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Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Further Revised) (3 Apr 2019)

Seán Canney: .... The Department is responsible for the management of the overall fund and the delivery of some of the measures within the action plans. For this year, 2019, our Department will have €12 million. The key measures that will be supported through that will be the social inclusion fund and the senior alert scheme. The funding for the social inclusion fund is €5 million and...

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

Seán Canney: ...make is that we went through the procurement and approval processes for any type of building project and I fail to understand why the association is happy enough that the threshold is only €2 million which would deliver 15 units but the delivery of 30 units would involve a process of four approvals from the Department on each occasion. My understanding is that the Department does...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Data (12 Apr 2017)

Seán Canney: ...OPW) has undertaken significant flood relief works, either by undertaking such works directly or by funding works undertaken by Dublin City Council, on the north side of Dublin City over the last 15 years. The following major schemes have been carried out: Scheme/Works Year Completed River Tolka (Dublin City Council Area) 2008 Spencer Dock 2009Approximately €11 million was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Salmon Hardship Scheme (25 Oct 2018)

Seán Canney: ...does not arise. The Salmon Hardship Scheme was introduced following a decision in 2006 to cease, for conservation reasons, the commercial salmon mixed stock fishery in the sea. In excess of €25 million was allocated to the scheme to facilitate payments to fishermen with a further €5 million provided for community development projects. Under the scheme, fishermen active in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Salmon Hardship Scheme (6 Mar 2019)

Seán Canney: ...does not arise. The Salmon Hardship Scheme was introduced following the decision to cease, for conservation reasons, the commercial salmon mixed stock fishery in the sea. In excess of €25 million was allocated to the scheme to facilitate payments to fishermen with a further €5 million provided for community development projects. Under the scheme, fishermen active in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (6 Nov 2018)

Seán Canney: Following consultation with the European Commission and advice from the Revenue Commissioners, a Support Fund of €3 million has been established by the Government to address the hardship experienced by commercial eel fishermen and women in the light of the closure of the commercial eel fishery for conservation reasons. The fund is administered by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). ...

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Further Revised) (3 Apr 2019)

Seán Canney: .... The Department has lead responsibility for developing the relationship between the State and the community and voluntary sector and setting the policy framework in this area. Some €12.6 million is budgeted for in 2019 to provide supports for the community and voluntary sector, including approximately €6.5 million for the scheme to support national organisations,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Canney: Expenditure by the Office of Public Works in the period 2004 to the end of June 2016 on flood relief activities and measures amounts to approximately €402 million, of which €292 million relates to expenditure on major flood relief schemes. A breakdown of this expenditure on major schemes is shown by county in the table below. The remaining €110 million is made up of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (6 Nov 2018)

Seán Canney: A Support Fund of €3 million has been established by the Government to address the hardship experienced by commercial eel fishermen and women in the light of the closure of the commercial eel fishery for conservation reasons. The fund is administered by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI).The fund is available to all persons who were the holder of a commercial public eel...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (13 Nov 2018)

Seán Canney: A Support Fund of €3 million has been established by the Government to address the hardship experienced by commercial eel fishermen and women in the light of the closure of the commercial eel fishery for conservation reasons. The fund is administered by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). My department has received written advice from the Revenue Commissioners in relation to the support...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (18 May 2017)

Seán Canney: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is delivering a multi-annual programme of capital investment in flood defence measures, from the €430 million allocated through the Capital Investment Plan 2016 to 2021. Since 2009, a number of major flood defence schemes have been completed in the Shannon catchment area including Ennis Upper and Derrymullen, Ballinasloe. Further schemes are currently...

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

Seán Canney: I thank the gentlemen for coming in. On page one of his statement, Mr. Cummins describes how a new streamlined process has been developed for delivering social housing of up to €2 million or 15 units, so that the units can be delivered faster. Mr. Cummins should correct me if I am wrong - my understanding is that this is a devolved grant whereby the Department of the Environment,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (4 May 2017)

Seán Canney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 to 148, inclusive, together. The Office of Public Works (OPW) is delivering a multi-annual programme of capital investment in flood defence measures, with €430 million provided for in the Capital Investment Plan 2016 to 2021. Since 2009, a number of major flood defence schemes have been completed in the Shannon catchment area including Ennis Upper...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (29 Sep 2016)

Seán Canney: In terms of channel clearing, this year alone the OPW has spent €15 million, some €5 million of which was spent on the Shannon basin. In some cases the local authorities have responsibility for cleaning channels and in others, it is the responsibility of the Office of Public Works. The OPW funds the local authorities to clear some channels. There are channels which are not...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Flood Prevention Measures (27 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: ...a number of matters because people continue to say that nothing is being done. By the end of this year there will be 12 major flood relief schemes under construction compared with four in 2015. I agree that there has been much talk about the Shannon and very little action. I assure the Senator that it is my intention to ensure we deliver as quickly as possible. The important point...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Western Development Commission (3 Apr 2019)

Seán Canney: ...National Planning Framework, the new Regional Enterprise Plans, the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies, and the Atlantic Economic Corridor (AEC) project. The Commission will shortly launch a new 5-year Strategic Plan which will set out its main pillars of work over the coming years. The Commission has been allocated just over €2 million from my...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Canney: The first thing I would say is that last year we spent €15.338 million on channel clearing, some €5 million of which was spent on the tributaries coming into the River Shannon. We have spent money on the River Boyne, the River Glyde in Monaghan, the River Inny, the River Brosna, the Broadmeadow River, the River Corrib, the River Moy, in Donegal - the Deputy is gone but we did...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2016)

Seán Canney: ...the House that flood relief is high on the Government's agenda. My Department will have 12 major flood relief schemes under construction by the end of this year, compared with four projects in 2015. This marks a sign of huge progress in the area of flood relief. The €430 million capital expenditure previously announced for flood relief is intact, and we will spend €50...

Seanad: Public Service Broadcasting: Statements (19 Nov 2019)

Seán Canney: ...and financial sustainability. Operating losses have been recorded in each of the last four years. RTÉ has been unable to grow its commercial revenue since 2014 while its costs have grown by €28 million. While revenue from the TV licence increased by €10 million over the same period, RTÉ's financial position has deteriorated. In submitting its revised strategy,...

Seanad: Community and Rural Support Schemes: Statements (6 Feb 2019)

Seán Canney: ...committed €1 billion to the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund over a ten-year period to support rural economic development and to help build strong communities. The fund has been allocated €315 million for the period up to 2022, with €55 million set aside in my Department's budget for successful projects in 2019. The first call for applications for the fund...