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Seanad: Order of Business. - Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Powers and Functions) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (3 Dec 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We did away with the means testing of remote area grants and increased them substantially. Since I became Minister, thanks to the support of the Minister for Education and Science and his predecessors, secondary schools now exist on Tory Island and Inishmaan. We have also helped with the provision of health services. There are doctors on the three most populated islands, Inisheer, Inishmaan...

Seanad: Order of Business. - Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Powers and Functions) Bill 2003: Second Stage. (3 Dec 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tuigeann siad "airgead" iontach maith. I doubt there were more than three words in the speech which were not easily understandable. We have a policy of writing i gcaint na ndaoine – in the way ordinary people speak Irish. However, if there is a technical concept which has to be explained, it is only right to encourage the import or creation of terms which match the new words coming into the...

Seanad: Official Languages Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Cuireann sé áthas orm bheith ar ais anseo tráthnóna agus is tráthúil go bhfuil muid anois ar an mír dheiridh a bheidh á phlé sa Seanad roimh sos an tsamhraidh agus gurb é críoch Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla atá á phlé againn. Nuair a bhí me anseo san earrach, dúirt mé go raibh súil agam go mbeadh seo achtaithe roimh sos an tsamhraidh agus, buíochas le Dia, is mar sin a...

Seanad: Official Languages Bill 2002 [ Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil ] : Report and Final Stages. (4 Jul 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Gabhaim buíochas do chuile duine a bhí páirteach san obair seo. Lá stairiúil don nGaeilge é seo. B'fhéidir gur rud é gur cheart a dhéanamh i bhfad siar. Bhí an cuireadh ann i riamh sa mBunreacht é a dhéanamh agus ní déarnadh ach is fearr deireannach ná go bráth. Don chéad uair, tá Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla ann. Gabhaim fíor-bhuíochas le Fine Gael. Bhí baill den...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Schools Building Projects. (4 Jul 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a glacadh leis an Seanadóir as ucht an cheist a ardú. I thank the Senator for raising this matter. I also thank him for being brief and I hope I come to the point equally quickly. The Minister for Education and Science decided to publish the 2003 school building programme on the Department's website to give the maximum amount of information concerning the school's...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters. - Schools Refurbishment. (4 Jul 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. As I said in response to the previous matter, the Minister has published the list on the website and information is available as to how selections are made. Scoil Áine and Scoil Íde both share the one school site. The buildings were constructed in the early 1970s. Each school consists of a separate two-storey structure and both share a general...

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). (21 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When I went to look at my own notes on this issue, I realised how long it had been since we began this debate, which is a pity. Perhaps if we engage in this exercise again, it would be much better if we could run it over a short period. It is much easier to address the issues raised today, but other issues were raised on the previous occasion some months ago. One of the first issues raised...

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). (21 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My understanding is that, in general, counties are given a group water allocation and it is the county, not the Department of the Environment and Local Government, that decides which schemes are given approval. The Senator should return to his local authority and ask what allocation it received this year and which schemes it, not the Department, will approve under that scheme. The Senator...

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). (21 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Senator has done his homework. He will have noted from the Estimates – a matter which disappoints me – that the CLÁR allocation for this year was reduced from somewhere in the region of €12.9 million – which probably translates to approximately £10 million – to approximately €9 million this year. That is a disappointment. However, the good news is that by handling the...

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). (21 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The position is similar in the case of Údarás na Gaeltachta. This is the challenge for me as a Minister. The economy is not expanding. Perhaps we became careless when money was plentiful and did not watch how it was spent. I have long been of the opinion – nothing will convince me otherwise – that the methodology employed by Údarás na Gaeltachta in respect of its buildings programme...

Seanad: Rural Development Policy: Statements (Resumed). (21 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank all the Senators who contributed. There are major challenges to be faced in rural areas. There are some issues over which we have no control. For example, we have no control over world agricultural policy. We have an input into but no direct control over the European agricultural policy. It increasingly takes more land for farmers to earn an average industrial wage. The challenge,...

Seanad: Official Languages Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (13 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is leasú teicniúl seo. Tá an leagan Gaeilge ceart ach tá athrú beag le déanamh ar an leagan Béarla agus tá súil agam go bhféadfaí glacadh leis seo gan díospóireacht. Amendment agreed to. Government amendment No. 2: In page 12, lines 1 and 2, to delete "means the Irish language and the English language" and substitute "means the Irish language (being the national language and the...

Seanad: Official Languages Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (13 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar a gheall mé nuair a bhí muid ag plé na ceiste seo le linn na díospóireachta ar Chéim an Choiste, ghlac mé le tuilleadh comhairle faoi seo. Tá áthas orm, de thoradh na comhairle breise atá faighte agam, go bhfuilim abálta anois léiriú mínithe maidir lena teanga oifigiúla a bhí sonraithe sa bhunleagan den Bhille a chur ar ais ann – go bhfuil cur síos a dhéanamh sa mBille...

Seanad: Official Languages Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (13 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Bhí plé fada air seo ar Chéim an Choiste agus dúirt mé ag an am nár thuig mé nach bhféadfaí é seo a dhéanamh ach go raibh comhairle faighte agam. Chuaigh mé ar ais agus plédh an rud arís agus frítheadh tuilleadh comhairle i ngeall air. Tá áthas orm go bhfuil mé in ann géilleadh don mhéid a bhí an Freasúra ag iarraidh nuair a bhí muid ag plé an Bhille agus go bhfuil na...

Seanad: Official Languages Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (13 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tacaím leis an méid atá ráite ag an Seanadóir. Déanaim féin iarracht déanamh cinnte, nuair a labhrainn faoi ábhar ar bith, go labhrainn Gaeilge chomh maith le Béarla. Mar atá ráite agam go minic, agus mar a fuair muintir Chomhairle Chondae na Gaillimhe amach, bíonn leisce ar dhaoine na cluasáin a úsáid agus is trua é sin. Dá mbeimís ag labhairt Fraincíse d'úsáidfí na...

Seanad: Official Languages Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (13 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Leasaithe teicniúla iad seo atá á mholadh ag comhairle Oifig na nDréachtóirí Pairliminte le soiléiriú a dhéanamh ar bhrí na bhforálacha áirid seo. Níl aon athrú mór ar an mbrí ins na leasaithe seo. I gcás leasú Uimh. 5, tá an fhoráil á threisiú. Ba mhaith liom béim a chur air sin mar táimid ag tabhairt amach na forála a bhí ann maidir le fógrá réasúnta a...

Seanad: Official Languages Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (13 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Seo ceann de na fabhanna agus tá áthas orm gur luaigh an Seanadóir é. Caithfidh an Bille a bheith praicticiúl. Bhí imní ar dhaoine go bhféadfadh an Stát a rá nach raibh fógra reasúnta tugtha agus go bhféadfadh sé faighid a bhaint as sin. Go hiondúil roimh cás cúirte, bíonn barúil éigin ón gcomhfhreagras an Gaeilge nó Béarla atá i gceist ag an té atá ag dul isteach sa...

Seanad: Official Languages Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (13 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Beidh sé leagtha síos sa bplean. Deir sé sna forálacha faoina pleananna go gcaithfear sólathar a dhéanamh do na rudaí seo. Níl sé ciallmhar go bhfuil breitheamh ag déanamh breithiúnais i gcúirt Gaeltachta gan tuiscint aige ar theanga an phobail. Amendment agreed to. Government amendment No. 5: In page 16, lines 23 to 26, to delete "parties", unless it is established by the State...

Seanad: Official Languages Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (13 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is leasú teicníula iad seo. I leasú Uimh. 15, tá an leagan Gaeilge ceart agus tá an focal "to" le baint as an Bhéarla. Tá "eile" agus "other" a scriosadh i leasú Uimh. 7 d'alt 9. Tá súil agam gur féidir iad seo a aontú gan díospóireacht mar níl iontu ach rudaí beaga teicniúla. Amendment agreed to. Government amendment No. 8: In page 18, to delete lines 32 to 35, and to...

Seanad: Official Languages Bill 2002: Report and Final Stages. (13 May 2003)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá mír (1) den leasú seo a mholadh agam mar gur tháinig deacrachtaí teicniúla chun cinn sa bhunleagan den fhoráil mar a bhí foilsithe. Faoin leagan sin, bheadh baol ann go mbeadh míthuiscint go mbeadh gá le leagan Béarla d'fhocal atá i gnáthchaint laethiúl na ndaoine, bíodh cónaí ortha taobh istigh den nGaeltacht nó taobh amuigh de, mar shamplá, Arás an Uachtaráin, Garda...