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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How can the Minister of State justify that if Senator Murphy and I went on the scheme, and I am single and I have €200 plus income from a farm, I still get the €259 payment and Senator Murphy, who has the same income from his farm, because has a dependant adult and children and more responsibilities, no matter what he does cannot get more than €27.90 unless his partner...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Could the Minister of State get us the figures? I would like two sets of figures that are readily available. He knows how many people are on farm assist, how many of those are only getting an individual payment and he knows how many are getting an individual payment plus some dependant increase for a qualified adult, IQA, or a child dependant allowance. Will he then give me the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Do you keep renewing? Was there not a six-year cap on the participation in the scheme for young people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The only change being made for the over-60s is that they will not be means tested again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: They can win the lotto and keep it. That is it. They have got a 6 million to one chance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is not the question. I am looking for the number of people now on the RSS scheme who are getting an adult or child dependant payment - of the 2,699 - against the number of people on farm assist who are getting an adult or child dependant payment. They know that in the Department. The computer will tell them that in two minutes. Can we get that? I want to see if the percentage of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the next fortnight?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am only asking for current figures. The Minister of State knows what farm assist is, so he knows exactly.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Human Rights of Travellers and Roma: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: May I interrupt the witness to mention something that I omitted earlier? I refer to a report done by the agriculture committee. When the horse industry wanted to increase the betting levy to fund that industry better, the committee said it would include such a recommendation only on the condition that everybody, including the Traveller community, would get access to that fund. In the...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Human Rights of Travellers and Roma: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am sorry; I have a final point on that. We were not talking about discretionary finance. They would have got their share of the shakeout every year from the horseracing fund that goes to Sport Ireland and so on.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport given that the application was lodged online 7 June 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40432/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 102. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether it is intended to extend free travel for children under nine years of age to islanders up to nine years of age using ferry and air services to and from the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40282/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 106. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends extending the number of groups and participants taking part in the Community Services Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40283/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Ranna (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 180. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na haicmí deontais nabh bhfuil fógraithe fós faoin gClár Caipitil agus Trealaimh Spóirt; cén uair a fhógrófar iad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40812/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Properties (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when part of a building (details supplied) became vacant; the reason for the delay in offering it for tenancy under lease agreement by means of an open competitive process when it could be earning money for the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40818/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Seirbhísí Sláinte (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 303. To ask the Minister for Health cén uair a thógfar ionad sláinte nua ar Inis Meáin, Contae na Gaillimhe; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [40811/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 306. To ask the Minister for Health if the new national drugs strategy will include alcohol as a drug and the detrimental impact misuse of alcohol has on Irish life; if not, if it is intended to draw up a separate alcohol damage limitation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40817/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Tá mé cinnte go mbeidh an-spéis ag an Leas Cheann-Comhairle san ábhar seo.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (15 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Beidh mé in ann labhairt ar a son go cinnte dearfa. Evacuations from islands happen all the time. They have always happened. We have improved ferry services, and there are lifeboats on some of the islands. We also have the helicopter rescue service, which is extremely important for the islands. However, the number of evacuations has grown rapidly as mass tourism has come to the...