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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (10 Nov 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Minister, particularly for that clarification on the splitting of the bill between the business aspect of the energy consumption on the farm holding and the domestic aspect of it. That is causing significant concern for many farmers. On the categorisation of eligible farmers, we have heard of many instances in the last few days of small retailers, butchers in particular, who...

Water Policy: Statements (9 Nov 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Minister of State for being here to listen to our ambitions for the development of wastewater infrastructure throughout the country and water infrastructure in general. We need to be ambitious in how we seek to empower our towns and villages to grow and develop and become attractive places within which to live and work. We are still dealing with a legacy of a crash that left...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: There have been many excellent advances in the provision of childcare services in the country under the current Government, but there is one glaring omission, and that is in the area of early childhood care and education, ECCE, services. When the scheme was first introduced in 2010, the capitation rate introduced was €64.50 per child. If that had kept pace with inflation, it would...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: European Media Freedom Act: Discussion (9 Nov 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank Mr. Larragy for his presentation. What impact will the legislation, as currently proposed - and Mr. Larragy mentioned that it is evolving and changing all the time as it moves through the Commission and Parliament - have from a commercial or editorial perspective on national and local commercial radio stations broadcasting in Ireland? There is an effort to scrutinise mergers of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (27 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: This is a most welcome scheme. It is the first time ever that we have had a dedicated national scheme focusing solely on community centres throughout rural Ireland. I live in a small, rural village, Carrabane, in east Galway and when I look at my own community centre it is the very epicentre of life in that community right from the beginning of life through to the end of life. It starts...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (27 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: 129. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline any findings arising from the recently announced community centres investment fund; and if she intends to continue the scheme in 2023. [53867/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (27 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: 47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work that is being carried out to promote the IDA's 240-acre strategic site at Athenry, County Galway, to international investors. [53860/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (27 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: 130. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for the development of remote working hubs in rural towns. [53866/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (27 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: 160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the recent commitment by the assistant Garda commissioner to provide an online portal for the submission of dashcam evidence by 2024, if any additional legislation is necessary for such a portal; and if so, when he intends to bring forward such legislation. [53955/22]

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Minister for her observations. It is great to hear a Minister who is very much aware of the power and value of local radio. While these stations are ultimately commercial ventures, they serve a particular public need. They are not obliged to in the main but they feel they must. Many of us in this room have cited those occasions on which local radio becomes vital in terms of...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: One can see from where the sentiment around this amendment emerges, and it is perfectly laudable. It can be challenging for people in the Border counties or the Six Counties to see themselves disappearing into the ocean. However, the Minister made a very valid point about passing legislation that dictates to an editor responsible for a particular element of output that he or she must draw a...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (25 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: Yes.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: In a week when serious questions have arisen as to whether we can deliver a ring road for Galway, an issue that one expects will be immersed in a quagmire of planning and legal issues for many years to come, it is now time to focus on the things we can deliver that will improve the quality of life of people who live in Galway city and county. I asked the Minister in September 2020 to look...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank TII for this very informative report. I would really like to see TII doing more work of this nature so we can make really well-informed decisions as to how we could have a more sustainable and safer road network in the future. I thank TII for doing this really important work. I have some quick questions and observations. The report makes the case that by reducing speed limit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: Camera enforcement is currently working quite well, from what I can gather, on the M7. Are there any plans to roll that out nationally across the whole motorway network?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: Is Ms Hughes saying that most of it is not automated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: Are low?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: It certainly is an essential part of the toolkit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: How does Ireland compare with our European counterparts in the percentage of our national road network that is covered by these speed camera systems?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Ciarán Cannon: Is Scotland further along the road, excuse the pun, with regard to installation? What has been the Scottish experience?