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Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge: An Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige (20 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Don tríú huair, an dtugann an Roinn aon tacaíocht do aon scátheagraíocht atá ag plé le naíolanna agus naíonraí? Mar shampla, tugann an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna tacaíocht do scátheagraíochtaí éagsúla agus déanann Ranna Stáit é sin go ginearálta. Tugann an Roinn Leanaí agus...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge: An Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige (20 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: An-mhaith. Ag éirí as sin, cén chaoi ar roghnaíodh iad sin?

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge: An Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige (20 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Cén chaoi a bhunódh na naíonraí Gaelacha taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht an ceangal agus an gaol seo leis an Roinn le go bhfaighidís cuid den airgead mar scátheagraíocht?

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge: An Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige (20 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Caithfidh mé imeacht mar tá Saincheist Trathúla agam sa Dáil faoi bheairicí Garda i gConamara. Beidh spéis ag an Cathaoirleach féin sa fhreagra.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Miscarriages of Justice (21 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As has been outlined by my colleagues, the case of the Craigavon two, Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton, has been referred to the Criminal Case Review Commission and it has been there for some time. I looked up the website of the commission and part of it outlined the history of the setting up of the commission. It said: "In the 1970s there was a series of high profile cases where...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Miscarriages of Justice (21 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I think society now accepts that the convictions of the Guildford Four, Birmingham Six, Maguire Seven and Judith Ward were incorrect. That does not mean that the atrocities did not take place. It means that the convictions were not correct. As the Minister of State said, the solicitor for Brendan McConville and the solicitor for John Paul Wootton have said they have real concerns for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Iompair (21 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na céimeanna atá glactha aici le cinntiú go mbeidh seirbhís aeir go hÁrainn ann ó mhí na Nollag ar aghaidh; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [48649/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (22 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 13. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of carbon tax collected on solid fuels in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, respectively; the steps he is taking to ensure compliance with the law in this regard and secure the revenue base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48421/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (22 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken or plans to take to simplify compliance for small self-employed taxpayers in respect of income tax returns with a self-employed gross income of less than €50,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48422/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Regulations (22 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 125. To ask the Minister for Health when the draft regulation under section 12(1) of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 will be finalised for submission to the EU under regulation EU 1169/2011; if this regulation will provide for obligatory bilingual warnings in view of the fact that the research (details supplied) quoted by him in Dáil Éireann did not provide objective proof that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (22 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider amending the application form for the BPS and ANC schemes for 2019 to ensure there is a place on the form for persons to put in land which is occupied long-term without registered ownership, lease or rental and which under the terms of the schemes if farmed must be declared even though not eligible for payment;...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (27 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The stark nature of the funding is outlined in the report of the expert advisory group set up by the Government. It says that if the city and county councils are amalgamated the average funding will be €738 per capitaas compared to €1,000 per capitacurrently. That means that Galway will be €300 multiplied by approximately 300,000 short every year. I will let the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Funding (27 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I put it to the Minister of State that the report quite clearly says the amalgamation "must be preceded by the addressing of the existing deficiency in respect of both the human and financial resources..." as noted by the group. The chairman made it clear what he meant when he said "the relative revenue underfunding must be addressed in the first instance". The report states that we are...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My view on the taking of human life is well known. Whether that is a human life in the first nine months of its existence or afterwards, I have always been consistent on the protection of human life and I intend to go on that way. As I pointed out on Second Stage, people will find that statistically the most dangerous place for a human being will be in the womb. That is a certainty if the...

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I compliment Sinn Féin on tabling the Bill. I agree completely that microgeneration has a significant role to play, not only in reducing individuals' costs, but in providing electricity to the grid. I had the idea a number of years ago of seeing to what extent I could become self-sustaining in energy terms in my own house. We put in solar panels which have worked extremely well in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (27 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of PAYE taxpayers eligible for the flat rate expenses tax allowance; the number that claimed the allowance in 2017; the cost to the Exchequer of this allowance in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49495/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further consideration that has been given to an application by a school (details supplied) for a replacement building on its own site on foot of a letter sent by the patron to the capital appraisal unit in October 2018 enclosing a letter from the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49494/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Achomhairc Talmhaíochta (27 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a bheidh cinneadh déanta ar achomharc maidir le deontas BPS (An Scéim Buníocaíochta), ANC (Limistéar Sriantachta Nádúrtha) agus GLAS (An Scéim Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta, Íseal-Charbóin) do 2017 agus 2018 atá déanta ag feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (27 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes he is considering making to the exemptions in SI 582 of 2015 in relation to the definition of an excluded in section 3 of the instrument; if this will require persons who have second homes that they let for more than a certain period each year to get specific planning permission for this activity; the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Oideachas Gaeilge (28 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé sásta casadh leis an eagraíocht Gaelsoideachas ó tharla go bhfuil sé nua-cheapaithe mar Aire; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [49223/18]