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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Staff (11 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will reinstate the assistant principal role to primary and special schools which was cut during the period of austerity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27219/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Staff (11 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: Will the Minister reinstate the assistant principal role which was cut in primary and special schools during the period of austerity? I am down the pile.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Staff (11 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister. There were a large number of statistics in that. In today's world, especially in primary schools, there is a great deal going on. I am aware of two schools that are undertaking building projects. Matters have become difficult. School principals are not just managing education, they are managing facilities. They are doing project management and procurement. They...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Staff (11 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the Minister's words of encouragement. I agree wholeheartedly with everything she is saying in respect of responsibilities and all of the demands that are now put on the entire school management from top to bottom in national schools, especially in today's world. I am aware of two schools in particular where there are problems. I will send the Minister a note on them separately...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank Ministers Donohoe and Chambers, and their teams, for their time in coming to the committee. I wish the Minister for Finance, Deputy Jack Chambers, well in his position and in the throes of preparing a budget. I will concentrate some of my questioning on capital expenditure and how it is going. I had a very disturbing conversation today with an engineer in Galway County Council...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: I am aware that money has been spent and that maybe more money has been spent. The Minister said it is up 41% but is that because of the additional cost in getting works done? Is it through budgetary problems? A project on the N17 is realignment and safety works where there have been accidents and fatalities. This work is now stalled. I believe €1 million was allocated this year....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: That is the point I was trying to make. Inflation is probably eating into a good bit of the budget at the moment. I have even received correspondence from people who are providing the services such as haulage and the quarries. Some of them are in a situation where orders are not coming in and we could see lay offs in that industry at the back end of this year. This is probably as a result...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: Finally, on the issue of investment in health, I think there is €1.4 billion of an additional amount. Can the Minister give me a bit more on what the vision is for that? Did I see a figure of €1.4 billion?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: Okay. I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: I must apologise that I was coming in and out. I was next door with the financial people, the Ministers, Deputies Donohoe and Chambers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: We need to pay them another visit when we are finished here, maybe to get money for disabilities. I thank the Minister of State for coming in. I will not detain her. My questioning will not be too long. I believe that in trying to do everything right, we still are struggling to get the basics right. I can see it on a day--to-day basis - I am sure the Minister of State can and every...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: We know that. The Minister of State said she chaired a workforce planning group. I do not know what the purpose of that group is. This is where I am getting at. We have to get around what is wrong. We know what is wrong. I believe the day of reckoning is coming. It happened in Tuam where the parents, when they got into a forum, realised what way they were all being treated. They...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reverse the proposed cap of €10 million, due to come into force on 1 January 2025, on retirement relief under the capital gains tax relief for a business being passed onto a child, as the cap will pose an existential threat to the viability of many family businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29505/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Environmental Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: 482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider including the ECO scheme in the list of payments from farm environmental schemes which have disregards in terms of social protection payments such as farm assist, as the current list includes now-defunct environmental schemes; if she agrees that the rationale for the disregard is to ensure that people...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: 564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will waive the areas of natural constraints scheme stocking density requirement for herds that have been depopulated with TB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29113/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: 752. To ask the Minister for Health if dental care can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29589/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the flat-rate farmer’s refund order section 5.3 outdoor water trough systems to include plastic troughs which are not allowable under the order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30253/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options local authorities have in implementing Part V planning in terms of accepting payment in lieu of houses and accepting houses in another location which would be more beneficial to the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30249/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (10 Jul 2024)

Seán Canney: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds now occupied in a nursing unit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30250/24]