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Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue. It is tough for everybody to try to grapple with what happened in the past. When the Government brought in the redress scheme for mothers and babies homes, it built things into the relevant Bill that created division. It included a timeframe requirement whereby people had to have spent six months in a mother and baby home before...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a VAT refund scheme for first time buyers of homes to help deal with the increased cost of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18891/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turf Cutting (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: 417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a bog owner with two plots on a designated bog can designate a second household that used the second bog plot to receive compensation as they have lost the right to cut turf on the bog but have not received any compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19327/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: 442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if people receiving a disability payment and who transfer to the State pension will still be eligible for any additional one-off cost-of-living payments which are made to a person with a disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18890/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: 445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the anomaly whereby people who are wheelchair users and who are receiving a civil service pension and who are not in receipt of a disability allowance cannot access free travel while under 66 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18965/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: 480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of Garda graduates assigned to positions outside of Dublin city over the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18791/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: I raise an important issue, having regard to an email I received from a concerned citizen. It relates to the circumstances in Dublin whereby residents and business people are affected negatively by what is happening at Grattan Hall, Mount Street, Grattan Court and adjacent areas. I want to know what the Government is going to do about this. The description I have indicates there is a large...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: Thank you, Deputy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: Thank you Deputy. Minister -----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: The Deputy is out of order.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Industry (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: The Deputy can take up the matter with Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Offices (25 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: The Minister can revert to the Deputy with an answer on that because we are out of time. Has Deputy Ó Murchú something to say to the Minister before we conclude?

Support for Carers: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — more than 500,000 individuals are family carers, which means one in eight people in Ireland provide regular unpaid care; — family carers are the backbone of care provision in Ireland, however they often lack support and recognition; — caring intensively over a long period without support or recognition...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (23 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: 200. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide for a pre-registration VAT exemption status for qualified and accredited members of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17543/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (23 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: 636. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the audiology clinic in Tuam primary care centre, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17758/24]

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: I compliment People Before Profit-Solidarity on tabling this very important motion for discussion today. I am a member of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters and, sadly, many of the issues the committee has heard about over the last three or four years remain current. Solutions are not being found. The Government could take a hand over many of the things that are happening and try to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: I have been listening intently. There are lots of good things happening. A bus link has started in Tuam. The service goes to Headford and up into Galway on a brand-new fully accessible electric bus. It is operated by a private operator. It cost him a lot of money. I have been on the bus and have seen it operating. It is probably where we need to get to. I am not going back over old...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: It should also be noted that a lot of work is being done in Ceannt Station, which will also transform accessibility.

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Seán Canney: I also welcome the opportunity to speak on this subject, which is important not just to everyone here in the House, but also to every family in Ireland. I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Colm Burke, on his appointment. This is my first time speaking to him in the House; best of luck to him. The cancer strategy we have is a good strategy. I think everybody agrees that we...