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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What is the spend to date in 2022 under the RRDF? Does that take into account money carried over from last year? What is the total amount of the allocation in the Estimates for the fund for 2022? I also ask the Minister to outline the total amount of the allocation in the Estimates for the fund in 2022 and the value of the projects approved for funding in 2022. This is important because,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister for that information. What she is saying is that €69 million was available for spending this year but that only €20.3 million has been spent to date, which means that €49 million is left to be spent in two months. I ask the Minister to explain how it is that in ten months of the year only €20 million has been spent, when the Department had...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What the Minister is actually telling me is that there was €60 million available this year. A sum of €20 million has been spent. When we take the €9 million out of that, however, the Department has actually only spent €11 million of this year's allocation, which is a very small percentage after ten months. The Minister said the Department will spend "a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I was listening carefully. If I am correct, there are 4,800 households on the housing list in Cork. We have 4,321 households on the housing list in Galway, which is a much smaller city. The Cork target for 2026 is 3,934 units whereas the Galway target is 1,435 units. Does the CEO agree that there is a housing crisis in Galway?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What is the number of affordable houses in construction at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What are the numbers to be delivered in 2022, 2023 and 2024, respectively?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: For many people, 2025 is getting into the distant future. I understand that 80% of the cohort seeking emergency accommodation in Galway are Travellers. Will the witnesses outline very briefly why that figure is that disproportionate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Why?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Following on from that and recognising that a disproportionate challenge is faced by the Traveller community because of bias in the private market, will Mr. Mahon tell me how many Traveller-specific schemes were delivered in the past five years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How many are planned for the next five years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will some of them be replacements for substandard existing accommodation? They will not provide new accommodation for Travellers on the waiting list.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If it is 5% versus 80% in emergency accommodation, it suddenly shows the scale of the problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: May I just ask one more question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I was very sharp with my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When was the original contract signed on the 58 units in Garraí Beag sa Bhaile Bán? What is the estimated time for completion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It should be delivered in 2024. So, it is five years.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (27 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has a policy in relation to the industrial promotion of the military arms industry in Ireland and if so, if ethical considerations are taken into account in deciding policy. [53741/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (27 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has issued guidelines to the agencies under the aegis of his Department in relation to supporting the lethal arms industry in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53742/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (27 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 117. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will meet a delegation from Inis Oirr to discuss the deficits in infrastructure on the island that need special support from her Department's islands fund including sewerage, piers, roads, electricity, water and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53739/22]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Díolúintí i leith Staidéar na Gaeilge sa Mheánscolaíocht: Plé (Atógáil) (19 Oct 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: D’éist mé go cúramach leis an méid a bhí le rá ag Paul Byrne; bhí sé spéisiúil. Ar an gcéad dul síos, an bhfuil sé cuí agus cóir go leagfaí an dualgas seo ar na príomhoidí? De réir mar a thuigim, ní féidir an dualgas a tharmligean d’éinne eile sa scoil. Ar an dara dul...