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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension and Social Protection Related Issues: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am nearly certain, but like everything else, I always come back to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension and Social Protection Related Issues: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Voluntary contributions cannot be used to make up the figure of 520 contributions. The 520 contributions have to be accumulated from self-employment or paid employment. The committee should find out if many people get trapped in that. If not, it would be a matter of having the carer’s credits amended. If that is catching a lot of people, there is a separate issue of the lack of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension and Social Protection Related Issues: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I hear what Ms Bond is saying. It would obviously be much better to have it as a contribution, but it is a bigger leap for welfare. This is where we have to try to calculate where we are likely to make the most gains. Making massive demands without succeeding is not much use. When someone comes in with a pension contribution record, the first step is to count whether he or she has 520...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension and Social Protection Related Issues: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I should point out that people can pay voluntary contributions within five years of their last payment. I do not want anything on the record that is not accurate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension and Social Protection Related Issues: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Those on jobseekers benefit, illness benefit and so on can also pay voluntary contributions. For anybody who is interested in making voluntary contributions, the best thing to do is to look up the rules to ensure that they are getting it right. I was slightly wrong.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pension and Social Protection Related Issues: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I would not say the witnesses have it today, but it may be helpful to the committee if they could come back.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Programme (31 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Perhaps the Minister of State will confirm whether the Bill will be recommenced in the Dáil or whether there is going to be a new Bill with the same information in it, just to go through the procedure ab initio. It seems to me that if there were this much difficulty with the Standing Orders, the best thing to do would have been to reprint the Bill, title it the wildlife (amendment) Bill...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Programme (31 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister of State give us an indication as to how many amendments were made in the Seanad?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Programme (31 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Legislative Programme (31 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is with deep regret that I raise this issue again, along with my colleague, Deputy Fitzmaurice. We raised it some time ago and were given assurances that work was ongoing on the matter. I then submitted a parliamentary question on it. To say the reply was opaque and less than satisfactory would be putting it mildly. We are talking about a Bill that had passed the Dáil and the...

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Unfortunately, this debate is far too short and I only have two minutes to contribute. I will try to be brief. I have been a strong advocate of public transport. I must say that the inaction over years by the Department of Transport and the NTA on simple issues that could be done immediately has been absolutely staggering. There was a consultation on Connecting Ireland but we do not have...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (31 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 17. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the range of facilities that have had funding approved for them from the capital allocation of her Department broken down between piers, roads, coastal erosion, heath facilities, community facilities, sports facilities, water, electricity, broadband, playgrounds and others to be specified by her Department since 2011; the amount...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (31 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is intended to reduce islander specific fares on contracted ferry and air services to the islands by 20% to the end of 2022; the estimated cost of same; if the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform have been in contact with her Department regarding this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27660/22]

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá áthas orm cúpla focal a rá ar an ábhar seo. Years ago, I was selling fencing stakes and ran out of them. A purchaser who was looking for a lorryload of fencing stakes in a hurry rang me. I started to explain the problems I faced with supply and so on. He told me that was not his problem. He said he was not looking for excuses; he was looking for fencing...

Passport Services: Statements (26 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My second point about the system is that when the application gets to printing stage, it is absolutely critical that the tracking system is kept up to date with news about when the passport will hit the post. If it is going to hit the post today, the applicant will have it tomorrow because the postal service is very good. That is when people are most dependent on the tracking system. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 36. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date with the provision of the new accident and emergency facility in Galway University Hospital; the average number of persons who have been left sitting overnight in chairs since the beginning of 2021, in the present facility while awaiting a bed in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26899/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 82. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date with the provision of a new cancer care facility for the Saolta Group of Hospitals in Galway University Hospital; the steps that are being taken to expedite the provision of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26897/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (26 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he made a case as part of the negotiation on the reformed Common Fisheries Policy for the extension of the exclusive coastal zone around member states of 12 miles to a more realistic level to protect coastal communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26904/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (26 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made to date in the discussions on the reformed Common Fisheries Policy; the case being made by him on behalf of Ireland to ensure an equitable share of the fish around the coast for Irish fishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26903/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fines Administration (26 May 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is intended to amend the road traffic acts to ensure that speed vans acting for the authorities on contract are clearly visible to oncoming traffic in both directions when checking for non-compliance with the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26992/22]