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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I call Deputy Cathal Crowe.

Teachtaireacht ón Seanad - Message from Seanad (19 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: Seanad Éireann has passed the Control of Exports Bill 2023 without amendment.

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this very important issue. No more than any other Teachta Dála, in my constituency in Galway East I have received numerous requests from young people especially who are trying to get a driving licence and trying to get an appointment to do their tests. The problem is twofold in my constituency. First, it is a rural constituency...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the witnesses for their contributions so far. I have a few questions. The witnesses talking about wanting to roll out the SIM model. The Department's written submission states: ... we are currently working with NCSE on a proposal to expand the in-school therapy element of the SIM programme. As an initial step, the proposal involves using the current allocation of therapist posts...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Implementation of Inclusive Education in Schools: Department of Education (18 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the officials.

Funding for Persons with Disabilities: Motion [Private Members] (17 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this important motion. When I read the budget, I thought there would be more money in it for disabilities. When I saw the Minister of State's announcement on the same evening, I thought there was something else in the budget that we missed. Unfortunately, it is what it is. The current funding is an additional €64 million, which, as we all...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (17 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that small construction consultants are experiencing difficulties in obtaining professional indemnity cover, with the limit of indemnity being reduced from €6.5 million to €2 million in some cases, and a rise in premium of a multiple of four times; this is putting consultants in serious danger of not being able to carry out...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (17 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will investigate the public service pension entitlement of a person (details supplied), a retired OPW employee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44932/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will investigate the lack of facilities for children with disabilities in second level education in Galway, where families have no alternative but to put their children into mainstream education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44859/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for new treatments and new drugs in order to give every patient the best possible outcome for their treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44901/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: 549. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to patients who have to travel to hospital for treatments who have no access to public transport and are not capable of driving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44939/23]

Sustainability of Stability of Services Provided by Section 39 and Section 56 Organisations on behalf of the HSE and Tusla: Statements (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on what is a very emotive issue for everyone in the House. I welcome the people in the Gallery. On a normal day they have other things to do to look after the work and the services they are providing. Everyone knows that if we do not pay our workers properly they will go where they will get better pay for doing the same work. That is the kernel of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: People are needed.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: On the rates revaluation happening in County Galway, I was contacted by a businessman who submitted appeals in respect of three of his offices last November. He did not receive a response. Last week, he was in Tuam for a public consultation and was told by a person from the Valuation Office that it had no record of the appeals. When he met a more senior person, that man apologised...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: They do not have the resources.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the budget again this evening. There are a number of areas I want to home in on. There is all of the spending that will happen in health and we are talking about all the money that will be spent on disability and mental health, even though I would challenge much of that. However, the biggest problem we face right now is the strike pending in the...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I will set out a few different things in the budget, which I would like to comment on. First, I welcome the tax relief for mortgage holders. However, I cannot understand how somebody with a mortgage of less than €80,000 is getting no relief. That is something we need to look at in the Finance Act. I welcome that additional funding is going into childcare supports. We will wait to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: The first thing I would say is that the local authorities submitted their applications in September 2022. We are now gone 13 months and maybe in another two months we might have a decision. That is not the end of the story. It is only then that the local authorities will start the procurement of consultants, the design and the procurement of sites. We will probably see these treatment...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I want to change the subject matter to housing, which is a very pressing matter in this country. My concern relates to the lack of wastewater treatment plants in our towns and villages in our country. I know that back in April 2022, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage announced €50 million in funding for wastewater treatment plants. He asked every local authority...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: UNCRPD and 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the witnesses very much for coming in and presenting, and to Mr. McLoughlin who is on the video. It is such an interesting conversation to get the international world view of what is happening and how lucky we are in this country in lots of ways. The thing I most wanted to ask is with regard to the SDGs. They are something everybody has committed to but we have failed to reach...