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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (11 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I had a little bit of experience running a processing plant at one stage and one thing I learned is that one can always get a process that is better. One thing I cannot understand is that there must be a process and steps by which these files are dealt with. Presumably, with computer systems and so on, each step could be recorded and then the person could be given an accurate guess as to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (11 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of current applications on hand for international protection; the length of time on average it is taking to process applications; the steps being taken to reduce the time of processing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33964/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Protection (11 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How many applications are on hand for international protection? What is the average length of time to process an application? What steps are being taken to reduce the processing time?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (11 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 70. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of current applications on hand in her Department for citizenship; the average time it is taking to make a decision on an application for citizenship from the time an application is received; the steps being taken to reduce the time of processing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33963/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33638/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on passport applications for siblings (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34334/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33653/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he intends taking to encourage more house building, particularly by reviewing the NDP and streamlining the planning process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32075/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses purchased by local authority tenants each year since 2016 under the tenant purchase incremental scheme 2016; whether he intends amending the scheme further to encourage more tenants to buy their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32074/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (6 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made with the review of means testing of social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32072/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (6 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 156. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what studies have been done by her Department of the international experience of individual social welfare payments; whether she intends introducing further individualised social welfare payments here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32073/23]

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023: Second Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá áthas orm deis a fháil cúpla focal a rá ar an mBille seo, an Bille Sláinte (Seirbhísí Foirceanta Toirchis) (Criosanna Rochtana Sábháilte), 2023. Is ceist casta é seo mar téann sé ar ais go buncheist; cén uair a thosaíonn an beatha daonna? Tá sé deacair sainmhíniú a dhéanamh air sin ach...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (5 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he or his officials have had with the providers of charging points in relation to leaving the older-type charge points in place when new-type charge points are being installed (details supplied) given there are still vehicles that cannot get a fast charge at the new type-charge points; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (5 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether she intends consulting with the Independent Reporting Commission in relation to the reports published recently on the Special Criminal Courts and the Offences Against the State Act 1939; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33014/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have two questions. Mr Egan said there was an increase in poverty. Would I be right in thinking that the cause of that is simple in that the social welfare payments did not keep in line with the rate of inflation? We can get all the statistics and facts but it all boils to a simple fact. People in real terms have less money for homes, cost-of-living costs, keeping themselves, cars and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is even worse.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What I am saying is the way I always see the world. It is about the recipient, the ordinary person who comes in to you, and what is happening to them. Inflation took off in 2021. We adjusted somewhat but we adjusted at 5% for an inflation rate of 10%. Wages are much more flexible, particularly in the private sector. They tend to go with the full inflation rate or near enough it. At the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: You are chasing your tail when measuring against the median income. That is one of the things that always amazed me. To a point, in a booming economy, we will never catch up. People's lifestyles could be improving and poverty levels increasing all the time and on the other hand if there is a very deflated work market you could apparently have a lot more people getting the median income, or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A survey is subject to a person knowing the answer that is going to give them the best advantage. That is one thing but we can objectively measure people's buying power. We have all these baskets of what people buy. We know what they buy. When you average it out most people spend X amount on food, so much on clothing, so much on travel and so on. Do we measure the welfare income against...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Social Protection (5 Jul 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That payment is strictly means-tested under the supplementary allowance. It is even stricter than the normal means test with regard to a person’s savings and so on. I believe that anything above €5,000 in savings is accounted for with regard to supplementary welfare and so on. It is a very hard grant to get, as per the Department’s figures. I do not know how many...