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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (15 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On Tuesday, 13 June, a dental nurse was arrested at her place of work in Derry and questioned by the PSNI. She had no criminal record whatsoever. At 10.30 that morning, the PSNI arrived outside the dental service with two Land Rovers and two police cars and brought her to the Strand Road police station. She answered in full every question that was put to her. No evidence was referred to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rural Recreation Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The mountain access scheme was initially rolled out in the period 2008 to 2010, after a long examination of this issue by Comhairle na Tuaithe. The foundation of the scheme was based on permission being given by the landholder and mutual respect between the hillwalkers and the landholder. In the initial phase of the scheme, two pilot areas were selected, Binn Shleibhe or Mount Gable i...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rural Recreation Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It tells us about the future. It keeps talking about the pilot scheme as if it existed. The Minister of State said there was talk about expanding it and all of these plans and so on, as if the pilot scheme existed. It says that insurance was put in place in 2021, as if the farmers knew about. Binn Shleibhe is the mountain at the back of my house and I happen to know the farmers who live...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rural Recreation Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As regards the farming organisations, most farmers are not in these organisations.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (14 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) for foreign birth registration; the reason for the delay in making a decision on said application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28694/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval and funding will be given to a school (details supplied) for the provision of modular accommodation which is required to be in place for 30 August 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28780/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in the prison system that are there on remand; the percentage this represents of the whole prison population; the steps taken through the provision of resources to reduce this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28798/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons on remand for more than two years; the extra resources being provided to the various services to ensure long remands are not a feature of the justice system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28801/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (14 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners released on parole in each year since 2013; the average sentence served of these prisoners, including the number released to date this year and the average years served by them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28799/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (14 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of charged persons who are awaiting trial for criminal offences for more than two years, and for more than five years. [28800/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application for a passport in respect of siblings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29015/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discussions he has had with his European Union counterparts in relation to the prosed EU law on nature restoration; the result of these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28678/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a detailed land use survey has been carried out to calculate the effect of the proposed EU law on nature restoration up to 2050 on agriculture in Ireland and the amount of land currently in use for productive agriculture that would have to be rewilded or rewetted, including the geographic areas that would be most...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (15 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of thatching grants paid by his Department in each of the past five years; the total cost of the scheme each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28984/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grant assistance available for rethatching vernacular houses; the conditions attached to receipt of the grant; the changes he proposes making to both the level of grant and the conditions in order to make it more affordable for people to protect this vital and irreplaceable part of our heritage; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the qualification criteria for a person on a jobseeker's payment to go on an educational course and retain their payment; if it is intended to review these criteria to encourage more people on social welfare payments to go on educational courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28996/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 293. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who worked as a front-line worker in the health sector through the Covid pandemic, will receive their Covid Bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28994/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (20 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I was going to ask a question on behalf of Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Airport Policy (20 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will move to Question Nos. 79 and 85 instead. They are in my name.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Naval Service (20 Jun 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if it is intended to resume the practice of naming Irish Naval Service vessels after figures in Irish mythology, as was the practice up to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29511/23]