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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: At what cost to human life though? At what risk to human life? That is the problem. We might find a solution, but how many deaths will occur in the meantime? What is the risk of a death on the road compared to a risk to a pearl mussel? If a good method statement is put in, we will get on with it but it seems that what the Department is telling us is that it wants no risk to the pearl...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: -----so it will be four years this year, and not one inch of the road has been improved. In fact, it has deteriorated disgracefully in the meantime. Dr. O'Keeffe might remember the time we paid the farmers for the sheep we took off the hills. They were getting very worried about it. I said we have paid them and we will worry about that again. It took Europe five years to approve it. It...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Issues (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to extend rights to citizenship to the spouses of Irish citizens resident in the United Kingdom in view of the impending effects of Brexit on these families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2360/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the legislation governing the transfer of sentenced prisoners from abroad was initially instigated; when it is expected to have it concluded; the reason for the delay with the review; the number of applications for transfer from prisons abroad to prisons here held up pending this review; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Eligibility (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will alter the terms of the help-to-buy scheme to ensure that all those persons that had not drawn down their full mortgage by 19 July 2016 would be eligible for the scheme; the reason that date was chosen in the first place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2365/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no special provision to enable school children use trains instead of buses where the cost is the same and this is the more convenient option; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2373/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date with the progression of a building project for a school (details supplied); when it is expected to progress this project to final design and planning; the consideration that has been given to the provision of alternative accommodation when the school is being built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2376/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Exchange Scheme (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce a teacher exchange scheme for primary school teachers in order that teachers in different schools could exchange positions and remain permanently employed with the consent of the two boards of management of the schools in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2378/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Spatial Strategy (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline his views on directing development primarily to a small number of regional cities and prioritising State resources to achieve this policy objective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2532/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to reverse the instruction to local authorities not to construct any further one-off local authority houses in the countryside on land provided at a nominal fee by the applicant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2531/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta Data (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 180. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of Údarás na Gaeltachta supported jobs, on a county basis, at 1 January 2016 and at 31 December 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2457/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúram agus Oideachas na Luath-Óige (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 182. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist aici a chinntiú go mbeidh dóthain acmhainní ag na naíonraí beaga i gceantair Ghaeltachta atá ar bheagán daonra chun go leanfaidh siad ar aghaidh ag feidhmiú; cé na bearta a bhfuil sé i gceist aici iad a dhéanamh chun an méid sin a chur i...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 184. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the rural action plan from her Department will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2458/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider appointing an official from his Department or some independent person to carry out an investigation into the treatment by the HSE of a charity (details supplied) since 2008 and to report to him on their findings with a view to addressing the serious issues that have been raised by the charity; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Data (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 244. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that did not receive their 85% payment for 2015 to date under the GLAS scheme, broken down by county; the number in the GLAS scheme at 31 December 2016 broken down on the same basis; the reason for the delay in payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2374/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Census (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 245. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider basing the number of ewes on which payment can be claimed under the sheep welfare scheme 2017-2019 on the actual number of ewes held by farmers each year for the sheep census of the previous year up to a maximum of a hundred ewes or the number of ewes held in 2014, in order to assist small flock owners expand;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 246. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers that have applied for the TAMS 2 scheme 2014 to 2020; the number that have been approved under the TAMS 2 scheme 2014 to 2020; the value of these approvals; the number that had received payment under the scheme by 31 December 2016; the amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2379/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the State subsidy paid to Bus Éireann per capita of population served is five times less than that provided to Dublin Bus; the policy he has to address this issue and to ensure equality of treatment of all areas in the country in relation to public bus services; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take, including the increase of the State subsidy to Bus Éireann, to ensure that there is no deterioration in the services provided by this company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2362/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Jan 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy he has in relation to the pricing of bus services throughout the country; if he will address the injustice whereby many rural bus customers are charged per kilometre much more on publicly subsidised routes than those availing of urban services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2363/17]