Results 2,381-2,400 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Employment Support Services. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I provided that where one member of a couple has a part-time job that pays less than €12,500 the allowance will not taper because the idea was to benefit families that engage in farming. I am open to the Deputy's idea but there are two sides to the coin. I hope the Deputy is equally open to the argument that 2,500 people will put to me if I introduce double payments, suggesting what is...

Employment Support Services. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am trying to be helpful to the Deputy.

Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar is eol don Teachta, ar 28 Meán Fómhair 2006 leag mé os comhair an Oireachtais dréacht-rialacháin a bhain le húsáid na Gaeilge agus an Bhéarla ag comhlachtaí poiblí i bhfógairt béil réamhthaifeadta, ar stáiseanóireacht agus ar chomharthaíocht. Bhí deis agam na dréacht-rialacháin sin a phlé le baill an Chomhchoiste Oireachtais um Ghnóthaí Ealaíona, Spóirt,...

Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ní bhaineann na rialacháin seo le comharthaí bóthar agus, ar ndóigh, níl siad deimhnithe fós. Más buan cuimhne an Teachta, nuair a bhí an comhchoiste Dála ar bun, mhol an Seanadóir Ó Tuathail dul i gcomhairle leis na comhaltaí poiblí agus d'iarr sé orm scríobh chucu. De bharr an rud a tharla nuair a chreid mise nach raibh mórán bunús le dul i gcomhairle, cuirim i gcás,...

Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Níl na hainmneacha sin ná comharthí bóthar clúdaithe sna dréacht rialacháin. An feidhm atá ag mo Roinn maidir le comharthaí bóthar ná an méad atá san Acht teanga maidir le comharthaí bóthar d'áiteanna sa Ghaeltacht agus gur muid a leagann síos an leagan údarásach Gaeilge. Tagaim go mór leis an Teachta, is mór an náire chomh leisciúil, mí-chúramach agus atá...

Drainage Schemes. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department provides funding for non-national roads under the CLÁR programme which I announced on 1 March 2007. Under this programme, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and my Department each provide €3 million to fund works to local secondary and tertiary roads in CLÁR areas. Under the measure, local authorities may also replace, widen or strengthen...

Drainage Schemes. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree with Deputy Ring's basic premise. I can never understand roads being tarred without pipes being put in first. Double-axled trucks can destroy hand-dug drains in five minutes. People who want to return to shovels and spades do not understand the ability of modern trucks to sweep aside all before them. The answer is gully traps and pipes which is allowed under the present scheme....

Drainage Schemes. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: One of my colleagues from east Galway has been pursuing me about a river flooding problem in his constituency. The regional fisheries board is interested but has no money, while the OPW denies responsibility. When I first went to the west, it was fashionable to drain land and prevent rivers flooding but such work has become somewhat unfashionable for reasons of ecology. However, as certain...

Community Development. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Dírím aird an Teachta ar an bhfreagra a thug mé ar Cheist Dála Uimh. 41 ar 24 Aibreán 2007. Mar is eol don Teachta, tá iarrachtaí leanúnacha á ndéanamh ag Údarás na Gaeltachta chun fostaíocht a ghiniúint sna ceantair Ghaeltachta, Cloich Chionnaola agus an Ghaeltacht Láir ina measc. Déantar é seo trí thacaíocht d'fhiontraithe áitiúla agus trí infheisteoirí sheachtracha...

Community Development. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Beidh muid ag plé an staidéir teangeolaíochta amach anseo, ach is ceist achrannach í. An ceart a rá gan cúnamh tionsclaíochta a thabhairt ach sna ceantair láidir Gaeltachta?

Community Development. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Táim ag teacht chuige sin. An fhadhb atá le sin ná go bhfuil ceantair taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht ag fáil cúnaimh tionsclaíochta go hiomlán. Caithfimid bheith réasúnta cothrom. Mar is eol don Teachta, táim ag rá leis an údarás le fada gur ceart, i gceantair láidre Gaeltachta — is ceantair i bhfad siar go leor acu siúd — cúnamh breise a thabhairt ar dhá chúis, uimhir a...

Community Development. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8 and 25 together. My Department provides funding for a wide range of community projects, through various schemes and programmes. Each of the schemes and grant programmes operated by my Department is governed by rules and eligibility criteria, which projects have to meet to qualify for funding. With regard to the specific refurbishment projects referred to by...

Community Development. (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will synopsise the menu that is available to someone such as the Deputy who seeks advice. The programme of grants for locally based community and voluntary organisations is the tops where a refurbishment job up to €40,000 is in question. One can apply at any time. The percentage grant is clear-cut but depending on the level of disadvantage in the area, it is either 90% or 60%. That is...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Arising from the joint Ministerial initiative on the review of local and community development structures the Government agreed a series of measures in January 2004 to improve arrangements under which community and local development initiatives are delivered and to improve cohesion and focus across various measures. This process is informed by the following guiding principles:— improving...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11, 115 and 116 together. The CLÁR Programme (Ceantair Laga Árd-Riachtanais) is a targeted investment programme in rural areas. It was launched in October 2001 and the areas originally selected for inclusion in the Programme were those which had suffered an average population loss of 50% between 1926 to 1996, with the exception of the Cooley Peninsula...

Written Answers — Aistritheoirí Gaeilge Cáilithe: Aistritheoirí Gaeilge Cáilithe (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimhreacha 12, 27, 42 agus 51 le chéile. Mar atá tugtha le fios agam sa Teach seo cheana, tá Foras na Gaeilge ar iarratas uaimse tar éis córas creidiúnaithe d'aistritheoirí Gaeilge a fhorbairt. Is é seo an chéad chóras dá leithéid d'aistritheoirí Gaeilge na tíre seo. Reachtáladh dhá scrúdú i 2006 agus, de thoradh na scrúdaithe sin, tá an...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy will be aware that Waterways Ireland, a North/South Implementation Body set up under the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999, is responsible for the management, maintenance and development, principally for recreational purposes, of specified inland waterways. I am satisfied that, since its establishment, Waterways Ireland has contributed significantly to the recreational use of the...

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 119 together. One of the key goals of my Department is to promote and maintain living and working populations in rural areas by helping to foster sustainable and culturally vibrant communities. Since its establishment in 2002, my Department has been vigorously pursuing policies and programmes that seek to address the changing nature of rural...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 19 and 47 together. The Deputy may be aware that I have established a dedicated fund in order to provide funding for advanced Irish language third-level courses. This initiative has been put in place in order to increase the number of professionals with particular skills in the context of the requirements arising from the Official Languages Act 2003 and from...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 21, 22, 29 and 44 together. As I have previously indicated in response to similar Questions in this House, a wide range of policies and initiatives in relation to the Irish language have been put in place in recent years. These include the following: The enactment of the Official Languages Act in 2003 in July 2003. All provisions of the Act have been in...