Results 121-140 of 976 for speaker:Seán Canney in 'Dáil debates'

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: The training of apprentices is important and must be done in a timely manner. There has been a hugely positive reaction to the level of apprentices going into the system and the expansion of apprenticeships but I concur with the Deputy that if we do not have the processes right for people to get qualified in a timely manner, the good work being done will be in vain. Young people get...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Traveller Education (19 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: This is a simple enough question for the Minister, but it is an interesting and important one. What steps is he taking to assist members of the Travelling community to access third level education, and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Traveller Education (19 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister for that positive response. As a former lecturer in the Galway Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, in Galway, I saw very few from the Travelling community passing through the built environment section as students. When I was working in the private sector I experienced Travellers who had gone to third level education, got their engineering degrees, and were out on sites...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Traveller Education (19 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I agree wholeheartedly with the Minister's approach. It is important and a matter of changing attitudes. We will reap the benefits with more people coming into the workforce and more education within the Travelling community, which will be of benefit to everybody and to create that as a norm rather than an exception. I cannot let the moment go without asking how the Minister got on in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I call Deputy Cathal Crowe.

Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (19 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: Seanad Éireann has passed the Control of Exports Bill 2023 without amendment.

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this very important issue. No more than any other Teachta Dála, in my constituency in Galway East I have received numerous requests from young people especially who are trying to get a driving licence and trying to get an appointment to do their tests. The problem is twofold in my constituency. First, it is a rural constituency...

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this important motion. When I read the budget, I thought there would be more money in it for disabilities. When I saw the Minister of State's announcement on the same evening, I thought there was something else in the budget that we missed. Unfortunately, it is what it is. The current funding is an additional €64 million, which, as we all...

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on what is a very emotive issue for everyone in the House. I welcome the people in the Gallery. On a normal day they have other things to do to look after the work and the services they are providing. Everyone knows that if we do not pay our workers properly they will go where they will get better pay for doing the same work. That is the kernel of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: People are needed.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: On the rates revaluation happening in County Galway, I was contacted by a businessman who submitted appeals in respect of three of his offices last November. He did not receive a response. Last week, he was in Tuam for a public consultation and was told by a person from the Valuation Office that it had no record of the appeals. When he met a more senior person, that man apologised...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: They do not have the resources.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the budget again this evening. There are a number of areas I want to home in on. There is all of the spending that will happen in health and we are talking about all the money that will be spent on disability and mental health, even though I would challenge much of that. However, the biggest problem we face right now is the strike pending in the...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I will set out a few different things in the budget, which I would like to comment on. First, I welcome the tax relief for mortgage holders. However, I cannot understand how somebody with a mortgage of less than €80,000 is getting no relief. That is something we need to look at in the Finance Act. I welcome that additional funding is going into childcare supports. We will wait to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: The first thing I would say is that the local authorities submitted their applications in September 2022. We are now gone 13 months and maybe in another two months we might have a decision. That is not the end of the story. It is only then that the local authorities will start the procurement of consultants, the design and the procurement of sites. We will probably see these treatment...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I want to change the subject matter to housing, which is a very pressing matter in this country. My concern relates to the lack of wastewater treatment plants in our towns and villages in our country. I know that back in April 2022, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage announced €50 million in funding for wastewater treatment plants. He asked every local authority...

An Garda Síochána: Motion [Private Members] (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: My colleagues have spoken of An Garda Síochána over the last 100 years and the standard it has set and how we have to show respect for every garda that puts on a uniform every day of the week. They are family people at the end of the day. The Minister spoke about rapid changes that are happening within the force but there is a problem on the ground. Should the Minister come to...

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: For clarification, there are two Deputies still to speak and they have 1 minute 13 seconds.

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: Deputy McGuinness, speedily.