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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enhanced Transport and Mobility Support Options for People with Disabilities: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (4 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: On foot of the conversation we have had, I suggest that the committee write to the Ministers and the Taoiseach to ask them to expedite the protocol. It is something we should discuss.

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: For clarification, there are two Deputies still to speak and they have 1 minute 13 seconds.

School Transport 2023-2024: Statements (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: Deputy McGuinness, speedily.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I want to first say that Deputy Denis Naughten is with me today. Both of us represent the regional group of independent deputies. I thank the committee for the invitation to present today on the Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017. This Bill was first introduced by former Senator and former Minister for Health, James Reilly. It passed all Stages in the Seanad but fell on the dissolution of...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: My point has been covered by Deputy Naughten.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: This is simple. The Bill was originally introduced by the former Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly. It fell. We reintroduced it because we felt that, if we were to follow the European Charter of Rights for Persons with Autism, we needed to enshrine the rights of people with autism in law. The challenge for this committee is to amend the Bill as drafted. We have tabled some amendments...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: When we were asked to reintroduce this Bill, the request came from the Irish Society for Autism and AsIAm. Amendments were done in conjunction with both of those stakeholders. We were being led by the representatives of the people in trying to improve the terminology in the Bill. We made amendments so that at least people could see this is not something of which we are possessive. This is...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I do not know that it was changed since.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: Deputy Murnane O'Connor referred to the motivation for this Bill, which she might have missed earlier.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: The Bill has been in train since 2017, and it is an indictment on all of us that it is still here in 2023. However, it fell. The purpose of the Bill is to enshrine in law the rights of people with autism. It is not a perfect Bill as it has been presented. We have put in amendments and we welcome other amendments so that, when we are finished with it, we can say we have done a decent job...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Autism Spectrum Disorder Bill 2017: Discussion (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank everybody for coming in and contributing. As I sat listening, I was learning, which is the important thing. To go back to the very start, the motivation for the Bill, which was first brought to the Dáil in 2017, was to put in place rights for people with autism. The Bill is not perfect by any means. When we reintroduced the Bill, we set out a table of amendments, which we...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the provision of school accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42336/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the provision of school accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42337/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the provision of school accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42338/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the provision of school accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42339/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what assistance is available to cover interpreter costs for a deaf employee, as the employee is currently only able to work two days out of five in the office due to the financial burden of interpreter services on her employer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42671/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects payments to commence for the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42602/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that a GP can claim in reimbursements, broken down by category, in tabular form, as part of the provision of antenatal care during pregnancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42651/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (3 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 666. To ask the Minister for Health if Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe, County Galway, has a representative radiologist at the weekly multidisciplinary team meetings in GUH to present cases from Portiuncula Hospital; if patients with complex cancers in Portiuncula Hospital have their cases heard in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42680/23]