Seán Canney

Greater understanding of policy positions for Local Ireland members

Ensure Irish Water has the resources to service the lands in development plans.::Refom our current planning system to reduce the time it takes to reach decisions on planning aplications and reduce the costs associated with making a planning application.

Investment in technological higher education sector in Budget 2022::To secure €34.5m investment in Digitalisation & Infrastructure for technological higher education institutions in Budget 2022::To secure €44.6m investment in human capital for technological higher education…

Request to extend the Section 481 Regional Film Development Uplift at 5% into 2022 and beyond

Union recognition

We sought to secure the Deputy's support in passing an Autism Empowerment Bill in the Dáil

Tobacco excise level increases should be slower than in recent years and should not be applied exclusively through the specific component.

To communicate to the Deputy Threshold's assessment of forthcoming legislation

To ensure that the Government honours its commitments in the Programme for Government (PFG).::That the minimum base payment would be €10,000, the rate being proposed is far too low::To highlight that the budget of €10m is insufficient. This proposed new scheme will not deliver…

To allow sellers of livestock attend in the marts seller's box, only for a strict period of time.

That candidates can take the Driver Theory Test remotely, to allow essential workers to take their driving test and obtain their driving licence.::To highlight that the Road Safety Authority has stated that the service is reliable and convenient while delivering a secure testing…

Autism Specific Legislation

To invite Oireachtas members to a launch of the ESRI report 'Returning to Employment after a Diagnosis of Cancer: An Irish Survey';::To thank Senator Marie Sherlock for her support for the Irish Cancer Society's recommendations in relation to the Return to Work report;::To ease…

To invite local TDs to an introductory meeting with the grassroots Advocacy Champion from their local constituency;::To schedule and set an agenda for these meetings;::To generally raise political awareness of the difficulties cancer patients, their carers and their families…

To raise awareness among TDs of impact upon cancer patients of car parking charges in hospitals and the use of debt collectors to collect debts owed by patients;::To end the HSE policy of using debt collection agencies to pursue cancer patients with unpaid inpatient charges;::To…