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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Community Employment Programme: SIPTU (25 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I am not a member of the committee, but I thought it was important that I came down here to offer to my support to the witnesses. I was listening to them on the screen before I came down here; I had been doing something else. If we get anything out of today, we get a sense that there is total frustration. I know this myself on the ground. Mr. Kearney has hit the nail on the head on a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Websites (24 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a document on her website which states that subjects such as laundry, needlework and cookery are for girls; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this undermines the role of females in society; if she plans to change these rules; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (24 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 601. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a report into the operation of HSE MyOptions produced by a group (details supplied) which details severe inadequacies in the provision of information or counselling by staff on issues aside from accessing abortion; the way that he plans to address these concerns and ensure that MyOptions offers a full range of options to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (24 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that medical scientists working for the HSE receive parity of pay and career progression with clinical biochemists; his plans to solve the current impasse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25955/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care (24 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 626. To ask the Minister for Health if respite care can be provided for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26013/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 627. To ask the Minister for Health when the nine neurology nurses specialists needed in University Hospital Galway will be recruited; if his attention has been drawn to patients that are unnecessarily waiting longer for diagnosis and treatment as a result of this shortfall in the western regional centre for neurology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26016/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I have been listening to what has been said and I have heard a number of words such as "exploring", "reviewing" and "piloting". Mr. Flanagan spoke about the fragmented approach to the delivery of employment services for people with disabilities. As a public representative, if I was approached by people with disabilities about finding work, which I have been, I would not know where to steer...

Just Transition: Statements (18 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I wish to say a few words about this in the short time that I have. In my mind, just transition has been explained by Deputy Leddin and others as doing something in society that is correct and right to make sure that our communities grow and that there is enterprise in them. I agree with all of that. We should have more resilient communities but we need to transition to that and we cannot...

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Seán Canney: First, I think we have to stand back from what has been said here. We have to stop blaming politicians and past decisions that were made. The biggest problem we have now is that we are giving money to developers. We should not be giving money to developers. Housing should not be developer-led; it should be development-led. If the €450 million in funding was made available in my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Policy Issues for Carers: Family Carers Ireland (18 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I apologise that I had to leave earlier to go to the Chamber. I am not a member of this committee. What we have been discussing this morning is very much in line with what we have been discussing at the Joint Committee on Disability Matters, of which I am a member. We see the same problems happening. One of the issues that comes to mind is the individualisation of supports for people,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (17 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will adjust the SEAI grant scheme to allow the technical assessment and the BER assessment to be done by the same specialist to help reduce the cost of preparing the technical assessment for the retrofit programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24130/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (17 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if apartment dwellers whose building shares a single MPRN but who pay their electricity bills separately can avail of the full €200 energy rebate for domestic energy users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24232/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Websites (17 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the rules for national schools from 1965 are still available on her website; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the rules make reference to labels which are now considered stigmatising and inappropriate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24693/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (17 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department are extending the time for participants whose term has expired by only 12 weeks, that this is contrary to the announcement on the reforms announced earlier in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24131/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (12 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 339. To ask the Minister for Health if he will continue and increase funding for services urgently needed to support people with long-Covid who are extremely ill with severe symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23998/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I raise the decision by the ESB to decommission the wind farm in Derrybrien in my constituency. This is a terrible decision in light of what the Central Statistics Office, CSO, has published this week. A total of 40,000 houses have been getting wind energy from this project. It has also served to boost broadband and mobile telephone services in the area. It has been in operation since...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Tús Initiative and the Rural Social Scheme: Discussion (11 May 2022)

Seán Canney: Although I am not a member of the committee, I feel passionate about the rural social schemes and what they do in communities. I am delighted to welcome Ms Macdonald, Mr. Larkin and Mr. Broderick from Galway Rural Development, which is based in my own constituency, as well as the other representatives. The impact the rural social schemes have had, since they were first initiated by the then...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this very important motion this evening. It is important to reflect on what is happening right now. We have people in every constituency, including in my own constituency of Galway East, who cannot find a house to rent and people who want to buy a house but cannot find one to buy. We also have a situation whereby the social housing waiting list is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (10 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that applicants for the SEAI better energy schemes are expected to employ a BER assessor and also retain the services of an air tightness consultant which is adding to the cost of any works under the retrofit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22994/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Seán Canney: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when special schools will be given the same supports as mainstream schools in terms of pupils who come to the school with English as a second language in terms of additional hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22858/22]