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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Excellent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the officials for the careful consideration they have given to issues that need to be addressed and for highlighting others that we might not have fully addressed but which need to be put to bed so as to avoid unintended consequences.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann represents all of the islands. I am sure that it would make its views known to the committee on this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It would be useful. It might not be a bad idea to invite the returning officers as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Well,-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am not trying to dictate to the committee but, in view of the possible short-day polling, it would be important to get the opinions of the islanders. We could have a short session with Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann, which is very organised, to tease out its views on this remaining issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: People can engage and still do what they intended doing from the beginning. I was environment Minister for the 2011 election. It was well known that I would have preferred same-day polling, but returning officers had absolute discretion. Clearly I could not interfere because that was their legal right and, therefore, they had the discretion to make the call. To believe that we did not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I would appreciate that.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Provision (15 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 60. To ask the Minister for Health if extra funding will be provided in 2018 for respite care for persons with serious autistic and physical disabilities in view of the current significant shortfall in such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48192/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance (15 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 75. To ask the Minister for Health his policy in relation to provision of health services through Irish in Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48193/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (15 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason it is proposed to hold the famine commemoration for the second year running in Munster in view of the fact that up to now the tradition has been to rotate sequentially between the four provinces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48388/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Issues (15 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated funding to be spent on the GLAS scheme in the rural development plan when published; the estimated spend that will now occur based on the current numbers in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48387/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (15 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 211. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of capital allocated to his Department for 2017 at its creation; the amount spent by subhead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48386/17]

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (15 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a dhéanamh leis an Aire tar éis dó bheith ceaptha mar Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail. I would like to congratulate the Minister on his appointment. We all have the good of rural Ireland at heart. As time will be limited, I am going to focus on five general themes and then presumably we will get a chance to go through it subhead by subhead....

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (15 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The problem also applied to the Minister's time at the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. It had totally underspent and totally undersanctioned long before the Minister's Department was set up. It would have wound up with the same underspend as the Minister's new Department. With all due respect, the Minister was the Minister of State in that Department...

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (15 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I asked a question about that spend on 7 November and was given a reply with out-of-date figures. It related to the prepayment of €28 million to the local authorities and how much of that was spent. If the Minister has up-to-date figures, will he provide these to the committee? It is very difficult to come into committee meetings-----

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (15 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Here is the bottom line figure. The Government gave out €28 million in December last year. How much of that has been spent in total, between efficient and inefficient authorities?

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (15 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: So there is €11 million unspent. That is the figure that I was given.

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (15 Nov 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is €11.394 million.