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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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 753. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide clarity for pregnant women on the process of how to obtain cariban through the drugs payment scheme, given that the drug is necessary to prevent extreme nausea and vomiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7138/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 776. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that his Department and or the HSE has taken to ensure all abortions carried out legally in the State are properly notified to the Minister for Health in accordance with section 20 of the Act and made publicly available in the annual report, following on from the underreported abortions in the official report issued in 2022. [7184/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 777. To ask the Minister for Health the way the cyber-attack and Covid-19 so severely impacted the collection of notifications for abortions in 2021 but not the requests for reimbursements related to abortions paid to GPs. [7185/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 778. To ask the Minister for Health when he will publish the report of the three-year review into Ireland's abortion law in view that he has now received the report. [7186/23]

Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important subject, which is affecting everybody across this country. I will first declare an interest by saying that I am a landlord. The biggest issue with housing at the moment is supply. If we are going to build more houses, we need to beef up the local authorities because that seems to be the way we are going - local authorities will...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I have a question in respect of the housing adaptation grant which the local authorities look after in each county. It is a great scheme and I know the Minister is carrying out a review of it but there are a number of things he might consider. First, the maximum amount of money available is €30,000 at present. In light of the increasing costs which have occurred in the construction...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank all of the witnesses. It has been enlightening. I was listening in the office to the presentations. I was struck by a few things that I have probably been saying myself, but not saying loud enough. A strategy is driven by an implementation plan, and if you do not have implementation plans you are in trouble because all you have is paper. I know the HSE is still putting young...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Raising Awareness of the Lived Experience of Congregated Settings: Discussion (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: Case workers are a scare resource, I imagine, in the HSE or wherever the services are coming from. We do not have enough case managers because so many people need help. They are stretched and it is hard to access them and get time with them. Time is needed because everything is new to people with an acquired injury or disability. There is a learning curve for parents, family and the...

Mortgage Interest Relief Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Ministers present. I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing it forward. The people we are talking about here are people who are contributing to the economy in every way. These are young people, couples, or single people who went out there and took the brave step of deciding to build or buy their own...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a scheme with funding to allow local authorities to provide wastewater treatment plants in towns and villages where none exist, solely to facilitate social and affordable housing development, which will increase the locations available to provide social and affordable housing in all towns and villages;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (8 Feb 2023)

Seán Canney: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will offer the same financial support to registered post-primary teachers to upskill in order to teach home economics, as is currently being offered to registered teachers to teach mathematics, physics and Spanish, given that home economics is currently the second-most difficult subject to find a teacher for, ahead of...