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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (5 Jul 2022)

Seán Canney: 801. To ask the Minister for Health if he intends to have an accessible budget for disability in order that individuals with disabilities and their supporters can understand the number of existing and new residential supports, day places and respite supports that will be provided for in Budget 2023; the way that this relates to the needs outlined in the capacity review; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: There are plans to improve waiting lists and money is going into the system as if nothing else is happening. I have a concern about all this money going in on the basis that, at the end of the day, it is not getting to the end user or patient. There is significant problem with staff morale. Nurses are leaving the public health service because they are completely disillusioned with what is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I wish to raise the orthopaedic waiting lists in the Galway region. Last Monday, a young man came to my office. He is 27 years old and is married with two children. He has been working, his wife is working and they have a mortgage. Unfortunately, he had an accident and he is waiting for treatment. He tried to continue to work but he had to give up the work five weeks ago. He was getting...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: We have heard talk this morning about the housing crisis and what the President said about it. I ask the Government to consider the introduction of a VAT refund scheme for first-time buyers of new or second-hand houses. More than half the cost of building a house is indirect and much of it goes back to the State. It includes 13.5% VAT along with all the other stamp duties, fees, planning...

Autism Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important subject that is close to my heart. I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward the Bill. Last October, the Regional Group reintroduced a Bill that had been brought through the Seanad by former Senator James Reilly. It was parked to allow the Government time to put in place the necessary measures. Autism is not a health issue; it is...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this important issue. Security of energy has been brought into focus generally by the fact that we have seen over the past number of months how fragile a nation we are when it comes to our energy supply. This has been reflected in a lack of investment over a number of years. It is important that we examine what we are doing now and how we address...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a cost analysis of providing fare-free travel on public transport for a 12-month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34368/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commission a study to examine the impact and cost-benefit analysis of providing fare-free travel on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34369/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is supports restructuring the key employee engagement programme given that in its current format it remains too complicated and restrictive for use by SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34473/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he intends to reform and restructure the KEEP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34472/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 215. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the inequity in the proposals to change the benefit-in-kind which will take account of the C02/kg impact of the vehicle for drivers of company cars given that they have no input into the type of car that their employer purchases or when their employer will change the fleet to electric vehicles; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale behind her Department’s decision not to allow teachers on a career break to substitute teach for the full school year; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that many teachers who decided to move their location across the country while on a career break had planned on being able to teach as they got established in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if support will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33723/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 645. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available to a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of an invalidity pension and applied for disability allowance but was turned down because of being better off on an invalidity pension yet, as a result, cannot access a household benefits package or a fuel allowance; the way that the Minister intends to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 671. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will meet with the Federation of Early Childhood Providers to address their issues around the viability of the business model as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34471/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (28 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 772. To ask the Minister for Health the status of legislation regarding housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33717/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I accept that. I reiterate my admiration for the staff of the Passport Office and those of the Minister's office. The phone line for Oireachtas Members is fantastic, but it is creating 160 little passport offices around the country. People are contacting several Deputies on particular issues to try to get traction. We are there to help. The Minister has said he will explore the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, with the surge in the number of applications for passports and the delays in getting those applications processed, he will consider opening a passport office in the west of Ireland to serve the needs of the population there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33475/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: I compliment the staff of the Passport Office and of the Minister's office, but I would argue that it is high time we located a public-facing passport service office in the west of Ireland in order to serve the people of that region. There is a communications issue. People have difficulties with speaking to someone in the Passport Office, with submitting documents and with finding out what...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Seán Canney: The Minister said he is not ruling out increasing the footprint across the country, but let us take the example of somebody living in Clifden who needs an emergency passport. He or she travels through the county and arrives in Ballinasloe, halfway to Dublin but not having left the county. If a child needs an emergency passport, both parents have to take time off work to get it. Their...