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Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Was the application lodged in time last year?

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It would have no effect on it.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Bill has not been rushed. It was published last June and, if memory serves me right, was taken in the Seanad in July on the last day of term. Senator Ryan asked me to recommit the Bill in the autumn and I agreed. We went back and gave it as much time in the Seanad as the Senators wanted. Nobody could accuse me of hurrying it through the Dáil. It has taken 11 months to go through the two...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The answer is——

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage. (10 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am only trying to be helpful. I will speak to Deputy Neville later on.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (10 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department administers the farm electrification grants scheme which subsidises the installation of electricity supply to farms located in disadvantaged areas which are without supply or where supply is inadequate. The scheme provides financial assistance to farmers who wish to provide or increase electricity supply to their farms. The grant aid available to successful applicants for new or...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (10 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 326 of 4 May 2005.

Written Answers — Cúrsaí Pleanála: Cúrsaí Pleanála (10 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tógfaigh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 284 go dtí 286 le chéile. Mar is eol don Teachta, is í an Roinn Comhshaoil, Oidhreachta agus Rialtais Áitiúil agus na húdaráis áitiúla atá freagrach as cúrsaí pleanála sa Ghaeltacht, ar a n-áirítear cur i bhfeidhm na bhforálacha faoi leith san Acht um Pleanáil agus Forbairt 2000 a bhaineann leis an nGaeltacht féin. Is faoin Roinn sin dá réir...

Written Answers — Foras na Gaeilge: Foras na Gaeilge (10 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Dírím aird an Teachta ar an bhfreagra a thug mé ar Cheisteanna Uimh. 114 agus 115 uaidh den 17 Feabhra 2005. Mar a dúirt mé cheana, tuigfidh an Teachta gur cheist d'Fhoras na Gaeilge féin cinntí a dhéanamh maidir le soláthar deontas, i gcomhréir leis an réimse reachtúil ina bhfeidhmíonn sé agus na pleananna gnó agus corparáide atá aige.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I hope I will be able to persuade Members that what I am proposing is stronger than the amendment. When one is thinking of law one has to read the words carefully. I agree with Deputy McGinley that there are roles for independent boards carrying out certain functions. We all agree with that as a matter of principle. The question we have to decide is where it is more appropriate for a board...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is not what the Deputy's amendment says. It refers to persons appointed by the Minister.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I ask the Deputy to read his amendment. It proposes the Minister consults with the bodies he thinks are important and then he can nominate what four members he wishes.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am serious about this point. The Deputy's amendment proposes the members are appointed by the Minister following consultation with organisations that the Minister considers to be representative of the purposes so specified. It proposes the Minister makes the appointment, he must consult but he decides with whom he will consult. I accept that what I have inserted in the Bill was a change...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Section 30(3) states: Not fewer than 4 of the 10 ordinary members appointed under this section are to be persons who— (a) in the Minister's opinion, have knowledge of, and experience relating to, the purposes for which disbursements may be made under section 41, and (b) are appointed following consideration by the Minister of any submissions received in response to a published notice...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am just trying to be helpful. I believe that what I am suggesting is more open. The Deputy is suggesting that the Minister gets to choose the bodies that can make recommendations. I am proposing to place an advertisement in the newspapers and anybody wishing to do so can make a submission. The Deputy seeks to give me the power to select the organisations and I want to leave it open to...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is more or less what the Deputy proposes except that he would have me nominate the bodies. I am suggesting that any body could do so, which is more liberal than the Deputy's suggestion.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Aontaím leis an phointe ghinearálta, ach ní aontaím leis an leasú atá an phlé againn. Ar an leasú, is liobrálaíé an rud atá i gceist agamsa ná an rud atá i gceist ag an Teachta.

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We need not discuss the fundamental issue again. This amendment is very similar to amendment No. 3. Obviously the Labour Party is wary of what might happen with the power in the hands of the politicians. We have discussed the matter thoroughly. When one considers the sections we discussed yesterday in their totality, the room for manoeuvre, as alleged, is very slight. Disbursements from the...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I move amendment No. 16: In page 14, lines 28 to 30, to delete all words from and including "or" in line 28 down to and including "section" in line 30 and substitute the following: ", advisers or other service providers engaged for any purpose relating to applications for disbursements under this Part". This is essentially a technical amendment the purpose of which is to modify slightly an...

Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed). (11 May 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The effect of this amendment is to delete section 10. This section is consequential to the board's changed role regarding decision making in that it removes the accountability of the chairperson to the Committee of Public Accounts for decisions on disbursements made by the former board. Removal of this section will create an anomaly whereby the board would no longer make decisions on...