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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is a fair point. The reality is that it has been totally down to the discretion of the returning officer in each constituency. Cork has opted for years to have voting on the same day as polling day but Galway, Mayo and Donegal have opted to have voting one day prior to polling day and up to very recently in the case of Mayo and Donegal two days prior to polling day. They have not been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (12 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Of course. They had to be. The mess delayed matters a little at the count in Galway and it delayed the result nationally. However, that was foreseeable and avoidable. Anybody who is familiar with the air service will confirm that it is absolutely fantastic, but its one problem is fog. If one thinks about it, however, by definition a day with fog is a day of a calm sea. Once the wind...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 66. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the policy of her Department regarding the development of crèches and preschools in the Gaeltacht which operate through the medium of the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43467/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 67. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the policy of her Department regarding the development of crèches and preschools inside and outside the Gaeltacht which operate through the medium of the Irish language; the discussions she has had on this matter with the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43466/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (17 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment will issue in respect of a carer's allowance application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing the payment in view of the fact that it has been with the payments and maintenance section for a significant period of time; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Payments (17 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 569. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine a case in which a person (details supplied) was awarded disability allowance but had the contributions to apply for invalidity pension; if she will take into consideration that the person has subsequently been awarded invalidity pension following the advice from this Deputy's office to apply for same; if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility (17 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine a case in which a person (details supplied) was awarded an increase for a qualified adult; if the fact the person did not know they were entitled to an increase for a qualified adult will be considered; if backdating can be made on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43944/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Ceremonies (18 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of ceremonial public events that the Defence Forces have participated in alongside members of other military forces, excluding those events associated with our peacekeeping obligations, to date in 2017; the locations where these events took place; the military forces involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43812/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Common Security and Defence Policy (18 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the contacts he and his Department have had with the EU institutions and also with other EU member states in the past six months; the nature of their discussions on defence matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43811/17]

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application by a school (details supplied) which requires an extension due to overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44345/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (19 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth, faoi na tairiscintí nua don tseirbhís farantóireachta chuig na hoileáin, ar féidir leis an gcomhlacht farantóireachta aon táillí calafoirt a ghearrfaidh an tÚdarás Áitiúil a ghearradh ar lucht úsáidte na seirbhíse; cén fáth...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scoileanna Oileáin (19 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil i gceist aici líon na scoláireachtaí atá ar fáil do na meánscoileanna ar Oileáin Árann a mhéadú go dtí 20 scoláireacht an scoil don scoilbhliain 2018/2019; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [44461/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creimeadh Cósta (19 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil i gceist aici airgead a chur ar fáil d’oibreacha creimthe cósta ar Inis Meáin an bhliain seo chugainn; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [44462/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (19 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy of his Department regarding the development of the road transport links linking Waterford and Limerick and Tuam and Letterkenny; if these roads will receive priority in the national capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44344/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland has informed him of the projects on national primary and secondary routes that will be going to construction in 2018 based on the funding provided for TII in the budget; if it has the details of these projects; if not, when it is likely that TII will inform him of the projects going to construction...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Administration (19 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 238. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason it is his plan to pre-pay local authorities for work on LIS roads, as per Parliamentary Question No. 163 of 12 October 2017; if the approval of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has been given for this decision; his views on whether local authorities may not live up to commitments they may give regarding the...

Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I join in the words of satisfaction that Ibrahim Halawa has returned home having been released from prison. A total of 32 people have applied for transfer into this country from prisons abroad. Surely we should be equally anxious for them to come home. They were coming home at a rate of about six a year until there was a difficulty in the courts in 2014. Last year, only one person was...

Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The other difference is that this is totally within our gift, the Halawa case was not. We could actually do this work. It is totally within our gift.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cóiríocht Scoile (24 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le hiarratas ar sheomra acmhainní (sonraí tugtha). [44776/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (24 Oct 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 216. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for early intervention; the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44620/17]