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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: I wish to make one last comment, which is positive. Last week I got three phone calls from business people. One of them who was starting up a new business has invested in property in the region and expects to be up and running with the project in September. It is a good-news story. These are young business people in their 30s. I will be directing them towards Enterprise Ireland which...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Draft Stability Programme Update: Engagement with Minister for Finance (27 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: I agree wholeheartedly.

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Motion [Private Members] (22 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: I thank the Independent Group for bringing this very topical issue to the floor of the Convention Centre so that we can debate it. It is the first time in a long time that we have had a discussion on an issue so important to Irish farming. We all know farming is under severe pressure in this country, particularly in the west of Ireland and the regions where we have small family farms of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (22 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the delivery targets for housing in Galway County Council for 2019, by build, acquisition, leasing and the actual numbers attained in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21008/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: I think everyone in this country and in the rest of the world agrees that climate action is a requirement. In Ireland, there is a craving for work to be done and to be the best in class. Where I see it going wrong is that we are tripping over ourselves to bring in a Bill to change the situation and in many cases, as we say down the country, we are putting the cart before the horse....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: I thank the Taoiseach. Nobody is accusing him or the Government of being anti-religious. We fully understand the reasons for these restrictions being put in place but I believe that categorising religion with the opening of museums is a bit off. There is something wrong with that. Religious ceremonies play a vital role in society and so many people in this country have religious beliefs,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I raise one very important issue for many people in Ireland which is public worship. The statutory instrument introduced by the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, in a very clandestine way and without any notice of consultation, has greatly upset the leaders of all the churches, especially following on from the fact that the Taoiseach had only met them two days before...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the immediate reintroduction of click and collect services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the need for a defined plan for reopening retail business; his views on whether there is a need for a reopening plan as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18175/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Rent Increases (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the need for an urgent arbitration plan to address the looming rent crisis for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18176/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the financial supports available to businesses will be extended to enable those businesses that were viable prior to the pandemic to trade effectively once restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18177/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are many businesses that do not have rateable business premises and do not qualify for supports; if a support scheme for such businesses will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18370/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 228. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the National Inland Fisheries Forum; when it last met; his plans to reconvene the forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18486/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 310. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss its proposals for a funding strategy for the region and in particular Shannon Airport. [18374/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for investment in rail projects as outlined in the Programme for Government including projected timelines and associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20531/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 477. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the help to buy scheme to include the refurbishment of old property to upgrade; if not, if the scheme will be reinstated for habitation for first time homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18451/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 735. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details on his Department's review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; the details on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hen Harriers (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the hen harrier threat response plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18968/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the naming of special needs schools as special; if she will consider removing the word special from the name of such schools as this may attach a stigma to the schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18372/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (21 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: 1154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the expansion of local employment services; if expansion will include the change in delivery from a cost-met to a cost-bid arrangement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19500/21]