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Written Answers — Liúntais Gaeltachta: Liúntais Gaeltachta (12 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 243: To ask the Aire Coimirce Sóisialaí an bhfuil sé i gceist aici leanúint léi ag íoc an liúntais Gaeltachta le feidhmeannaigh ó FSS ar ghrád Oifigigh Leasa Phobail atá lena n-aistriú isteach sa Roinn agus atá ag obair faoi láthair sa Roinn ar iasacht ó FSS; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [19583/11]

Written Answers — Prospecting Licences: Prospecting Licences (12 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to put a moratorium in place on the issuing of further licences to explore for hydrocarbons in Irish waters to afford the relevant Oireachtas committee time to examine the terms of exploration in Irish waters and make recommendations on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19616/11]

Written Answers — Natural Gas Grid: Natural Gas Grid (12 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Bord Gáis has a contract in place with SEPIl for the delivery of Corrib gas to Irish consumers; the terms of this contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19617/11]

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (12 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 284: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a listing of RTÉ digital Saorview transmitters that are now operating at their full planned output and thereby transmitting to their fullest extent; the counties that are fully covered as is currently planned for Saorview; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19623/11]

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (12 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 285: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the dates the remaining RTÉ transmitters for Saorview will be transmitting at full power; if he will provide a list of all transmitters not transmitting at full power at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19624/11]

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (12 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for satellite shadow areas which the Saorview transmitters cannot at present reach or will not be able to reach under present plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19625/11]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (12 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 302: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the Aarhus Convention will be ratified and fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19622/11]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (12 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 303: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has given instruction or made regulation or given guidance in respect of the siting of wind farms in special areas of conservation, natural heritage areas or special protection areas or the zoning of land in the above as being suitable for wind farms, subject to environmental assessment; and if he...

Written Answers — Fishing Quotas: Fishing Quotas (12 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if, in view of the investment made and legitimate expectation, he intends to allow all boats that fished for Celtic Sea herring in the past five years that is 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 to participate in the fishery this year and in future years, accepting that the level of quota landed by an individual boat in a pair...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (12 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 412: To ask the Minister for Health his general policy in relation to Health Service Executive owned nursing homes for the elderly; if he has instructed the HSE to maintain the very important chain of HSE nursing homes across the country; if he is willing to make the necessary funding available when required to upgrade homes physically to comply with the Health Information and...

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (12 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 413: To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm if it is intended to maintain the Health Service Executive owned nursing homes (details supplied) as publicly owned, fully used residential homes for the elderly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19647/11]

Written Answers — Nursing Home Services: Nursing Home Services (12 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 414: To ask the Minister for Health if he intends instructing the Health Service Executive to maintain a nursing home (details supplied) in County Galway as a fully functioning residential nursing home; if he is willing to make funding available to the HSE to enable it to upgrade the building to the required standard to utilise all the beds in the home in line with the Health...

Written Answers — Education Schemes: Education Schemes (7 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 38: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide further details on the way in which he intends to restate the purpose of the special needs assistant scheme following the findings of the value for money review of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19184/11]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (7 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has any plans to introduce a centralised system for the advertising of teaching posts including principal and vice-principal posts. [19185/11]

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I listened with interest to Deputy Mathews's contribution. This is an issue which has been ongoing for a long time. We must work with the Minister in a rational and reasonable way to ensure the junior doctors crisis which has arisen this year and in other years is finally resolved. If the truth be told, we should all get behind the Minister's efforts because I know he has given a...

Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Given the exceptional circumstances and the fact it is an urgent Bill, we will agree to it. It needs to be taken. We would normally object to the use of the guillotine but in this case the Bill should be facilitated by a rapid passage through the House. We will support it.

Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On promised legislation, the programme for Government promised that the HSE "will cease to exist as its functions are given to other bodies during this process of reform" .Such a process clearly needs comprehensive legislation. I understand the Taoiseach said five times in the House yesterday that the only proposal is to abolish the board. Is this another broken promise in terms of...

Order of Business (7 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Tánaiste is at odds with what the Taoiseach said yesterday. I am glad he has provided clarification. I take it that the closure of small hospitals is part of what the Government calls reform.

Written Answers — Scéimeanna Uisce: Scéimeanna Uisce (6 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 129: To ask the Aire Comhshaoil, Pobail agus Rialtais Áitiúil cén uair a cheadófar do Chomhairle Contae na Gaillimhe duine a fhostú in Inis Meáin, Árainn, le faireachán a dhéanamh ar an scéim uisce ar an oileán i bhfianaise na práinne atá ann go mbeidh an scéim uisce sin ag feidhmiú go sásúil; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [19092/11]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (5 Jul 2011)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Finance in view of his stated intention to impose losses on unsecured senior bondholders in Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide Building Society subject to the agreement of the European Central Bank, if he intends to bring forward specific legislation to facilitate such a move. [18572/11]