Parliamentary questions

Housing Adaptation Grant Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

1590. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided by his Department each year in the past four years for the scheme of housing aid for older people; his plans to increase the funding for this scheme next year in view of the demand for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34522/14]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance

Éamon Ó Cuív

1591. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funding provided this year for the insulation of local authority houses; his plans to increase this funding in view of the challenges faced by people on low incomes due to fuel poverty and the cuts imposed by the Minister for Social Protection to the free fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34523/14]

Homelessness Strategy

Éamon Ó Cuív

1592. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with the challenge of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34525/14]

Transport Infrastructure Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

1727. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in light of the strategic framework for investment in land transport published recently, if it is intended to base investment decisions in the future on usage of transport corridors irrespective of how defective the existing corridors are at present for the traffic using them; his plans to lay down minimum standards for the various types of roads such as national primary, national secondary, regional county roads as well as for rail lines; if there will be a national policy to bring all the road and rail infrastructure up to these minimum standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34536/14]

Haulage Industry Regulation

Éamon Ó Cuív

1734. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with regard to super-cube trucks, if he will confirm if they have been banned from roads here; if he will provide details of the exact date from when they were banned; if he will further confirm the ban is nationwide and applies within the Dublin permit system as well as nationally; the way the ban is operating with imported trucks and if carriers are banned from loading them and so on at foreign ports; if he will provide the number or percentage of overall truck movements covered by super-cube trucks and also actual numbers as per any recent survey; the evidence there is of super-cube trucks driving on Irish roads, and specifically in the capital city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34657/14]

Clár Forbartha Tuaithe

Éamon Ó Cuív

1769. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén plé a bhí aici leis an Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil, i rith an dá mhí seo caite, maidir le seachadadh chlár LEADER sa Ghaeltacht agus ar na hoileáin; ar thóg sí an cheist leis an Aire maidir le clár LEADER a sheachadadh trí Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht, agus maidir lena thábhachtaí atá sé LAG dá gcuid féin a bheith ag na hoileáin; cén freagra a fuair sí ón Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [34491/14]

Clár Forbartha Tuaithe

Éamon Ó Cuív

1770. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta ar mhol sí don Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil go bhféadfadh Údarás na Gaeltachta, go díreach nó trí fhochomhlacht a bhunú, cláir SICAP agus LEADER a chur ar fáil sa Ghaeltacht; más rud é gur mhol, cén freagra a fuair sí ón Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtas Áitiúil; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [34492/14]

Cumarsáid Aireachta

Éamon Ó Cuív

1771. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén líon agallamh i nGaeilge atá déanta aici agus ag a hAirí Stáit, ó ceapadh iad i mí Iúil, leis na meáin seo a leanas: TG4, Raidió na Gaeltachta, Raidió na Life, Raidió Fáilte (Béal Feirste), RTÉ Raidió 1, agus bealaí teilifíse RTÉ 1 agus 2; cé na dátaí ar a craoladh na hagallaimh; cén fad a lean gach agallamh agus cén t-ábhar a bhí ann; agus, i ngach cás, arbh agallamh beo nó agallamh réamhthaifeadta a bhí i gceist; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [34493/14]

Íocaíochtaí Deontas

Éamon Ó Cuív

1772. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén líon scoláirí ar íocadh deontas ina leith faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge gach bliain ó 1997 go 2014 (go dáta) arna bhriseadh síos de réir contae; cén méid iomlán bliantúil a íocadh, gach bliain acu sin, faoin scéim; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [34494/14]

Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

1773. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist aici cúiteamh a thabhairt faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge do na mná tí i leith na gcostas breise a bheidh orthu ó 2015 ar aghaidh mar gheall ar na táillí uisce nua atá á dtabhairt isteach ag an Rialtas; ar phléigh sí an cheist seo leis an Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil. [34495/14]

Foras na Gaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

1774. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén cistiú a cuireadh ar fáil d’Fhoras na Gaeilge gach bliain ó 2011 i leith; an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an cistiú seo a mhéadú an bhliain seo chugainn. [34498/14]

Post Office Network

Éamon Ó Cuív

11. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the policy focus and the discussions he has had in relation to the provision of enhanced services from the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31296/14]

Rural Broadband Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

14. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for the roll out of rural broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31295/14]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Éamon Ó Cuív

237. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason apprentices are to be charged the students services charge of up to €1,433 per annum despite the fact that student services are not available to or availed of by apprentices, and despite the fact that apprentices are not full time students but rather are employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32507/14]

Éamon Ó Cuív

238. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure the continued viability of small rural primary schools belonging to minority Christian faiths; if she will reverse the decision in relation to pupil-teacher ratios in these schools, many of which are one or two teacher schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32508/14]

Éamon Ó Cuív

239. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of minority Christian faith primary schools located in rural Ireland with four or fewer than four mainstream class teachers broken down by county and by the number of mainstream class teachers in each school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32509/14]

Éamon Ó Cuív

240. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the names, addresses and roll numbers of the 27 schools that will lose a classroom teacher in September 2014 as a result of the budget 2012 measure, broken down by county; the number of teachers in each of these schools at present; the number in each school next September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32521/14]

Éamon Ó Cuív

241. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of one teacher schools in the State in each of the school years commencing in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 respectively broken down by county giving the ethos of each school and their name, address and roll number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32522/14]

Éamon Ó Cuív

242. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in total, giving their names, addresses and roll numbers that have lost a teacher due to the budget changes announced in budget 2012 in relation to small schools, broken down by county, and giving the number of teachers in each school prior to these budget changes and next September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32523/14]

Departmental Expenditure

Éamon Ó Cuív

362. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the changes that have taken place in the spend of her Department in each year since 2004, broken down by programme (details supplied); the percentage of the total expenditure spent on each programme each year; the projected trends of expenditure in the next two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32513/14]