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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I truly acknowledge the importance of the scheme and the support of the Department and Deputy Humphreys, as Minister, and the previous Minister, Deputy Ring, in reintroducing the scheme. The Minister hit on the point I wanted to raise. We have active travel. Many of these schemes are used for active travel. They are used for cycling. At the back of my own house, there is a 2 km road...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister. I will lend my support to the Minister's campaign with the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan. I believe that in rural Ireland - earlier the Minister mentioned a region that is lagging in all of this type of thing - a scheme such as this is popular. There is demand for it. It is efficient. The local authorities are doing a great job in getting the works done. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 364. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are currently available to those diagnosed with foetal valproate spectrum disorder; the way that families can access these services within their communities following a diagnosis; the discussions that have taken place between the HSE and his Department to improve access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63062/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (15 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 411. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding that she has set aside for the community centre support scheme for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63052/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I want to add my voice to the concerns that have been raised. As the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in the last Government, I am truly shocked at what is going on and the evidence I have seen is disturbing. All of our inland fishing is for the benefit of people on the ground and for local angling clubs. What I am beginning to see is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I want to add my voice to what has been said. We are coming from three different constituencies to bring this to the Minister of State. There is a lot of feeling that there is something wrong and amiss and that it has not been investigated properly or externally. The review that was done on the board was not what was needed. There are actions that have been taken and allegations have been...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: SBO Tax Expenditures: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit (resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: Much of the emphasis so far has been on the terms and conditions of people and how they are employed within the industry. I know the workload is very much fragmented in that you get a project and you have to do it. Some of the workers on the sets and elsewhere will follow a particular producer or theme with regard to films or whatever, but at the end of the day, what happens to these...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: SBO Tax Expenditures: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit (resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: Before the Chair goes, I just want to say that the last point is very relevant and I thank Mr. Lowe for that. Regional development is right near my heart and is something we will be looking at. I will be promoting this for the sector. Well done and the best of luck to Mr. Lowe with everything.

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I am delighted both Ministers are here to listen to what is being said this evening. We have a crisis throughout the country in the delivery of services. We have waiting lists and all kinds of things going on. All Members hear about it in their constituency offices. What do we do about it? I want to focus on my region and the Saolta group, which serves more than 800,000 people. In...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when half-price fares will be operable on private buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61832/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 244. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty that the increase in benefit-in-kind tax is having on persons who require a car for work, who have no other option and for whom a car is a necessary tool for work; if he will reverse the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61929/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (13 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the next round of the rural water programme will be published given that this programme is vital for extensions to local group water schemes and small sewerage schemes which are awaiting funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62013/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application by a pupil (details supplied) for a special transport grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62208/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 671. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation plans that his Department is putting in place to support farmers whose forest has been affected by ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61831/22]

Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this most important legislation. Listening to the debate, I think there is a fairly clear message that not enough time is being provided to consider this important Bill. A 45-minute session on Committee Stage next week is not good enough. On the topic at hand, we are talking about the extraction of water and how we manage and regulate that. We are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 119. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will open applications for the ACRES in early 2023 to allow farmers who could not meet the 2022 application deadline to qualify for a payment in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61447/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: The application process for the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, closed yesterday evening and there was probably a frenzy of activity within the Department to handle all the applications that came in. My question relates to the farmers who have not applied or had time to apply or have missed the deadline through no fault of their own. The Minister intends to reopen the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: I also thank the Minister for extending the scheme for two weeks and I know a number of Deputies, including myself, approached him about this and he did take action. I welcome the fact he will review this. Farmers rely on income supports and on these types of grants to make sure they have a cash flow. If farmers who were in GLAS cannot get into this scheme, there will be a gap in their...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: No doubt from listening to farmers himself, the Minister does grasp that the important issue is that there is something done for people in a gap year so they are not just left in a vacuum. I also welcome his statement that he will examine any anomalies that arose in the process and in the criteria. If there is an issue, maybe farmers could access their application again over a short period...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Seán Canney: 245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will change the criteria for the Croí Cónaithe scheme to include houses which have a functioning septic tank built to the standards prevailing when the house was constructed. [61743/22]