Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Island Communities

Éamon Ó Cuív

739. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the deep dissatisfaction on Clare Island in relation to the proposed ferry contract both in regard to the level of service proposed and the scoring system proposed for the tender competition; if she is willing to meet a delegation from the island as a matter of urgency to discuss this matter and if necessary subsequently to re-tender the contract; if not, if she will to make arrangements for senior officials to meet the islanders instead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26284/21]

Island Communities

Éamon Ó Cuív

740. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to visit Clare Island in the near future to see at first hand the challenges facing the island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26285/21]

Island Communities

Éamon Ó Cuív

741. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is planned to build an all-weather pier at Roonagh pier which acts as a mainland port for ferries to islands off the coast in view of the number of sailings each year that cannot land at the pier; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26286/21]

Island Communities

Éamon Ó Cuív

742. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the daily number of Department contracted sailings to islands (details supplied); the reason for the differences in the frequency of services to different islands and the factors used to arrive at this frequency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26287/21]

Defence Forces

Éamon Ó Cuív

13. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Defence the progress made to date in resolving the low pay issue in the Defence Forces which is making it difficult to retain personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24962/21]

Oideachas trí Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

123. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais cén dearcadh atá aici faoin moladh go mbeidh dhá chúrsa Gaeilge ann don Ard-Teist, T1 agus T2, agus go mbeidh T1 níos iomláine agus níos dúshlánaí ná T2 ach nach mbeidh aon mharcanna bónais as T1 a dhéanamh ná aon bhuntáiste; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [24964/21]

Oideachas trí Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

142. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais an bhfuil sé i gceist aici beartas don oideachas trí Ghaeilge, taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht, a fhoilsiú; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [24965/21]

Ambulance Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

449. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when the report promised by the National Ambulance Service at a virtual meeting with public representatives recently into the optimum location for a further ambulance deployment base in Connemara, County Galway and the type of base that would be required will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25374/21]

Ports Policy

Éamon Ó Cuív

72. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport if it is planned to restore the status of Galway as a national port for the purposes of accessing national and EU funds to develop the port in view of the recommendation by an Bord Pleanála to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to grant imperative reasons of overriding public importance planning permission for the construction by a company (details supplied) of a new port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24809/21]

Ports Policy

Éamon Ó Cuív

73. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to nominate Galway port for inclusion by the EU as a Ten-T port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24810/21]

Schools Building Projects

Éamon Ó Cuív

163. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on an application made by a school under the summer works programme 2016 for improved and safer outdoor playground areas at a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay with the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24957/21]

Parole Boards

Éamon Ó Cuív

206. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the number of recommendations of the Parole Board that have been sent to her Department for decision that have not yet been decided; the delay between receipt of recommendations from the Parole Board and decisions; the number of cases in which this delay is more than a month; the reason for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24948/21]

Hospital Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

237. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of patients at present in Clifden Hospital, County Galway; the present capacity of the hospital; the short-term plans to increase this capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24826/21]

Vaccination Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

238. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide a Covid-19 vaccination clinic in a central location in Connemara, County Galway in view of the difficulty for many persons that live up to a 100 km from Galway getting to the east of the city and the lack of a comprehensive bus service in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24827/21]

Hospital Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

239. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when he plans to provide a new nursing home in Clifden, Connemara, County Galway to replace both St. Anne's long-term care unit and Clifden Hospital; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24828/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Éamon Ó Cuív

265. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason front-line workers who are applicants for international protection in County Galway have been moved from self-catering accommodation to single hotel rooms with no individual catering facilities; the steps it is proposed to take to address this issue and find suitable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24947/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Éamon Ó Cuív

300. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have entitlements of value of 0 to €100, €100 to €200, €200 to €300, €300 to €400 and above €400, respectively; the average stocking density by the same intervals except for tillage farmers; if, in the forthcoming Common Agricultural Policy, there will be convergence of the rates of entitlements that are based on events that happened in 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24949/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Éamon Ó Cuív

131. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided by the State for the Covid-19 loan guarantee scheme operated though the banks; the number of loans approved to date; the amount guaranteed by the State to date; the money drawn under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23764/21]

Renewable Energy Generation

Éamon Ó Cuív

145. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the criteria that apply for a partner to be considered a local community partner for the purposes of the renewable electricity support scheme; if he plans amending these conditions to ensure that a majority of the household directly affected by the development accept them as a local partner and that their direct area of operation covers the area that will be affected by the wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23766/21]

Driver Licences

Éamon Ó Cuív

200. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport if the period of validity of learner driver permits will be extended in view of the fact that driver tests have been deferred during lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24404/21]

Banking Sector

Éamon Ó Cuív

226. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the discussions that have taken place between him or his officials with a bank (details supplied) in relation to its planned exit from operations here; the timescale for same; if the bank has outlined its plans in relation to human resource issues or the disposal of the loan book to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23770/21]

Banking Sector

Éamon Ó Cuív

227. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance if he has raised the issue with either a bank (details supplied) or the Central Bank regarding the position of mortgage holders that have a special discount on their mortgages due to the fact they also have their current account with the bank in the event of the loan book and current account operations of the bank being sold to different bidders; if the normal assurances that the terms of such mortgages would be protected in reality in such a scenario; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23771/21]

Planning Issues

Éamon Ó Cuív

274. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the process that will be followed by her Department in assessing the recommendation to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage by An Bord Pleanála of 24 March 2021 under the provisions of section 37E of the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended in relation to consent under the Imperative Reasons of Overriding Public Interest provision for planning for Galway harbour extension, Galway, and which has been referred under section 177AB of the Planning and Development Act 2000 on 27 April 2021; her views on the recommendation; the likely timescale involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23757/21]

Foras na Gaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

275. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad uair le cúig bliana anuas ar chuir Foras na Gaeilge comhairle ar aon Aire Rialtais, nó ar aon Roinn Stáit nó ar chomhlacht reachtúil mar is ceadmhach faoin Acht bunaidh thuaidh agus theas; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [23763/21]

Maoiniú d’Fhoras na Gaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

276. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad airgead a cuireadh ar fáil sna meastacháin do 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 agus 2020 d’Fhoras na Gaeilge (sonraí tugtha); agus cé mhéad airgead a chaith an Foras i ngach bliain acu sin; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [23767/21]

School Accommodation

Éamon Ó Cuív

446. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on an urgent request for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23762/21]

Special Educational Needs

Éamon Ó Cuív

447. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken to ensure all post-primary schools have ASD classes to cater for persons who have a diagnosis of ASD; when it is hoped that universal coverage of schools will be achieved of ASD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23782/21]

Special Educational Needs

Éamon Ó Cuív

448. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the reason a student (details supplied) could only access a place in a school with an ASD class in the east of Galway city although he or she comes from the west of the city; the steps that will be taken immediately to deal with this issue and ensure a place will be available in a more adjacent school before September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23783/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Éamon Ó Cuív

937. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if the holding of sacramental community events such as Holy Communion and Confirmation will be permitted in June 2021; if so, the conditions that will be in place on holding them; if no decision has been made, when is it planned to make such a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24683/21]

Fishing Industry

Éamon Ó Cuív

952. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he or his Department have had with the European Commission, the Northern Ireland Executive, and the UK Government, formal and informal, to re-establish the voisinage arrangement for fishing rights between the two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland; the reason for the delay in re-establishing these rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23758/21]

Common Fisheries Policy

Éamon Ó Cuív

953. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the control plan under the Common Fisheries Policy has been removed; the discussions he has had with the vessel owners and processors regarding this change; the arrangement he plans making to ensure that all fish can now be weighed immediately on land in a food secure way at each and every landing place and pier; the reason non-quota species are included in this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23765/21]

LEADER Programmes

Éamon Ó Cuív

987. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a representative group (details supplied) is not included in the CAP consultative stakeholders committee given that Leader is an important and integral part of the CAP rural development package; if he will reconsider this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24420/21]

Departmental Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

1004. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next call will take place for applications under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24614/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Éamon Ó Cuív

250. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason nine hole golf courses were excluded by Fáilte Ireland from the support available to golf courses to assist them through the Covid-19 pandemic given that some of the most tourist reliant areas in the State have such courses which attract many tourists to them and in which in many cases the development of 18 hole golf courses was impossible due to Natura 2000 designations on neighbouring land and water; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22734/21]

Tenant Purchase Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

330. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to publish revised rules for the tenant purchase incremental scheme 2016; the reason for the delay with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23257/21]

Local Area Plans

Éamon Ó Cuív

331. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the consideration he has given to the difficulty faced by councillors faced with county and city plans, many of them running to thousands of pages including back-up documents, in dealing with them through virtual meetings within very tight timeframes; if he plans to take action to allow more time for them to consider these plans fully given that they will have a major bearing on the future of their local authority areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23258/21]

Health Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

516. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is repeatedly requested to provide information that has been fully provided as per their own request; the steps he will take to ensure this matter is resolved expeditiously to ensure that the HSE provide good and efficient service to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22656/21]

Harbours and Piers

Éamon Ó Cuív

49. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to provide a decision on a recommendation by An Bord Pleanála (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22481/21]

School Accommodation

Éamon Ó Cuív

61. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made in respect of an appeal against a decision to refuse sanction for an extension lodged by a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in making a decision on this appeal; if her attention has been drawn to the urgent need for an extension to the school in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22391/21]

Home School Community Liaison Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

69. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education her plans to approve an extra home school community liaison post to a school (details supplied) in view of the large number of pupils served by the present post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22480/21]

Occupational Injuries Benefit

Éamon Ó Cuív

79. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an occupational injury scheme application submitted by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22421/21]

Prison Inspections

Éamon Ó Cuív

97. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice her plans to publish the annual report of the Inspector of Prisons that was submitted to her Department on 16 March 2021; the reason for the delay in doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22479/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Éamon Ó Cuív

165. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to reopen the Covid-19 aquaculture support scheme in view of the continuing crisis due to Covid-19,which has seriously affected the aquaculture market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22482/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Éamon Ó Cuív

166. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide special extra support to the farmed oyster sector in 2021 in view of the effect of Covid-19 on the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22483/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Éamon Ó Cuív

74. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to introduce a scheme of Covid-19 related supports for tourist related businesses with a turnover of less than €50,000 on the islands and the mainland, similar to that introduced by her for businesses with a turnover of more than €50,0000; the reason they were excluded from the original scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21084/21]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Éamon Ó Cuív

84. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén uair a fhoilseofar reachtaíocht nua chun go mbeidh bord le baill tofa ag pobal na Gaeltachta uair amháin eile ag Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [21085/21]

Vaccination Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

936. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their vaccine against Covid-19; the reason for the delay in this vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21439/21]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Éamon Ó Cuív

59. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is planned to bring in new planning regulations in relation to wind turbines in view of the increasing height of these turbines and the issues of flicker and noise that also arise from them; when the most recent regulations came into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20987/21]

Alcohol Pricing

Éamon Ó Cuív

155. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the progress made in the past three months in relation to introducing minimum unit pricing for alcohol as provided for in legislation; the steps that have to be taken before this section of legislation can be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20988/21]

Legislative Reviews

Éamon Ó Cuív

183. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when terms of reference for the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 will be published; if a company or organisation has or will be commissioned in relation to the service user and service provider strands of the review; the name of the company if one has been chosen; the terms of reference it has been given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21082/21]