Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Rail Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

57. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop a commuter rail policy for the regional cities of Galway, Limerick and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38659/16]

Telecommunications Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

64. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure universal access by all householders to high-speed mobile phone services in addition to high-speed broadband services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38309/16]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Éamon Ó Cuív

70. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made since he took office with regard to the roll-out of the national broadband plan; when it is expected the contract will be awarded; the number of houses and businesses it is expected will be connected through the plan in 2017; the budget allocated for the plan in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38308/16]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Éamon Ó Cuív

277. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad iad na céimeanna atá tógtha aici lena chinntiú go n-úsáidfear an t-airgead breise a cuireadh ar fáil d’Údarás na Gaeltachta don bhliain 2017 le haghaidh comharchumainn agus eagraíochtaí pobalbhunaithe eile chun cur leis an mbundeontas reáchtála do na heagraíochtaí seo seachas aon ghníomhaíocht eile; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [38578/16]

Single Payment Scheme Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

411. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of entitlements a person (details supplied) in County Galway has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38552/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Éamon Ó Cuív

72. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the action that will be taken to address the fact that 2,155 persons have been waiting more than18 months for an outpatient appointment at University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38055/16]

School Accommodation Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

61. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an application has been made by a school (details supplied) for extra permanent accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37879/16]

Lansdowne Road Agreement

Éamon Ó Cuív

62. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the provisions of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Acts are being applied to non-unionised teachers in the designated community college sector when one of the unions holding representative rights for these schools has accepted the Lansdowne Road agreement and therefore it would be equally valid to hold, since they are a recognised trade union holding representative rights for a particular trade or sector, that they would be recognised as representing staff in this school other than staff who are members of the ASTI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37880/16]

Jobs Initiative

Éamon Ó Cuív

105. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount that will be paid in 2016 to external companies that provide services under the JobPath programme; if it is intended to carry out a review of the efficacy of this programme; when the current contracts with the external companies will come to an end; if it is intended to continue with this approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37876/16]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

143. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when it is expected to have the recommendations of the interdepartmental group examining the nursing home support scheme; if he will publish the report of the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37878/16]

Health Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

144. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a service; the reason that adequate resources have not been provided by the Government to ensure that all children requiring urgent physiotherapy in the west of Ireland are provided with this basic service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37881/16]

Agri-Environment Options Scheme Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

166. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has further considered the position of those persons still participating in the AEOS whose contracts do not finish in 2016 and who have to make the choice whether they will finish out their AEOS scheme or leave it and join GLAS 3, in view of the fact that no commitment has been given that there will be a GLAS 4 round if they opt to complete their AEOS contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37877/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Éamon Ó Cuív

18. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if her Department will expend the full allocation made available to her Department in the Estimates for 2016; if not, the likely shortfall in expenditure in 2016 and the reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37560/16]

Foireann Roinne

Éamon Ó Cuív

20. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é líon na bhfolúntas foirne sa Roinn nach bhfuil líonta go fóill; cad iad na rannóga lena mbaineann siad; cad iad na céimeanna nó na gráid atá i gceist; cén uair ar éirigh na folúntais seo; an bhfuil sé i gceist an tríú príomhoifigeach a cheapadh i rannóg na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus na noileán; cén uair a líonfar na folúntais seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [37561/16]

Heritage Council Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

26. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs to set down the funding available in the Estimates for 2017 to the Heritage Council for the preservation and conservation of built heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37353/16]

CLÁR Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

38. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to run a special module under the CLÁR programme 2017 for local improvement scheme roads; if it will be a condition of this that co-funding is available from the local authorities in question; if funding will be allocated on the basis of the population in the CLÁR area in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37356/16]

CLÁR Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

51. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the amount of money spent on CLÁR and town and village renewal projects to date in 2016; if, in each case, the funding will be paid after completion of work by the local authorities; the number of projects approved to date under the CLÁR programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37355/16]

Seirbhísí Oileán

Éamon Ó Cuív

52. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén dul chun cinn atá déanta aici maidir leis an gconradh nua don tseirbhís aeir go dtí oileáin Árann; cad é an staid go dáta maidir leis na pléití faoin tseirbhís do phaisinéirí báid go hÁrainn. [37354/16]

Scéimeanna Teanga

Éamon Ó Cuív

59. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cad é líon na bpleananna teanga atá i bhfeidhm le níos mó ná trí bliana; cad é líon na gcomhlachtaí poiblí nár réitigh aon phlean go dáta; cad é an líon pleananna teanga a aontaíodh le comhlachtaí poiblí i mbliana faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003. [37357/16]

DEIS Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

173. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the replacement for the DEIS scheme will be announced; the criteria that will be used to ensure that the schools serving the most disadvantaged in society will be included in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36891/16]

RAPID Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

260. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the criteria to be used to designate areas under the revived RAPID scheme; if demographic changes that have taken place in the past ten years since the last revision of the RAPID areas took place will be taken into account in any review of RAPID areas, in view of the significant change in such areas in the past ten years with new housing estates being built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36892/16]

Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

261. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of successful applications for the mortgage-to-rent scheme since its inception broken down by county and by year; the reason for the low take-up of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36905/16]

School Meals Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

312. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application by a school (details supplied) under the schools meals programme has been received; when a decision will be made on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36893/16]

Rural Social Scheme Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

313. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if the terms and conditions for new rural social scheme participants under the expanded scheme will be the same as on the existing scheme; if it is intended to pay the full-rate rural social scheme payment to all participants as pertained up to the period of the last Government; if it is intended to introduce a cap on the years a participant can partake in the scheme; if so, the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36899/16]

Departmental Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

415. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the funding available in 2017 for the development of new walking routes; the method by which this will be disbursed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36890/16]

Scéimeanna Teanga

Éamon Ó Cuív

416. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil plean teanga aontaithe ag a Roinn leis an Údarás Rialála Carthanas; mura bhfuil, cén fáth nach bhfuil, go mór mór nuair a chuirtear san áireamh nach féidir le carthanais clárú leis an údarás i nGaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [36894/16]

Medical Card Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

504. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if it is the policy of his Department that all workers on the job initiative scheme would be entitled automatically to a medical card in view of the low wage they receive and the nature of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36888/16]

GLAS Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

639. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonage framework plans that have been prepared under the GLAS scheme to date broken down by county; the number that remain to be prepared; if payments have been and will be paid out under GLAS for commonages in view of the fact that these plans have not been prepared in some instances; the amount of money held back as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36895/16]

GLAS Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

640. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if farmers who joined GLAS in 2015 and 2016 will be paid their 85% payment under GLAS for commonages in December 2016, even if farmers have not signed up to the interim GLAS plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36896/16]

GLAS Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

641. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonages to which planners have been assigned; the number to which there is currently no planner assigned; the number of participants in GLAS on the commonages assigned to planners and the number on commonages with no planner assigned to them; the total number of active farmers on these commonages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36897/16]

GLAS Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

642. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commonages to which planners were assigned and subsequently resigned; the number of GLAS participants affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36898/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

643. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the full payment is held back from farmers on their direct farm payments when small issues arise even when an interim payment is being made; if it is intended to review this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36900/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

644. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the evidence of agricultural activity needed to qualify for the basic payment and greening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36901/16]

GLAS Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

645. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total pay out to date under the GLAS and GLAS plus scheme for 2015; the number of farmers that have received their full payment of 2015; the number that have received 85% payment and the number that have received no payment; the number of farmers that joined GLAS in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36902/16]

GLAS Issues

Éamon Ó Cuív

646. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that farmers with shares in three commonages are paying up to €2,300 in professional fees to join the scheme (details supplied); the steps he will take taking to reduce the cost of compliance for such farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36903/16]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Éamon Ó Cuív

647. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is intended to appoint persons from outside his Department to the agricultural appeals process to ensure absolute independence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36904/16]

Tourism Promotion

Éamon Ó Cuív

716. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available from his Department for 2017 for the development of walking and cycling tourism; the way this money will be disbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36889/16]

Tax Credits

Éamon Ó Cuív

187. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the cost of the home carer's tax allowance for the past year for which there are statistics; the maximum allowance per taxpayer; the total amount a full-time carer could earn and retain the full allowance; the number of persons in receipt of the allowance broken down by county or tax district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36281/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Éamon Ó Cuív

233. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers in designated community colleges who are not members of any trade union are not being treated the same as members of the TUI for the purposes of the Lansdowne Road agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36282/16]

World Heritage Sites

Éamon Ó Cuív

378. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if the UNESCO recommendations on the publishing of the documentation on the conservation works, at an academic and a popular level, on the Skellig Michael site in County Kerry will be fully complied with; the timeline for the publication of these works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36283/16]

Historical Records

Éamon Ó Cuív

379. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to bid to purchase the Pearse letter of surrender which is now on display in the GPO and is reported to be going for auction in December 2016, in view of the historical importance of the letter to the nation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36284/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Éamon Ó Cuív

409. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued a date for an orthopaedic operation; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35860/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Éamon Ó Cuív

421. 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35924/16]

GLAS Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

225. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 27 October 2016, if the issues have been resolved to allow an application under GLAS 2 to be submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if not, when these issues are likely to be resolved in view of the fact that this person has been trying to submit an application for the past 11 months without success; the reason for the delay in resolving the issues involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35401/16]

Home Care Packages Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

466. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive hours for the home care package in view of the fact that it has been sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34529/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

492. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if he will provide home help hours for a person (details supplied) in order for the person to be able to remain at home; if he will take into consideration that this is a high dependency case in view of the medical circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34599/16]

Prisoner Transfers

Éamon Ó Cuív

60. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date with the review of the legislation underpinning the transfer of Irish prisoners from abroad to here; when this review will be completed; the priority being given to ensure that Irish persons sentenced abroad can serve their sentences here; when it is expected to have amending legislation enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34189/16]

Broadband Service Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

144. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the maintenance of high quality broadband to schools was a part of the schools broadband contract of his Department; if he has been informed of the reduction in service in the broadband provision to a school (details supplied); the steps taken to ensure the service is up to standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34190/16]

CLÁR Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

212. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of submissions received from local authorities for the CLÁR programme 2016; the authorities that submitted them; the number of different projects in each submission; the total value of these projects per county; when it is expected to approve projects; the expected spend under the CLÁR programme in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34186/16]

Flood Relief Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

213. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason for the shortfall in expenditure against profile of 16% for the year to 31 October 2016; the headings under which this underspend has occurred as against the detailed headings in the Revised Estimates volume, in tabular form; the steps being taken to ensure a full spend by the year end; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34187/16]

Flood Relief Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

214. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason that only €51 million of the allocation of €135 million less than 40% for capital expenditure by her Department in 2016 has been spent up to 31 October 2016; the maximum carry over allowed to her Department on capital expenditure into 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34188/16]

Invalidity Pension Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

120. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reinstate an invalidity pension in respect of a person (details supplied) pending receipt of information requested by his Department in view of the fact that the request letter was issued on 28 October 2016 and the person did not have 28 days to reply to same; and the reason farming five hectares of land for therapeutic purposes would disbar the person from being in receipt of this pension when there is no substantial income and where his Department has a policy of encouraging persons in receipt of invalidity pension to remain as effective as possible. [33905/16]

Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists

Éamon Ó Cuív

150. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for an orthodontic appointment; the reason for the cancellation of an appointment in view of the fact that this person had an appointment to undergo treatment in October 2016; if he will confirm that the dental equipment to undergo treatment is available for persons who are depending on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33898/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Éamon Ó Cuív

168. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if he will provide further funding in respect of core hours, personal assistant hours for persons in need of these hours; if his attention has been drawn to the severe cutbacks made in the core hours in respect of this scheme in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34016/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

169. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if he will provide further funding in respect of home help hours scheme and the home care package scheme for persons in need of these hours; if his attention has been drawn to the severe cutbacks made in these hours in respect of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34017/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

170. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if he will provide extra home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34028/16]

Transfer of Entitlements Application

Éamon Ó Cuív

173. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the processing of an application for the transfer of entitlements submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Galway will be completed; the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33882/16]

Prisoner Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

81. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of life sentence prisoners in custody in 2015; the breakdown of the number of life sentence prisoners in custody convicted of murder, attempted murder, manslaughter, sexual offences and any other offence; if, in the case of any other offence, she will specify the offence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33328/16]

Prisoner Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

82. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of men and women respectively in custody serving a life sentence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33329/16]

Community Welfare Services Staff

Éamon Ó Cuív

217. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if community welfare officers who transferred from the HSE to his Department retained their Gaeltacht allowances if they had one; if these allowances were considered as part of the pay of CWOs for pension purposes; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33350/16]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Éamon Ó Cuív

218. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if community welfare officers who transferred into his Department from the HSE were given undertakings on transfer and if these CWOs, who were paying 5% pension contributions as long as they were with the HSE, something that civil servants at the time were not paying, should now be reimbursed these contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33351/16]

Departmental Staff Grades

Éamon Ó Cuív

250. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an application made by the Veterinary Officers' Association to his Department in February 2016 seeking to have civil service grades of veterinary inspector and research officer listed as grades meriting professional, technical and specialist added years; if his Department has yet sought further information from the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine in connection with the application; when a decision will be made on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33349/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

325. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if he will provide sufficient home help hours for a person (details supplied) in order for the person to be able to remain at home in view of the fact that they were previously told they would be allocated 32 hours weekly and that they were a high dependency case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33416/16]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

330. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding to a voluntary organisation (details supplied) in order to buy defibrillators for the area under its remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33436/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Éamon Ó Cuív

136. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a hospital appointment will be provided for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33181/16]

Respite Care Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

150. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has been issued with a hospital bill for respite care; if he will confirm that persons availing of this service are entitled to 30 days respite free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33235/16]

Insurance Industry Regulation

Éamon Ó Cuív

182. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that insurance companies are using leased taxi plates to drive up driver insurance premiums on the basis that a leased taxi plate remains in the ownership of the licence holder as does the insurance policy attached to it, thus not allowing the lessee to benefit from a no claims bonus on the leaser’s policy; the steps he will take in this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33144/16]

Social Welfare Overpayments

Éamon Ó Cuív

207. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the reason a breakdown that was requested on behalf of a person (details supplied) in respect of a social protection overpayment has not been provided, in view of the fact that this breakdown was requested in 2015; the reason the person has been issued with further notification to repay the debt when this breakdown has not been received as requested; if he will confirm that this breakdown will issue in order for the person to examine the way these arrears have been calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32666/16]

Fuel Allowance Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

225. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to revise the eligibility rules for fuel allowances for persons on the rural social schemes in order that they can apply for the scheme each year based on their current circumstances and not on the eligibility for fuel allowance and circumstances that prevailed at the time of joining the scheme. [32865/16]

Pension Provisions

Éamon Ó Cuív

247. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide a pension policy for supervisors and assistant supervisors on community employment schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32700/16]

CLÁR Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

269. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the total allocation under the CLÁR scheme in 2016 for local access roads; the county allocation if already decided; if this measure applies only to non-county roads; when local authorities were advised as to their allocation under the scheme; the latest date for work to be completed for drawdown of funds in 2016; the detail of the operation of this measure in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32863/16]

Leader Programmes

Éamon Ó Cuív

270. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if an agreement has been signed between her Department and Forum Connemara regarding the delivery of the Leader programme in Connemara and the islands; if the programme is operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32864/16]

An Teanga Gaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

272. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta cén plé a bhí ag a Roinn le RTÉ maidir leis an bplean gníomhaíochta don Ghaeilge; an bhfuil sé beartaithe ag a Roinn airgead a chur ar fáil don phlean seo agus, má tá, cé mhéad airgid atá i gceist; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [32979/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Éamon Ó Cuív

280. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if he will provide extra IWA hours to a person (details supplied) taking into consideration the person's medical condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32557/16]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Éamon Ó Cuív

283. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a medical procedure will be provided in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32561/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

287. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if he will provide extra home help hours for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32540/16]

Hospitals Building Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

315. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when it is proposed to provide capital funding for the replacement of St. Anne’s community nursing unit and the district hospital in Clifden, Connemara, County Galway, with a new 50-bed facility to be built on the site of St. Anne’s community nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32701/16]

Disease Management

Éamon Ó Cuív

316. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health his plans to commission an independent inquiry into Lyme disease to review the evidence of the epidemiology of Lyme disease here, particularly at the level of symptoms recognition, diagnostic testing and the treatment of Lyme disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32703/16]

Health Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

326. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when he will be issuing a physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Galway in view of the fact that this person has been waiting for an appointment for some time now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32729/16]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Éamon Ó Cuív

342. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32832/16]

Home Help Service Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

347. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway is not being provided with any home help hours in view of the fact that the person was in receipt of six hours of home help a week; the reason this has happened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32844/16]

Orthodontic Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

348. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for an orthodontic appointment; the reason for the delay in issuing this appointment in view of the fact that this person was due to undergo treatment in October 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32869/16]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

349. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the status of a prosthetic leg for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32875/16]

Home Care Packages Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

351. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if he will provide sufficient funds to ensure that adequate home care package hours can be provided to persons in need of this package; if his attention has been drawn to the severe cutbacks made in the home care package hours in the west of Ireland; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) is a high dependency case and needs additional hours of home help; when this person will be allocated more home help hours in view of the fact that the hours were reduced and their medical condition has deteriorated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32879/16]

Mental Health Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

365. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a bed will be provided for a person (details supplied) in the Central Mental Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32980/16]

GLAS Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

400. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a GLAS 4 round for those farmers currently in the AEOS 3 scheme whose contracts end at the end of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32978/16]

Motor Insurance

Éamon Ó Cuív

423. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to introduce legislation controlling the loadings put by the insurance companies on car owners that seem to be quite arbitrary and have no relationship with the likelihood of an accident, including loadings put in cars that are over 15 years of age, despite the fact that these cars have to pass the national car test every year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32702/16]

Rural Development Plan

Éamon Ó Cuív

25. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total allocation of funding in the Estimates in 2016 for measures covered by the rural development plan; the amount paid out to date under these measures; the amount anticipated to be expended by the end of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32194/16]

GLAS Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

34. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average payment to date to farmers for 2015 under tranche 1 of GLAS; the number of farmers who have not received their full payment for this period; the total number of farmers in tranche 1 of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32193/16]

Cúrsaí Gaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

114. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil cúnamh ar fáil le ranganna Gaeilge a chur ar siúl in áit (sonraí tugtha); má tá, cén eagraíocht ar cheart teagmháil a dhéanamh léi faoi seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [32054/16]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

150. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2016 basic payment scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32380/16]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

156. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the basic payment scheme and areas of natural constraint scheme for 2016 to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32425/16]

GLAS Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

170. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has approved a GLAS application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; if so, the commencement date of this GLAS plan; when the first payment is due to be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32501/16]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Éamon Ó Cuív

30. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any of the preferred bidders for the broadband scheme have indicated they are already rolling out high-speed broadband in areas proposed to be covered by the national broadband scheme; if so, if it will require his Department to adjust the areas to be covered; the delay this is likely to cause for the tendering process; the amount of money set aside in each of the next three years under the capital allocation to his Department for the national broadband scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31833/16]

National Broadband Plan Implementation

Éamon Ó Cuív

35. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made to date with the roll out of the national broadband scheme; the minimum requirement in terms of megabits under the tender; the reason it has not been possible to require all tenders to bid to provide a minimum of one gigabit to each premises; if extra points will be awarded as part of the tendering process to those tenderers who offer higher speeds of broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31832/16]

Human Rights

Éamon Ó Cuív

44. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had in the past six months with his British counterpart and the relevant Ministers in Northern Ireland on the treatment of segregated prisoners in Maghaberry Prison; the reason for the delay, in particular, in the process involving the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent in setting up a prison forum to deal with issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31633/16]

European Court of Human Rights Judgments

Éamon Ó Cuív

53. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with his British counterparts about the Hooded Men torture case being taken in the European Court of Human Rights; if so, if they now accept that the treatment of these men was clearly torture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31632/16]

Home Repossessions Rate

Éamon Ó Cuív

169. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the number of house repossessions executed by financial institutions for each of the past six years; the number of these that relate to owner-occupied houses; the steps taken by the Government to deal with this issue; the steps proposed to alleviate this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31553/16]

EU Budget Contribution

Éamon Ó Cuív

170. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance to set out the contributions made by the Exchequer to the EU or EEC each year since joining the EEC in 1973; the amounts received by the Exchequer from the EEC or EU each year in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31554/16]

Farm Assist Scheme Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

307. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection when it is intended to reintroduce the 30% disregard and allowances for children under the farm assist scheme; if all persons on farm assist and the RSS scheme will have their payments automatically reassessed to see if they are entitled to a higher rate of payment; when this reassessment work will begin; when persons will be notified of the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31555/16]