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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Seán Canney: I want to know how much zoned land is within the grasp of the public sector or local authorities, how much of it has planning permission, how much of it is serviced and how much of it is what I would call shovel-ready for tenders. Is that information available across counties? Has it been collated by the Department? I have a number of other questions. Local authorities would have had...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Seán Canney: Yes.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: County and City Management Association (26 Apr 2016)

Seán Canney: I am probably going back over my initial questions in asking whether Mr. Cummins knows the number of voids there are nationally and in each county? Is that information available and, if it is, can it be sent to the committee? Has a cost been put on the refurbishment of them? The only other comment I would make is that we went through the procurement and approval processes for any type of...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Seán Canney: I am delighted to be able to stand up in the Dáil Chamber for the first time to speak on a very important subject, namely, Irish Water. There has been a huge discussion about how Irish Water works, how it was established and the waste of money involved in setting it up and we have all heard about this. It has been very well voiced in the public domain in recent years. We must be very...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Seán Canney: There is a huge number of villages and towns around the country which are in need of public waste water treatment plants. They need them for a number of reasons. In east Galway, where we have tourism, we need to make sure that our waterways and fishing ways are unpolluted. There is only one way we will do that, and that is by making sure that we have proper public waste water treatment...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (27 Apr 2016)

Seán Canney: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the Foróige Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship and the benefits that accrue to students from involvement in the programme; her plans for funding the programme; if further funds can be made available so that further schools can become members of the network; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8529/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (28 Apr 2016)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister and his team for coming in. I listened to his forthright presentation and was impressed with it because he is telling it as it is. In respect of active land management and how it would work, I presume that is what Deputy Durkan is talking about in respect of serviced sites. The Minister said that 38% of the cost of a house goes on taxes. My concern is if we reduce...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Council for Social Housing (28 Apr 2016)

Seán Canney: I apologise for missing the start. I was at another meeting. I welcome the witnesses. I will offer a bit of positivity. In my experience the housing agencies involved in projects in my county are considerably better equipped to carry out the management of the housing stock when it is in place. Accommodation that was built in approximately 2000 is as good and as well kept today as it...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Council for Social Housing (28 Apr 2016)

Seán Canney: The witnesses needed something.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Irish Council for Social Housing (28 Apr 2016)

Seán Canney: Yes. I thank Mr. O'Brien.

Agriculture: Statements (4 May 2016)

Seán Canney: The most important thing about the farming industry in Ireland is that it is embedded in all our communities. Deputy Fitzmaurice alluded to something about which I am concerned, namely, equity companies and vulture funds buying large tracts of land in Ireland. This prevents young farmers who want to expand their farms from increasing output and making good livings from the land rather than...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (4 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 292. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeframe for tendering for a new fire station in Tuam, County Galway; when construction will commence and when the fire station will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8948/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (5 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the young farmers scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9197/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Young Farmers Scheme (5 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 24. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the young farmers scheme; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9198/16]

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Master of the High Court (10 May 2016)

Seán Canney: I would like to refer briefly to an issue that arises with local authorities and the private sector in the construction of houses. The planning process is followed by a procurement process and a construction process. The easiest part of that is the construction process, because one can set deadlines when one is building. Deputy O'Dowd spoke about planning. We are also tied up in huge...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Seán Canney: I thank Mr. McDonagh for his presentation, which was factual. We can see the numbers and, therefore, we can decipher them for ourselves. NAMA plans to build 20,000 new houses between 2016 and 2020. Has Mr. McDonagh a number for each year in order to outline how that will be progressed?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Seán Canney: He said 48,000 units could be built on land available in the greater Dublin area, with an investment of €165 million to get the sites shovel-ready. Is there is an issue with planning permission running out on sites, even allowing for extensions that are currently in place? If planning permission was extended by another three or five years, would more land be available to build on? ...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: National Asset Management Agency (12 May 2016)

Seán Canney: Mr. McDonagh referred to gearing up contractors. If there is a huge building programme for the next five years, in his view, do we have the people required, particularly the tradesmen, or does he see this as a difficulty?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Dublin Homeless Network, Limerick and Clare Homeless Alliance, Cork Social Housing Forum (12 May 2016)

Seán Canney: I will be brief because some of my questions have already been raised and answered and I have no wish to repeat them. There are two points. Ms O'Connor referred to the fact that 11% of people in emergency accommodation had gone into private accommodation. What is happening there is a problem. Having listened to Ms O'Connor, it is clearly very complex. I note Mr. O'Connell said we need to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Offices (17 May 2016)

Seán Canney: 601. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the development of an Intreo centre in Tuam, County Galway, including when it will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9470/16]

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