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High Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: This energy crisis is impacting everyone. I am fearful of the future. I refer to how we are driving people in every which way to use electricity, be it to heat their homes, using heat pumps, using electric vehicles and other transport. The question is how we are going to manage the supply of this energy in the future. We must plan for an increase in population. I know young couples who...

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: Picking up where Deputy Naughten left off, regarding the warmer homes scheme, this is a fantastic one for people in fuel poverty. There is no doubt about it. The problem with it is the timeframe in which an application is processed and a building energy regulation, BER, assessment done. By the time the work gets done on a house, it will probably have taken about 18 months or longer.

Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: We are talking about a length of time that is unacceptable. It would be good if we were going to be as quick with these types of schemes as we were to shut down Lanesborough and Shannonbridge power stations. To give the House another bit of history in this regard, this situation reflects what we did with the sugar beet industry. We made a decision, based on some desktop survey that was...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will include Parkinson's disease as a qualifying condition for the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11048/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 533. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients currently waiting for fistula surgery in UHG; the current wait time; the steps that are being taken to reduce this waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10817/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (2 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a new tranche of funding will be made available for the safer access to schools scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2882/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. In the context of disabilities, many buildings in use in the Prison Service are historic and were built a long time ago. Is there a deficit of accessibility within these facilities for people with disabilities? Has a list been compiled of the works that need to be done to make buildings more accessible? Is there an estimated cost of what it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Accessing Justice: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the witnesses.

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: This is the first time I have had an opportunity to speak to the Minister of State since she assumed her role. I wish her all the best with it. She is taking on a very important portfolio. It is important that we work together within the House. The legislation she is introducing is to be welcomed. I concur with the remarks about her predecessor as Minister of State responsible for this...

Future of Regional Pre-Hospital Emergency Care: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: I acknowledge the Minister's appraisal of our motion as balanced. We acknowledge that progress is being made and the work that is being done by everyone involved. I could make a number of comments to the Minister at this juncture, and not all negative. We have great potential to develop pre-hospital services rapidly. One area is the paramedics themselves. Their career path needs to be...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2023)

Seán Canney: How do I follow that? This is an interesting discussion. We have to take decisions on climate change and climate action. At the same time as we are doing that in this country, many people are finding it hard to actually go along with everything that is being pushed at them. I will tell a story about St. Patrick's weekend in 2017, at this time of year, when I was on a trade mission to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (28 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will support an urgent matter for a person (details supplied). [10151/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transfers (28 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 660. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support a matter (details supplied). [10154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (28 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plan for a new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10156/23]

Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome this enhanced scheme for businesses. It is important. I come from a constituency with a lot of small businesses and shops in rural towns and villages which use a lot of energy for freezers, lighting and all that goes with it. The people have been suffering. It is important that the scheme that is now being proposed will benefit these small businesses. It is important that...

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]