Results 21-40 of 109 for cork speaker:Seán Canney

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Aligning disability services with the UNCRPD and considering the future system and innovation: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Dec 2021)

Seán Canney: ...the sector, but it brought it together in terms of the cost involved with respect to the disability sector. Ms Walsh spoke about the services she could get in Galway that were not available in Cork. Other services are probably available in Cork and not available in Galway. We do not seem to have a level playing field and ours is a small island. We have different levels of services in...

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: ...strong on this. The pharmaceutical companies played a part in all of this. They cannot be allowed to just walk away. They need to own up to what they were doing. I spoke to a woman who was in a home in Cork. She told me that after having the baby, she was given a tablet. She did not know what it was for and she never found out. It is not recorded in any medical history. Experiments...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: ...everybody together. We must speak more about the potential in the plan for offshore energy and for the west of Ireland. For example, we need to put in the infrastructure to ensure Galway, Foynes, Cork, Ros an Mhíl and Killybegs ports are all ready to take on that potential. We must realise the full potential of the plan from a regional economic development point of view, as well as...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: ...given to local authorities and, in particular, to Galway County Council, which presides over the single biggest area geographically in the entire country. The area in question is larger than that in Cork because of the process that has happened there. Given the geographical layout of the county, it is important that it is done.

Regional Transport Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2021)

Seán Canney: ...and 3, which would link Athenry to Tuam and on to Claremorris, are left as a void. This connectivity would bring together Galway and Mayo. It would also bring together Galway, Mayo, Clare, Limerick, Cork and Waterford in terms of rail freight. It is a very simple project, which is shovel-ready, in other words, it does not need planning permission or consent from anybody. It is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairperson Designate of the DAA: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Seán Canney: ...takes an Ireland Inc. approach to getting that done. While I was listening to everything being said here, I noted that there is a parochialism around aviation in Ireland because there is Dublin, Cork and Shannon, and no mention - or only once - of Knock, which is also an international airport. We have these assets within the Republic of our country and we must develop them. We need to...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: ...now in a situation where housing supply is at crisis point. In that context, I have a number of concerns about county development plans and the way land is zoned. As others have said, cities like Cork, Waterford, Galway, Limerick and Dublin cannot be planned or developed in the same way as rural towns and villages or the larger regional towns. My experience in recent years, particularly...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: ...to people who cannot do that and need help from the State. I listened with interest to what Deputy Boyd Barrett was saying and the retort from Deputy Bruton. They talked about Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway. I assure the Minister there is a housing crisis in every town and village in this country. That is why we must take action. I do not believe this Bill alone will be the...

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: ...we must remember that the sea gave us the gas that comes in to Corrib. If we had not had that gas over the last ten to 12 years, where would we be? The gas and oil that came into Ringaskiddy in Cork came from the seas and was very much welcomed at the time. We should not treat these industries with disdain either because they have served the economy well. We must make sure that we...

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: ...in our towns and villages. We are being pressurised not to build in rural areas. We need a recalibration of what we are doing there. Also on regional development, I heard someone congratulate Cork on getting a new rail network which will cost so many hundreds of millions. A small section of railway needs to be put in place between Athenry and Claremorris to reopen the western rail...

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (6 May 2021)

Seán Canney: ...with the perfect storm of Covid, there is very little happening in terms of assessments except by phone. Reviews are only carried out in Dublin except for once a year, when they are carried out in Cork. An appeals clinic was due to be held in Roscommon in October of last year but that was postponed. I was told the other day that it will probably be rearranged for 2022. Large numbers of...

Project Ireland 2040: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2021)

Seán Canney: ...to allow freedom of movement and choice and this needs to be done in a sustainable way. A good example of this is the western rail corridor, which would link Ballina, Westport, Galway, Limerick, Cork and Waterford. It would connect Galway, Foynes and Waterford ports in terms of international connectivity. As a first step, the national development plan needs to make provision for...

Regional Airports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: ...to come through Dublin Airport and from there meander by bus around the country or parts of it. It is important that we teach people who are selling Ireland that tourists can land in Shannon Airport, Cork Airport or Ireland West Airport Knock, with Donegal and Kerry airports providing back-up. It is important that we do this in a way that looks towards the future rather than today or...

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: ...do with the Shannon Group or legislation. Whether we like it or not, the consents that are required and the environmental issues that are raised constitute a huge barrier. I launched that scheme in Cork in 2016. Cork flooded three weeks ago. The scheme has not moved on because people object and want to do something else. The scheme has been delayed for the last five years. Why are...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Authority Staff Data (13 May 2020)

Seán Canney: ...Lyng broadband@carlowcoco.ie Cavan County Daniel Peeters dpeeters@cavancoco.ie Clare County Urban McMahon umcmahon@clarecoco.ie Cork City Fergus Gleeson fergus_gleeson@corkcity.ie Cork County Dan O Sullivan dan.osullivan@corkcoco.ie Donegal County...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Nov 2019)

Seán Canney: I will take that question. An incident did happen in west Cork which is being investigated by the Department. It is an old mine.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Nov 2019)

Seán Canney: Engineering surveys are being carried out on it at the moment. It is a question of making sure that whatever engineering is done on it will mean it will not happen again. Cork County Council is also involved.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (19 Nov 2019)

Seán Canney: ...in the Irish oil and gas exploration and production sector in 2018 was 154 full time equivalent employees. The report states that the sector is concentrated in the coastal regions of Donegal, Mayo, Cork, Kerry, Galway and the South East.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: CLÁR programme (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Canney: No, it is not all up the west. Galway suffered the same way due to the nature of the divisions. Cork received funding of €780,000 in 2018 and, in 2017, €260,000 in respect of nine projects. It received €562,000 in respect of 35 projects in 2016. The amounts have fluctuated. The Deputy asked whether there was a further round to come. I have no knowledge of further...