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Planning and Development Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: ...look at how we are dealing with rural housing. I ask the Minister to look at that because several issues arise. One concerns people from a farming background not being able to build a house on that land, unless they are farming it. That is unfair because such people are being given a site by their family and access to the site may be through the farm. It is single access and not...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: ...tax and they do not know when or how they will get the alternative. The alternative will be the electric tractor, electric machinery or another form of an autonomous vehicle they can use on their land. This will not happen in 2021. Even if it were available, the cost would probably be prohibitive. We have to look at this, and the motivation for our group in tabling the amendment was to...

Regional Airports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: I compliment Deputy Michael McNamara on putting together this motion. It is important for the region in question. I live outside Tuam, within 55 minutes of Ireland West Airport Knock and 45 minutes of Shannon Airport. Connectivity is, therefore, important to me. If Galway East, including Tuam, is to develop, we need to have proper connectivity with the outside world. Back in 2007 and...

River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Seán Canney: ...but has not cleared channels or kept the water flowing. The Dutch philosophy is that we need to make way for the river. If we do not make way for the water to flow, it will flood out onto the land regardless. How do we prevent that? Basic engineering principles state one starts by getting the outlet right and working one's way back. Many artificial blockages have been created which...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Ownership (20 Oct 2020)

Seán Canney: 803. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the inordinate delay in processing freehold title queries relating to the Land Commission within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31542/20]

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: ...of supply such that people understand that when they are looking for timber, they will be able to get it. I know of a farmer who sold some of his cattle because he was going to plant part of his land. He is awaiting a licence to do so. He will miss the opportunity to plant it this year. He has no income from that land and, as he told me yesterday evening as he walked through it, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (15 Sep 2020)

Seán Canney: 153. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the provision of water and sewerage facilities for the IDA lands at Athenry, County Galway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23896/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charities Regulation (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Canney: ...responsibility for the Charities Regulator. However, the Charities Regulator is fully independent in the performance of its statutory functions, including its consent to the disposition of charity lands. The Charities Regulator has two main obligations in the sale of lands in these cases: 1. To ensure market value is obtained for the land/property 2. To ensure the proceeds go towards...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Interdepartmental Working Groups (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Canney: ...policy for accessing and utilising State assets for the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure.  The Taskforce noted in its original 2016 Report that the State is the largest owner of land and property assets in the country.  The Taskforce recognised the opportunity to use these assets to house telecommunications infrastructure and improve services.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Telecommunications Infrastructure (24 Oct 2019)

Seán Canney: ...policy for accessing and utilising State assets for the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure.  The Taskforce noted in its original 2016 Report that the State is the largest owner of land and property assets in the country.  The opportunity was recognised to use these assets to house telecommunications infrastructure and improve services.  The Working...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Canney: ...companies to provide the infrastructure to ensure that we can eliminate these black spots. Senator Conway-Walsh mentioned Castlebar. We are looking at whether there are public buildings or lands that we can use for the infrastructure rather than have the telecommunications companies acquire land in other ways. I mentioned earlier it will be a shared service and every company will be...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Harbours and Piers Development (2 Oct 2019)

Seán Canney: ...not spent within the calendar year reverts to the Exchequer. Works funded under the programme include development, construction and maintenance of coastal infrastructure for fish and aquaculture landing sites. The strategic objective of the scheme is to ensure the future viability of the fishing industry, to bring the fishery harbour centres up to best international practice, to reduce...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (3 Jul 2019)

Seán Canney: .... Everybody talks about his political agility, his political wit and so on, but what I remember most about Mark Killilea was that he was a neighbour and a friend. When we were up in Bob Scales's land every summer, he was there and he never offered us anything other than advice. When I was in Fianna Fáil, he was always a good friend and when I left Fianna Fáil, he still gave me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Financial Implications of the Petroleum and Other Minerals (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: It is the nearest land point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Financial Implications of the Petroleum and Other Minerals (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: My point is that gas is normally landed at the nearest point. In this case that would be in Ireland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Financial Implications of the Petroleum and Other Minerals (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (11 Jun 2019)

Seán Canney: ...is consistent with international practice in the United Kingdom and Norway, for instance. A combination of practical factors and market forces will provide for local demand. A discovery will be landed and sold locally to ensure maximum recovery from the feed and a reduced cost of transportation. In all cases the State's fiscal regime applies to the production of all oil offshore. All...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (29 May 2019)

Seán Canney: ...na Móna. I visited its site at Mount Lucas and have had a number of meetings with the company about projects that are in development stage, such as fish farming and wind farming. It has 80,000 ha of land so there is real potential for development and creating jobs in the communities the Deputy mentioned. I am confident that with Bord na Móna we will show how to model a brown...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Authority Functions (29 May 2019)

Seán Canney: The Local Government Acts provide powers to local authorities to compulsorily purchase lands, including for the provision of land for burial grounds. Part 14 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 can also be used by local authorities to compulsorily acquire land.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Seán Canney: ...opportunity to everybody. Some 10,000 people in Dublin do not have access to broadband. The issue goes across the country. We have published a map which shows the yellow area. Some 83% of the land mass has to be covered by broadband. This is a major project which presents a big challenge for us. However, we need to do it if we are to move forward and continue to lead in the area of...

Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2019)

Seán Canney: ...classed as all-terrain even if they were never used on a public road. This would put a burden on the farming community, in particular where many such vehicles are used exclusively on private land.