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Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 May 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Gabhaim chuile rath ar gach duine a bheidh ag glacadh páirte sa toghchán. Gabhaim buíochas don Teach as ucht na cúirtéise ar fad a taispeánadh dom le cúig bliana anuas. I thank the House for all the courtesy shown over the past five years. The Official Languages Act was the first legislation I introduced in this House and the last Bill I brought before the Houses was initiated in...

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (1 May 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Cúis áthais dom an deis seo a fháil chun an Bille um Ghnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta (Forálacha Ilghnéitheacha) 2007 a chur i bhur láthair. Is é bunchuspóir an Bhille ná bonn comhtháite reachtúil a chinntiú don raon leathan feidhmeanna agus dualgas a thagann faoi mo choimirce mar Aire Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta. Dá réir sin, féachann an Bille le...

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (1 May 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Senator. The Bill provides in section 3 for the inclusion in the Third Schedule in the Freedom of Information Act 1997 of section 18 of the Western Development Commission Act 1998. The effect is that this provision, which relates to a prohibition on the unauthorised disclosure of confidential information, can no longer be cited as grounds for refusing access to records sought...

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (1 May 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Níl mé chun dul isteach go mion i ngach rud atá ráite. The Senators probably would have guessed that, no more than themselves, although perhaps I am the exception here, it was not most convenient for me personally to come here today, but I felt an obligation to the Seanad. This was published as a Seanad Bill. When we published it and when it was ordered for today, it was done in the...

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (1 May 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That could be true. I was here before. I am philosophical about politics and if I lose my seat, I might wind up here again.

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (1 May 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On the other issues raised, I thank the Senators for their support for the Bill. Arramara Teoranta was a State body. It amazes me why, when set up as a multipurpose development agency, Údarás — or Gaeltarra Éireann before it — was not automatically given the shares and told to get on with the job. In Arramara Teoranta we had a 1950s industry being run in a 1950s style for processing...

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Second Stage. (1 May 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We will see what we can do.

Seanad: Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2007: Committee and Remaining Stages (1 May 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In respect of amendment No. 1, which is proposed by the Senator in regard to section 2, I have taken legal advice on the matter from the Attorney General. In this regard, Parliamentary Counsel provided an amended draft text to address the concerns of the Senators. As reflected in amendment No. 2, I propose to amend the Bill as follows, to delete "under paragraphs (a) to (e)" and substitute...

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (26 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I believe there is a need in rural Ireland for an evening transport service to allow rural people to fully participate in the various activities — community, sporting and social — which take place in their areas and to address the market failure that currently exists. What I have in mind is that the new scheme will be additional to the existing Rural Transport Programme (RTP), run by the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I understand from Údarás na Gaeltachta that, as the activity for which the grant in question was sought involved commercial fishing, assistance could not be provided because of the rules governing State Aid.

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (26 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I refer the Deputy to my previous replies to Questions Nos. 682, 683 and 689 on 24 April 2007 on this issue.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (25 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is no measure under the CLÁR Programme to provide for the transport of people with urgent hospital appointments who have no means of transport. CLÁR provides funding for capital projects only and not for day-to-day operational matters. My Department is currently holding discussions with the Health Service Executive (HSE) regarding the implementation of the next round of CLÁR's...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (25 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Further to previous replies to the Deputy in relation to this matter, my Department has not received an application for funding for this pier. However, I understand that officials in Mayo County Council have indicated that an application for funding has been made to the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources since January 2007.

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 46, 48, 49, 673 and 697 together. As the Deputies will be aware, in many rural areas, there are no public transport services at night. While there are, in the more developed rural areas, either hackney or taxi services, these are totally at the discretion of the providers of these services and do not provide a guaranteed service to rural people. I believe,...

Written Answers — Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla: Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tuigim ó Fhoras na Gaeilge gur ceapadh Bainisteoir Tionscadail i mí Feabhra agus go bhfuiltear ag obair go dícheallach ó shin chun an próiseas tairisceana do Chéim a Dó den tionscadal foclóra, mar aon leis na socruithe gaolmhara eile is gá a dhéanamh, a chur chun cinn. Chomh maith leis sin, tuigim go mbeidh post mar Eagarthóir Foclóireachta á fhógairt i gceann cúpla seachtain....

Written Answers — Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 52 agus 720 le chéile. Tá 50 scéim teanga, a chlúdaíonn 78 comhlacht poiblí — mo Roinn féin ina measc — daingnithe agam anois agus iad foilsithe. Tá gach ceann de na scéimeanna sin ar fáil ar shuíomh idirlín an Choimisinéir Teanga, www.coimisineir.ie. Lena chois sin, tá 68 dréacht-scéim eile, a chlúdaíonn 126 comhlacht poiblí, á...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 53, 75 and 696 together. As I have previously indicated in response to similar questions in this House, a wide range of policies and initiatives in relation to the Irish language have been put in place in recent years. These initiatives include: The enactment of the Official Languages Act in 2003, with all provisions of the Act in operation since 14 July...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In September 2005 I announced that a new fund would be made available from my Department to promote the teaching of Irish at third level overseas. Funding of €1 million over a 3-year period from Ciste na Gaeilge was allocated to this scheme. Since the beginning of this scheme, grants have been approved for the following institutions and programmes: Daltaí na Gaeilge, Washington, USA...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 62 together. Under the CLÁR Programme, Group Water Schemes are selected by the Local Authority on foot of applications received from local groups. Applications are then forwarded to my Department if the cost of the scheme is such that additional funding is required. The CLÁR Section of my Department, on a case-by-case basis, refers schemes to the...

Written Answers — An Teanga Ghaeilge: An Teanga Ghaeilge (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar is eol don Teachta, tá an Coimisinéir Teanga neamhspleách i gcomhlíonadh a chuid feidhmeanna agus ní bheadh sé cóir go mbeadh plé idir an Aire agus an Coimisinéir maidir le hábhar a bheadh beartaithe ag an gCoimisinéir le haghaidh a Thuarascáil Bhliantúil. Tá dualgas reachtúil ar an gCoimisinéir, de réir alt 30 d'Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, a Thuarascáil...