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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It should be four times more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We will have it again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is much lower.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There was a service from Galway to the Aran Islands on a boat called the Oileáin Árann. It took half a day to get there and the other half to get back. To be quite honest, there were bugger all people going to the Aran Islands. When I became Minister, we introduced services from Rossaveal. In fairness to the boat companies, they got better and better boats and increased the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I had a question on fares.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It was a simple question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Rural Transport Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Am I right in thinking people living in rural Ireland are subsidising in the fare structure those living in urban areas through their taxes?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (21 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Unless it is renewed, section 481 expires in 2020. Uncertainty in the film industry will lead to loss of business. It can take five years of planning before a production comes on stream as they need to plan considerably ahead. What discussions have taken place between the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Department of Finance to ensure the renewal of this very...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (21 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: With certain justification, the now President of Ireland but then Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Michael D. Higgins, was credited with being the powerhouse behind the introduction of what is now section 481. It was a different section at that time. Whereas technically I appreciate that it is the responsibility of the Minister for Finance and that is why the question is framed...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Film Industry Tax Reliefs (21 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister agree this should have been renewed last year or the year before because of the five-year minimum lead-in for the big productions? There are many series made by Netflix and Amazon Prime and so on. We are in a very new world of a screen, where all the different technologies are merging and it is not just film in the old-fashioned sense. The lead-in is quite extraordinary....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta (21 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá sé sin seafóideach.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (21 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 3. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard é líon na bpleananna teanga atá á gcur i bhfeidhm i mbliana, taobh istigh agus taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht faoi seach; cén caiteachas atá ceadaithe do na pleananna seo i mbliana; céard é an caiteachas go dáta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [26804/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (21 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Caithfear faire amach don fhoclaíocht sa cheist seo. Níl mé ag iarraidh a fháil amach faoi phleananna atá á réiteach. Tá mé ag caint ar phleananna atá á gcur i bhfeidhm. Cé mhéad plean teangan atá á chur i bhfeidhm taobh istigh agus taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht? Cén caiteachas atá ceadaithe do na pleananna...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (21 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Níl fhios agam ar léigh an tAire Stáit an cheist. An cheist a bhí ann ná cad iad líon na bpleananna teanga atá á gur i bhfeidhm i mbliana taobh istigh nó taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht. Thug an tAire Stáit freagra, nach mór, ar an gcuid sin den cheist. Níl aon bhaint aige leis an airgead atá ceadaithe do rudaí eile leis an...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (21 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (21 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Bunaithe ar an meán de €150,000, má mhéadaíonn duine €150,000 - agus mar a d'admhaigh an tAire féin, níl €150,000 i gceist le cuid acu - faoi 13, ní bhfaighidh duine €2.67 milliún. Tá go leor rudaí eile clúdaithe faoin gceannteideal pleanála teanga. I gcónaí riamh, bhí Aire na Gaeltachta...

Other Questions: Commemorative Events (21 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have consistently been asking the Minister questions about the all-party committee that was advising on the commemorations and she keeps giving the response that it will happen shortly and that she is waiting for nominations. The various groups were asked to make those nominations six or eight months ago, if not longer. Surely it is time to tell them that the train is leaving the station...

Other Questions: Film Industry (21 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ardmore Studios is a very strategic facility. It was sold recently and I understand the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation was involved. Was the Minister consulted about the sale and were concerns expressed about the vulnerability of Ardmore's future as a studio?

Other Questions: Film Industry (21 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Just to satisfy my idle curiosity, I ask the Minister to explain why the Irish and English versions of the name are totally different. Screen Ireland is translated as "Fís Éireann" but the word "fís" means "vision", while the Irish for the word "screen" is "scáileán". Why does this anomaly with regard to the name exist? Which word more truly reflects the nature of...

Other Questions: Film Industry (21 Jun 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Given that we are talking about the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, I presume that Fís Éireann was the original name which was translated into English and not the other way around. It baffles me as to why, having called it Fís Éireann, the Department did not call it Vision Ireland but my puzzlement will continue. Given the price of residential land in the...