Results 13,001-13,020 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (26 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 23. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have received payments under the AEO scheme 3 in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13080/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Severe Weather Events (26 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 27. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assistance made available to farmers and fisherpersons to date who lost stock, land, fences, boats and gear during the recent storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13078/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Development Programme Expenditure (26 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 34. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total expenditure to date under each heading of the rural development programme 2007-14; the total allocation under each heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13077/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (26 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue under the 2012 and 2013 disadvantaged area-based payment to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14313/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (26 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged area-based scheme will be paid to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; the reason there is a delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14359/14]

Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (27 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 9. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the programmes in place to assist with the development of youth services; the funding for these for each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14019/14]

Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (27 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We are doing well, and Galway East is in the Chair.

Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (27 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is a west of Ireland takeover. I believe that investment in youth services is very important because we know that the cost of not having youth services, particularly for young people growing up in disadvantaged communities, actually leads to further costs for the State down the road. My question is what funding is available, whether the trend of the funding is up or down and what action...

Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (27 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I did not hear the full figures for the last three years. Was it somewhere around €51.7 million for 2012 and 2013?

Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (27 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There has been a significant reduction in funding. I know the approach of the Department for Public Expenditure and Reform is to just take money across the board, without discriminating in terms of where the cuts fall. Certain things do not change, but at the end of the day, €50 billion is being spent in current expenditure and choices have to be made. Would the Minister agree that...

Other Questions: Youth Services Funding (27 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I could not agree more with the Minister on her last point. I know that when we had the midnight soccer programme running, there was a 30% decrease in anti-social behaviour in various housing estates. Obviously, idle hands create difficulties. Does the Department still recognise the particular challenges faced by those in the RAPID areas in the context of youth services? Does the Minister...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (27 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total funding available in 2014 for assistance with child care; the means test that applies for this assistance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14018/14]

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (27 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My question relates to support for child care. I heard the earlier debate on the issue and am interested in the trends in funding and the plans the Minister has to ensure that adequate funding is available for child care.

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (27 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There has been a lot of discussion and kite flying by the Minister's colleagues about tax breaks that might be available in the future. Would the Minister agree that if money is available for tax breaks, it should be made available to those who are working and who do not benefit from the subventions referred to by the Minister, in the main? Tax breaks should be introduced in a targeted way...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (27 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister accept that the chances of her persuading her colleagues in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to take that route which might be the more preferable one are difficult? While there are cutbacks, if money is saved, it will not be used to provide for extra expenditure but tax breaks. Accepting that tax breaks represent the only loose money in the system, is the...

Other Questions: Child Care Services Funding (27 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I was referring more to the Minister’s input into the process.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (27 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding that has been approved to date to the Office of Public Works for the purposes of coastal protection works in Galway city and county; the projects approved for such funding in Galway city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14556/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Haddington Road Agreement Negotiations (27 Mar 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the implications of the EU Working Time Directive and subsequent Irish legislation for Irish residential care staff; if time spent on call while working in residential care facilities overnight is considered working time for the purposes of the legislation; if not, the reason for same; if workers on such duties are entitled to receive the minimum wage...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (1 Apr 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2013 disadvantaged areas scheme will be issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14731/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Payments (1 Apr 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the single farm payment and disadvantaged areas scheme payment for the past three years that issued to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the outstanding disadvantaged areas scheme payment and single farm payments due for the past three years to this person; the reason these grants have not been paid; the penalties...