Results 81-100 of 976 for speaker:Seán Canney in 'Dáil debates'

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (14 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: I will come back to the basic point. I understand about panels opening up. Parents on the ground do not. The children are not getting the services they require. In some cases they have been getting nothing for years. We all talk about early intervention as the secret to getting on top of disabilities, so to speak. It is not happening. The parents will tell you that. I am not blaming...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (14 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: 72. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the lack of services available in children's disability network team, CDNT, 7 area due to the shortage of staff and specialists; to provide a schedule of the staff in place and a schedule of the staff levels required to run the level properly; when the full complement of staff will be in place;...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (14 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: This relates to CDNT 7 in Tuam. At the moment, parents are protesting outside the office because services are not being provided and the people are not in place. I have received an enormous amount of emails from distressed parents because the services are just not there. There was a fanfare of opening the new building but it is empty. What will be done by the Government to get this rectified?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (14 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: While I accept the Minister of State’s figures, the reality on the ground is that if someone was to ring the dietician today to seek an appointment, which I did the other day, one would be told that the dietician is on maternity leave - as they are entitled - and will not be back until October 2024 and to contact the disability team. There is no dietician in place. The forum for...

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: I, too, welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. I commend my Independent Group colleagues on bringing it forward. I would caution people about getting rid of fossil fuel as if we have all the alternatives in place. As the fella says, "bí cúramach" in what we are saying and doing. We need to make sure we have things right to take over from fossil fuels. In that...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I begin by informing the House that I am a landlord and have an interest in this subject. The problem facing us at the moment is the supply of houses. The local authorities have been commissioned to deliver social housing and we now see them being commissioned to deliver affordable houses and other types of homes. That will help people....

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Instruction to Committee (12 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill. One might ask what interest is a directly elected mayor for Limerick to me and what consequences it has for Galway and Galway East. I requested time to speak on this because while it sounds great to have a directly elected mayor, the functions of that mayor and the additional functions he or she will have compared to a Cathaoirleach of a...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: My sincere opinion is that having a vote of confidence in any Minister at this stage is wrong for the simple reason that what we are doing is giving a status to the people who wreaked havoc on our streets and our city. It is unthinkable that they would get one up on democracy by having a Minister lose her job over this. We have to focus on gardaí and how we can help them. I think...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Seán Canney: I want to raise the fodder scheme that has been announced for the Shannon Callows by the Minister, Deputy McConalogue. While the scheme is welcome, there are a number of issues arising, including the fact that some farmers whose land was flooded may not be visible from satellite pictures but it was saturated to such an extent that the grass could not be harvested. These farmers may be...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on what will probably be the most important legislation to come through this House regarding the future of this country and houses, homes and where we are going. There are a number of issues about which I want to talk. I start off by saying that the pre-planning process has to be given the importance it needs. I see it in my own county in Galway where a...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: Many additional processes have come into planning but we have not resourced the local authorities with ecologists, hydrologists and all those people who are needed to deal with the information in the reports that are coming in. At the same time, we expect the client to deliver all of these reports but the local authority may not even know how to read them, understand them, or get time to...

Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: I compliment Deputy Shanahan for his foresight and vision in bringing forward this very simple, clear-cut and clearly worded Bill. I believe the Government is not going to oppose this Bill, and I welcome that. The important thing is we see this as something that actually brings back accountability for our public finances, and that we report on them. When I was in college, when we were...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: Given that the events of last Thursday came upon us with such venom, we did not think this night a week ago that we would be having this debate this evening. I wish a speedy recovery to those brutally injured in the school attack. That issue and the bravery of people who stepped in have been well documented and referred to eloquently this evening. In its own right, the incident would have...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: I want to raise the important issue of flooding and flood relief schemes. We have witnessed in recent months the damage and devastation that heavy rain can cause to people, property and the environment. When I was Minister of State with responsibility for the OPW, we initiated a number of flood relief schemes, including in Cork city, Galway city, Ballinasloe, south Galway Gort lowlands, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: The Taoiseach hit the nail on the head when he said he has visited some of these places. Lots of visits have taken place. I even remember President Michael D. Higgins came to visit Gort in 2019 and 2020. That is all fine but everybody goes away and people are left with the flooding. As the Taoiseach said, the design team was appointed in 2017 for the south Galway Gort lowlands flood...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very emotive subject. We have seen, over the last month, the murder of innocent children, men, women and families in Palestine. We have also seen the same thing happening in Israel. I condemn both Israel and Hamas for the actions they have taken in using children, men, women and families as a shield for some objective or some righteousness that...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: I support the fact that a Bill has been introduced again this year so that we can end up creating a situation where people who are older or sick are protected through the equalisation of premiums. That is important. I want to speak to the matter at hand, namely why we have to have private health insurance in this country. Some people want to have private health insurance but if we had a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (21 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: The Deputies can have a go-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (21 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: The Deputy has one minute.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (21 Nov 2023)

Seán Canney: Does Deputy Murphy want to contribute?