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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the witnesses. I have come across a situation where people who save money and are frugal with incomes are penalised when they want to help out their family by transferring money to their children, for instance, if their son or daughter is going to build or buy a house and they want to give them a gift or inheritance. Those people have paid tax on that money all their lives and have...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank Ms Perret very much for that response. One other aspect I want to add relates to the transfer of family farms or of small businesses. These are valued, etc., and capital gains tax is levied on the recipient. There is reduced tax in this regard. Where a farm and the stock relating to it are being handed down from one person to another and where everything has been valued, there is...

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak. I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion. Last week, during questions on policy and promised legislation, I raised this issue with the Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, responded. I acknowledge that significant investment is being made in the fire service in terms of infrastructure, new fire stations, fire tenders and all...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to reports that NCT tests are now being conducted by non-qualified workers; his views that this should revert to the previous situation whereby only qualified mechanics were employed as testers; if he will introduce appropriate legislation to ensure that all NCT inspectors are fully trained and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider waiving the requirement for taxis to be less than ten years old due to the ongoing disruption in the supply chain for new cars, and the unnecessary expense that this is placing on taxi drivers, who are already facing increased business costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56110/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Post Office Network (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to create a community banking system within the post office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56309/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made on the creation of a single authority to control the flow of water in the River Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56097/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 221. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work that has been undertaken to reduce the level of water in the three main lakes on the River Shannon to prevent winter flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56098/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 222. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made on the removal of pinch points in the Shannon callows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56099/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the involvement that the OPW has had with ESB, Waterways Ireland and the various local authorities along the river Shannon to prevent winter flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56100/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider raising the number of hours that a carer in receipt of carer's allowance can work from 18.5 hours to 20 hours to recognise the valuable role family carers play in keeping people safe and well in their own homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56153/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 603. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department intends to remove the dribble bar as a suitable mechanism for low-emissions slurry spreading from the TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56180/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 604. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide an assurance that if farmers purchase a dribble bar for low-emissions slurry spreading, that this will continue to be an acceptable practice into the future, given that many farmers are fearful of making the necessary investment only to find that the rules change; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (15 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 605. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports he will put in place for sheep farmers in view of the fact they have missed out on the fodder scheme and that the sheep welfare scheme has not provided any additional money in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56182/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (10 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: 334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider extending the deadline for the ACRES past the current deadline of 21 November 2022 for a further four weeks to allow farmers and agri-planners to arrange the necessary on-farm inspections in advance of applications being made, given many farmers will be locked out of the scheme otherwise; and if he will make a...

Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: It is great to see you back in the Chair, a Cheann Comhairle. I wish you the best of luck. I welcome the opportunity to speak about Irish Water and water policy. At times, I have spoken repeatedly about some of the issues creating problems with regard to the work carried out under Irish Water. Irish Water has two main functions: water and wastewater. I will address wastewater first....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: The national retained firefighters service is suffering severe difficulties in the recruitment and retention of staff. The model on which the current service is operating was developed in the 1950s and is not fit for purpose in a modern working environment. I acknowledge that the Department has undertaken investment in my constituency, with a new fire station in Tuam, a contractor having...

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: I move: That Dáil Éireann: acknowledges that: — the most recent waiting list figures available from the National Treatment Purchase Fund show over 79,000 patients are waiting for an inpatient or day case procedure, and a further 625,000 are awaiting an outpatient appointment; — the Irish College of General Practitioners has indicated that only one-in-five...

Home Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Nov 2022)

Seán Canney: I am delighted we are debating this subject. In my constituency, as is probably also the case for the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, a lot of people come to me who say they or their parents have been assessed for hours, there is an allocation given but the hours are not provided. Nothing happens. I dealt with a man who needs two people to help him because he has had three strokes. He...