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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Final Report of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Something that is not in the report but which has had a significant impact on society came to the fore when the pandemic hit. I refer to the abolition in 2014 of the mortgage interest supplement. At present, if one is renting, one can get the rent supplement which basically pays one's rent if one loses one's income. However, lots of people are paying mortgages. Right up to 2014, for up to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Final Report of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It was mortgage supplement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Final Report of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This matter was raised with me by people in the entertainment and events industries who wanted to go on one-year courses and retain the PUP. If someone on jobseeker's allowance did a part-time course, he or she could retain it, but a full-time course would remove that eligibility. People in receipt of the PUP and who are in certain industries and want to do something useful during the year...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Final Report of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On that point, this is the month of November and we are about to consider the Revised Estimate for 2020. As we have already had the budget with its social welfare changes, can we ask that the Minister give the committee a briefing on what will be in the social welfare Bill which will come before us? To a certain extent, this is going to be an historical exercise. We need to consider the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Final Report of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is there a meeting on Monday?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Initiatives (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: May I mention the "D" word, namely, decentralisation? It has been out of favour. Previously, decentralisation involved moving whole sections of Departments, but my idea involves a different type of decentralisation. Working from home is fine for many people, but people need socialisation at work. It is also important for the workplace. Instead of bringing people back to their parent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When the pier went in, it was a revolution on the island. If the Minister knows Inis Meáin or visits the island she will understand. It was built at the only place on the island where it was possible to create a harbour. It was known from the beginning that phase 1 would not do the full job. However, it has made it possible for the passenger ferry to go in, even though there are some...

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As a contingency, if Deputy O'Donnell turns up I will share time with him but if he does not, I reserve the right to keep going. There was a time when much time was given to the Finance Bill and I was a little disappointed to find that it is to finish this evening. I noticed in recent Dáileanna-----

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Good. I am glad to hear that.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I note every time I get on to the Whip's office I am told I will have five minutes, ten minutes or whatever.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There must be some misunderstanding.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I cannot understand. I asked the Whip's office for 20 minutes and it said had a limited number of slots.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will certainly.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Glacaim le comhairle an Leas-Cheann Comhairle mar is í an Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Sin an fáth go bhfuil an Leas-Cheann Comhairle ann, le comhairle a thabhairt.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Gabhaim an-bhuíochas-----

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Gabhaim an-bhuíochas léi as ucht a comhairle.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Bíonn deá-chomhairle ar fáil in aisce uaithi i gcónaí. First of all, I would like to deal with some specific issues in the budget. In the second half of my contribution, I will talk about the wizardry of modern finance and how, as a simple person, I wonder at times how this magic money is always coming about. There used to be certainties. Matter could not be...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to provide funding in 2021 for the administrative costs of LAGs administering the LEADER programme on the ground and for projects approved up to 31 December 2020; if funding will also be approved for a new temporary rural development programme similar to LEADER for 2021 until a new Leader programme is approved and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (5 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 55. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to ensure the spend of all the capital allocation to her Department for 2020 in view of the low capital spend to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33588/20]