Parliamentary questions

Community Services Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

68. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans for the community services programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30809/14]

Rural Social Scheme Administration

Éamon Ó Cuív

78. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her future plans for the rural social scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30810/14]

Seirbhísí Uisce

Éamon Ó Cuív

517. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cén beartas atá aige lena chinntiú go bhfuil soláthar ceart uisce ar na hoileáin amach ón gcósta; céard iad na bearta atá i gceist aige a dhéanamh le soláthar ceart uisce a chur ar fáil láithreach ar Inis Meáin agus Inis Oírr i bhfianaise na ciondála uisce atá ar bun ar na hoileáin seo agus an ghanntanais uisce atá orthu i lár an tséasúir turasóireachta; an bhfuil sé i gceist aige, sa mheántréimhse, airgead a chur ar fáil le huasghrádú a dhéanamh ar an gcóras uisce ar na hoileáin seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [31538/14]

Seirbhísí Uisce

Éamon Ó Cuív

518. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil an bhfuil sé sásta díolúine ó tháillí uisce a chur ar fáil do phobal Inis Oírr agus Inis Meáin de bharr na n-easpaí atá ar an gcóras uisce ar na hoileáin sin; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [31539/14]

Tionscnaimh Fhorbartha Pobail

Éamon Ó Cuív

519. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil céard iad na pleananna atá aige leis an gClár um Chuimsiú Sóisialta agus Clár Leader a sheachadadh sa Ghaeltacht; an bhfuil sé i gceist aige freastal ar an nGaeltacht ar fad trí chomhlacht amháin; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [31540/14]

Clár Forbartha Tuaithe

Éamon Ó Cuív

520. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil céard iad na socruithe atá i gceist le Clár Leader a sheachadadh i gContae na Gaillimhe, cé mhéid comhlacht a bheidh ann le Clár Leader a sheachadadh sa chontae; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [31541/14]

Community Development Initiatives

Éamon Ó Cuív

521. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the arrangements being put in place to deliver the Leader and social inclusion programmes of his Department on the offshore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31543/14]

Leader Programmes Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

522. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total funding provided under the Leader programme 2007-2013; the amount of this provided for projects; the amount spent to date broken down between projects and administration; the amount spent on projects this year and the total funding left for spending on projects and administration respectively; the latest date given by his Department to have projects completed and claims made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31544/14]

Departmental Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

523. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason no funding has been awarded to Muintir na Tíre under the scheme to support national organisations, as recently announced, in view of the vital role Muintir na Tíre plays in rural communities; if his attention has been drawn to the effect this will have on this long-standing national organisation; if he has received an application for emergency funding from this organisation to enable it to function while a review is sought of this decision in view of the late date the decision was given on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31548/14]

Single Payment Scheme Application Numbers

Éamon Ó Cuív

558. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of applicants in each county under the single farm payment last year; the total hectares declared in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31542/14]

Sports Capital Programme Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

796. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of projects that scored 44 points or less in the recent capital sport programme allocations that were allocated funding; the lowest score a project had that was allocated funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31545/14]

Sports Capital Programme Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

797. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the objective criteria used to assess applications under the capital sports programme; if all grants were awarded under this programme based on these objective criteria; the number of cases in which he overruled the recommendations of his officials in relation to grants either in total or partially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31546/14]

Sports Capital Programme Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

798. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the score achieved by an application by a club (details supplied) under the capital sports; the number of groups and clubs in Galway with a lower score that were awarded grants under the present round of allocations and their names; the score achieved by each of these clubs and the names of the clubs; the reason the club was not awarded a grant under the scheme if clubs with a lower score were; if this matter will be referred to the Ombudsman for examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31547/14]

Rural Development Programme Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

137. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new top-up for islands under the disadvantaged areas scheme or areas of natural constraint scheme will commence; if it will apply to intertidal islands and islands connected to the mainland by a causeway or bridge; if it will apply to lake islands as well as islands in the sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30517/14]

Insurance Industry

Éamon Ó Cuív

77. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place to ensure that insurance claims for personal and property losses against Setanta Insurance, which is in liquidation, are paid in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30342/14]

Schools Refurbishment

Éamon Ó Cuív

126. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the extreme needs of the pupils in a school (details supplied) in County Galway, if he will provide a refurbishment grant for a premises on the campus as requested by the school; the reasons this has not been provided to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30343/14]

Child Abuse

Éamon Ó Cuív

127. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce a scheme of compensation for pupils abused in primary schools on foot of a judgment in the European Court of Human Rights (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30383/14]

Traveller Community

Éamon Ó Cuív

342. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is willing to reconsider his decision not to continue funding Traveller community groups under a national programme in view of the fact that Travellers are the most marginalised group in Irish society and the work done by these groups to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30344/14]

Animal Identification Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

385. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal basis for requiring farmers to buy their cattle tags exclusively from one supplier selected by the Department on the basis of a tender organised by it in view of the fact that farmers - because they pay for them - are the legal purchasers of the tags; his views that this is in conformity with EU law, including competition law; the reason, as they are the purchasers, farmers are not free to purchase tags from any supplier as long as the tags comply with the relevant EU and national standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30341/14]

Animal Identification Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

387. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers are entitled to purchase cattle tags from suppliers other than the supplier contracted by his Department and use them instead of tags from that supplier, as long as the tags they purchase conform to the relevant departmental and EU regulations; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30382/14]