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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (17 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 635. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in resolving the issue on licensing timber felling and forestry roads, which is vital for the efficient working of timber mills here; the details of the increase of raw materials that have been licensed as a result during the past two months; the number of forestry roads that have been licensed; the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (17 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 636. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that pelagic mid-water pair trawling in boats of over 10 m is prohibited within 10 km of the coast in order to protect the inshore fishing fleet while allowing mid-sized boats that traditionally fished for species such as prawns and that do not have a capacity for fishing far offshore to continue...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (17 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 637. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average waiting time for decisions on aquaculture licensing appeals to the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board; if he plans to provide additional staff to the board; his plans to amend legislation or take other steps to assist the board reducing the time delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44351/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (17 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 638. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to digitise the records of the Land Commission and make them available to the public and to scholars electronically in view of the 100th anniversary of the Land Commission in 2023 and the historical importance of the documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44356/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is planned to give a further exemption to persons over 70 years of age renewing their driving licences in relation to the need to have a medical certificate with the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1708/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Special Educational Needs (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) for children with a severe profound intellectual disability will be allowed open irrespective of decisions made for other mainstream schools in view of the dependence of the students and their parents on the school services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1119/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements made to ensure all primary and secondary school pupils and particularly all pupils sitting State examinations in 2021 will have access to full-time online tuition by their teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1389/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 605. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the arrangements being made to ensure childcare for preschool and school-age children is available to front-line staff in the health services and other essential services while schools remain closed and many childcare centres are not in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 878. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for orthopaedic appointments in University Hospital Galway; the measures being taken to reduce the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45134/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for aquaculture licences on hand at present; the number of these applied for in each of the past ten years; the average time for processing licence applications at present; the steps he will take to ensure all applications are dealt with expeditiously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1180/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ceadúnú Báid Iascaireachta Mara (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine céard iad na céimeanna atá i gceist aige a thógáil chun an stoc portán agus gliomach a chaomhnú timpeall an chósta de bharr an mhéid iascach atá a dhéanamh orthu; an bhfuil sé i gceist aige srian a chur ar iascach gliomach an t-am seo den bhliain amach ó na...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the objective basis or criteria by which boats were selected for the revised list sought by the European Union for permission to access and fish in UK waters; the processes that were followed in drawing up this list; if these consultations involved bodies outside of his Department; the timeframe involved in this process; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the producer and other groups that were consulted when the revised list was been drawn up to be submitted by the EU for permission to fish in UK waters; the consideration that was given to boats that are not members of producer groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1560/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the Brexit fishing deal; the amount of quota that has been forfeited by each of the remaining EU members as part of the deal in absolute terms and as a proportion of their total EU fishing quota; the impact this will have on the Irish fishing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1558/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if compensation will be given to boats that traditionally fished in UK waters and have not been given this permission since 1 January 2021, in view of the serious loss of income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1561/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the percentage of EU fishing waters that were made up of Irish fishing waters around our coast prior to 1 January 2021, in tabular form; the percentage of EU fishing waters that are now, after Brexit, made up of Irish fishing waters around our coast; the effect this will have on our fishing industry; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the percentage of the EU catch of fish allocated to Ireland by way of quota or otherwise in 2020, in tabular form; the percentage that will now be available to Ireland in 2021, after Brexit; the estimated volume and value in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1563/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1174. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will seek an immediate review of the EU Common Fisheries Policy, post Brexit, to better reflect the percentage of each remaining member states contribution to the EU fishing waters and to address the historic wrong done to Ireland in the Common Fisheries Policy to date, particularly as an island nation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, in view of the changes brought about by Brexit, he plans designating extra ports for landing fish from boats registered outside the EU to facilitate boats owned by Irish fishermen, North and South, but registered in Northern Ireland land at ports other than Killybegs and Castletownbere, which are the only ports designated for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (13 Jan 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if boats registered in Northern Ireland are categorised as non-EU boats in relation to the requirement for non-EU boats to land fish at designated ports; if he will outline his reply in the context of the Good Friday Agreement and Northern Ireland protocol in terms of citizenship rights of persons living on this island; and if he...