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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree. There were challenges with rural electrification. They were very clever and sent all sorts of people around the country with the message that it was safe. It would be fair to say that if we had to do it nowadays, it would never happen. This is a big challenge in our society. We will have to put up with the infrastructure onshore. I live in an area where there was a very poor...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On the 9 GW-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is probably one of the best sessions we have ever had in this committee-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----and we have had some good ones. I take it all of the offshore development that will happen between now and 2030 will be fixed to the bottom of the sea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That will expand after 2030 and go to the very new technologies.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Cumarsáid Aireachta (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cén uair a fhoilseofar na treoirlínte pleanála don Ghaeltacht; an mbeidh forálacha speisialta do na hoileáin Ghaeltachta sna treoirlínte seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [54175/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received under the vacant homes scheme in each county to date; the number approved and the number where the grant has been paid; the total cost of the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54176/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reports (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made with the report on means testing in the social welfare system; when it is hoped it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54177/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made with the provision of a passing loop at Oranmore to allow for more frequent services on the Galway to Athenry rail line; when it is hoped that work will commence on this project; when it is hoped it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54352/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review into school transport commenced; when it will be completed; whether it is intended to publish the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54382/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the large number of days that the school remained closed in Castlerea Prison this year up to 31 August 2023; the steps taken to rectify this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54353/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Surely the role of the rural development Department is to be, as I described it earlier, disruptive of the vertical approach within the State. The whole idea of a crosscutting Department was to cut across all of the anomalies caused by the vertical structure of the State, which creates totally wasteful resource use by having all of these schools and community facilities just lumped with more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Uasal Mac an Mhíle.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Paramilitary Groups (12 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in discussions with the British Government on the recommendation made by the Independent Reporting Commission in its fifth and sixth reports, published in December 2023, “for an agreed formal process of Group Transition, involving direct engagement with the paramilitary groups themselves, to bring...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Paramilitary Groups (12 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This question asks if any progress has been made with the British Government regarding the recommendation made by the Independent Reporting Commission in its fifth report, and its sixth report that was published very recently, "for an agreed formal process of Group Transition, involving direct engagement with paramilitary groups themselves, to bring about disbandment".

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Paramilitary Groups (12 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive answer. It is very useful. That recommendation is key in the report because if you can persuade people to move forward, it is an enduring way of creating a circumstance in which these groups would disband or would not operate. Will the Minister indicate whether the British Government is fully bought into this concept? Does she think progress can...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Paramilitary Groups (12 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree that it is fair to say the different groups involved in paramilitarism on both sides of the community could have different characteristics, which we must recognise. That said, the IRC has been a responsible body and it has gone about its business quietly and efficiently. It operates in a coherent fashion, even though members come from very different perspectives. In my interaction...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Paramilitary Groups (12 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the views of the Government and her Department on the recommendation made by the Independent Reporting Commission in its Fifth and its Sixth Report, published in December 2023 “for an agreed formal process of Group Transition, involving direct engagement with the paramilitary groups themselves, to bring about...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (12 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a higher HAP discretion is allowable in Dublin despite the enormous rent being sought in Galway, which has priced most new HAP tenants out of the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54490/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (12 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the framework for the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme will be issued to Galway County Council; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54667/23]