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Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: But the Deputy will get another one.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This, in relation to an important reform, is a classic case of facing an open goal but managing to kick the ball wide. For many years, I have felt that the habit of sending people to prison for unpaid civil debts is mad. Many of those who wound up in prison in these situations were people who were generally not very well up on the law. On the other hand, it was also a fact that if people...

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2015: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Caithfidh mé a rá go bhfuil fíor-aiféala orm nach bhfuil an tAire Airgeadais anseo anocht. Tagann sé inár láthair ó thráth go chéile, bíonn cúpla focal le rá aige agus ligeann sé air féin gur saoi nó fáidh de shaghas éigin é, ach ní bhíonn aon ghníomh uaidh ar chor ar bith. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Architectural Heritage (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that a meeting that was promised for 9 June 2015 with the Lough Mask heritage group about Bunadubber Mill, The Neale, Ballinrobe, did not take place; when it is intended to hold such a meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27444/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 203. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all projects approved under the local authority harbour development programme 2015 to Galway County Council and to Galway City Council, including the precise location of each project, the works approved and the amount of money approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27441/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Applications (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an aquaculture licence applied for on 7 February 2012 by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in making a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27442/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of inspections carried out on a farmer's stock (details supplied) in the past three years; the reason for the frequency of these inspections; if the level of inspections is likely to continue; the outcome of the inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27445/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Plant Protection Products (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the basis on which glyphosate is licensed for use in products such as Round Up and Clinic Ace; the tests carried out to ensure glyphosate is not carcinogenic; if the findings of the International Agency for Research on Cancer were considered before licensing glyphosate; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 332. To ask the Minister for Health based on the report published on 29 June 2015, the number of terminations carried out under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act that resulted in a live birth in 2014 broken down between terminations arising out of suicidal ideation and by a direct medical risk to the life of the mother; the number of these children who are still alive; the gestation...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Oileáin (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na socraithe atá déanta aici lena chinntiú go bhfuil clár cuimsitheach ábhar ar fáil ag an 200 scoláire atá ag freastal ar scoileanna dara leibhéal ar na hoileáin; cad iad na céimeanna atá i gceist aici a ghlacadh le cúrsaí a fheabhsú; cad iad na hiarratais ina...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Oileáin (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad atá i gceist aici a dhéanamh lena chinntiú go mbeidh sé tarraingteach do mhúinteoirí múineadh sna scoileanna dara leibhéal ar na hoileáin; an bhfuil sé i gceist aici tuilleadh postanna lánaimseartha a chur ar fáil sna scoileanna seo; an bhfuil sé i gceist aici freisin an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Outdoor Education Centres (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an application for capital funding to upgrade the facilities at Petersburg Outdoor Education Centre in An Fháiche in Contae na Gaillimhe; when a decision will be made on this application; if she will recognise the urgency of this request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27449/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 543. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications for funding for housing submitted to his Department this year by Galway City Council; the decisions made to date on these applications; if these applications were granted or refused; if refused, on what grounds; when decisions on the remainder of the applications will be made; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 544. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of applications for funding for Traveller specific accommodation submitted to his Department this year by Galway City Council; the decisions made to date on these applications; if these applications were granted or refused; if refused, on what grounds; when decisions on the remainder of the applications will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Industry in Ireland: Discussion (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am pleased we had the two submissions. They were very useful. Before we ask specific questions, we must stand back and say we are in a country that has a reputation for horses. We have the land, climate and, perhaps more important, the reputation and human capital in general to make a success of this industry. It is all very intelligent to talk about attracting foreign direct investment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Industry in Ireland: Discussion (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is a precedent in that one was given to Jackie Kennedy in 1963.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Industry in Ireland: Discussion (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As a committee we are looking at the horse industry as a potentially rich resource but the industry will not invest unless it gets a return. Can the representatives come back in due course and tell the committee that if a certain amount is invested, some return will be made directly and some indirectly? At the end of the day that is how it will have to be measured because money is scarce....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Industry in Ireland: Discussion (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If it were to pay pro ratafor its population, it would be a lot more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Industry in Ireland: Discussion (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If all the funding from the Irish Sports Council, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Exchequer is taken into account, there is a massive difference.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Industry in Ireland: Discussion (7 Jul 2015)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I attended a great horse show in the Odyssey Arena as Minister. I am not big into horses.