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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (20 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the grant for electric vehicles extends to local area hackney licence holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45747/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: 384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that carers who apply for carer's allowance do not have their spouse's travel-to-work income included in the means assessment where the spouse has availed of the cycle-to-work scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45852/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (20 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: 533. To ask the Minister for Health when an invitation to tender for home support services will be published; when tender arrangements will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45754/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister for her attendance and I have been listening with interest. I will raise three or four points with the Minister. In light of what happened during the Covid pandemic, is the Department now planning our education system so we can deal with whatever happens if we have another pandemic or emergency, rather than just waiting for something to happen and then making decisions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: What about the EPSEN Act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Education and the UNCRPD: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: Okay.

Water Services (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to discuss Irish Water. I accept the fact that it needs to be put into a single entity and that it be separated out in order that it can have full responsibility for what it does and that we, as elected Members, have an opportunity to question its performance, its spending and the value for money it gets out of that. There will be an obligation on Irish Water to...

Security of Electricity Supply: Motion [Private Members] (15 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: I want to thank everyone who contributed to this debate. I also want to thank all my colleagues in the Regional Group for the work that went into this. In addition, want to acknowledge the work that Deputy Naughten, who is not here today, put into it, as well as Ms Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh in our office. Some people get passionate about things we believe in. I believe that we put much...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: The school bus service is in disarray at present due to a decision that was well-intentioned but has had unintended consequences. It has left many parents without the transport for their children to go to school that they had in previous years. Yesterday evening I received a call from the principal of a school with an ASD unit where transport for pupils has been approved but is not now...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: 82. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will conduct a review of the way increasing inflation, fuel and energy costs are affecting community groups throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45112/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: We might as well talk about Galway now after Tipperary. I raise the issue of the increase in costs that community groups are suffering under at the moment. With the increasing fuel and insurance costs coming home to roost for every community group, they are going to find it very hard to continue providing their services in community areas unless there is recognition by the Department that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State and acknowledge that a lot of support has been going into community groups over the years. It is important this continues. With the unprecedented level of increase that is happening in trying to keep community groups and facilities open and running between heating, lighting, insurance and the cost of buying materials to maintain these facilities, it is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Projects (15 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State for the encouraging words. I will state again the importance of what the Department of Rural and Community Development has been doing for community groups throughout the country. It has been the backbone of the revival of a lot of parishes where they had facilities but did not have the wherewithal to get them running and back into use. We now see a lot of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: 98. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will increase the amount of funding available for the 2022 allocation under the rural regeneration development fund; if she will provide additional funding to projects that have already received a grant allocation due to the unprecedented increase in construction costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44766/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: 141. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will advance the necessary additional funding to bridge the gap between existing grants allocated through the Rural Regeneration Fund and the actual cost which is far higher due to the exceptional increase in the cost of construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: 102. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends to provide any additional interim Leader funding for 2023 in order to ensure that there is no gap in the provision of funding for community groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44768/22]

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

Seán Canney: 118. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider providing more funding to local authorities due to the huge backlog of applications for local improvement schemes for rural roads; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44767/22]

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Institutional Burials Act 2022 (Director of Authorised Intervention, Tuam) Order 2022: Motion (14 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: I am delighted to get the opportunity to speak on the resolution the Minister has brought before the House today. As a person who is from Tuam and who went to school in Tuam, this is an issue that is close to my heart in many ways. It has created a sense of a stain on or shadow over Tuam as a town. Tuam is a very good town. It is the capital town in our county of Galway and has the finest...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: I thank Deputy Boyd Barrett as I must go into the Dáil to speak. First, I wish to compliment both Ministers on the forthright way in which they are dealing with the problems we have. We are not that far away from the budget and there seems to be a hell of a lot of stuff that still has to be resolved and measured out to see where we are going to land on the day of the budget. Budget...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2022)

Seán Canney: I agree.