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Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: One of the problems nowadays is that we start simply, but the process can eventually get very complicated. Most people have insurance policies with plenty of small print that nobody ever reads. My understanding of a code of practice is that it would not work unless it can be very simple, written in layman's language and is not too long. It should cut to the chase. Otherwise, people will...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The wording is that an authorised officer who has reasonable grounds for believing a person is offending against this section in relation to an animal may require that person to immediately desist from so offending. That is if the person is offending.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How can the person desist if he or she is not offending? The wording appears to have an implication that he or she is doing something, but the Minister is saying there are only reasonable grounds and no evidence for believing he or she is doing it. He is also talking about getting there before a person offends, but the wording appears to imply that he or she must be offending-----

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Not before he or she starts to do so.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is another side to this. How can one stop so-called credible persons making all sorts of complaints because of animosity between two neighbours? The authorised officer claims it is reasonable because Mr. and Mrs. Murphy said it was happening, but it was not happening. In defence of having told somebody to desist with no real evidence, the authorised officer will say there were...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is there evidence that the law is failing to prevent cruelty? If it is, that would be interesting and it would swing me towards the Minister's opinion.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I move amendment No. 17: In page 13, subsection (1)(a), lines 36 and 37, to delete “injury (including disfigurement) or”.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I move amendment No. 19: In page 14, subsection (5)(b), line 21, to delete “or a code of practice”.I am not pressing the amendment.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I move amendment No. 20: In page 14, subsection (6), line 30, to delete "reasonable grounds" and substitute "evidence".I will not press the amendment.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Amendment No. 24 reads: "In page 14, subsection (9), line 44, after "or" where it secondly occurs to insert "by order of the court." It seeks to clarify whether we are saying the Minister can deduct the money without an order of the court.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Oileán (28 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht sé i gceist aige a chinntiú go leanfar leis an tseirbhís aeir go hÁrainn tar éis Mhí Lúnasa seo chugainn; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [52994/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Oileán (28 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aige a chinntiú go leanfar leis an tseirbhís aeir go hÁrainn tar éis mhí Lúnasa seo chugainn. [53116/12]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (28 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé sásta cúraim fiontraíochta a fhágáil ag Údarás na Gaeltachta;; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [53001/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (29 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to maintain a strong postal service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53266/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Schemes (29 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposal for a pay as you save scheme to replace the better energy homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53267/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (29 Nov 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if here were guidelines issues under Section 15 subsection 8 of SI No 189 of 2012 and if there were, the details of these guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53444/12]

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is a major topic in need of very serious consideration and detailed changes. The first issue we must confront is that every year, as the hospitals overspend in the health budget, funding is withdrawn, not only from the hospitals to try deal with the overspend but from primary care. When one looks at primary care, all of the permanent staff have salaries, yet the Government moves on...

Funding of Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We have a decision to make about values. We support the Labour Party in putting the extra 3% on the top rate of self-employed PRSI. If that was done tomorrow, a fair cut could be given to people with disabilities. We will back the Minister of State on this side of the House because we have already said she was right in that particular proposal. In fact, I think we published it first. We...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (4 Dec 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number and percentage of private waste water systems registered in each county to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54196/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Registration Scheme (4 Dec 2012)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in view of the delay in providing the operating manual for private waste water systems, he intends to postpone the latest date for registering private waste water systems under the Water Services Act 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54195/12]