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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Licences (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of boats registered to fishermen whose address is on an offshore island not connected to the mainland by a causeway or bridge by integrals of five metres in length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20875/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Applications (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the full environmental impact assessment will be carried out on a bay; when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application for an aquaculture licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20881/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the change in rules that allows persons on JobPath to take up places on community employment and Tús schemes extends also to the RSS and CSP schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20883/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an instruction was issued to local authorities that rural council houses built on sites purchased at a nominal price from the applicants' families should only be built in exceptional circumstances; the number of the circular in which the instruction was given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20882/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 606. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Waterways Ireland has reduced the opening time of the locks on the Shannon Erne waterway in the period 1 April to 16 May 2018 from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. compared to 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. in other years; if her permission was sought for such a change; if it is planned to restrict opening hours in September and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Forbairt Calaí agus Céanna (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 607. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist ag a Roinn i gcomhar le pobal Árann agus Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe plean forbartha a réiteach do chalaphort Chill Rónáin le go mbeidh saoráidí níos fearr ann do na báid iascaigh, na báid farrantóireachta agus na báid pléisiúir agus do...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foilseacháin Ghaeilge (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 608. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard atá i gceist aici a dhéanamh le tuilleadh cúnaimh a thabhairt don fhoilsitheoireacht i nGaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [20879/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I take we are dealing with supports for the community and voluntary sector, SICAP, the local community development sector and all the way down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Only B4.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Subheads B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, etc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Why is the Chairman not doing them all?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The normal approach is to deal with them all. I will be brief but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The funding for SICAP has been greatly reduced since 2008.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: For Senator Coffey's information, the voted expenditure this year is identical to the voted expenditure in 2008, so one would have expected that when the Government got the expenditure up from the 2008 level, funding for programmes for those at a disadvantage would be at least as high as in 2008. That is the basis of the point I am making and that is why I picked the year 2008. Our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We are back to the same expenditure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: But the expenditure-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: With the permission of the Chair, may I ask a question on SICAP? In all the briefs we receive, there is a fetish for numbers. As the Minister of State knows, however, the temptation is to go for the low-hanging fruit, namely, the person nearest to the labour market who might get into it without any assistance. This means that a company can tell the Department and the auditor what a great...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It does not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is the Minister saying it does not now relate to urban, highly concentrated, deprived areas any more?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To save time, will the Minister indicate if there is a published scheme outlining what RAPID is since this has been done? I have made a freedom of information request for the review that has been done, and I will get that in due course, no doubt. I hope there will not be a song and dance made in giving me that information. Is there a revised scheme where I can get a detailed description of...