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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Spatial Strategy (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline his views on directing development primarily to a small number of regional cities and prioritising State resources to achieve this policy objective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2532/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to reverse the instruction to local authorities not to construct any further one-off local authority houses in the countryside on land provided at a nominal fee by the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2531/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta Data (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 180. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of Údarás na Gaeltachta supported jobs, on a county basis, at 1 January 2016 and at 31 December 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2457/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúram agus Oideachas na Luath-Óige (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 182. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici a chinntiú go mbeidh dóthain acmhainní ag na naíonraí beaga i gceantair Ghaeltachta atá ar bheagán daonra chun go leanfaidh siad ar aghaidh ag feidhmiú; cé na bearta a bhfuil sé i gceist aici iad a dhéanamh chun an méid sin a chur i...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 184. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the rural action plan from her Department will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2458/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider appointing an official from his Department or some independent person to carry out an investigation into the treatment by the HSE of a charity (details supplied) since 2008 and to report to him on their findings with a view to addressing the serious issues that have been raised by the charity; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that did not receive their 85% payment for 2015 to date under the GLAS scheme, broken down by county; the number in the GLAS scheme at 31 December 2016 broken down on the same basis; the reason for the delay in payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2374/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Census (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider basing the number of ewes on which payment can be claimed under the sheep welfare scheme 2017-2019 on the actual number of ewes held by farmers each year for the sheep census of the previous year up to a maximum of a hundred ewes or the number of ewes held in 2014, in order to assist small flock owners expand;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have applied for the TAMS 2 scheme 2014 to 2020; the number that have been approved under the TAMS 2 scheme 2014 to 2020; the value of these approvals; the number that had received payment under the scheme by 31 December 2016; the amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2379/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the State subsidy paid to Bus Éireann per capita of population served is five times less than that provided to Dublin Bus; the policy he has to address this issue and to ensure equality of treatment of all areas in the country in relation to public bus services; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take, including the increase of the State subsidy to Bus Éireann, to ensure that there is no deterioration in the services provided by this company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2362/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy he has in relation to the pricing of bus services throughout the country; if he will address the injustice whereby many rural bus customers are charged per kilometre much more on publicly subsidised routes than those availing of urban services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2363/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will develop a policy to ensure that wheelchair accessible taxis and private family vehicles for large families registered to carry more than seven passengers pay the same tolls as ordinary taxis and other private cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2364/17]

Tillage Farming: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Farmers lost money. It is a small number and it is easily identified. The Minister knows, from his area maps, exactly which people sold crops. It is easy to identify how much money these farmers have lost from their sales figures. We have become so careful that, when 300 people have a problem and a small number get money without which they could not survive, we worry more about the few...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have a general question. Has the Department any idea how many road projects or basic public infrastructure projects, including those relating to water and so on, have had to go to An Bord Pleanála and the number of those cases in which the Department has not withdrawn concerns or objections before the end of the oral hearing or, if there was no such hearing, the end of the written...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If I may explain, I am not interested in what happened tit for tat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I do not wish to put a lot of work on the Department but we need to understand the scale of the problem. I am talking about what happened when the Department went to the inspector for an informal oral hearing and at the end of the hearing, it was clear to the inspector that the Department was still not happy with the proposal despite all of the iterations. I am not interested in hearing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2017)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I want to make it clear that we are talking about public developers. In other words, these are local authorities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes. I shall be here until 12 noon.