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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Temporary Supports for Business: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: Do the witnesses think we have come to a stage where we need to put supports in place for the SMEs as a matter of urgency based on what we are being told on the ground and what is being told to us by the representative groups for these organisations? Is there research being done by the Department that tells it that this is not correct? What is it doing to try to find out - perhaps with the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Temporary Supports for Business: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: I will make one other quick point. Governments take great publicity from the increase in the minimum wage but that has a serious effect on small businesses trying to find the money to pay this increase in wages. For instance, with the PRSI contribution that has to be made, should the bands be adjusted while the minimum wage goes up, and probably rightly so? As well as paying out the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Temporary Supports for Business: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: Would the Department be advising the Government on that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Temporary Supports for Business: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: I know that. This is where I do not want to hear that somebody else looks after something.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Temporary Supports for Business: Discussion (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: There is no comfort for SMEs to say that the Department of Social Protection looks after the issue. It all comes into the Exchequer. This is why we, the Regional Group, today proposed in the Dáil that a task force be set up so that all the Departments will knit together to see how they can legitimately help small businesses in a tangible way, rather than have schemes that are not...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has tested wild deer in the Kilcolgan and Kinvara area of County Galway for TB over the past five years; if so, the results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7391/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (15 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 303. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has tested badgers in the Kilcolgan and Kinvara areas of County Galway for TB over the past five years; if so, the results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7392/24]

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: I, too, wish to be associated with the vote of sympathy to Deputy Michael Collins and his family on the passing of his nephew. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion, whose subject matter is close to my heart for the simple reason that, in Galway East, which is predominantly rural, people trying to find a GP contact my constituency office weekly. This is not an issue in rural...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: I hope not. My two colleagues are here; I will restrain them as best I can. I am interested in a particular issue that has arisen over recent weeks. It relates to special education training hours for national schools. The Department has issued a circular which has caused fear and anxiety among school principals, boards of management and parents. It relates to the criteria by which...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: I acknowledge the work of the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, on this and welcome the fact that there will be a review and that schools will be able to look for a review in order to try to get the problems that are there sorted out. The worst thing for schools is that while the support hours are based on a three particular criteria, a school is then asked to look at how it will allocate...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: I received a letter last week from a developer in Galway city and I believe it was a copy of a letter he had sent to the Taoiseach regarding An Bord Pleanála. He submitted an application for planning under the strategic housing development forum back in August 2022. The inspector prepared his report on the application, submitted it to the board in January 2023, and here we are in...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 5 o’clock I welcome this Bill. The Regional Group has been campaigning for the rent-a-room relief. It made a proposal to the Government in this regard and, as a direct result, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, moved swiftly to implement the relief for social welfare beneficiaries. This is notable. The agreement facilitated the extension within one month,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance when the new primary medical certificate criteria will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7417/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 204. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will facilitate appellants to the primary medical certificate decision by having the medical assessment appeals board disclose their qualifications to enable them sit on the appeals board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7418/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will facilitate appellants by having the medical assessment appeals board on the primary medical certificate sit in locations around the country to allow easy access for people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7419/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the remaining ten retired school secretaries will receive their pay arrears which are outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7420/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be approved for an additional mainstream classroom which is required for the next school year commencing September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7422/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is in long-term nursing care rents out their principal private residence, which is vacant, will there be any negative implications on their State pension (non-contributory) or any other tax issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7653/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons (details supplied) are eligible for optical benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7694/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedge Cutting (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: 442. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will extend the time for the planting of whitethorn hedging until net planting season due to the current state of groundwater on land and the scarcity of the hedging roots under the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7407/24]