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Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. Every politician has experience of what is happening in his or her constituency and what is going wrong. We can all keep talking about what is wrong but it is a question of how to find solutions. The Government will tell us money is not the problem; however, if it is not the problem, how come section 38 and section 39 workers are on different...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I am asking this question on behalf of Deputy Lowry. I ask the Minister to outline the total number of children on waiting lists for assessment of need in CHO 5, south Tipperary, and CHO 3, north Tipperary. This should include the number of children waiting on historical waiting lists, the number of new applications and the number of children or families still awaiting assessment following...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: The question that has been raised here, and it is a national issue really, is about the fact we do the preliminary assessment and then the patient or child comes off the waiting list. What is the waiting list used for? I read an interesting thing in the FUSS report from a member of staff regarding when they are asked to produce numbers. They said there was an "Apparent lack of awareness or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disabilities Assessments (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: The question that arises all the time is what good these waiting lists are and what action is being taken to sort them out. For instance, I know of a case of a therapist who is going on maternity leave. The children she was seeing have been told they have to go back on the waiting list because she will not be replaced until she returns from maternity leave. She is probably going to take...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: What steps will be taken to address the additional cost of living for people with disabilities? Could the Minister of State let us know what is happening in that regard? People are very anxious to know. This is not about the cost of living as a result of inflation and the war in Ukraine. This is about the cost of living with a disability, as set out in the Indecon report.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: It is very important to note that all of those measures were as a result of the increases in the cost of living and inflation. They were nothing to do with the cost of disability, which is a separate issue. It is important that we separate both those things. We should not conflate this by saying we gave money because that money was given as a result of the increased cost of living due to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: There are enough of ye at it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I agree wholeheartedly with that and I commend the Department on what is happening there but I will say one thing. When a person who is getting disability allowance gets married or partners with somebody who is working, their disability allowance is reduced to about €40 on the basis that their household income has now changed. That flies in the face of everything we are trying to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: Will the Minister of State detail the steps taken to support people with disabilities and their families? How tangible is that support on the ground?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive reply. Many parents of children have been waiting a long time for diagnoses. This week, I came across the case of a parent whose child was taken off a mainstream bus going to school due to behaviour. The parent is going back and over like a little ping-pong ball between the Department of Education, the school, the special education needs...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (30 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State. It is great to hear this. While we have all of the strategies, what kills parents such as the woman who rang me this week is that she could not talk to somebody. It was all bloody emails. There is no personal contact. It is important that we stop for a minute. We have to say, for instance, that it is not right and that we should not be proud of it. We do...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I attended a meeting in Abbeyknockmoy, County Galway on Monday night where more than 40 parents represented their children. Twenty-six of their children did not get school bus tickets last year because they were pushed out of the system by a late, ill-thought-out measure that was brought in to try to deal with the cost-of-living crisis by allocating free school bus tickets. Effectively,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 May 2023)

Seán Canney: Yes, we need clarity as soon as possible. The review on the school bus service that is ongoing was raised at the previous meeting. It has been going on since 2019. Covid intervened, but I do not think Covid is with us any longer, so we need to get that review brought to a conclusion so that we can see what changes we can make. I acknowledge the fact that the school transport system...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Seán Canney: We move to Sinn Féin. I call Deputy Conway-Walsh.

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this matter. I listened to the Minister's opening address. One of the biggest problems with this subject matter is probably the communication of what actually is or is not happening and how to decipher it. The Minister said this morning that the CAP fund will not be raided to support rewetting and that there will be a nature restoration fund of some...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if owners of zoned residential lands will be liable for the RZLT while the landowner is in the process of applying for planning permission and is awaiting the outcome of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24136/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (23 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that the contribution history records currently being used by her Department do not show home making and home caring credits; if she agrees that this is putting many parents and carers at a disadvantage in terms of receiving their correct pension entitlement; if she further agrees that this is having a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 809. To ask the Minister for Health if he will appoint a dedicated full-time project management team to implement the plan to develop a Model 4 Hospital at University Hospital Galway, including the new cancer centre, bed block, emergency department, maternity department and paediatric department to ensure a coordinated delivery of the entire facility by 2030; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (25 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the necessary infrastructure will be put in place to facilitate local bus companies that are investing in electric buses so that they can charge their vehicles in a timely way and in a convenient location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25469/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bus Services (25 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will legislate to ensure that all electric buses purchased to provide transport through Local Link are exempt from VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25470/23]