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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Student Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: The debate is concluded.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Student Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: As no other Deputy is here to put questions, that concludes the business for this evening.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (20 Mar 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 Mairéad Farrell - To discuss the issue of rents in investment fund-owned student accommodation in Galway. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - To discuss the need to improve the two Connecting Ireland bus services in...

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State. Her heart is in the right place where getting things done is concerned, but there are so many issues within the systems that have been set up that it is difficult to find out what is happening. I get many calls from parents who are trying to get their children assessed, into special needs care or into ASD units. Last week, I encountered the case of a school...

General Practice and Local Health Services: Motion (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion, which is very important. In a rural constituency such as Galway East, which I represent, we can see the lack of services. The first issue is with GPs. Even in the towns they are under awful pressure. I was in a GP practice on Tuesday morning. One of the doctors was not there and there was great pressure on the rest of the staff because he...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: I wish the Taoiseach well if this is his last day taking Leaders' Questions. I thank him for his friendship and loyalty over the last seven or eight years. In the aftermath of the referendums we had and the Government's insistence that it wanted to do something for carers, will the Government support our Private Member's motion coming before the Dáil next month? We will be seeking...

Death of Charlie Bird: Expressions of Sympathy (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: On behalf of the Regional Group, I too want to extend our sympathies to Charlie's family. The thing that stands out most for us is the fact that he was so courageous when he was struck down with ill health and the spirit with which he took that on. He was an example to us all to take on whatever life gives us. We wish his family well into the future. He will be missed. May he rest in peace.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for attending. I want to home in on local authorities and their housing adaptation and mobility aid schemes. First, I give great credit to the staff of Galway County Council for the way in which they administer the schemes. The important thing is that they administer them in a way that is practical. I understand the Department is currently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: It was about somebody building a new house.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: I will not ask the Minister of State to divulge or break any confidence, but I presume those three issues have formed part of the review.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: There will be an increased cost in delivering these grants, but it is currently with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform to get final sanction for the money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: It is a good scheme. I hope and pray, when the review is finished, that it is not made any more complicated for the applicants. Lots of times when people are looking for something to be done in terms of an adaptation, their mother or father is in hospital after an operation, their mobility is affected and they need to get something done fast. People do not think about these things in lots...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: I thank the Department and the Minister of State, who has engaged on this a good bit; they have always been open. We are all trying to make sure we are giving benefit where it is most needed, this committee included. I am delighted the Minister of State is present because it is important for him to hear the committee members, but I know he is doing the right job.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: Let us hope the Department comes up with the goodies.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Referendum Campaigns (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 37. To ask the Taoiseach if the decision to hold the two referenda was a Cabinet decision. [13091/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will change the rules where a person who does their driving test in an automatic car currently will not be licensed to drive a manual car to allow the automatic licence to include a manual licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13012/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support an application from a school (details supplied) for funding to complete the building of a general purpose/early years room, which is necessary to accommodate the pupils and staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11519/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support an application for an ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11753/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (20 Mar 2024)

Seán Canney: 481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will fund the construction of a general purpose/physical education hall in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12551/24]