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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the number of gardaí in the force presently; the number of gardaí who will be retiring in the next 12 months; the number of gardaí who will be recruited in the same time; the number of gardaí who have retired early in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: This is a very interesting discussion because we often find ourselves in a position where we do not have money. Now we are in a position where we have a great deal of money. The skill required now is to determine how we manage and balance that with what we need and with future needs. That is why it is important the committee had a discussion with Professor Stephen Kinsella some weeks ago....

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: We are talking about the problems with housing again. I want to address a few issues that are having a serious effect on how we deliver our housing stock. In my constituency, many towns and villages do not have a wastewater treatment plant. These towns and villages have been frozen out of any developments as Bord Pleanála deems such developments to be premature until municipal water...

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: I also have grave concerns and reservations about aspects of the Bill that I hope the Government will listen to and address in the form of amendments in due course. The effect of this legislation will go far beyond what the Government has sketched out with regard to its intended impact. Proponents of the Bill say that its purpose is to stop harassment, which we can all agree is wrong....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Investigations (11 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many soil testing labs are approved by his Department, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33672/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Employment Rights (11 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 640. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the remaining provisions of the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 will be commenced; if she is aware of the difficulties that this is causing for workers across rural Ireland, who are now being forced to make long and unnecessary commutes to large urban centres to work; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (11 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on a matter (details supplied). [34273/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (11 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 642. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support a matter (details supplied). [34274/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (11 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 643. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on a matter (details supplied). [34275/23]

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to again speak on this important subject matter. Yesterday when I spoke about this issue, we were talking about farmers, the protection of farmers and how the communication to farmers on what has been going on has been poor. We talk about climate action and the measures we are taking to try to deal with it to reach our targets but we have a huge opportunity with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: I meant to say it at the start but on behalf of the Regional Group I want to extend our sympathies to the family of the late Brendan Daly, a man who I met on a number of occasions. May he rest in peace. I want to come back to the Tánaiste's reply. He said the Government has to drill down into it and he spoke about a strategy for building houses. We all know that the private housing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: Common sense.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: It is scarce.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: I want to raise the issue of planning in Ireland and how we are going about that business. The context is that I met the Planning Regulator yesterday and we discussed policies. He was in the audiovisual room presenting to us. It is glaringly obvious that the housing situation in this country, especially the private housing market, is dysfunctional. Developers are not building housing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: The core strategy. It is preventing us from zoning lands to have a supply of lands available for residential development in our towns, our villages and our cities because we have to follow this core plan based on population increase. In most cases, however, we are zoning lands that may not be available at all for one reason or another, we are zoning lands that will never be sold for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State. I live in a rural constituency and I see how difficult it is for young people to get planning permission in the areas where they want to build homes. People are being refused planning permission. They cannot build on their own farms because they are not the person farming the land. If we are to have sustainable communities in rural Ireland, we need to make...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome that the Minister of State has said he wants people to live in rural Ireland. Let us make it happen. It is important, when we think about it, that various local authorities take various views on planning. Within each local authority, different planners take varying views as well. This is the inconsistency that is there. These guidelines need to be consistent. I come from a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish the review of the guidelines in relation to the construction of rural houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33201/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: Will the Minister of State update the House on the guidelines on rural housing, which are being reviewed? Perhaps we can discuss the review and find out exactly what is happening.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: With all of that investment, the Minister is proving the point I am making. I do not believe the local authorities are equipped to take this on. The other aspect is tenants’ behaviour and how the tenants are being managed. In Galway, I think we have four housing liaison officers in the entire county. We are increasing our stock of houses. I have seen first hand where houses built...