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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (6 Jul 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a visa submitted by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on the application especially given the very urgent need for care workers in the nursing home in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36381/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (6 Jul 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a visa submitted by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on the application especially given the very urgent need for care workers in the nursing home in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36382/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (6 Jul 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a visa submitted by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on the application especially given the very urgent need for care workers in the nursing home in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36383/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (5 Jul 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is a slightly wider road to this, because this State is a co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement. I do not know if the Minister is aware that there are people in Northern Ireland who have been awaiting trial for up to eight years. They have been held on remand and incredibly strict bail conditions for that period. This is contrary to basic human rights. A fundamental tenet of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (5 Jul 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: One group the Minister alluded to has had a ceasefire since January 2018. I understand that is accepted by the Police Service of Northern Ireland. However, its members have, in some cases, been on bail for a long period. People who were associated with that organisation are often stopped and searched. This is of great concern. The level of stopping and searching in republican and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (5 Jul 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the ongoing contact she or her Department has with the Northern Ireland Justice Department on matters of North-South interest; when she last met the Minister of Justice in that jurisdiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35994/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (5 Jul 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I would ask the Minister about the interaction between her Department and the authorities in Northern Ireland. As she knows, I have worked for a long time quietly in the background trying to promote dialogue and discussion and trying to persuade people that the way forward for us all on this island is through that dialogue and political activism. I would like an update from the Minister on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (5 Jul 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration she has given to the most recent report of the independent reporting committee that was set up under the Fresh Start Agreement to monitor progress on tackling paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland; the actions, if any, she intends taking based on the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (5 Jul 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the consideration that she has given to the most recent report of the independent reporting committee which was set up under the Fresh Start Agreement to monitor progress on tackling paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland; the actions, if any, that she intends on taking based on the report; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Northern Ireland (5 Jul 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the ongoing contact that she or her Department has with the Northern Ireland Justice Department in relation to matters of North-South interest; when she last met the Minister for Justice in that jurisdiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35933/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (30 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the special language supports in Irish and English that are being given to children from Ukraine who are attending Gaeltacht schools that are part of the implementation of the Polasaí Oideachas Gaeltachta; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34170/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to provide capital funding under the devolved scheme to upgrade primary schools that were built many years ago and were not substantially refurbished since to bring them up to modern standards, including providing en-suite toilets in each classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34140/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (30 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 140. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when payment of a capital sports grant will be made to a club (details supplied); the reason for the delay with this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35121/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (30 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to announce changes to the household income eligibility for local authority housing before 15 July 2022 given the urgent need to do so; when these eligibility thresholds were last set; the reason for the delay in changing them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35159/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (30 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason fishers who could not achieve the 30 days at sea over the specified period in 2021 due to the closure of the hook and line mackerel fishery in June 2021 a few days after it started are excluded from applying for the Brexit compensation grant; if the scheme will be amended in order that the days of closure of the fishery...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Gaeilge (29 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil i gceist aici coiste a bhunú ar a mbeidh ionadaíocht leathan ag earnáil na gColáistí Gaeilge, ar coiste é a dhéanfadh moltaí faoin gcaoi is fearr na coláistí a chur in oiriúint don saol comhaimseartha agus todhchaí na gColáistí a chinntiú ar...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (28 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Question No. 79 asks how the Minister intends to implement the recommendation of the Commission on the Defence Forces for the enhancement of Defence Forces structures across the cyber domain. Can the Minister also tell us what the plans are on cybersecurity and the role of the Defence Forces in that, which most people think should be central to it?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (28 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome that response. In building up this cyber capability, will the reality of the need to attract very skilled people into this space in the military be taken into account in laying out the type of salary levels and conditions that these people will work under? If one wants to attract and retain very high quality people, one will have to pay the competitive wage for such people from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (28 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I take it that the Minister would accept that in the past, certain specialists had special salaries, for example medical personnel, and so forth, within the military. Otherwise, they would not have been attracted to work in that sector because of the salaries available outside of it for people so qualified. Can I take it that the rates that would be set for people like this with very...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (28 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when it is intended to make decisions on the recent report of the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33620/22]