Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Driver Test

Éamon Ó Cuív

155. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport if, in view of the unusual circumstances of a person (details supplied), a driver theory and practical test could be expedited from the date given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38866/21]

Curaclam Scoile

Éamon Ó Cuív

255. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais cén comhfhreagras a bhí idir a Roinn agus an Chomhairle Náisiúnta Curaclaim agus Measúnachta maidir le forbairt na sonraíochta le haghaidh an dá chúrsa Gaeilge don Ardteistiméireacht ag leibhéil T1 agus T2; ar lorgaíodh treoir ón Roinn maidir leis an bpróiséas a leanfaí i mbun na hoibre seo; más rud é gur lorgaíodh, cén treoir a lorgaíodh agus cén treoir a tugadh; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [38864/21]

Fishing Industry

Éamon Ó Cuív

462. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a temporary tie-up scheme for fishing boats as part of the response to the changes brought about by Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38888/21]

Fishing Industry

Éamon Ó Cuív

463. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to introduce a decommissioning scheme for fishing boats in view of the significant loss of quota by the Irish fishing fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38889/21]

Disability Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

78. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the provision of respite care places for persons with an intellectual disability in the CHO2 health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25444/21]

Disability Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

97. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of applications on hand for full-time residential care in the CHO2 region for persons with intellectual disabilities; the additional resources it is planned to make available to meet the demand for these places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25443/21]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Éamon Ó Cuív

311. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cá mhéad talún neamhfhorbartha atá ag Údarás na Gaeltachta; cá mhéad talún neamhfhorbartha atá ag a Roinn sa Ghaeltacht; na háiteanna ina bhfuil an talamh sin suite; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [37654/21]

Housing Policy

Éamon Ó Cuív

336. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the repair and leasing scheme was introduced; the number of approvals each year since the scheme was introduced; the number of applicants who have received payment under the scheme each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37449/21]

Planning Issues

Éamon Ó Cuív

367. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to review the National Planning Framework Implementation Roadmap and the Housing Supply Target Methodology for Development Planning, Guidelines for Planning Authorities 2020 in view of the permanent changes being brought about to lifestyles due to Covid-19 and its impact on spatial planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38015/21]

Planning Issues

Éamon Ó Cuív

368. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to review the Guidance Note on Core Strategies, November 2010 in view of the permanent changes being brought about to lifestyles due to Covid-19 and its impact on spatial planning; when he plans to do this in view of the fact that most county and city plans will be adopted in the next two years and the effect up-to-date guidance could have on these plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38016/21]

State Examinations

Éamon Ó Cuív

417. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education if she plans to have calculated grades in 2022 as well as an examination in view of the enormous disruption to students school life in the senior cycle and in view of the two year nature of the leaving certificate course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37697/21]

Proposed Legislation

Éamon Ó Cuív

564. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice if she has considered the report by an organisation (details supplied) relating to easements issued in May 2021; if she is considering on foot of this report extending section 38 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 for another six years to enable the Law Reform Commission review the whole area of easements and their registration in view of the day to day experience since the commencement of the 2009 Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37646/21]

Grant Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

36. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he has taken to raise the thresholds of eligibility and the grants for higher education grants under the SUSI scheme in view of the rapidly increasing cost of accommodation for third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35626/21]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Éamon Ó Cuív

64. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he has taken to provide extra places on apprenticeship schemes for the building trade; the steps he has taken to attract more persons to apply for apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35627/21]

Prison Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

108. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the arrangements made for recommencing prison visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35629/21]

Parole Boards

Éamon Ó Cuív

126. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the number of recommendations made by the interim parole board to the her since 1 February 2021; the number of these decided; the number of cases in which the recommendation of the board was not accepted or was amended, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35628/21]

National Broadband Plan

Éamon Ó Cuív

156. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason a house (details supplied) was not included in the National Broadband Ireland roll-out given there is no other telecom supplier offering a 30mb service to this house; the steps that will be taken to rectify this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37032/21]

Rail Network

Éamon Ó Cuív

160. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for a feasibility study of light rail in Galway city; if the provision of light rail in Galway was made an objective of the Galway City Development Plan; and if a route is reserved for a rapid transit service in the city. [36878/21]

Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

188. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuair sí aighneacht ó TG4 roimh Bhuiseád 2020; an bhfuil suntas tugtha aici don iarratas ar mheadú de €9m go €10m sa bhliain go ceann ceithre bliana ar chiste TG4, agus do na cúiseanna maithe atá leis; an bhfuil sé i gceist aici cruinniú a bheith aici le Bord agus Feidhmeannacht TG4 go luath leis an iarratas a phlé ; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [37027/21]

Legislative Measures

Éamon Ó Cuív

204. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will seek to re-commit the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 to Dáil Éireann; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37031/21]

Seirbhísí Leathanbhanda

Éamon Ó Cuív

240. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais cén uair a chuirfear seirbhís cheart leathanbhanda ar fáil do scoil (sonraí tugtha); cén fáth nach bhfuil sé seo déanta go dtí seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [37033/21]

Rural Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

339. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount sanctioned under the rural regeneration and development fund since its inception in 2019; the amount paid out under this scheme to date; the value of the applications on hand that are still being examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37028/21]

Rural Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

340. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount in the 2021 estimate for expenditure out of the rural regeneration and development fund including any carry-over from 2020; the amount spent to date in 2021 out of the fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37029/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Éamon Ó Cuív

341. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total allocation of capital to her Department in 2021 including any capital carried forward from 2020; the amount of this spent to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37030/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Éamon Ó Cuív

161. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the consideration given to accepting a test to detect Covid-19 (details supplied) instead of standard PCR tests for the purposes of travel into and out of the country; the discussions that have taken place a EU level and with the airlines in relation to this matter in view of the imminent introduction of the digital certificate for travelling in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30470/21]

Direct Provision System

Éamon Ó Cuív

58. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons admitted to direct provision since January 2020; the number who left direct provision in that time; the arrangements being made to provide independent living units for all these residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35624/21]

International Protection

Éamon Ó Cuív

68. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the accommodation arrangements made for applicants for international protection in Galway city and county who are working as front-line workers during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35625/21]

Vacant Properties

Éamon Ó Cuív

237. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he plans to take to reduce the large number of vacant houses that could be put to use to house persons in need of housing; when the effects of these steps will be seen on the ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36191/21]

Schools Building Projects

Éamon Ó Cuív

298. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the progress made to date in providing permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the urgency of this project in view of the inadequate accommodation available at present to accommodate the numbers seeking to attend this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36049/21]

Educational Disadvantage

Éamon Ó Cuív

302. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when the review of the DEIS scheme commenced; the progress made to date with this review; when decisions will be made on the future of this scheme; if other schools will be admitted to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36114/21]

School Accommodation

Éamon Ó Cuív

303. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on an application by a school (details supplied) for extra school accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36115/21]

School Transport

Éamon Ó Cuív

311. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the reason that Catholic schools are not considered to have the same ethos as educate together schools at the primary school level and are considered to have the same ethos at the post-primary school level for the purposes of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36224/21]

Employment Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

352. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection when it is planned to look for tenders for a national employment service; the remit this service will have; the body providing the services at present that will be provided by the successful tenderer; if this tender will provide totally new services not being provided at present by the State, directly or indirectly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36048/21]

Registration of Title

Éamon Ó Cuív

610. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for conversion of possessory title to absolute submitted by legal representatives on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Galway to the records branch of his Department in Cavan will be dealt with in view of the urgent need for the processing of this application to be finalised as it is impacting on the sale of a house; the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36533/21]

Departmental Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

618. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will extend the pilot mountain access scheme to new areas in view of the fact that the original pilot areas were selected over ten years ago and that at time it was intended to extend the scheme to all mountain areas interested in it within a small number of years; the method by which new areas would be selected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36184/21]

Departmental Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

619. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to open up a new module under the community services programme for applications from rural areas of low employment and falling population to try assist the redevelopment of these areas particularly on the tourist front; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36189/21]

Departmental Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

620. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to open up a new module under the community services programme for applications from rural areas of high unemployment, drugs misuse and deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36190/21]

Oideachas trí Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

20. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais céard é an próiséas ar faoi a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir leis an moladh atá ann dhá shonraíocht éagsúla T1 agus T2 a bheith ann do shiollabas Ghaeilge na hArdteistiméireachta; cén uair a dhéanfar an cinneadh sin; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [34176/21]

Education Policy

Éamon Ó Cuív

96. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the number of primary schools in the State that had only one classroom teacher, that is, the principal of the school during the school year 2020-2021; if she plans adopting a policy that all schools no matter their size will have two classroom teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34175/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Éamon Ó Cuív

144. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans changing the system in which there is a euro per euro deduction in relation to payments of jobseeker’s allowance for those with self-employment outside of farming and fishing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34174/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Éamon Ó Cuív

164. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of claimants on the pandemic unemployment payment; the steps she plans taking to ensure that workers in the sectors of the economy that will be slowest to recover from the Covid-19 crisis are protected from a sudden change in the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34173/21]

Energy Policy

Éamon Ó Cuív

193. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if it is planned to provide incentives such as low-interest loans or other incentives to businesses to encourage them to invest in the offshore renewable energy business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35763/21]

Taxi Licences

Éamon Ó Cuív

202. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to amend the law to allow taxi drivers have licensed taxi vehicles that are up to 12 years old in view of the financial difficulties caused by the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35756/21]

Planning Issues

Éamon Ó Cuív

215. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the assessment on the imperative reasons of overriding public interest planning for Galway Port recommended by An Bord Pleanála to him and referred by him to the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media as part of a statutory process for consideration and recommendation will be completed and a response issued to his Department.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35605/21]

Rights of Way

Éamon Ó Cuív

216. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to extend the period of time by which all rights of way must be registered given the disruption caused by Covid-19; if so, when the relevant provision will be made for this; the extension he proposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35761/21]

Direct Provision System

Éamon Ó Cuív

327. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in direct provision; the number of these living in independent living units with facilities to cook their own food; if an open and fair complaints procedure has been put in place; the other reforms carried out to the system in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35755/21]

International Protection

Éamon Ó Cuív

328. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the accommodation arrangements made for applicants for international protection in County Galway who are working as front-line workers during the Covid-19 pandemic; if he is satisfied that this accommodation is suitable to them taking into account the work they are doing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35764/21]

Prison Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

355. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice when she plans to publish the three-day monitoring report on operations in the Dóchas centre submitted to her office in August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35758/21]

Prison Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

356. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the status of the investigation report under section 31(2) of the Prisons Act 2007 that was due to be submitted to her by the Office of the Prison Inspectorate in December 2020; if she has received this report yet; if so, when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35759/21]

Prison Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

357. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the number of Covid-19 thematic reports received by her office from the Inspector of Prisons; the date she received them; if she intends plans to publish them; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35760/21]