Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Fishing Industry

Éamon Ó Cuív

1179. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Brexit has brought about changes in the Voisinage fishing arrangement that existed up to now between Ireland and Northern Ireland; the details of these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1569/21]

Forbairt Calaí agus Céanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

1197. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail cén uair atá sé i gceist aici go mbeidh deis ag ionadaithe ó Phobal Inis Meáin scrúdu a dhéanamh ar an obair atá déanta ar riachtanais na hoibre ar Ché an Chalaidh Mhóir in Inis Meáin ag comhairleoirí i gCorcaigh, cibé acu go fisiciúil nó go fíorúil, de bharr na práinne a bhaineann le dul ar aghaidh le hobair phleanála ar an gCé seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [1368/21]

Forbairt Calaí agus Céanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

1198. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail cén dul chun cinn atá déanta go dtí seo maidir le forbairt na cé in Inis Oírr; an bhfuil cás gnó maidir leis an gcé curtha chuig an Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe agus, más amhlaidh go bhfuil, cathain a cuireadh ar aghaidh é; cad iad na staidéir a chaithfear a dhéanamh fós sula mbeidh tairiscintí á lorg don togra; cén staid ag a bhfuil na staidéir sin agus cén uair a mheastar go mbeidh siad ar fáil; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [1661/21]

Rural Recreation Policy

Éamon Ó Cuív

14. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the developments in the past year in rural recreation; the work carried out by Comhairle na Tuaithe in that period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43079/20]

CLÁR Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

82. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to develop and diversify the CLÁR programme in 2021 which focuses on the areas of highest population decrease since 1926; the measures approved under the CLÁR programme in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43080/20]

Industrial Relations

Éamon Ó Cuív

112. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the involvement of his Department in talks to try resolve the issue regarding a company (details supplied) and to ensure such occurrences do not happen again; if it is intended to implement the Duffy-Cahill report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43082/20]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Éamon Ó Cuív

151. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding made available from his Department in 2020 to Údarás na Gaeltachta; the programmes involved in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43081/20]

Bus Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

279. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport the discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on providing assistance to the bus and coach industry particularly companies that provide tourist coach services; the results of these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44353/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Éamon Ó Cuív

280. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport the support that has been made available since the foreign tourism industry virtually closed down in March 2020 to support the chauffeur drive and limousine industry; if further supports are planned in view of the large overheads in terms of borrowing many in the industry face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44354/20]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Éamon Ó Cuív

296. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance if persons who import motor vehicles before the end of 2020 will pay the pre-1 January 2021 rates of Vehicle Registration Tax, VRT, and be exempt from VAT and customs duty, in the case of a hybrid car will get the current VRT relief that ends on 31 December 2020, in the event that none of the National Car Testing centres that operate registration on behalf of the Road Safety Authority and the State cannot give an appointment before 31 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44338/20]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Éamon Ó Cuív

298. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance if there is a reciprocal arrangement with the UK authorities for the transfer from them of the registration book of a second-hand car to this jurisdiction in cases in which the book is held by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea, as this is needed to register a car here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44357/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Éamon Ó Cuív

299. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the reason public houses that serve food seasonally cannot continue to avail of the Covid restrictions support scheme if they choose not to open for the Christmas and the winter season in view of the unviability of opening such premises in many rural areas at this time of year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44359/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Éamon Ó Cuív

302. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance if the applications received for the Covid restrictions support scheme prior to the new guidelines for the scheme being issued in December 2020 will be assessed on the guidelines in place at the time of application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44403/20]

Departmental Offices

Éamon Ó Cuív

310. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the use being made of a building (details supplied); if it is planned to move further sections of his Department to this site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44355/20]

Home Loan Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

342. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to reduce the requirement to have 30% savings to qualify for a Rebuilding Ireland home loan as many persons find it difficult to save due to the excessive rents they have to pay; the number of loans approved to date by county and year; the number drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44349/20]

Foreshore Licences

Éamon Ó Cuív

343. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department received an application for a foreshore licence for coastal protection works between Blackrock and Silverstrand in Galway city; if so, the status of this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44360/20]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

344. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if discussions have taken place between Galway County Council and the NPWS in relation to the method statements that are required to be agreed with the NPWS as part of the planning conditions for the upgrade of the N59 road from Oughterard to Bunakill; the progress made in agreeing method statements to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44392/20]

School Enrolments

Éamon Ó Cuív

385. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education if she plans to increase the number of students at a college (details supplied) that will be permitted to be admitted into first year in September 2021 to accommodate all students in the catchment area who wish to attend it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44330/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Éamon Ó Cuív

387. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the reason special needs assistants only get three days of compassionate leave when a parent or other close relatives dies and other staff such a teachers get five days; her plans to address this inequality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44340/20]

Scéim na nOibreacha Samhraidh

Éamon Ó Cuív

389. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais an bhfuil aon deontas nó cúnamh ar fáil ón a Roinn le láthair súgartha riachtanach a fhorbairt ag scoil (sonraí tugtha), go mór do na scoláirí atá faoi mhíchumas, is scoil a bhfuil leathnú mór agus feabhas á chur uirthi; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44361/20]

Carer's Allowance

Éamon Ó Cuív

420. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44185/20]

Local Employment Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

428. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to ensure there is delivery of a local employment service in County Galway by a company located in County Galway; when tenders will issue for such a service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44341/20]

Parental Leave

Éamon Ó Cuív

447. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of parental leave available to parents of children at the moment; if it is planned to increase the amount of parental leave granted to parents of children under 13 years of age to enable them to strike the correct work life balance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44329/20]

Third Level Staff

Éamon Ó Cuív

463. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if former members of the Defence Forces who are currently in receipt of a Defence Forces pension and working in the institutes of technology will be subject to abatement of their pensions if they receive a promotion after the formation of the technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44358/20]

Prison Inspections

Éamon Ó Cuív

478. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice if she has received prison inspection reports from the Inspector of Prisons in 2020; if so, the prisons the reports related to; the month the report was received in each case; the planned timeline for publishing these reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44362/20]

Prison Staff

Éamon Ó Cuív

479. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice her plans to publish the reports received by her Department from prison chaplains in 2020; her plans to publish an annual report on such reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44363/20]

Disability Services Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

576. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a grant application by an organisation (details supplied) will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44350/20]

Forestry Sector

Éamon Ó Cuív

635. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in resolving the issue on licensing timber felling and forestry roads, which is vital for the efficient working of timber mills here; the details of the increase of raw materials that have been licensed as a result during the past two months; the number of forestry roads that have been licensed; the further steps he plans taking on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44328/20]

Fisheries Protection

Éamon Ó Cuív

636. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that pelagic mid-water pair trawling in boats of over 10 m is prohibited within 10 km of the coast in order to protect the inshore fishing fleet while allowing mid-sized boats that traditionally fished for species such as prawns and that do not have a capacity for fishing far offshore to continue fishing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44339/20]

Aquaculture Licences

Éamon Ó Cuív

637. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average waiting time for decisions on aquaculture licensing appeals to the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board; if he plans to provide additional staff to the board; his plans to amend legislation or take other steps to assist the board reducing the time delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44351/20]

Departmental Bodies

Éamon Ó Cuív

638. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to digitise the records of the Land Commission and make them available to the public and to scholars electronically in view of the 100th anniversary of the Land Commission in 2023 and the historical importance of the documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44356/20]

Basic Payment Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

360. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there was an overclaim assessed against a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway in either 2018, 2019 or 2020; if he will provides details of the overclaim assessed and the penalty applied; the amount of this that has been recouped to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43732/20]

Science Foundation Ireland

Éamon Ó Cuív

59. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the priorities of his Department in relation to scientific research funded by Science Foundation Ireland; the emphasis in this strategy on blue skies research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41109/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Éamon Ó Cuív

121. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the increase in the income limits that have taken place in relation to the means testing of the SUSI grants since 2010; the increase in the average income during that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41110/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Éamon Ó Cuív

406. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason students are unable to claim the normal holiday allowance from SUSI when applying for the student grant scheme if they were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment during the Easter, summer and Christmas 2020 holiday periods , given it is a payment in lieu of working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42978/20]

Prison Visiting Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

12. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the arrangements which have been made for personal visits by families to prisoners at Christmas due to the Covid 19 crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41112/20]

Garda Recruitment

Éamon Ó Cuív

71. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice when the last Garda recruitment campaign was held; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41111/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Éamon Ó Cuív

87. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of persons involved in testing and tracing as part of the Covid-19 response who transferred to that work from elsewhere in the health service; the work from which they were transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41113/20]

Cross-Border Health Initiatives

Éamon Ó Cuív

141. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to ensure that services now provided under the cross-border directive in Northern Ireland to persons living here will continue to be available for reimbursement here after 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41114/20]

Transport Infrastructure Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

223. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport if local authorities can apply for funding out of the fund announced on 4 December 2020 of €50 million for investment in walking and cycling projects for areas outside of towns and villages in which an estimated 30% of the population live (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42727/20]

Local Authority Staff

Éamon Ó Cuív

270. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the position of CEO will be advertised for Galway County Council in view of the length of time that has elapsed since the last CEO left the Council and an acting CEO was appointed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42726/20]

Probate Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

352. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice when a de bonis non grant for the estate of a person (details supplied) will issue from the Probate Office in order that the title on the property change be changed from leasehold to freehold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42647/20]

Carer's Allowance

Éamon Ó Cuív

147. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42219/20]

Common Agricultural Policy

Éamon Ó Cuív

40. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in agreeing transitional arrangements for the CAP for 2021 and 2021 or until a new CAP is agreed and implemented for the period 2021 to 2027; the progress made on the negotiations on the CAP for these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41610/20]

Brexit Issues

Éamon Ó Cuív

64. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the input he has had into negotiations in relation to Brexit pertaining to the Common Fisheries Policy and the likelihood of concessions by the EU to the UK in relation to this matter; if there is an outcome that reduces the Irish fishing quota significantly, he will press for Ireland to be given a bigger share of EU remaining fishing quota in line with its share of remaining EU fishing waters and fish stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41609/20]

Trading Online Voucher Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

119. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 26 November 2020, if the flexibility under the trading online voucher scheme regarding the offering of an extension to the four-month deadline for drawdown by the local enterprise offices also applies in the Gaeltacht to Údarás na Gaeltachta; if it is intended to make further funds available to Údarás na Gaeltachta for the approval of further applications under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41926/20]

Sports Events

Éamon Ó Cuív

259. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she plans to take to request that World Athletics give a derogation to Ireland from the political boundary rule of 1934 in order to ensure that athletes from Northern Ireland could compete in European Championships and World Championships for either Ireland or the UK which would be in line with the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement and in turn bring World Athletics in line with the International Olympic Committee that recognises Ireland as the island of Ireland for the Olympic Games. [41889/20]

Renewable Energy Generation

Éamon Ó Cuív

297. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when it is planned to provide planning permission exemptions for the installation of solar photovoltaic rooftop panels on community school and community buildings as well as amending the regulations pertaining to same on houses and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42098/20]

Passport Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

308. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason for the delay at present in posting passports that were applied for online from the time they are printed; the action he plans taking to ensure online passports are posted the same day or the day after they are printed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41888/20]

School Staff

Éamon Ó Cuív

358. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education if she will consider for the school year 2021-2022 allocating nine posts under the small schools allocation in view of the fact that there are nine small secondary schools under the aegis of the GRETB in counties Galway and Roscommon and only four full-time extra equivalent teachers are given to the GRETB particularly as there are three island schools and six Gaeltacht schools included in these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41927/20]