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Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I support the amendments Deputy Boyd Barrett tabled. In any scheme we are doing, it is important that decisions are made by the chief deciding officer. The Bill says it will be done as quickly as possible, but we have all seen in the past where that gets diluted because, as quickly as possible, it is left open ended. It is important we put a timeframe on that. It would be reasonable to do...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. At the outset, I declare my own interest in that I am a landlord. We talk about evictions and we demonise landlords because we are trying to portray landlords as the cause of all our housing problems. The opposite is borne out by the fact that landlords are actually selling any properties they have because they cannot continue to work in a...

Housing and Evictions: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: Coming from a construction background, at times I get frustrated by the fact things are not being done at a quicker pace. The supply of housing is the issue and the pace of supply is what is causing the problem. I will go through the local authority processes. If a local authority buys a site to build housing, it has to appoint a design team and then do the design to get the Part 8...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 626. To ask the Minister for Health when front-line workers employed by a company (details supplied) will be paid the Covid bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8329/23]

Energy Costs and Windfall Taxes: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: What has gone wrong in this country is that we put the cart before the horse. We decided to get rid of energy producing methods that we had such as the power stations in the midlands before we had an alternative in place. What we are finding now is that we have been preaching about how to heat our homes and do all the things that are green, which comes from all sides of the House, without...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank all the witnesses this evening. Listening to the debate it appears we could be at this for years without achieving anything. As Dr. Healy says, thousands of hours have gone into the work. I wish to raise three points with the witnesses in the context of social welfare and taxation. Self-employed people seem to miss out on social welfare if they are out sick. They do not get the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: It was updated in 2021, yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: My experience has been that if a person who has a disability marries, his or her spouse's income is assessed against that person's disability payment. When it comes to housing adaptation grants, if a person needs to adapt the bathroom or whatever for their disability, the income of that whole household is assessed against the person's need. That is a social injustice to people who need such...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: What is it called?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank Ms O'Brien.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: That is obtained by going to the community welfare officer.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: The community welfare officer is snowed under and there is a turnover time of 12 weeks, so that is not working at the moment.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: Absolutely. It should be online.

Cost-of-Living Supports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak to this very important motion. I thank Sinn Féin for tabling it. I compliment staff in Department of Social Protection offices throughout the country who, since Covid-19 came upon us, have done Trojan work to deal with everything that has been thrown at them. I think it was the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I want to say a few things about the Bill. I was at a protest in Roscommon mart yesterday about the viability of the sheep industry. From speaking to farmers, I am aware that there is a palpable fear that the new legislation will add to the cost of running a farm. It has been pointed out that existing practice has proven to be good. There is an element of trust between farmers to make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider amending the SUSI terms and conditions to ensure that students whose parents were working and became ill and accessed illness benefit are not discriminated against in the system, in that if the household income is low enough, they will be able to access the special rate of grant aid; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the status of R2-zoned residential lands; if they will be liable for the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6989/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will remove the planning requirements from the short-term accommodation register given that it will have a very negative consequence as many short-term lets cannot afford the cost of the planning process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the changes proposed by her Department to professional development courses for primary school teachers outside of school time; the impact it is having on teachers; the consultation that was had with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6618/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty that the changes to summer courses will have for teachers as they now require online courses to have 8 hours synchronous time, increasing to 15 hours by 2025; if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that this is causing for teachers who have childcare responsibilities during the...