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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Environmental Schemes (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the fact that waiting times are being reduced but to bring them from 26 months down to 19 months is not ideal. We need to go further. The Minister of State has explained that this is a great scheme. It has the money in it to deliver what is needed by people who are in fuel poverty. The problem is with the expectation that has been created by the scheme. The design of the scheme...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Environmental Schemes (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: I agree wholeheartedly with everything the Minister of State has said. This is not a criticism of the scheme. It is a free scheme. The number of people coming into my office inquiring about it has risen over the last six months. I accept that. If the Minister of State looks at the local contractors, that would be important. One other aspect of the scheme he might have a look at is cases...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Environmental Schemes (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans he is putting in place to reduce the waiting time for householders under the better energy, warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42047/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Environmental Schemes (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: What plans are being put in place to reduce the waiting time for the warmer homes scheme to be enacted in houses? At present, the first letter applicants get is an acknowledgement confirming their reference number and stating that it will take up to 24 months before works will be carried out. I want to know what we are doing to sort out that timeline.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he will consider to reduce the costs to householders who wish to undertake retrofit measures in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42048/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that every applicant under the warmer homes scheme will have measures carried out, regardless of whether these premises are deemed suitable for the deep retrofit scheme or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42049/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider putting in place another national used tyre collection scheme to clean up the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42050/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the rate of progress being made in the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42051/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he agrees with proposals to develop windfarms close to residential settings where there is a negative impact on visual amenity, landscape and a risk of white noise and flicker affecting householders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42052/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is considering changing disability allowance to a three-tier system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42033/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mortality Rates (28 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: 287. To ask the Minister for Health if he is concerned at the increase in the death rate in this country since 2021; if he will undertake a review of the increased number to determine the cause of deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42034/23]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: With that fund, does the Minister envisage that, for instance, for capital spending in the national development plan we will have a situation where we have funding to deal with the dips so that we can have a continuous flow of projects being delivered to try to attract more of our construction workers back into this country, where they will have a better guarantee that they will have a more...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: So, in effect, it is an opportunity to correct some of the mistakes that would have been made in past, and that kind of thing. Very good.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: We talked earlier on about energy and the energy windfall tax. Are there any plans to look at the banks and the profiteering that is taking place at the moment? Are there plans to look at how that money could be turned back into helping people with mortgage interest relief or by cutting out bank charges for people to make it easier for them to bank, rather than what we are seeing at the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: I met with the Irish Farmers Association, IFA, earlier. One of the matters that came up was the residential zoned land tax, RZLT, and what may be happening with that. My understanding is that functional farmers will be exempt from paying the tax and lands that are zoned R2, which are secondary lands, for residential development will also be excluded. However, I understand from the IFA that...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed): Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: Apologies, but I am double-jobbing. I am going between the disability matters committee and this committee. I thank the Ministers for their presentations. There are two aspects that I would like to address. There is the whole issue of the upcoming budget, the expectations and all the money we have in the country creating pressures on Government to deliver everything to everybody. I want...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: I am sorry Chair. I am double jobbing. I am attending the Committee on Budgetary Oversight as well. We were talking about the budget. I thank the witnesses. I read their submissions and I wish to raise a few issues. I was on the train going from Athenry to Dublin. Getting off the train in Heuston there was an older person with a Zimmer frame who was struggling to get from the train...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: It is a good news story that the line is working well but we have to ensure that the experience on it is the best for everybody, young and old. In particular in rural areas, we do not have public transport and we rely on cars to get people to bus stops, many of which do not have shelters. What plans are in place for that? There are also challenges regarding the location of, and the space...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessibility: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

Seán Canney: For the rural link example that I gave, that service is up and running. However, there should be the flexibility to be able to change stops if it is better to have a stop at another location. Rather than having to go through the whole process of licensing new stops, there should be a way to adapt them. The other gripe I have is that while many people with disabilities have free travel,...