Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Cóiríocht Scoile

Éamon Ó Cuív

239. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén deontas atá ceadaithe do Choláiste Chonnacht le hathchóiriú a dhéanamh ar a shealúchas; cé na coinníollacha a bhaineann leis an gceadú sin maidir le hiontaobhaithe; cé na coinníollacha a bhaineann le híocaíochtaí tréimhsiúla nó páirt-íocaíochtaí den deontas a íoc; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [40568/17]

Ulster Canal Restoration Project

Éamon Ó Cuív

249. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the re-opening of the Ulster Canal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40695/17]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

520. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a carer's allowance application submitted by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on this application, in view of the fact that the application has been lodged since May 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40618/17]

EU Budgets

Éamon Ó Cuív

72. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the payments by the Exchequer to the European Union in each of the years since 1973 and to date in 2017; the receipts by the exchequer from the European Union for each of the years in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40025/17]

Departmental Budgets

Éamon Ó Cuív

76. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to issue a further Revised Estimates volume in view of the setting up of the new Department of Rural and Community Development; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40023/17]

School Transport Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

81. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for school transport under the provisions for children with special needs, disability and health conditions submitted to his Department for a person (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40017/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Éamon Ó Cuív

128. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of capital expenditure carried over from 2016 to 2017; the amount of this spent to date by subheading; if she is satisfied that all of this money will be spent by the end of 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40018/17]

Maoiniú Chraoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí

Éamon Ó Cuív

189. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cumarsáide, Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaoil an bhfuil iarratas déanta ag TG4 ar mhéadú ar an maoiniú a fhaigheann siad ón roinn don bhliain 2018; má tá, cad é an méid airgid atá iarrtha agus cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar an iarratas; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [40006/17]

Maoiniú Chraoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí

Éamon Ó Cuív

190. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cumarsáide, Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaoil cén sciar den cheadúnas teilifíse a thugtar do RTÉ, do TG4 agus don Chiste Craolacháin faoi seach; cén bunús ar a ndéantar an t-airgead sin a roinnt; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [40007/17]

Departmental Budgets

Éamon Ó Cuív

199. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of capital allocated to his Department for 2017 at its creation; the amount of this spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40019/17]

Leader Programmes Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

200. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure on projects under the LEADER programme in each of the years 2014 to 2020 as of 31 August 2017; the approvals for projects to the same day, by LAG; the steps being taken to expedite expenditure under the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40020/17]

Leader Programmes Expenditure

Éamon Ó Cuív

201. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure that had been incurred under the LEADER programme in each of the years 2007 to 2013 and as of 31 August 2010; the value of projects that had been approved under this programme at this date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40021/17]

Departmental Programmes

Éamon Ó Cuív

202. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation of funding for 2017 under the CLÁR scheme, the REDZ scheme and the town and village renewal scheme respectively; the amount spent under each scheme to date in 2017; the value of the approved projects on which no funding has been claimed to date, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40022/17]

Local Authority Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

203. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount prepaid to local authorities at the end of 2016 for rural development purposes; the schemes under which it was allocated, by local authority; the amount of the funding which has been spent by each local authority on each scheme to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40026/17]

Vehicle Registration Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

244. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of cars currently taxed which were registered in each of the years since 2000 to July 2008; the number of non-vintage cars registered before 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40024/17]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

223. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was not offered a school place in Galway city and has to travel every day to school in Athenry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39238/17]

Apprenticeship Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

224. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices in block laying, plastering and bricklaying that commenced their apprenticeships in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39239/17]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

268. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date in the consideration of a project to approve funding for a replacement school (details supplied); when the next step of the process will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39842/17]

Institutes of Technology Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

269. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be approved for a new science and engineering building in Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39844/17]

Cóiríocht Scoile

Éamon Ó Cuív

270. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén uair a cheadófar maoiniú chun athchóiriú a dhéanamh ar scoile (sonraí tugtha) agus chun síneadh a chur léi, chomh maith le cóiríocht shealadach a chur ar fáil fad is a bheidh an obair ar bun; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [39846/17]

Scéim na mBóithre Pobail

Éamon Ó Cuív

368. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil iarratas faighte ag a Roinn ó Chomhairle Contae na Gaillimhe maidir le hairgead a chur ar fáil d’uasghrádu bóthair (sonraí tugtha); cén rannóg atá ag plé leis an iarratas sa Roinn; cén dul chun cinn atá déanta go dtí seo maidir leis an iarratas a bhreithniú; cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar an iarratas; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [39847/17]

Aquaculture Licence Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

558. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for an aquaculture licence by a person (details supplied) will be approved; the progress made with the application to date; if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has been consulted on the matter; the remaining steps left in the process of approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39843/17]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

678. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has received an application for funding to upgrade a road (details supplied); the scheme under which this application is being considered; the progress made to date in considering the application; when it is expected that a decision will be made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39845/17]

Property Tax Administration

Éamon Ó Cuív

758. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the position that would arise if a local authority were not to notify his Department by the designated date of its decision in respect of the local property tax for the following year; the process that would be followed by his Department in such a circumstance to notify the Revenue Commissioners of the LPT from that local authority for the following year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39237/17]

Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

339. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén fáth nach bhfuil cead á thabhairt do scoil (sonraí tugtha) naíonra a thógáil ar thalamh na scoile cé gurb amhlaidh gur tugadh cead don scoil in 2014 cead pleanála a lorg do naíonra ar thalamh na scoile agus go bhfuarthas an cead sin in 2016, ag féachaint go háirithe don leas a dhéantar d’iompar teanga gasúr i nGaelscoileanna nuair a bhíonn naíonra ceangailte leis an nGaelscoil; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [37504/17]

Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

340. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cad é an líon Gaelscoileanna a raibh cead pleanála faighte acu do naíonraí ach a bhfuil an cead sin coinnithe siar anois orthu de bharr an athbhreithnithe atá á dhéanamh ag an Aire ar an mbeartas maidir le cead a thabhairt do Ghaelscoileanna naíonraí a thógáil ar a gcuid tailte; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [37505/17]

Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

341. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén uair a chríochnófar an t-athbhreithniú ar an mbeartas maidir le cead a thabhairt do Ghaelscoileanna naíonraí a thógáil ar thailte a gcuid scoileanna; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [37506/17]

Prisoner Transfers

Éamon Ó Cuív

598. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful applications under the transfer of prisoners legislation for persons wishing to transfer from prisons abroad or in Northern Ireland to this jurisdiction in each of the years since its inception to 2014; the number of applications received since 2014 which have not been processed due to the Supreme Court decision of 2014; the reason for the delay in amending the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37562/17]

Road Improvement Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

701. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress made to date in 2017 on agreeing method statements with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and Galway County Council for the upgrading of the N59 road between Maam Cross and Oughterard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37465/17]

Tionscadail Oidhreachta

Éamon Ó Cuív

704. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil céimeanna glactha ag a Roinn i gcomhar le Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe chun caomhnú agus cothabháil a dhéanamh ar shéadchomhartha náisiúnta (sonraí tugtha) agus an damáiste a rinne na stoirmeacha in 2014 á chur san áireamh; cén plé a rinneadh leis an bpobal áitiúil faoin gceist; má tá céimeanna glactha chun é a chaomhnú, céard iad féin; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [37683/17]

Tionscadail Oidhreachta

Éamon Ó Cuív

705. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén uair a chuirfear freagra substaintiúil ar chomhfhreagras a chuir duine i mo dháilcheantar chuici (sonraí tugtha); cén fáth a bhfuil moill ar an bhfreagra. [37684/17]

Hospital Equipment

Éamon Ó Cuív

837. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a second MRI scanner will be provided at University Hospital Galway; the reason for the delay in providing the scanner (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37044/17]

Ambulance Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

984. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the hospitals in the Saolta group are hiring private ambulances for after hours patient transfer call outs rather than using the available national ambulance service ambulances; the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37502/17]

Ambulance Service Staff

Éamon Ó Cuív

985. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason intermediate care operatives in the national ambulance service are not paid double time for overtime, which other health staff receive, and are not entitled to long-service increments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37503/17]

Disability Support Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

1069. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure further resources for respite care for persons with autism or intellectual disabilities in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37754/17]

Respite Care Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

1070. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the steps he will take to ensure continuing respite services for school leavers with autism or intellectual disabilities who often have very reduced services available once they leave school, although their needs stay the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37755/17]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Éamon Ó Cuív

1312. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times his Department has appealed decisions of the independent agricultural appeals office in 2016 and to date in 2017; the reasons for such appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37499/17]

Animal Disease Controls

Éamon Ó Cuív

1324. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps taken to eliminate hoof wall separation disease in Connemara ponies; the reason testing has not been made mandatory for all ponies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37880/17]

Mountain Rescue Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

1545. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount allocated to mountain rescue for expenses by his Department in each of the past ten years; the mountain rescue teams to which this was allocated broken down by team; the policy of his Department on providing adequate funding for overhead costs to all mountain rescue teams into the future; his plans to seek the transfer of responsibility for mountain rescue to the Department of Rural and Community Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37467/17]

CLÁR Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

1721. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of money paid by his Department for town and village renewal and under the CLÁR programme. respectively, by county, towards the close of 2016 for work to be done in 2017; the amount of expenditure that has been incurred to date in each county in respect of the money allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37286/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Éamon Ó Cuív

1722. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to ensure the full spend of all funding provided to his Department for 2017 including carry-over of capital from 2016 and prepayments to local authorities made in 2016 or 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37288/17]

CLÁR Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

1723. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the further schemes he plans on rolling out under the CLÁR scheme in 2017; if this will include a local improvement scheme element; if so, whether there will be co-funding from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport for such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37289/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Éamon Ó Cuív

1724. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to ensure the full spend of funds transferred to his Department in 2017 under transfer of functions orders including the completion of works for which funding was prepaid to local authorities in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37290/17]

Departmental Functions

Éamon Ó Cuív

1725. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the functions transferred to his Department from the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and other Departments since the passing of the legislation enabling the setting up of his Department; the funding that has been transferred to date to his department; the number, grade and location of all staff working for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37291/17]

Departmental Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

1730. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the location of the headquarters of his Department; the number of civil servants based there; the number of civil servants based in each other location that his Department has an office; the town each one of these offices is located in; the reason that the headquarters of his Department are not located in a rural area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37869/17]

Community Services Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

1820. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to accept applications for new projects under the community service programme in 2017; when she plans to put out a call for new projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37466/17]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

1966. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason income from the rural social scheme is not included as income in calculating reckonable income under the tenant purchase scheme 2016 in view of the fact that persons in the rural social scheme are allowed remain on the scheme until retirement age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37249/17]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

1967. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of houses purchased under the tenant purchase scheme in 2016 and to date in 2017 by local authority; the reason for the low uptake of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37250/17]

Housing Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

1990. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of houses built in each year since 2000, broken down by county and including the first half of 2017; the estimated deficit of housing in each county to date in 2017; the steps taken since 2011 to address this shortage of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37501/17]

Office of Public Works Projects

Éamon Ó Cuív

240. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when printable maps of the streams and rivers which are the responsibility of the Office of Public Works for drainage purposes will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36025/17]