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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Online Safety (21 May 2019)

Seán Canney: I agree with the Deputy. The other big problem with online safety is that this is not just confined to our country but applies right across the world, and it is a question of how we deal with the area of regulation internationally. I believe we need to start in our own country, have the regulation and have the online safety commissioner, so we show we are intent on protecting our young...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Pollution (21 May 2019)

Seán Canney: Recent scientific evidence indicates that air pollution is more damaging at lower concentrations than was previously understood. With this in mind, we are committed to publishing the national clean air strategy this year, which will provide the policy framework necessary to identify and promote integrated measures across Government that are required to reduce air pollution and promote...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Pollution (21 May 2019)

Seán Canney: I agree that it is a very serious issue. Air quality in Ireland compares favourably with more industrialised and urbanised countries but it is not without challenges. The Environmental Protection Agency's most recent annual air quality report was published in November 2018 and provides an assessment of air quality in Ireland in 2017. Values for all network sites were below the EU annual...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Air Pollution (21 May 2019)

Seán Canney: Recent scientific evidence indicates that air pollution is more damaging at lower concentrations than was previously understood. Tackling the sources and causes of air pollution is a significant challenge and will form part of the overall climate action plan we will put in place. It involves emissions from transport, industry, agriculture and shipping and the use of solid fuels in homes....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (21 May 2019)

Seán Canney: On 3 April, my Department received the monthly sea-lice report relating to salmon farms licenced by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine. I can confirm that a response to our request was provided by that Department on 12 April. My Department communicated our observations and outlined our appropriate concerns in the context of our statutory responsibilities, and those of Inland...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Planning Issues (21 May 2019)

Seán Canney: Matters relating to the planning acts are a matter for the relevant local authority. Exemptions potentially available to Inland Fisheries Ireland under the under the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (Statutory Instrument 600 of 2001) are very narrowly constrained and are also a matter for the relevant local authority. My Department has no function in that regard or in the making...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (21 May 2019)

Seán Canney: The principal function of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is the protection, management and conservation of the inland fisheries resource as outlined in the Inland Fisheries Act 2010. However responsibility for instream works may also be a matter for a number of statutory authorities depending on the nature of the development proposed. I am advised that where a river forms part of a drainage...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wastewater Treatment (21 May 2019)

Seán Canney: The Environmental Protection Agency is the statutory authority which licences Irish Water waste water facilities and would be the primary agency to address and enforce non-compliance issues. IFI have prosecuted Irish Water on a number of occasions for the discharge of sewage to rivers around the country, where incidents involve issues for fisheries, most recently in the case of the river...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (21 May 2019)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 507 and 508 together. I can advise the Deputy that I, along with senior officials from my Department and IFI, recently met with Angling Council of Ireland which incorporates representatives of the Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs and the Salmon and Sea Trout Recreational Anglers of Ireland. I also met with representatives of the National Anglers...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Flood Relief Schemes (21 May 2019)

Seán Canney: The Bandon Flood Relief Scheme is entirely under the remit of the Office of Public Works (OPW). Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has no direct statutory remit in relation to the implementation of such schemes. However, should fisheries related works be required in conjunction with or following the implementation of any such scheme, IFI are involved to the full extent of its statutory remit....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fish Farming (21 May 2019)

Seán Canney: The fish farming operations of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) are currently under review by the Fish Farm Working Group established by the Board of IFI. This Working Group includes stakeholders and IFI board members among its membership. Recent discussion has focused on the challenges faced in existing production facilities, including the facility at Cullion, in an environmental and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector Funding (14 May 2019)

Seán Canney: My Department's community and voluntary supports and programmes unit provides a cohesive framework of support for the community and voluntary sector. €3.5 million is being provided in 2019 under this programme to support 21 Volunteer Centres, eight Volunteering Information Services and a number of volunteer-supporting organisations such as Volunteer Ireland. Following the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Seán Canney: I am grateful for the invitation to appear before the committee today. The decision to move ahead with the national broadband plan is of great importance. Some 1.1 million people are disenfranchised at the moment. They do not have equality of opportunity or the potential to develop. Certain small businesses and farmers cannot join the digital age. As Minister of State with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Seán Canney: As chairman of the mobile phone and broadband task force, I can inform the Deputy that we have been engaging in exactly what he talked about. We have made many changes. For instance, there is now single access to road-opening licences. A nationally applicable standard form may be accessed on a portal. There is also the question of the State assets. The OPW, ESB and all the relevant State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Seán Canney: The price of what tender?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Seán Canney: On the tender, I do not know the detail of it but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Seán Canney: Most of the fibre optic cabling will be along poles. There is very little ducting going on.

National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)

Seán Canney: I am proud to talk about the major investment decision we have taken this week. As chairman of the Atlantic economic corridor task force, I am very proud to be able to go to its next meeting to tell members that in the nine counties, from Donegal to Kerry, we are going to invest a sum of €938 million. We are going to empower 238,000 premises and homes along the Atlantic economic...

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2019)

Seán Canney: I am pleased that we have had the opportunity to discuss the matter of dangerous use of scramblers and other vehicles. We all agree that it is a serious issue and that it needs to be addressed. As the Minister said, regrettably, the Government cannot support this Bill. We have examined the issues involved, including the legislation, in some detail and it is clear that the difficulty is not...

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2019)

Seán Canney: This Bill is well-intentioned, as the Minister has acknowledged, but the problem here is not legislation. Even if it was, there are serious difficulties that mean we could not accept this Bill. Based on the opinion of a garda, gardaí already have the power to detain vehicles temporarily in many circumstance but we cannot legislate to confiscate and dispose of property based on an...