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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: I will make comments having listened to the debate. One relates to capital expenditure and the fact that the north and western regions have been designated as areas in decline by the European Commission. There is an opportunity because of this new designation. We have to positively discriminate in terms of investment. Does the ESRI support that for a region? The ESRI officials talked...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Economic and Social Research Institute (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: I will finish on Irish Water, which is a national utility. Going back five years, before the utility was put into place or established, the places I have mentioned were on a list of wastewater treatment plants to be built by the local authorities. Once Irish Water came into being, however, what happened was that the focus of the company changed to carrying out projects in areas where those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Nothing About Us Without Us - Achieving Equal Rights and Equity for Women with Disabilities: Discussion (9 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: As a male participant in this committee along with the Chair, I am privileged to be in a position to listen to the witnesses this morning. The way that each one of the witnesses presented to us is truly what this committee is about. We have to listen but we also have to take on board what people say. I have probably 100 questions. Therefore, I will not ask any questions but I will make...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (10 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a decision will be made on an application by Galway County Council for funding for flood relief works at Brook Lodge, Ballyglunin, County Galway under the minor works flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12581/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (10 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the OPW has put in place to carry out channel cleaning on the Killimor arterial drainage scheme, County Galway in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12786/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 346. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional supports to be made available to local newspapers in view of the continuing lockdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12867/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Agriculture Schemes (10 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the farm plan for designated areas will be available to all farmers in the 2021 Shannon Callows season; the amount available for this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12592/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by substitute school teachers who are unable to progress on the pay point scale due to school closures; her plans to address this situation in order that teachers are not disadvantaged by school closures due to the lockdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12513/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many substitute teachers will lose out on panel rights due to the ongoing school closures; her plans to address this situation in order that teachers awaiting panel rights are not disadvantaged by school closures due to lockdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12514/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 823. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that general practitioner practices around the country did not have their vaccine orders processed by the HSE and were left without a vaccination; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this processing failure is causing great distress for older persons and their families and is undermining...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: I will be looking for some responses, if I can get them. I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for being here. Good work has been done by everybody in Ireland over the past year to make sure that we try to master the virus and take back charge of our lives. Vaccination has been the one great hope and will sort out our problems. I hope we will get back to some sort of normality...

Ceathrú Chultúir 1916 Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. Given that it is about Moore Street in Dublin, one might wonder why a Deputy from Galway would be concerned about it, but it signals what we need to do with many of our buildings around this country that have gone into dereliction because we do not have the means or the courage to maintain them and bring them back into use. It is important...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 133. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 17 February 2021, if it will still be ensured that the 43 weekly newspapers nationwide receive their fair share of the advertising in relation to the national Covid-19 campaigns. [14029/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans being put in place in the form of a job retention scheme to assist SMEs to take on long-term employees and to encourage persons to return to work post Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans being developed to entice emigrants to return to Ireland to join the workforce, especially in construction, in which there is a deficit in workers which will impact negatively on the capital programme from 2021 onwards. [14025/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 418. To ask the Minister for Finance when medical examinations for the disabled drivers' scheme will recommence given that many disabled persons are at a significant financial disadvantage due to the fact they are not currently able to access the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13941/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 423. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request as a shareholder in a bank (details supplied) that it defer branch closures until the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. [13998/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 424. To ask the Minister for Finance the number or percentage of personal injury cases that do not go to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board by veto of the insurance companies. [14035/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 519. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to accelerate the roll-out of capital projects in view of the underspend in 2020 and 2021 due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14034/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Mar 2021)

Seán Canney: 556. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific supports she will put in place to assist the 43 weekly newspapers nationwide whose advertising revenue has dropped due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14028/21]