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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (15 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: I call Deputy Ó Murchú, on a brief supplementary.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Television Licence Fee (15 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: We will take a supplementary question. My apologies, Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (15 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: No.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (15 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: I am giving the Deputy bonus time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (15 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister. We will go back to Question No. 7 from Deputy Connolly.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: Nobody can deny that we need to move away from fossil fuels. We have the opportunity to do so by using solar on our roofs, which is less obtrusive and does not affect communities at large. The Minister, Deputy Ryan, described it as a roof revolution which would meet many of our targets. Offshore energy is another area where we are lagging behind. We have the potential to become the new...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2024)

Seán Canney: I want to raise the issue of wind farms and the proposals to build them across rural Ireland. It has come to County Galway, where, right now, surrounding Tuam, there are four proposed wind farms. There are lots of issues with the wind farms. The turbines have become larger and higher. When the guidelines were introduced in 2006, the span of the blades was 50 m; now it is 186 m, and we...

Research and Innovation Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 Jan 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome that this Bill has been brought forward to Second Stage. As a former lecturer in what is now ATU but formerly was GMIT, in Galway, it is important that we all support this Bill to make sure the opportunities are there for our young people in innovation and research, and that we provide opportunities for companies and small businesses in order that they can get supports to carry out...

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this subject. I have listened to the debate since it commenced and it is horrific that in 2024, we are talking about between 8,000 and 10,000 children being killed and over 20,000 people in total being killed in Palestine. What is it all about? We can talk about how it started with the attack on Israel. The consequence is that men, women and, above...

Estimates for Public Services 2024: Messages from Select Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Seán Canney: The Select Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the year ending 31 December 2024: Vote 40. The Select Committee on Justice has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the year ending 31 December 2024: Votes 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 and 41.

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak. The figures the Minister, Deputy Coveney, gave in respect of work permits and all of that needs to be out there. I did not know that information until I heard it from him. Perhaps it is on some website but we need that positive information about what is happening as opposed to the mystery of not knowing what is going on and giving people an opportunity...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Seán Canney: I raise the issue of housing adaptation grants. I note the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, is present. There is a review under way of the whole programme, which is successful and provides funding for people who need to adapt their houses due to mobility issues or for older people who need to do improvements on their houses. The problem is that with the construction inflation we have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: What survivors are saying to me is that there is no clinical or medical reason somebody who spent six months or less in a mother and baby home would have been treated differently from somebody who spent more than six months there. They fail to see what the criteria are. I know there is an interdepartmental group, but they are saying that they spent time in these mother and baby homes. They...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: The biggest gripe or the biggest regret these people have is that although there has been legislation, and it is all very good, a divide has been created. People are being treated differently because of a six-month timeframe. I believe that is wrong, and the people who are affected by this are genuinely upset about it. They cannot understand or get their heads around the fact that they are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: 81. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will allow for the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes to be extended to include survivors who spent less time in a home than the current threshold of six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54568/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: With regard to the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes, the legislation that was passed excluded those who were not in a mother and baby home for six months or more. Has the Minister considered reviewing that legislation? A significant number of people are very upset at their exclusion. It is not so much about compensation; it is more about recognition that they spent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: 76. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending the DNA testing to family members who are cousins to identify remains at the mother and baby home in Tuam as a result of advancements in the science of DNA testing since the Bill was enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54569/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: We discussed this before, but with the advances in the science of DNA testing, can we now allow for family members outside of the sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters to have their DNA sampled to try to identify their families within the mother and baby home in Tuam?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: I appreciate the Minister’s response. I understand he did amend and tried to be as flexible as possible within the advice given. However, there may have been further advances in science since the legislation was enacted and some people have been on to me and the Minister about having an opportunity to have their DNA and that of their cousins tested and used. I have met the director...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mother and Baby Homes (14 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: I will pass on the information I have. I believe it is important that where families want to try to get an identification of a family member they believe might be there, it is important we facilitate that as best we can. Can cousins give their DNA sample to the director? He can then use those samples if he feels the science is there or if there are unidentified bodies that maybe could be...