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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The law does not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is what worries me. It seems very focused. It is great if people with disabilities want to work. I was involved with the partial capacity aspect. I was really enthusiastic about it because it allowed people with the capability, qualifications and whatever else to go and work. I was not saying to them that to really have a bit of comfort in their life they have to go to work because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am talking about facilitating rather than pushing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Right

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am not counting those as refusals until a person has gone through the review and appeal. How many get turned down at the end of the process? Everything else is only interim. The claim is live as long as there is no final decision. What we are looking for is the number of refusals as a final decision. I accept what Mr. Hession is saying. We all know the certification can be an issue....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is what we are trying to find out. For every 100 applicants - it is a very simple figure - how many final decisions are refusals? It is not interim decisions, in other words, it is not the initial or review decision but when people are allowed to go to appeal, how many final decisions are refusals? If they do not appeal it, do people just accept first time that it is a final decision?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Okay, I thank Dr. Singh very much.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Passport Services (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when passports will issue to children (details supplied) who are siblings; the reason for the delay in issuing said passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47385/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what proposals he has to ensure that pensioners who were in the CIÉ and Bus Éireann pension schemes, and have not received an increase in their pension since 2008, receive such an increase in pension in line with the cost-of-living since 2008; whether the question of an Exchequer subvention to these schemes has been examined;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure there is an adequate bus service on the 419 bus route from Galway to Clifden and Letterfrack; the improvements that are planned for the service on the route particularly at peak traffic hours and late night services leaving Galway up to 11.00 pm to Clifden and Letterfrack; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Seirbhísí Iompair (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cén uair a chuirfear tuilleadh seirbhísí bus, mar a gealladh i ráiteas a rinneadh faoi Connecting Ireland idir Gaillimh agus an Cheathrú, Leitir Mealláin agus Carna, agus á chur i gcuntas go mbíonn na busanna lán, mar a bhíonn siad go minic, agus go mbíonn orthu...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 301. To ask the Minister for Finance whether there are new proposals for treating the income of doctors who are in partnerships together; the details of these proposals and the reason for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47575/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 317. To ask the Minister for Finance whether, in circumstances where a parent is in rented accommodation and has a son/daughter in third level education also renting in a different property, he intends increasing the maximum tax credit for renting to double the proposed limit of €750; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47842/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Funding (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 325. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual contribution to the EU by the Exchequer in each of the past ten years, including an estimate of the contribution forecast for the whole of 2023; the income from the EU to the Exchequer in each of these years, including an estimate for this year; whether it is expected that Ireland's net contribution to the EU will increase in the coming ten...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the OPW is aware of the need to alleviate flooding near a location (details supplied) by carrying out maintenance work on streams and culverts there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48285/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals to provide for full summer special provision in 2024 for children with severe and profound intellectual and or physical disabilities in view of their need for routine and their care needs; the discussions she has had with the minister for State with responsibility for disability in relation to this matter; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the high turnover threshold of €1.5 million in order to qualify to tender for the tender entitled "Term Maintenance, Refurbishment and Upgrade construction Works to Educational Facilities in various regional and urban location (divided into lots and sub lots) within a National Framework", thus disqualifying a large number...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach n-íoctar deontas le hábhair múinteoirí iar-bhunscoile, atá ag déanamh cláir oideachais tosaigh do mhúinteoirí, chun freastal ar chúrsaí Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht, cé go bhfuil sé ar cheann de na roghanna atá ag ábhair mhúinteoirí chun a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in providing a modular classroom for a special class in a school (details supplied); when it is likely to be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48273/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scéimeanna Tacaíochta (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil i gceist aici an liúntas um múineadh trí Ghaeilge, a bhíodh á íoc le múinteoirí, le tabhairt ar ais de bharr na heaspa múinteoirí atá cáilithe chun múineadh trí Ghaeilge, agus d’fhonn spreagadh a thabhairt do thuilleadh múinteoirí a bheith...