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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (15 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason applications for citizenship are taking up to 12 months or longer to process in view of the commitments given by his Department that the processing time for such applications would be reduced to six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7847/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (20 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the flood relief works for Caherlea and Lisheenavalla as part of the Clare river Claregalway drainage scheme have been completed; if not, the timeframe for same; if additional works are planned in this area; if so, the details of the proposed works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8282/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Applications (20 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 430. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will issue regarding an application by a person (details supplied) under TAMS; the reason for the delay in processing this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8256/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: TAMS Eligibility (20 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 431. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the provision of housing for cattle in respect of TAMS covers new sheds and the upgrade of existing facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8257/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his policy on the development of the RAPID programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8821/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister will agree with me that we often hear about the challenges facing rural communities. However, they pale into utter insignificance when we compare them to the challenges faced by those living in urban disadvantaged areas. I received a call recently from a lady who spoke to me about a school the Taoiseach had visited. Down the street from it will be located a 100-bed...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We must be living in the most reviewed country in the world because every time I ask a question here, I am told a review is being done. Will the Minister explain how he can justify giving a town like Ballina the same amount of money as Dublin? I am not belittling the problems in Ballina but is the Minister telling me they compare to the totality of the problems faced in Dublin where just...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the RAPID programme.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What specifically will the Minister do for the south inner city area from the south bank of the Liffey down through the Liberties where there are massive problems? There are huge problems and I can put the Minister on to people in the area who will bring him on a walking tour of the area if he does not know what is going on there. Is there any structure that involves the people living in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: CLÁR Programme (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 29. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the developments he is proposing for the CLÁR programme in 2018; and when new elements of this programme will be rolled out in 2018. [8822/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: CLÁR Programme (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Last year there was a massive underspend in the Minister's Department. We seem to be heading the same way because unless the money is out on the ground early in the year it will not all be spent by the end of the year. What developments is the Minister proposing for the CLÁR programme for this year and when will we hear the announcements and calls going out so we actually get the money...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: CLÁR Programme (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister not agree that for the CLÁR areas and the challenges they face €5 million is a derisory amount of money and shows the lack of importance of the most depopulated of rural areas? When will he announce the programme for this year? January is gone; we are on the threshold of the end of February. The Minister knows that when he announces them it will take two or...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: CLÁR Programme (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: An allocation of €5 million works out at about €250,000 per county. Is the Minister telling me that in his county of Mayo, where virtually all of the county is in a CLÁR area except around Castlebar, Westport and Ballina, €250,000 is going to make any difference on the ground? Can he tell me whether he will have access to the €312 million fund that is...

Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the requests for submissions that have been sought from bodies in 2018 under the local improvement, village and town renewal, national rural development and CLÁR schemes; the projects approved to date under these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8715/18]

Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The question is very straightforward and I hope I get a straightforward answer from the Minister. It concerns the requests for submissions sought from bodies in 2018 under the local improvement, village and town renewal, national rural development and CLÁR schemes. I also seek the number of projects approved under these schemes. Two months are gone in the year, ten months are left,...

Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I wish to ask the Minister a question. Is he listening? Why are we getting this big word "review" again? Why did the Minister not simply say that nothing has been sorted yet and that no projects have been approved? Is that the situation after the long rigmarole of an answer he just gave? Is this exactly what the Minister told me at the end: nothing has been sorted or approved? Can the...

Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Time is running out so I will ask a short question this time. There are two parts to it. Will the Minister explain to me what the term "shortly" means in this instance? Is it weeks or months? Who was the Minister of State with responsibility for rural development before the Minister became Minister for Rural and Community Development?

Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I take it that the name of the Minister of State with responsibility for rural development before the office of Minister for Rural and Community Development was created was one Deputy Michael Ring.

Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The suggestion to the effect that "I was not there" does not stand up. The Minister was there. I thank the Minister for clarifying the position.

Other Questions: Action Plan for Rural Development (21 Feb 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the new measures he plans to roll out under the Action Plan for Rural Development in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8718/18]