Parliamentary questions

Costais Aistriúcháin

Éamon Ó Cuív

700. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Iompair, Turasóireachta agus Spóirt cén méid airgid a caitheadh in 2013 ar aistriú doiciméad ó Bhéarla go Gaeilge nó ó Ghaeilge go Béarla, agus ó theangacha eile go Béarla agus ó Bhéarla go teangacha eile, faoi seach; cad ba chaiteachas iomlán riaracháin na Roinne sa bhliain 2013; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [16144/14]

Air Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

718. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of passengers who were carried on each of the public service obligation, PSO, air services to counties Kerry and Donegal airports in 2013 or the most recent year for which data are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16439/14]

Diplomatic Representation

Éamon Ó Cuív

21. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total staff complement in the embassy to the Holy See; the projected cost of the embassy this year; the number of embassies and their names with a similar staff complement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15171/14]

Ministerial Travel

Éamon Ó Cuív

29. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of ministerial travel to his Department last year; his views on whether this travel represented value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15172/14]

Rural Social Scheme Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

117. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the saving achieved each year in the past three years by the change in the method of means testing for participants of the rural social scheme whereby participants now get a payment of €208 per week or €20 more than their current payment, whichever is greater, irrespective of family make-up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15839/14]

Seirbhísí Farantóireachta

Éamon Ó Cuív

130. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén uair a chasfaidh an tAire Stáit ina Roinn le hionadaithe ó phobal Árann leis an easpa seirbhíse farantóireachta paisinéirí fordheonaithe go dtí an t-oileán a phlé; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [15836/14]

Coastal Erosion

Éamon Ó Cuív

131. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions he will take to stop erosion of the priority one habitat machair in Mannin, Ballyconneely, County Galway, where a considerable amount of the machair was destroyed during the storms of January and February 2014; if it is intended to carry out coastal protection works there to stop further erosion of this priority habitat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15903/14]

Mountain Rescue Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

159. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to the importance of ensuring that mountain rescue teams are properly funded, in view of the work of Comhairle na Tuaithe and the growth in hill walking and mountain climbing in Ireland and their importance to the tourist industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15905/14]

Scéimeanna Talmhaíochta

Éamon Ó Cuív

198. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht faoin Scéim Íocaíochta Aonair, faoi Scéim na Limistéar faoi Mhíbhuntáiste agus faoi Scéim REPS nár íocadh de bharr aistriú teidil talúna le feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo); cén méid bliain íocaíochtaí atá dlite don fheirmeoir seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh [15707/14]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

201. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 353 of 4 March 2014, which stated that 75% payment for 2013 would issue within ten days, the reason payment under the agri-environment options scheme 1 has not yet issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15729/14]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

205. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an overpayment of €910.44 was assessed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the amount and the scheme years it relates to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15763/14]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

210. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total expected spend under the DAS scheme under the Rural Development Programme 2007-13; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15838/14]

Installation Aid Scheme Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

221. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce installation aid for young farmers; if such aid will be available to farmers who have already commenced farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15904/14]

Child Care Services Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

227. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if children attending new community child care services are eligible for the child care subvention, subject to the normal terms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15840/14]

Child Care Services Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

228. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there are any capital grants available to community child care facilities to improve their premises and add extra spaces and capacity to them; the details of such assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15841/14]

Mountain Rescue Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

273. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to provide extra funding for mountain teams around the country in view of the growth in hill walking and mountain climbing, the importance of it to the tourist industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15906/14]

Mountain Rescue Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

274. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the allocation made to each mountain rescue team in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014, to cover the costs of the services that they provide on a voluntary basis to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15907/14]

Tourism Project Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

275. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money approved by his Department directly or through one of its agencies towards the development of the greenway along the route of the old Galway–Clifden railway line; when it is expected that the money will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15908/14]

Road Projects

Éamon Ó Cuív

36. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when work will commence on the Gort to Tuam motorway in County Galway; the amount of Exchequer funding provided for this road in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14995/14]

Roads Maintenance

Éamon Ó Cuív

49. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that the National Roads Authority develop a design standard for regional county roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14996/14]

Éamon Ó Cuív

82. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the names, addresses and roll numbers of all the two-teacher, three-teacher and four-teacher primary schools outside of the gateway cities and hub towns that do not have a school transport service to them but have students in them in receipt of the remote area grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15514/14]

Disadvantaged Status

Éamon Ó Cuív

83. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools built in towns with RAPID areas since the designation of DEIS 1 schools took place; the names, addresses and roll numbers of these schools; if he intends assessing these schools for acceptance into the DEIS 1 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15515/14]

Disadvantaged Status

Éamon Ó Cuív

84. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-assess schools for eligibility for the DEIS 1 programme in view of the significant demographic shifts since the programme commenced; his views on whether this is needed on equality grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15516/14]

Disadvantaged Status

Éamon Ó Cuív

85. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the cost in 2014 of the DEIS 1 programme; if he is satisfied it is targeted at those schools most in need of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15517/14]

IDA Jobs Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

123. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by IDA Ireland in each NUTS II and NUTS III area in each of the past six years; the number lost in IDA Ireland assisted businesses broken down on the same basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15521/14]

Air Strips Usage

Éamon Ó Cuív

156. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will be willing to consider leasing the air strips in Cluain Leacht an Abba, Cleggan and in Inishbofin to a company or community group which wished to use them for private use only, therefore not requiring the licensing of the air strips for use and their use in a similar fashion to the 110 unlicensed air strips in the country, in view of the tourist potential of the such use of the air strips; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15512/14]

Garda Transport Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

171. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars based in Connemara at present; the stations they are based in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15518/14]

VAT Rate Application

Éamon Ó Cuív

191. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to ensure that processors have passed on the increase in the unregistered farmers VAT rebate to their farmer suppliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15461/14]

Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

197. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will fully compensate farmers for the cessation of the sheep grassland scheme; if he still intends to incorporate it into the single farm payment; the value of such incorporation to farmers who at present receive single farm payments of €100 per hectare for each year to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15513/14]

Single Payment Scheme Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

198. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person who has no single farm payment entitlements but has been applying for the disadvantaged areas scheme for the past five years will automatically be allocated entitlements in 2015; the value of such allocated entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15519/14]

Single Payment Scheme Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

199. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if entitlements bought in 2014 by a person with no entitlements but who has been receiving the disadvantaged areas payment for the past five years will be of any value post 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15520/14]

Medical Card Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

214. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health to detail when a decision will be made on a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay in making a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15452/14]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

460. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged areas scheme will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14731/14]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

462. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the single farm payment and disadvantaged areas scheme payment for the past three years that issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the outstanding disadvantaged areas scheme payment and single farm payments due for the past three years to this person; the reason these grants have not been paid; the penalties imposed on this person for non-compliance for the past three years; the details of all outstanding documents sought by his Department before payment can be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14821/14]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

463. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2013 disadvantaged areas scheme and the single farm payment to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14824/14]

Youth Services Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

9. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the programmes in place to assist with the development of youth services; the funding for these for each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14019/14]

Child Care Services Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

10. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total funding available in 2014 for assistance with child care; the means test that applies for this assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14018/14]

Coastal Protection

Éamon Ó Cuív

79. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding that has been approved to date to the Office of Public Works for the purposes of coastal protection works in Galway city and county; the projects approved for such funding in Galway city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14556/14]

Haddington Road Agreement Negotiations

Éamon Ó Cuív

207. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the implications of the EU working time directive and subsequent Irish legislation for Irish residential care staff; if time spent on call while working in residential care facilities overnight is considered working time for the purposes of the legislation; if not, the reason for same; if workers on such duties are entitled to receive the minimum wage during overnight duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14568/14]

Job Creation Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

1. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the increase in employment in the agriculture sector in the past year; the sectors of agriculture in which this increase in employment took place; the increase or decrease in employment in each NUTS 2 region; the reason for this increase in employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13991/14]

Beef Industry

Éamon Ó Cuív

4. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to date to deal with the current crisis in the beef trade, particularly the bull beef trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13992/14]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

15. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any changes are proposed to the rules pertaining to the disadvantaged area scheme in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13076/14]

Sugar Industry

Éamon Ó Cuív

17. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date on the development of a sugar industry here; the assistance given by his Department to this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13079/14]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

23. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have received payments under the AEO scheme 3 in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13080/14]

Severe Weather Events

Éamon Ó Cuív

27. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance made available to farmers and fisherpersons to date who lost stock, land, fences, boats and gear during the recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13078/14]

Rural Development Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

34. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total expenditure to date under each heading of the rural development programme 2007-14; the total allocation under each heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13077/14]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

162. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2012 and 2013 disadvantaged area-based payment to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14313/14]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

165. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged area-based scheme will be paid to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; the reason there is a delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14359/14]