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Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If the Senators check yesterday's Dáil record, they will note that I replied to a parliamentary question in respect of the disbursal of Gaeltacht capital moneys and that no allegation can be made against me of being biased in favour of County Galway. I am absolutely happy we are not guilty of the malign intent the Opposition is trying to pin on us and that our proposals, in terms of criteria...

Written Answers — Departmental Audits: Departmental Audits (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was established in June 2002 and the table details the 14 audit reports completed since the its establishment. The internal audit unit undertakes its work using a risk-based approach and prioritises in its annual work plan areas of operation within the Department where there are significant financial or control risks. Audit Report...

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It was one of the most progressive decisions made in the interest of declining, rather than growing, rural areas. When a rural school loses its second teacher, it is inevitable that numbers will decline even further because, unless the school is on an island, parents are inclined to choose a larger school for their children and closure of the school becomes inevitable. Once an area loses its...

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No. Many people require further X-rays during the healing process. If I had a pound for every time I attended the hospital in Galway with children who might have had a fracture, I would have a great deal of money in my pocket.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I did not interrupt Deputies when they spoke. Another matter not yet raised — I presume it will be referred to later but I will not have an opportunity to speak again — is the issue of broadband. While enterprise was referred to, nobody mentioned broadband. It is the most fundamental tool of modern enterprise. We are encountering difficulties with the system but we are dealing with them....

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Thirty years.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Renmore is in Galway, I am in the country.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thought that was what we were talking about.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: CLÁR is providing it for Clifden and Carna. I trust the Deputy did not miss that.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It has been announced and the contracts are signed.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It has been worked on for nine months. It is coming and the contracts are signed.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I look forward to it.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy missed the announcement of the rural social scheme, which is tailor made for the need.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The advertisements are in the newspapers this week.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We launched it in Mountbellew and every Deputy was invited. That the Deputy did not accept the invitation is his problem, not mine.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes, I would. The rural guidelines——

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy is incorrect.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes the commitment of the Government to the development of rural Ireland through implementation of the White Paper on Rural Development and in particular through key initiatives to enhance services, infrastructure and employment in rural areas by: —the setting up of a separate Department with...

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The other reality we should face up to is that there has been a decline in rural Ireland but that decline and the haemorrhage from rural areas is a worldwide phenomenon with which we are all trying to grapple. I came here today from a European conference on rural development which I hosted in Westport over the past two days. In relative terms they accept that we are way ahead of most other...

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No, I am using the motion for reference. I wanted to listen to what Members were saying and address those issues rather than do what Ministers usually do when they stand up here. Perhaps we would all be better off posting our scripts on to the Internet because there is no point in coming in here, not listening to each other and just addressing the issues as outlined in a prepared script.