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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: The other question I was formulating in my mind was in relation to social welfare and all that goes with that. Dr. Doorley said one can take any year and model it based on the system or the interpretation that can be done with it. Let us say there is a projection of 6% inflation in 2023 and we index link everything and give an increase. If there is no increase predicted the following year,...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: One of the risks is that everything is going one way and the next thing it drops leading to a recession or whatever then we have a clawback. We also have a situation where we have an inability to pay clause by the Government if we have a serious recession. I am coming at this other issue with my Joint Committee on Disability Matters hat on. The Indecon report that was produced a short...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: The word Dr. Doorley used was "benchmarking". We have to level the playing field first in terms of the anomalies and particular situations that exist and after that there should be indexation, whether it is done by price or wages. The other thing we must protect against is the danger that work does not pay and becomes marginal. It is important that we encourage as many people as possible...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: I also acknowledge the Archdiocese of Tuam for its work in facilitating this project to take place. It is important also to acknowledge the work of the Minister's predecessor, Deputy McHugh, who set the train in motion in getting what the Minister herself rightly described as a fantastic new education facility for Tuam. It is very important as well that we move to the design stage as...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress with the proposed amalgamation of a school (details supplied) and the development of another school in Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5197/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: What progress has been made on the plans to develop the new single campus for a newly amalgamated national school in Tuam, County Galway? What progress has been made on the Educate Together national school, which is seeking a permanent home? It is in its seventh year in existence in the town and is doing very well.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Accommodation (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister for that very positive news for Tuam. It is great news that the Educate Together school will receive a new facility on the same campus as Trinity National School and both schools will be delivered as one project. It is important for the town of Tuam. It is also important for the town's development that we have this single campus because then we can look after some of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Taoiseach for the comprehensive reply. I welcome the fact this payment is being made. I reiterate that section 38 service providers, like Ability West, should have their front-line workers included. The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, said that this payment will be for everyone who was on site, involved, and had to be around patients. The Tánaiste, Deputy Varadkar, said that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: I would like to raise with the Taoiseach a very important issue in regard to the Government's plan to make a once-off tax free €1,000 bonus payment to front-line healthcare workers and the concerns that not all of our front-line workers will be included in this bonus payment. Take, for example, a letter I received from Ability West in Galway which provides services right across the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the next round of funding applications for the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund; the closing date for the next round of applications; and if third parties can make amendments to applications. [4799/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress report on the development of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5200/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in relation to the proposals to amalgamate schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5199/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Seán Canney: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a hybrid format for the leaving certificate in 2022 given the serious disturbance to student education over the past three schools years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5198/22]

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: The Minister of State mentioned other providers and low-lying fruit. I can vouch for that. In my town of Tuam a company came in and put in fibre-optic broadband. It did housing estates and so on but the centre of the town has not been done because the company encountered a few problems and decided it would not do it. I am six months trying to even get them to communicate with me. The...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to engage with the Minister of State on this very important subject for rural Ireland. I was in the Department in the previous Government when the contract was signed and I supported it wholeheartedly because it is going to be a game changer for Ireland in the context of regional development. I still stand over the fact that if we had not signed the contract then,...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (27 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: It is a source of concern that the infrastructure is not to the required standard. I understand that as part of this contract, nearly €1 billion will be given to Eir for the use of its infrastructure. The contract is for €2.1 billion, plus a contingency that brings it closer to €3 billion and of that, more than €900 million is going to Eir for the use of its...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 322. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include catering staff who worked on hospital Covid-19 wards and who had to gown-up, in the scheme to pay frontline workers a bonus of €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4154/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: 366. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to introduce free general practitioner visit cards for children under seven years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4155/22]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: I wish to raise a very important issue in relation to Benefacts. The board of this non-profit analysis company has announced that due to the termination of support from its lead Government funder, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, its seven-year project to transform the transparency and digital accessibility of Ireland's €14 million non-profit sector will cease in...

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Seán Canney: First, I take this opportunity thank the Labour Party for tabling this important motion for us to debate here in the House. I am glad the Minister is present. It is important that we speak openly about what is happening at the moment. In my constituency of Galway East, there is a huge amount of angst over the fact that fuel prices are going up. The reason for this angst is that the car...