Parliamentary questions

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]

Unemployment Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

363. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the increase or reduction that took place in the number of persons in receipt of unemployment payments or on activation schemes between March 2011 and June 2012, broken down between those above and below 25 years of age; the reason for these trends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32514/14]

Seirbhísí Farantóireachta

Éamon Ó Cuív

414. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta céard iad na bearta a dhéanfaidh sí chun a chinntiú go mbeidh seirbhís laethúil farantóireachta ar fáil do phaisinéirí chuig Árainn, Contae na Gaillimhe, ón gcéad lá de mhí na Samhna seo chugainn, ag cur i gcuntas an fógra a thug an comhlacht príobháideach a chuireann seirbhís ar fáil don oileán seo faoi láthair á rá nach mbeidh seirbhís laethúil ann ón gcéad lá de mhí na Samhna seo chugainn ar aghaidh agus ag cur i gcuntas gurb é seo an t-oileán is mó daonra ar an gcósta agus go bhfuil na táillí do phaisinéirí chuig an oileán seo níos airde ná na táillí chuig aon oileán eile; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [32515/14]

Tourism Industry

Éamon Ó Cuív

415. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will convene a group of interested parties including the local authority, Fáilte Éireann, Forum Connemara and Inishbofin Community Council, to examine how the airstrips near Cleggan and in Inishbofin could be used to promote aviation tourism by private plane owners and thus help the tourism industry in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32516/14]

Departmental Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

475. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the lowest score that was needed to be awarded a grant under the scheme to support national organisations, SSNO, scheme of grants announced recently that is administered by Pobal for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32221/14]

Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla

Éamon Ó Cuív

537. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara an bhfuil cinneadh déanta maidir le hachomharc a cuireadh chuig an Oifig Achomharc Talmhaíochta ag feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí leis seo); má tá cinneadh déanta, cén toradh a bhí air; mura bhfuil cinneadh déanta, cén uair a dhéanfar é; cén fáth a raibh moill leis an gcinneadh a dhéanamh; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [32021/14]

Commonage Framework Plans

Éamon Ó Cuív

553. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the commonage reviews promised will be completed; the compensation that will be paid to farmers in the meantime for compulsory destocking of livestock from commonages; the reason that arbitrary destocking limits are being imposed on commonages without any up to date evidence of their need; the reason for the delay in publishing up to date commonage framework plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32517/14]

Single Payment Scheme Administration

Éamon Ó Cuív

554. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers can be penalised under the single farm payment in 2014 and 2015 for not keeping commonages in good agricultural and environmental condition; if this is caused by the arbitrary and out of date stocking limits being imposed on farmers of commonage, in the absence of revised commonage framework plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32519/14]

Legal Aid Service Waiting Times

Éamon Ó Cuív

589. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to ensure that free legal aid is available in a timely way to distressed borrowers who need independent legal advice to deal with family home re-possession proceedings and are granted legal aid board assistance but are put on waiting lists of up to 18 months, taking into account that in many cases judges and county registrars are not willing to adjourn legal proceedings for legal aid solicitors to become available, thus leaving vulnerable persons to fight such cases without professional representation against financial institutions with full legal representation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32510/14]

Legal Aid Service Waiting Times

Éamon Ó Cuív

590. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times persons are experiencing in receiving free legal aid broken down by category such as family law, repossessions and so on; the actions she will take to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32511/14]