Results 521-540 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Departmental Programmes. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: CLÁR funds, or co-funds with other Departments, State agencies and local authorities, investment in selected priority developments. These investments are made through a series of measures that support physical, economic and social infrastructure such as roads, water and sewerage, village, housing and schools enhancement, health, electricity conversion and sports and community projects. No...

Departmental Programmes. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputies and Senators from Galway East amaze me. It is obvious they do not know how these schemes work. I will outline the position quickly to show Deputy McHugh that, if something is happening, it is because the local authority has made certain decisions. It is out of my hands. We made an allocation of approximately €498,000 to Galway County Council for non-national roads and told the...

Departmental Programmes. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Even though I live in the west of the county, if the council wishes to spend that money in the east of the county, it can. I will go through this with the Deputy for an hour or 30 minutes at some time if he wishes. I will go through it line by line to show him that I cannot and do not in any way influence the specific choices made in respect of the CLÁR programme. Everything is objective and...

Departmental Programmes. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We can go into this matter in more detail in the committee. I am open to suggestions. This allegation——

Departmental Programmes. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I would love to continue this debate but I must bow to the ruling of the Chair.

Bullying in the Workplace. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: An investigation into allegations of bullying, harassment and related matters in Waterways Ireland has been jointly carried out, with the consent of the parties involved, by independent investigators appointed by my Department and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in the North. The report of the investigators has been submitted to the Departments and its conclusions and...

Bullying in the Workplace. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I did not read the report in detail. This is an industrial relations issue. A mechanism was put in place and the appropriate steps have been taken.

Bullying in the Workplace. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes, I saw the report and am sure the appropriate steps were taken.

Bullying in the Workplace. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not.

Bullying in the Workplace. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Once allegations were made a step-by-step procedure that is much too long to go through now was agreed upon and investigators were appointed. As situations such as this have arisen in the past in which people agreed a procedure but did not find the answer they desired, we understand that these things can happen. A procedure was followed in this case and has been brought to a conclusion. The...

Bullying in the Workplace. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I think the Deputy is misreading this. People have said——

Bullying in the Workplace. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No, it did not.

Bullying in the Workplace. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am telling the Deputy what is in the report. It said the allegations of harassment were not upheld.

Bullying in the Workplace. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The investigation grouped the allegations into four main strands. Those strands and the findings of the investigation are set out. The allegations of harassment, which is another word for bullying, were not upheld.

Access to Waymarked Ways. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have no proposals for the introduction of fees for the use of walkways. I have made clear my view that a local community-based approach is the way forward where issues of access to the countryside arise. I established the consultation group on access to waymarked ways in April 2003 to consider the issues that had arisen in relation to access to some waymarked ways following the cessation of...

Access to Waymarked Ways. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Deputy for tabling this question. I rarely bother to correct inaccuracies in newspapers. I do so occasionally but most of the time I let them pass, otherwise I would spend most of my life doing nothing other than writing to newspapers. In this case, I wrote to the editor of The Connacht Tribune, although I did not write when the initial report was published because I thought there...

Irish Language. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 6 and 44 le chéile. Mar is eol do na Teachtaí, cuireadh tús i mí Aibreáin 2004 le staidéar teangeolaíoch dírithe ar úsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht mar bhunús chun: forbairt theangeolaíoch na Gaeltachta mar cheantar labhartha Gaeilge a threisiú; agus athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar na limistéir oifigiúla Gaeltachta. Beidh na roghanna éagsúla...

Irish Language. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá sé tábhachtach. Bíonn siad ar fáil agus bíonn an t-údarás agus Conradh na Gaeilge ag plé le ranganna Gaeilge i gcathair na Gaillimhe agus clúdaíonn sin na ceantracha atá ar imeall na Gaeltachta. Bíonn Coláiste na hOllscoile i nGaillimh ag oibriú ar fud na Gaeltachta. Bíonn ranganna Gaeilge i mo dhúiche féin. Maidir le hairgead don údarás, breathnaím ar an airgead a...

Irish Language. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is aisteach an rud a tharlaíonn nuair a dhírítear ar cheist lae amháin. Ní fheileann toradh an toghcháin le daoine áirithe. Níor fheil sé leo gur éirigh le Fianna Fáil ceithre shuíochán a bhaint amach i nGaillimh Thiar. Breathnóimid ar na fíricí. Cuid de na daoine atá anois ag gearán, bhí siad ar bhord na n-údaráis nuair a chuir mise ceist orthu roimh athrú an Achta 1999...

Irish Language. (14 Apr 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tacaím leis an rud atá ráite faoin phríomh-fheidhmeannach nua agus tugaim aitheantas fosta don obair a rinne Ruan Ó Bric mar phríomh-fheidhmeannach thar blianta fada. Tá chuile duine sa Teach ar aon intinn go bhfuil muid buíoch de Ruan agus tréaslaímid le Pádraig Ó hAoláin. Scaití déanta simpliú ar rudaí. An dtarlódh maidin amárach i nGaeltacht Chonamara go dtabharfaí...