Results 22,061-22,080 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the temporary wage subsidy scheme to seasonal tourism businesses particularly in rural and coastal areas that close for the winter season each year and normally operate from 17 March or Easter each year until either the end of October or Christmas and are not eligible for the scheme under its present rules in order to ensure regional...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 100. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reintroduce a lower VAT rate for the foreseeable future for the tourism industry in order to stimulate the industry which has been hit severely by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11243/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 154. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if further funding has been sought for 2020 by An Garda Síochána due to the Covid-19 pandemic; if so, when a decision will be made on the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11240/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in relation to an application for a new purpose fit building by a school (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current school building is in very poor condition on health and safety grounds; if this application is being given urgent consideration in view of the right children have to an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when prefabricated buildings that have been decommissioned on health and safety grounds will be removed from a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11176/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements being made for final year apprentices to enable them to complete their 12 weeks college training as soon as possible to ensure that their apprenticeships are not extended unnecessarily; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11247/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Foirne Scoile (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an mbeidh cead ag scoil (sonraí tugtha) an ceathrú múinteoir a choinneáil sa scoil más rud é go mbeidh idir 76 scoláire agus 80 scoláire ar an rolla an bhliain seo chugainn, de bharr an ghá a bheidh ann scoláirí a choinneáil scartha óna chéile de thairbhe Covid-19, toisc go...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Foirne Scoile (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé i gceist aige cead a thabhairt do scoileanna a chaillfidh múinteoir ranga de bharr titim sa tinreamh do scoilbhliain 2020/2021 an múinteoir sin a choinneáil, de bharr an ghá a bheidh ann scaradh sóisialta a chleachtadh i scoileanna agus chun an iomarca brú a sheachaint i seomraí ranga; agus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students and teachers will be required to wear personal protective equipment due to Covid-19 once primary and secondary schools are reopened; if so, if he anticipates that there will be a tendering process in place for providing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11603/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 436. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason State guaranteed loans for working capital during the Covid-19 pandemic are being charged at over 4% interest when funding can be borrowed by the banks and the State at nominal interest rates; if consideration has been given to reducing these rates in the interest of stimulating and assisting business through this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of personnel recruited in February, March, April and May 2020, respectively, to the HSE due to the Covid-19 pandemic who were working in nursing homes and care homes immediately prior; the steps taken to ensure that nursing homes and care homes had at the time adequate resources to fill vacancies arising; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 472. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recorded deaths from Covid-19 and recorded cases of infection of retired religious personnel who were or are living in religious communities or in religious-specific care or retirement homes; if steps were taken to protect the large number of elderly religious living in such settings; if steps were taken, when they were taken; the extra...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 473. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance which will be given to dentists to aid them with the extra costs of providing PPE and other costs associated with reopening after Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10479/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 474. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the effect the Covid-19 pandemic is having on public services; the arrangements being made to ensure that all staff who cannot work efficiently remotely return to work in their offices; the protocols being put in place to ensure this can be done safely; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 cases detected to date among residents in direct provision centres; the number of centres that these occurred in; if the residents of such centres were subsequently tested for Covid-19 in addition to the staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10209/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the discussions he has had on a controlled reduction of social distancing from 2 m to 1 m; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 757. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a replacement payment will be provided for an agricultural payment made some time ago to a person (details supplied) which was never cashed; if so, when the payment will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11249/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 776. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide sufficient funds to the local enterprise boards and Údarás na Gaeltachta to meet all the qualifying demands for the trading online voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11254/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 872. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration given to making a substantial restart grant available to the hotel industry based on 100% of the 2019 rates paid by the hotels in view of the very large rates paid by most hotels and the fact that hotels will not be operating at full capacity for a long time to come due to Covid-19 regulations; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 873. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has received an application for once-off funding from a business (details supplied) to enable it to reopen in 2020; if so, when a decision will be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11244/20]