Results 24,001-24,020 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Irish Language. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I did not say that.

Irish Language. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is the Deputy saying the county plan-----

Irish Language. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree but it is very frustrating.

Irish Language. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I must clarify that I never said or intended to convey the idea that nobody read the Clare county plan or that people were not using it every day. I imagine that if one looked at the number of hits for the county plan on the website one would see it was one of the most used documents, in Irish and English, to be found anywhere. County plans are working documents that are used every day....

Irish Language. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As a member of Cabinet, I am aware of that. I understand the reason is that translation in the House comes under the remit of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, but it was not in a position to ensure the Irish-language version would be ready when the Bill was signed by the President. The problem arising is that under section 7 of the Official Languages Act, the Bill is not enacted...

Departmental Expenditure. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As I have stated in the House on a number of occasions, the recommendations in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes represent a set of options that are being considered by the Government in the context of the 2010 budget. It has been well flagged that serious inroads in the gap in the public finances between income and expenditure must be made....

Departmental Expenditure. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As for the first part of the Deputy's question, the decision to advertise the position of Secretary General of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was approved by the Government in the normal way. That job has been publically advertised. In this case it was rightly decided to have a public advertisement to see who would apply not only from within the public service, but...

Departmental Expenditure. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It will happen as quickly as these processes come to a conclusion. The public process will take slightly longer than an internal process would do but there will be no delay. That is not within my control. These recommendations are made independently and a certain number of names are brought forward. That process will go ahead and be brought to completion. I know of no proposal to change...

Job Creation. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The funding arrangements for Údarás na Gaeltachta are primarily a matter for my Department, in consultation with the Department of Finance. In 2009, the capital funding being provided by the Exchequer to an tÚdarás amounts to €19.65 million. Furthermore, the organisation is allowed to reinvest any return it receives from sales of assets into its capital programme for job creation...

Job Creation. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy should calm down. He is in a very excitable humour today.

Job Creation. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The facts of the case are that Údarás was severely extended because of the lack of its own income this year. It is an important principle for me, although I do not know if the Deputy holds the same view, that Údarás should be able to meet its commitments for grant payments and so on as they fall due. That was not the situation in the middle of the year. I am not blaming the Department...

Job Creation. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not normal for a Minister to ask the questions on Question Time but, is this an embargo on the recruitment of staff in the Údarás or an embargo on it approving new projects?

Job Creation. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What I was trying to say, but the Deputy was not listening, was that the Údarás was given permission to approve grants to the value of €2 million in September and a further €1.89 million in November, approximately €4 million in total. We are agreeing with the Údarás on a month-by-month basis on the approval of programmes for job creation within its spending limits. There is no embargo.

Job Creation. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not possible to lift something that does not exist.

Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Níl aon chinneadh déanta fós maidir le maoiniú na scéime seo i 2010. Déanfar airgeadú na scéime a mheas i gcomhthéacs na Cáinaisnéise agus i gcomhthéacs na hoibre atá idir lámha ag an gCoiste Rialtais don Ghaeilge agus don Ghaeltacht i ndáil leis an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge. Mar is eol don Teachta, tá ráite agam go minic go bhfuil Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge...

Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Fiú i dtuarascáil McCarthy, moltar go mbeadh na coláistí ann ar feadh dhá bhliain. Go deimhin féin, mhol McCarthy go gcuirfidh deireadh leo ina dhiaidh dhá bhliana. Mar atá ráite agam go minic, tá an-mheas agam ar na coláistí Gaeilge agus glacaim leis go mbeidh na coláistí ann an bhliain seo chugainn. Má thiocfaidh aon athrú ar chúrsaí, is ó thaobh iocaíocht na mban tí...

Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Déarfaidh mé an fhírinne, ní dóigh liom é ach ní fhéadfainn bheith cinnte.

Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: An rud a dúirt mé ná nach dóigh liom é.

Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ní dóigh liom é ach ar aon chaoi ní raibh in aon mholadh a chuir aon Roinn ar aghaidh ach moladh. Dúirt muid i riamh ó foilsíodh McCarthy gurb iad na polaiteoirí a dhéanfaidh cinntí faoi cad iad na moltaí a chuirfear nó nach gcuirfear i bhfeidhm. Tá ráite agam go min-minic ó shin go dtuigim an tábhacht a bhaineann leis na coláistí Gaeilge. Tuigeann an Rialtas, an...

Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No, no.