Parliamentary questions

Passport Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

40. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing said passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25619/24]

Agriculture Industry

Éamon Ó Cuív

114. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a licence required from his Department for the selling of vermicast (the processing of organic wastes through earthworms) in Ireland; what is being done by the Department to promote this industry here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25654/24]

Oideachas trí Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

349. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais céard é líon na scoileanna atá ag teagasc trí Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht; ainm gach scoile acu agus líon na múinteoirí i ngach scoil; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [25582/24]

Oideachas trí Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

350. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais céard é líon na scoileanna atá ag teagasc trí Ghaeilge taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht, ainm gach scoile acu agus líon na múinteoirí i ngach scoil; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [25583/24]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Éamon Ó Cuív

351. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education her plans, if any, to amend the legislation under which the Teaching Council operates to ensure that they accept and process applications for registration of teachers who were awarded their teaching qualification outside of the state, throughout the year, the reason for the very limited opportunity each year to register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25607/24]

Pleanáil Teanga

Éamon Ó Cuív

357. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén uair a dhéanfar faomhadh ar phlean teanga an Chlocháin, baile seirbhíse Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [24980/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Éamon Ó Cuív

618. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payments under the mother and baby institutions payment scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24939/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Éamon Ó Cuív

619. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a decision will be made on an application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24940/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Éamon Ó Cuív

652. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a decision will be made on an application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25267/24]

Medical Cards

Éamon Ó Cuív

697. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason the medical card section is not accepting notices of assessment for couples, that shows both the taxpayer and spouse’s income as proof of self-employment income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24732/24]

Medical Cards

Éamon Ó Cuív

698. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason the medical card section is not accepting an applicant’s notices of assessment, that shows both the taxpayer and spouse’s income as proof of self-employment income (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24733/24]

Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta

Éamon Ó Cuív

45. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil i gceist aici tuilleadh scoláireachtaí a bhronnadh ar scoláirí ón mórthír le freastal ar na meánscoileanna ar na hoileáin i bhfianaise chomh maith agus atá éirithe leis an scéim scoláireachtaí go dtí seo agus an gá atá ann na scoileanna a choinneáil inmharthanach. [24294/24]

Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta

Éamon Ó Cuív

49. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil i gceist aici scéim a bhunú a thabharfadh tacaíocht do scoileanna beaga ar an mór thír agus ar na hoileáin atá faoi bhagairt mar gheall ar uimhreacha, trí thacú le teaghlaigh a bhfuil Gaeilge acu, nó atá báúil don Ghaeilge agus a bhfuil gasúir acu in aois bunscoile, teacht chun cónaithe i dtithe a chuireann an pobal áitiúil ar fáil, mar a rinne i Maínis, Carna agus áiteacha eile le blianta beaga anuas [24293/24]

Passport Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

139. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing the passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24563/24]

Health Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

195. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when funding for an individual’s placement with resilience care to be provided by a charity will be approved by the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24283/24]

Passport Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

78. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when passports will issue to passport applicants in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23565/24]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Éamon Ó Cuív

111. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the guidelines for the development of offshore wind farms will be published; if a draft of the guidelines will be published for public consultation before adoption; what consultations have taken place between his Department and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to ensure that the two sets of guidelines dove tail with each other (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23840/24]

After-School Support Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

192. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education if funding is available for afterschool services in very deprived communities outside of school settings to try to reduce disadvantage and to encourage students from very deprived backgrounds to engage with education form an early age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23433/24]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Éamon Ó Cuív

208. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the last time the wind energy development guidelines were updated; if it is intended to issue revised guidelines, taking into account the increasing size of wind turbines and the need to ensure these guidelines cover offshore wind farm developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23434/24]

Peace Commissioners

Éamon Ó Cuív

233. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the process involved in appointing peace commissioners, including the application process and the method by which these positions are advertised; the number of peace commissioners in the State, broken down by county; if it is intended to amend the law in relation to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23435/24]