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Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Dúirt an finné go ndearna an chomhairle staidéar tionchar teanga agus í ag réiteach an phlean chontae ach cé a rinne é? An teangeolaí a rinne é nó an í an chomhairle féin?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Go raibh maith agat. Bhí sé sin an-soiléir.

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That was not the question. The question I asked was very specific. An ndearna an chomhairle aon staidéar teangeolaíochta ar an tionchar a bhíonn ag an bpátrún lonnaíochta ar an teanga? Did the council do any objective linguistic study, which would have to be done by a sociolinguist of some type, on the effect settlement patterns have on the Gaeltacht? We know...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are still 70- and 80-year-olds in Baile Chláir who are native Irish speakers. It changed from a dispersed population when Baile Chláir grew dramatically population-wise and as a town. There are native Irish speakers from areas like Móinteach and Cathair Ghabhann who are still alive. When I got into politics 30 years ago there were quite a number of fluent speakers...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am sorry but what does that mean?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: With all due respect, I am an Irish speaker living in the Gaeltacht. My family are Irish-speaking. It is our language. We are living the dream, as they say. In all other aspects of life I do not see myself immersed in something that everyone else is as well. People in Kilkenny are immersed in hurling. What is more native than that? People in Clare are into music. I still find this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I apologise for not being here earlier. I had to attend a Topical Issue debate in the Dáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Topical Issue matters are incredibly important around here. I read the submissions and opening statements with interest. I will hone in on a few matters. One is that a vast number of people coming to contributory pension age would not be able to work after 66. In fact, many people retire before they reach 66 and do not get the State pension. That is because their jobs involved physical...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is very hard to put a finite number on it but even if there was a fairly broad list, all we need to do is establish that this is a non-runner in practical terms. That is my view. I think that going to 68 is not dealing with the realities for people in my constituency. We need a lot of examples of why and how this is not real-world stuff. As I said, we have to take into account that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: First, I reiterate that I am fully aware that Ethel Buckley was not in agreement with raising the pension age. I therefore know I am speaking to people who are of the same mind as me. Let us get that on the record again. I am fascinated with the debate on affordability and our choices, as though PRSI and social welfare were self-financing arrangements. They are not, of course. For many...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I accept, talking about the PRSI fund in and fund out, that it is only half of social welfare. Another €10 billion is funded by the Exchequer every year, including this year, but that has always involved non-contributory payments that are not paid out of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We are all happy to pay into that even though, with the part that is not means-tested, a lot of us might not gain that much. I am probably the only person in the room who can say that I am one of the generation of people for whom it makes no difference what is done to the pension age because they have already passed the magic number. They are the people who can afford this - not the young...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can the Minister confirm that is €30 million?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is the gross expenditure is north of €30 billion?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To put it in terms people can understand, that is like €30 out of €30,000. It is really margin of error stuff.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know, but I am just trying to get this into proportion in my head, because there are so many noughts. The figure of €30,000 million has seven noughts and €300 billion has-----

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----ten noughts. Some €30 million is tiny money and it just shows how cheap these changes are.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Would a €1 rise in general rates be approximately €80 million?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If one gives a €1 rise to everybody, it is approximately €80 million. These changes are just over one third of that. That is very useful.