Parliamentary questions

Home Care Packages Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

447. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for home care in counties Galway and Mayo, respectively in 2019; the number of persons in receipt of a home care service; the number of persons on the waiting lists for the service; the average number of hours of home care provided to each recipient each week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50406/19]

Harbours and Piers Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

466. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount sanctioned in each year for marine works on piers in the charge of Galway County Council in each year since 2012; the piers for which the work was sanctioned; the amount drawn down in each year by the council for the works; the piers or works which were sanctioned and for which there was a partial drawdown or no drawdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50392/19]

Prospecting Licences

Éamon Ó Cuív

496. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the person or body that oversees that the conditions of prospecting and mining licences are adhered to; the number of members of staff dedicated to this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50399/19]

Road Network

Éamon Ó Cuív

533. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Galway County Council has sought special funding for the upgrade or replacement on the bridges leading from Béal an Daingin all the way to Leitir Mealláin, Contae na Gaillimhe, which are the only access to and from the Islands of Eanach Mheáin, Leitir Móir, Gorumna and Leitir Mealláin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50393/19]

LEADER Programmes Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

554. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount available to each LAG for projects under the LEADER programme; the amount approved for projects to date by LAG; the amount expended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50398/19]

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

555. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects by type approved under the rural regeneration and development fund to date; the lead agency in each case; the amount sanctioned in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50401/19]

Social Welfare Code

Éamon Ó Cuív

604. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the circumstances in which her Department may request that a person hand up their passport and retain this passport for up to 21 days; the Act under which such a decision is made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50396/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

640. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if affordable housing projects have been sanctioned for Galway City and County Councils to date; if so, the details of same; the number of applications for affordable housing received to date that are under consideration; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50402/19]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Review

Éamon Ó Cuív

641. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the review of the tenant purchase (incremental) scheme 2016 was completed; when he plans to publish the review; when he plans to make changes to the scheme; the reason for the delay in doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50403/19]

National Monuments

Éamon Ó Cuív

647. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she plans to re-establish the Moore Street advisory committee; the reason for the delay in doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50405/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Éamon Ó Cuív

148. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for the procedure; if the person can undergo the procedure on the treatment purchase fund scheme or in another way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49502/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

149. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason an art assist machine is not available to a person (details supplied) in view of the exceptional circumstances; the reason the assistance of the machines is not provided to patients in view of the fact they are a preventative medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49504/19]

Tax Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

169. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the percentage of taxpayers who were exempt from income tax in each year since 2008 to 2018 and to date in 2019; his views on whether taxpayers should be required to pay income tax irrespective of income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48983/19]

Rural Transport Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

19. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy he has to radically improve rural transport particularly for commuters from rural areas to the regional cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48009/19]

Rail Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

27. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when approval will be given to Iarnród Éireann to purchase new rolling stock in view of the critical shortage of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48010/19]

Brexit Issues

Éamon Ó Cuív

80. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the projected increase in the net contribution by Ireland each year to the EU from 2021 to 2027 in the event of Britain leaving the EU with a deal on 31 January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47905/19]

Íocaíochtaí Deontas

Éamon Ó Cuív

50. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna an bhfuil an deontas caipitíochta céanna á íoc le bunscoileanna lán-Ghaeilge Gaeltachta agus atá á íoc le bunscoileanna lán-Ghaeilge taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht; mura bhfuil, cén fáth nach bhfuil; cén costas breise a bhainfeadh leis an deontas méadaithe a íoc le gach scoil sa Ghaeltacht;; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [47074/19]

Oideachas trí Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

93. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén beartas atá aige lena chinntiú go bhfuil oideachas trí Ghaeilge ar fáil i ngach ábhar sna haonaid lán-Ghaeilge atá ceangailte le scoileanna dara leibhéal Béarla; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [47075/19]

HSE Staff Recruitment

Éamon Ó Cuív

401. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the central personnel section of the HSE is not approving appointments across the health system to fill vacancies; the steps he has taken to ensure that the HSE adopts a policy to fill all vacancies in the health service in cases in which this has been recommended by the relevant section of the HSE to provide necessary services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47508/19]

Traveller Projects Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

402. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the HSE ring-fences funding for the full implementation of the national Traveller health action plan; if he will direct the HSE to form a structure on which Travellers will be at least half the membership to oversee the implementation of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47511/19]