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Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 716. To ask the Minister for Health to set down the number of Bills his Department has published since March 2011; the number of regulatory impact assessments his Department has published since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29295/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 746. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is being forced to retire at 65 years of age from the Health Service Executive when that person will only be entitled to a State pension at 66 years of age and will not be entitled to a discretionary supplementary pension from the HSE for the coming year until reaching 66 years of age; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 777. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made with the transfer of a person (details supplied) in County Galway from a hospital in England to the Central Mental Hospital in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29796/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Process (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 809. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Bills his Department has published since March 2011; the number of regulatory impact assessments that his Department has published since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29301/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Legislative Process (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 869. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Bills his Department has published since March 2011; the number of regulatory impact assessments that his Department has published since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29288/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Cafes Expenditure (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 871. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the sources of funding from his Department or agencies of his Department for youth cafes; if any new youth cafes are being funded at present; if so where application forms can be sourced for this funding; the closing date for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29341/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Developments July to December 2013: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank Mr. Moran for his presentation. He stated that a great deal of time was spent on the detailed regulation. It is often said that the devil is in the detail. Our discussions with representatives from the Department last week indicated that a major challenge is arising for farmers who have so-called commonage land in the context of what constitutes an active farmer. It appears that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Developments July to December 2013: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can I ask a question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Developments July to December 2013: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I asked a specific question on that. Is this being driven by something in the regulation or by the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Developments July to December 2013: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What about Pillar 2?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Developments July to December 2013: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is that written in the regulation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: First of all, I would like to apologise because the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine is sitting at the same time as this one and, as agriculture spokesperson for Fianna Fáil, I will have to try to be in two places at once. This is an issue that arises occasionally in the Houses. To go back to the beginning, do the witnesses agree that the two issues the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I was referring to a particular company.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá díomá orm leis an údarás gur láimhseáladh an cheist seo mar a láimhseáleadh í Ba mhaith liom a fháil amach ón údarás cad é an chéad uair ar thuig sé go raibh ceadúnas ag teastáil le feamainn a bhaint. Má thuig sé é sin, cén fáth nár tháinig an cheist seo chun...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The European Union is very different from Canada. We face many challenges, by virtue of the very nature of the EU, that would not apply in Canada.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes. Canada does not have the same variations in wealth as the EU. In Canada, basic wages and things would be much more level from east to west. That does not apply in the EU. I am not against people being able to move and get jobs. I addressed my remarks to Údarás na Gaeltachta, which has a particular legal requirement to promote the Irish language. It has a statutory duty....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mr. Ó Murchú has got to the nub of the issue. I was shocked by a comment made by Mr. Mac Giolla Bhríde. He was told by civil servants not to comply with the law, which has been in place since 1973. It appears offered him this advice because they did not want him to disabuse people of the simple belief that they owned the seaweed. The people who knew the position did not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Licensing and Harvesting of Seaweed in Ireland: Discussion (8 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is the nub of the issue.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (9 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements in place to ensure that insurance claims for personal and property losses against Setanta Insurance, which is in liquidation, are paid in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30342/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (9 Jul 2014)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in view of the extreme needs of the pupils in a school (details supplied) in County Galway, if he will provide a refurbishment grant for a premises on the campus as requested by the school; the reasons this has not been provided to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30343/14]