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Thu, 16 May 2024
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Rail Network
Éamon Ó Cuív
61. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport the progress made in considering the all-island strategic rail review since the establishment of the Northern Ireland Assembly; when it is hoped to approve it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22041/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Rail Network
Éamon Ó Cuív
73. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has received a detailed update from Iarnród Éireann on the condition of the railway line from Collooney to Athenry, covering issues such as the integrity of the permanent way in terms of embankments, bridges, culverts and growth along the line, lack of encroachment and so on; whether there is any significant difference in the state of the line north of Claremorris compared to the section south of Claremorris; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22042/24]
Thu, 16 May 2024
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Medicinal Products
Éamon Ó Cuív
273. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health whether it is intended to approve a drug (details supplied) for reimbursement by the HSE, given the value of this drug in treating a rare disease is recognised; the stage in the process the consideration of this drug is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22277/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Passport Services
Éamon Ó Cuív
84. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when passports will issue to siblings in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passports, especially as the applications were lodged on-line on 31 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21211/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Passport Services
Éamon Ó Cuív
91. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person in Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing the passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21348/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Rural Schemes
Éamon Ó Cuív
20. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when an announcement will be made in relation to the approval of the current round of applications under the RRDF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20815/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Island Communities
Éamon Ó Cuív
25. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to date with the development of Céibh an Chalaidh Mhóir in Inis Meáin; the timeline for the processes that will have to be gone through to get this project to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20814/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Passport Services
Éamon Ó Cuív
120. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when passports will issue to siblings in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21001/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Passport Services
Éamon Ó Cuív
65. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport especially as the application was lodged online on 27 February 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20196/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Passport Services
Éamon Ó Cuív
73. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20657/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
Éamon Ó Cuív
252. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil sé i gceist aici ardú deontais a thabhairt do na teaghlaigh a choinníonn scoláirí faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge i mbliana agus an t-ardú ar an gcostas maireachtála le blianta beaga anuas agus na cúraimí breise a bhaineann le scoláirí a choinneáil á gcur i gcuntas; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [20816/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
Éamon Ó Cuív
295. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions taken by his Department and the NPWS on foot of complaints by an person in relation to damage caused at a national park; the details of the damage that was caused; whether the site has been restored to its former condition; whether his Department accepts that the report he made was accurate in its description and that a press release issued by it was incorrect and damaged the person’s professional reputation; if he is willing to meet the complainant to discuss this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20824/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Ukraine War
Éamon Ó Cuív
461. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average number of Ukrainian refugees provided with accommodation in each of the years from 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the total cost of this accommodation in each year; the average rate been paid per person per night for full board accommodation and for self-catering accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20517/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Nursing Homes
Éamon Ó Cuív
13. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the progress to date with the provision of a new community nursing unit in Clifden to replace both St. Annes Nursing Home and Clifden Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19743/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Primary Care Services
Éamon Ó Cuív
51. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the plans to provide suitable primary care units in west and north Connemara; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19744/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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School Funding
Éamon Ó Cuív
156. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when the auxiliary services grant, which is normally paid in March, will be paid to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19909/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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School Accommodation
Éamon Ó Cuív
164. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the progress made to date with an application for improved accommodation by a primary school (details supplied); when a decision will be made on it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20033/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Éamon Ó Cuív
323. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether new expressions of interest are being accepted at present by her Department for the community services project scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20035/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Passport Services
Éamon Ó Cuív
87. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made in relation to applications for passports lodged by a husband and wife (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing the passports despite the fact that the applications were lodged on the 10 March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19855/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Prison Service
Éamon Ó Cuív
199. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice when the review of remission and temporary release which commenced in Q3 of 2022 will be completed, published and implemented with a view to improving rehabilitation and reduce reoffending and overcrowding in prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19741/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Passport Services
Éamon Ó Cuív
147. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when passports will issue to applicants who are siblings from County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing the passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18973/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Traveller Accommodation
Éamon Ó Cuív
404. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the caravan loan scheme will re-open again for applications in view of the fact that many Travellers are still living in poor caravans that have passed their useful life, whether it is intended to revise the conditions of future schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19112/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Water Fluoridation
Éamon Ó Cuív
716. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if it is the policy of his Department that all public water schemes are fluoridated; if not, the schemes that have fluoridation and those that do not, respectively; the total cost of fluoridating water; the amount of this cost borne by the Exchequer by way of grant to Uisce Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19306/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Business Supports
Éamon Ó Cuív
171. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment why premises whose rates valuation was revised in the past year and increased as a result, as part of the national rates revision that this ongoing, are not eligible for a grant of 50% of the new rate this year subject to the other criteria appertaining to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18643/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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School Transport
Éamon Ó Cuív
205. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education whether a remote area grant is payable to the parent(s) of a student where the school bus pick up point is more than 4.8km from their home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18638/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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School Staff
Éamon Ó Cuív
206. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the number of schools with a principal and two mainstream teachers, which based on enrolment figures of September 2023 are due to lose a teacher for the 2024/2025 school year based on the current teacher retention requirement in their school; the number of schools with one a principal and one mainstream teacher that are due to gain a teacher based on enrolment figures of September 2023, based on the present teacher pupil schedule in their school; whether it is intended to change this schedule this year for smaller schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18640/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Disadvantaged Status
Éamon Ó Cuív
207. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education whether it is intended to review the decision not to grant DEIS status to a school (details supplied), given that this is a recently amalgamated school where one component of the new amalgamated school had DEIS status previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18642/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
Éamon Ó Cuív
217. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the NPWS branch of his Department applies for and receives any annual grants or Common Agricultural Payments on State owned land from the Department of Agriculture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18636/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Éamon Ó Cuív
223. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money being paid by her Department to private bus companies under contracts for the free travel scheme; the reason these companies are not precluded from charging a booking fee on scheduled services and particularly on services where the buses are often forced to refuse passengers due to being at capacity, thus forcing people who need to ensure they get on the bus to pay the booking fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18646/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Éamon Ó Cuív
339. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a call for applications for section 39 funding for organisations will next be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18637/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Hospital Overcrowding
Éamon Ó Cuív
340. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to ensure there are a sufficient number of beds available in Galway University Hospital to meet demand, particularly as cancer treatments have been delayed as a result of a lack of beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18641/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Medical Cards
Éamon Ó Cuív
341. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in Galway city and county treating patients under the medical card scheme; the number of these accepting new patients at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18645/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Psychological Assessments
Éamon Ó Cuív
342. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health why there is no dedicated adult ADHD team operating in Galway who carry out assessments of people suffering from ADHD; whether his Department have received an application from the HSE that such a service would be provided in GUH; the response to such an application, if any, from the Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18651/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Éamon Ó Cuív
359. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of valid applications received under the new build module set up to deliver new-build community centres in Rural Ireland under the Community Centre Investment Fund; the number of these granted funding to date; whether the applications not funded under this round of funding will be considered for funding under further funding rounds of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18625/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Departmental Schemes
Éamon Ó Cuív
360. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the scoring system that was applied to the evaluation of applications under the new build module set up to deliver new-build community centres in rural Ireland under the Community Centre Investment Fund; if unsuccessful applications will be debriefed on the score their application achieved and the lowest score of any successful application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18626/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Calafoirt agus Céanna
Éamon Ó Cuív
361. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail an bhfuil iarratas faighte ag a Roinn ó Chomhairle Contae na Gaillimhe le staidéar chun dáta a dhéanamh ar na riachtannais calaíochta in Inis Meáin; cén plé atá ar bun idir a Roinn agus an Chomhairle Contae faoi seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [18639/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Northern Ireland
Éamon Ó Cuív
9. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the progress made in discussions with the British government in relation to implementing the recommendation of the Independent Reporting Commission regarding appointing an independent person to explore what a process of engagement and group transition might look like; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17766/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Éamon Ó Cuív
29. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the discussions she has had with the Minister of Justice in Northern Ireland since the reappointment of the Executive there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17767/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Coastal Erosion
Éamon Ó Cuív
76. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the progress made to date with the survey of coastal erosion damage on Inishbofin Island; when a decision will be made on funding necessary works there, including the reinstatement of Roisin Pier (east end); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17768/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Flood Risk Management
Éamon Ó Cuív
87. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the criteria in terms of cost benefit used to assess flood mitigation works in areas subject to coastal flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17769/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Passport Services
Éamon Ó Cuív
106. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made in relation to a passport application (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17813/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Public Sector Staff
Éamon Ó Cuív
233. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the reason interviews for a position (details supplied) which is to be located in Galway and where all the applicants come from the region, are being held in Dublin, thus adding unnecessarily to the national carbon footprint and causing cost and inconvenience to the applicants and most interview panel members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17943/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Water Fluoridation
Éamon Ó Cuív
377. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is the policy of his Department that all public water schemes are fluoridated; if not, the schemes that have fluoridation and those that do not, respectively; the total cost of fluoridating water; the amount of this cost borne by the Exchequer by way of grant to Uisce Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17917/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Éamon Ó Cuív
411. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for carer’s allowance submitted on 15 February 2024 (details supplied) in respect of a person caring for an individual who is terminally ill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17699/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Forestry Sector
Éamon Ó Cuív
495. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made in relation to a felling licence application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway, given observations from both the National Parks and Wildlife Service and Inland Fisheries Ireland were submitted to his Department over a month and a half ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17901/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Health Strategies
Éamon Ó Cuív
631. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if a “Diabetes Taskforce” of relevant stakeholders will be set up to develop a National Diabetes Strategy that will ensure the provision of optimum care to every person with diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17731/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Hospital Services
Éamon Ó Cuív
632. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when multidisciplinary diabetes team members consisting of consultant endocrinologists, advanced nurse practitioners, diabetes nurse specialists, dietitians, psychologists for both a paediatric diabetes clinic, and an adult diabetes clinic will be set up in each region as recommended; the number of hospital-based diabetes clinics that meet these standards at present and their location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17732/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Pleanáil Teanga
Éamon Ó Cuív
18. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media cé na pleananna nua atá aici agus na beartais nua atá i gceist aici a chur i bhfeidhm maidir le cur chun cinn na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta don tréimhse atá fágtha i dtéarma an Rialtais seo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16942/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Údarás na Gaeltachta
Éamon Ó Cuív
36. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cathain atá sé i gceist aici an bille leasaithe ar Údarás na Gaeltachta a fhoilsiú; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [16941/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Éamon Ó Cuív
50. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the number of schools with three mainstream teachers that, based on the enrolment figures of September 2023, are due to lose a teacher for the 2024-25 school year based on the current teacher retention requirement in their school; the number of schools with two mainstream teachers that, based on the enrolment figures of September 2024 are due to gain a teacher based on the present teacher-pupil schedule in their school; whether, in view of the data available, she intends adjusting the pupil-teacher ratio downwards for the 2024-25 school year to ensure rural schools can continue to provide a high level of education in their communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16976/24]