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

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will not delay the Minister in asking the question because he has been asked it already tonight. It is about the Commission on the Defence Forces and when decisions will be made on the recommendations of the commission. The Minister might let us in as to which option he will go for.

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister accept that the Defence Forces have lost skills in recent years because people have left the Defence Forces due to the unattractive wages or salaries and conditions? Will the Minister make sure that that issue is addressed when decisions are being made on the commission's report? Also, is any consideration being given to having a second naval port, a subsidiary one, along...

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister talked about money and the need to save it. One item of expenditure I understand it is recommended to do away with in the commission report is the need for a military presence at the E wing of Portlaoise Prison. That is costing €2.74 million. There are 12 prisoners there. The vast majority of them are due out within two years; in fact, some are due out before the end...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (28 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The problem is there are not many islands that have these services.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (28 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is the third time I have had to raise this issue in this House. I keep getting the same answers. I have also tabled parliamentary questions. The first thing we have to recognise is that transport costs take a disproportionate amount of islanders' incomes. In many cases, they need to keep two cars – one on the island and one on the mainland. Only two islands have roll-on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (28 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The next part of the Minister of State's reply will state that unlike the PSO route managed by the NTA, the Department of Rural and Community development does not subsidise all services on all routes. The NTA does not subsidise all services on all routes. Let us put that one to bed. Expressway and all sorts of private services are not subsidised. They are not subject to the reduction in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Foreign Conflicts (28 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has received a copy of the review of operations following reports of alleged atrocities committed by the Mali Armed Forces; if so, if any involvement of Irish military was found and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33619/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (28 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application has been received from Galway County Council Fire Service for funding to buy a high-pressure, large-volume pump that would be suitable for work in major flood situations as happen reasonably frequently in the area of operation of the authority; if it was received; if so, the date it was received; when a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 733. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a visa in respect of a non-national (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on this application; the need for the visa to issue urgently to enable the applicant who has secured employment in Ireland, to take up this position; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a visa in respect of a non-national (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on this application; the need for the visa to issue urgently to enable the applicant who has secured employment in Ireland, to take up this position; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (28 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 867. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date in the development of an emergency department and women’s and children’s block in University Hospital Galway; when the business case was submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; when a decision will be made on same; the progress to date with the Strategic Assessment Report for the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On 17 June last, the rich states, including the EU, killed a vaccine waiver despite the fact that President von der Leyen of the European Commission said that vaccines will be our common good. She said that two years ago. The EU Council president last year said that immunisation is a global public good. The reality is that only 18% of the poor countries have received the first vaccine...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Looking at systems, the vast majority of people, as the Minister rightly points out, do not have to come to us. When a system is operating like that, one always looks for the part of the system that is failing and where the logjams are occurring. I think most of us would say that an awful lot of the logjams relate to children. It seems to me basic, therefore, that if that is correct, a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Every time I fail to get a passport for somebody, I think of the unique and serious situations involved. People must travel sometimes for funerals and other times for holidays, but costs and disappointment are always involved in these cases. We should never lose sight of the human situations that arise when people do not get the service. I notice that the State often requires people to do...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Events (23 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to develop a policy to ensure that as far as possible patrons of large sporting events will be able to travel to these events on public transport; the discussions that he has had with the sporting bodies and the National Transport Authority in relation to this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33436/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (23 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the discussions that she has had with the sporting bodies and the Minister for Transport in relation to the need to ensure that large sporting events are held in the locations that minimise the distance that supporters have to travel to attend and that have good public transport links in place for them in order to reduce the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (23 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 201. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil an Coiste Comhairleach um Sheirbhísí Gaeilge bunaithe mar a shonraítear é in Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021, ó tharla go bhfuil an tAcht i bhfeidhm le sé mhí anuas agus go sonraítear san Acht go mbunófar a leithéid laistigh de shé mhí den...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (23 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the caravan loan scheme for Traveller families was extended nationwide; if the local authorities have been informed of the terms and conditions of the scheme; if it is intended to publish them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33438/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (23 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when Traveller families will be able to avail of the caravan loan scheme on a nationwide basis; the maximum amount available for each mobile home or caravan under the scheme; if local authorities will be fully re-imbursed for the cost of the scheme; if the scheme will be confined to new caravans only; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (23 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended to provide capital funding for the upgrade of older primary schools that were not significantly upgraded over the years and are substandard by modern standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33447/22]