Results 181-200 of 1,152 for long speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Legacy Issues in Northern Ireland and Reports of Police Ombudsman of Northern Ireland: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland report, which I absolutely welcome, confirms what a lot of us presumed was the situation, but without the details, for a long time. I have attended previous presentations from people who have done a lot of study on this issue of collusion. They have suggested that there were major abuses of policing and of authority in the North of Ireland during...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (22 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...issues relating to the conditions attaching to family visits, controlled movement, full body searching and educational issues; if these discussions have also covered the issues of extremely long remand and bail periods for prisoners awaiting trial for up to and over seven years in some cases; the response he has received in relation to these matters; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (17 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The last part of that question was going to be the first part of my question. When will this particular process be over? It has been going on for a long time. Will the Department provide a list of all the steps that will need to be taken before we can proceed to into construction? In the context of Inis Oírr, for example, the problem that arose was that planning permission had...

Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Statements (16 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...have not had the opportunity to do so. I will respond in more detail to the very detailed report when I get that opportunity. There are, however, basic principles I think we can lay down. I have long questioned the Minister about the issue of pay in the Defence Forces and the work burden that soldiers face. I welcome the fact that the Minister will be initiating discussions, albeit...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (16 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...agendas for some time. The other issue is the privatisation of fundamental services. I have serious concerns about that trend over the last 20 or 30 years. I have been on a hobby horse for a long time. I still find we are up against the same reluctance to change based on old attitudes and for no rational reason. I really welcome the changes in community employment and the easing of...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (16 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...is, to create churn. However, it also created uncertainty for people in their lives. The reason there is no demand for the scheme is quite simple. Initially, when one went on the scheme, as long as one qualified one got the payment because one was doing 19 and a half hours' work. One got the full basic rate for oneself, for one's partner if one had a partner and if he or she was a...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (16 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...pension were not interlinked. I would look at this simplistically enough. The State has only a finite amount of money. I am one of those people who actually believes that it is finite. In the longer term, the Government can only spend what it brings in. It seems that something that has not been taken into account is that, on one hand, the Minister is saying that people, many of whom...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (15 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to reducing the fees for registration for the scheme for the regularisation for long-term undocumented migrants given that many of the applicants particularly those in direct provision have very limited means; the way that the scale of fees was arrived at; and if she will make a statement on the...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...happen. It is true that, not only in this country but all over the world, people were put in institutions. Thankfully that has changed and our attitude towards disability has moved forward. We still have a long way to go so we need to look forward to a change and an advocate. It is important to have good structures but good structures without good Ministers do not, of their own...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Forestry Sector (10 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...of State is saying about felling licences and planting but it is not quite that simple. Some of what is being felled, such as Sitka spruce and so on, is being replaced by broadleaves, which have a longer period of growth and are not the timber sought by most of the commercial mills. As the Minister of State has noted, because of the nature of where forests tend to be in this country,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ..., allowing for all the delays and the processes in the House, is the Minister talking about implementation by the autumn? Legislation on assisted decision-making has been in gestation for a long time and this has caused much upset. Can the Minister confirm that the legislation will be put through the House expeditiously and that we will be finished once and for all with giving people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (3 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome that because I have fought for a long time to ensure the disabled would not be considered as having an illness but as a community or group of people who have to be supported so they can live their lives fully. Can I take it that responsibility for all those with mental and intellectual disabilities and so on will be transferred to the Minister and that acute medicine will remain in...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...is totally unsatisfactory that students are not being taught in person at this point. We are all in the Dáil in person and if we can do it then they can do it as well. We will all sit together cheek by jowl tonight to vote and it could be a long session and we will still have to get our business done safely. Therefore it is arrogant of universities to deny students who have paid...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Irish Language (20 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...Act relating to the provision of services through Irish and, as a consequence, the number of people to be recruited with the ability to do their business in Irish are very challenging and will require urgent action. This has been in gestation for a long time. What work has been done to date to progress this?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (30 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: But the economic crisis is long gone, according to yourself.

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...x20ac;46,888. There is a difference of something like €16,500 between their pay scale and that of parliamentary assistants at the bottom of the scale. After 18 years, the gap is closed but that is a very long time to have served as secretarial assistant. As the Minister knows, this is precarious employment because many secretarial assistants only last in the job as long as we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...as gardaí and people in the Army are not expected to work to 66 because of the very physical nature of the job. It depends on one's rank. If you become desk-bound, you have a chance of staying longer. There is a recognition that if you are out on the beat, your ability when you are in your 60s is not quite the same as it was in your were in your 20s, 30s and so on. How much input...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...makes no difference what is done to the pension age because they have already passed the magic number. They are the people who can afford this - not the young people for whom we are cutting off a long-term benefit. If they were asked whether a change in the pension age would make a difference, they might say "No" if they were selfish. The people who have already reached 66 years of age...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...had 20 years’ service with a satisfactory record the family of the deceased would be presented with the national flag at the graveside or at the crematorium as a mark of gratitude for their long service to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56737/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Review of Traveller Inclusion Policy, Education and Health: Discussion (18 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: .... That would be the equivalent of the Minister having the function to provide housing for Travellers. The Minister in that Department had funds to disburse across other Departments at will, as long as those other Departments were delivering. Does the Minister have a role as head of the lead Department, with the funds to go with it, to ensure this gets done or are we still depending on...