regard to the fact that they do not get equal pay. We have a situation whereby a strike is going to happen in this sector imminently. That is going have a devastating effect on the health service. I also refer to the deadline for the announcement regarding the provision of home care services and...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I am pleased to take the opportunity to speak on this very important issue. I have listened all morning to what people on all sides of the House have said. I am not very impressed with the way people are shouting one another down. It is important that we look at this issue of housing in a constructive way. I would challenge the Government that the proposals we made last week and which the...

Education and the School Building Programme: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak. I compliment the Department of Education because any school that has been built, such as Clarin College in Athenry or the Presentation College in Athenry, or other schools I have seen around the place, are absolutely brilliant legacies to have. The problem is that is has taken years to get them to where they are. When they are built, the modern...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (28 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made on a local area hackney licence application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15282/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 513. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support an urgent matter (details supplied). [14970/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (28 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 643. To ask the Minister for Health the longest time that a child who is classified as urgent, semi-urgent and non-urgent is waiting for an MRI scan in UHG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14783/23]

Irish Sheep Sector: Statements (30 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important subject for the sheep farmers and mixed farmers in Galway East. Every night young farmers, parents and families are out trying to look after their sheep in the lambing pens. They do this for nothing. This is an issue of survival. Deputy Naughten mentioned the welfare scheme introduced in 2016. That was prior to Brexit. It was...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Programmes (30 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the active travel scheme has been collectively assessed under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 to determine if the scheme complies with the Act, bearing in mind that it includes plans to build out 1,500 km of footpaths and cycleways; if he will publicise the results of the assessment; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (30 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 329. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the x-ray facility to be installed in the primary care centre in Tuam, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15972/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hen Harriers (30 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive the hen harrier scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15979/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Climate Crisis and Disability: Discussion (30 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank our guests for joining us today. I was listening to the discussion in the office before I came down. There are a number of issues that I worry about. We have a huge body of consultation and the paperwork gets done but let us look at the issue of on-street dining, for example, and how that was done. In fairness, that was done in a hurry to try to help pubs and restaurants during...

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this very important subject. It is important that when vacant properties are not being used or are being hoarded, there is a strong penalty to make sure to get these moved on. I believe we also need to have a bit of carrot with the stick. We need to make sure that where properties that can be brought back into use, they are either refurbished and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: I want to ask a question on the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant that were in place in this country but that were ceased. The Ombudsman asked that they be restored ten years ago, in 2013. The primary medical certificate, which is in place at the moment, is not functional and the appeals committee resigned almost two years ago because the system is not fit for purpose. The...

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: I also welcome the fact that this Bill is before the House. It is important that we provide more judges fairly swiftly and that justice is done and seen to be done in a fairly efficient manner. As other speakers have said, a judge alone is not the justice system but is just part of the overall process. We need to have proper, modern courthouses and the back-up teams that are required to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the re-location of a school (details supplied); if she is aware that the NCSE evaluation was finalised in March 2022, and the school’s current lease is due to expire in September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16365/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to pay the full basic supplementary welfare allowance to asylum seekers who are not in direct provision and if she plans to give asylum-seeking children access to child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16701/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider abolishing the means test for carers where the care recipient is a child who has lifelong medical needs as the level of care required from such families is all-encompassing, from daily personal care, feeding, household chores to include a multitude of medical appointments and the associated costs of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Apr 2023)

Seán Canney: 919. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider the criteria for fuel allowance in light of the housing crisis, where many adult children cannot get accommodation and move out of home, which is preventing their parents from accessing fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17335/23]