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Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the next weekly division time.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Brian Stanley - To discuss funding for youth services in counties Laois and Offaly. Deputy Joe Flaherty - To discuss the increased administrative burden on small and rural-based community employment schemes. Deputy Violet-Anne...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak about housing. I will first wish the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, well in his position. It is the first time I have met him across the floor. As a fellow coming from the west of Ireland, I know he will do his best to bring houses there. I will start with the affordable housing scheme. I spoke to the Ministers, Deputies Michael McGrath and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome all our guests. It is great to have them here to have a chat about the financial matters that are most pressing. Following on from the discussion about housing, one of the biggest failings in housing at the moment relates to the fact the private sector is not functional, and it will not be functional until we step in to help it become functional by providing it with funding or...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I accept that progress is being made and I fully support the help-to-buy scheme, but analysis will show the numbers of, for instance, houses that have been built under the shared equity scheme and where they have been built. County Galway is the second largest county but there is only one private housing scheme within it. When any other developer is buying a site or looking for one to...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister.. It is positive to hear of the creation of autonomy within Departments and giving them their head to make decisions. They must of course be responsible decisions. The Minister, Deputy McGrath, mentioned Irish Water. It is one of the biggest catalysts we need to support to provide the serviced sites we need, for both industry and housing. It needs more support and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 167. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the voluntary homeowner relocation scheme is still in place and active; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20508/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the development charge waiver and water charge waiver can be extended to cover cases where a house had commenced but planning had expired and a new planning permission was then granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20509/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has plans to address the current legislative anomaly where people who were forced to retire from work on health grounds have been refused free travel as they are not getting a disability payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20175/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 456. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the lack of services available in the CDNT7 area in 2024 due to the shortage of staff and specialists; to provide a schedule of staff in place and the staff levels required to run the service property; when the full complement of staff will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 571. To ask the Minister for Health how many patients are on the podiatry waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; if the interval between appointments for patients has been changed in the past year; if there are currently any unfilled clinical positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20498/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is planning to take to deal with the lack of dental treatment services being delivered in our schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20525/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 578. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he intends to take to eliminate the long waiting list for children awaiting surgery for scoliosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20526/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (8 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an indication of the composition of the operational guidelines working group operating under the auspices of Education and Training Boards Ireland; if there is sectorial input from staff currently working within ETB Youthreach designated centres and community training centres that provide the Youthreach programme; how the input data...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (2 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total funding available to the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund; when the next call for funding will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20055/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (2 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 190. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a copy of the rules, regulations and procedures in place to guide the fitting, replacement and ownership of hand controls being fitted to car for people with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20074/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (2 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a matter (details supplied). [20094/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 May 2024)

Seán Canney: 248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what steps are being put in place to remove the large encampment from the Mount Street area of Dublin; what supports does she intend to offer residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20070/24]

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on what is a very emotive subject whether people are directly affected by it or not. One of the issues that has manifested in recent days is the total confusion in the Government about numbers and percentages. This is leading to more fodder and ammunition for those termed right-wing groups that are trying to put the fear of God into people. It is high...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank the three groups for coming in. I have read their detailed opening statements for which I thank them. Within this committee, we listen to people's lived experience. At what level do the three organisations represented here engage with people with disabilities in order to inform themselves as to how they can implement policies within their own organisations? How are facilities...