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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Educational Disadvantage (16 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister. It is important to acknowledge that education is a fundamental pathway to employment. Maybe other schools have applied for DEIS status. Maybe that could be looked at. Some schools have many Ukrainian or foreign students who have come into the country in the past year. The dynamic has changed and there are challenges. It is important that every child who comes into...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Educational Disadvantage (16 May 2023)

Seán Canney: Has the Minister's Department conducted any study of the rate of drop-out from secondary school education? If so, can she provide the statistics on the number of students that have left school early in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Educational Disadvantage (16 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister. It is good to see that the retention rate is improving and reaching that level. I would cite what the Minister herself said about DEIS schools and the fact that the retention rate there is not as good. I welcome that she is looking at that. 7 o’clock It is important to make sure that as many people as possible have the highest possible level of...

Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I too welcome the opportunity to speak on the very important Bill. We have had a lot of discussion about all of the atrocities happening in Ukraine and our attitude towards them. There has been a lot of suffering there. For some reason, we seem to not want to talk about what is happening on the other side of the world and what is happening between Israel and Palestine. We have to talk...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Seán Canney: The Deputy will get another opportunity.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Seán Canney: Is the Deputy okay with that response?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (16 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the practice of reducing the State pension (non-contributory) due to the decision of the householder to rent their home whilst in long-term residential care will be discontinued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22543/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax Code (16 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the sale of residence disregard is not applicable to a person who is not a burden on the State at the date of disposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Tax Code (16 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the investment of a person (details supplied) for the benefit of their children is being taken as being savings in the person’s name; how this is deemed fair and reasonable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22580/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (16 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 625. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that a person who has entered long-term care and who has agreed to rent out their home is assessed on the double for this income by having the rental income assessed and also the notional income by having the value of the house assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22550/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 672. To ask the Minister for Health when the new home care tender will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22767/23]

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. It is important we discuss it. First, many towns and villages around the country have housing estates that were built back in the boom times, with private wastewater treatment plants. Irish Water, local authorities and the Government have walked away from them. They are refusing to recognise them. They are leaving...

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Seán Canney: I compliment Sinn Féin on bringing forward this motion. It is important we debate what is a very pertinent issue for many people in the country. As a member of the Joint Committee on Disability Matters, I want to say a few words about people with disabilities during this debate on the cost of living, the cost of food and everything else. The Indecon report, which was commissioned...

Food Costs and High Grocery Bills: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 May 2023)

Seán Canney: It is very important we make sure the people who produce the food are protected and that consumers understand the implications when they see a loss leader like that coming into play. We must have a very strict adherence to whatever legislation comes in because sometimes we put in good legislation but we do not enforce it and it takes a long time for it to take effect. The other area I wish...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Seán Canney: Local authorities are preparing lands for the residential zoned land tax, RZLT. An issue that is coming up a fair bit right across all local authorities is that functional farmers who are drawing entitlements fear for their existence because they feel this tax will be imposed on them at a rate of 3% of the development value. There are other farmers whose land is zoned R2. This is also...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure a regular bus service is put in place to service Clarinbridge into Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21214/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (9 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports he will put in place to support mortgage holders who are in receipt of disability allowance and are on fixed income where the repayments are increasing as a result of increases in the interest rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21744/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (9 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when payments will be made to retired OPW workers in relation to backpay due to them, given that this money has already been paid to current OPW workers, but some retirees are awaiting payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21379/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a project (details supplied). [21403/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 May 2023)

Seán Canney: 487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new ash dieback scheme will be extended to forest owners who received the previous support but who have lost financially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21320/23]