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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is not a snowball's chance in hell. It closed in 1935.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister is saying that we cannot get any of the "2" in the 2:1 ratio in the west of the county.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If I might say so, we had to pull the NTA screaming and kicking to get any buses to go west of Barna after 6 p.m. It has been dragged screaming and kicking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I waged a lone campaign and I eventually wore it down. There is the idea that there was investment but that is not the case. The NTA did it despite itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is going through Corr na Móna.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How does the Minister get there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It would take an hour and a half to get through Galway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Everything is diverted over by Corr na Móna.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As somebody who lives and works in the region-----

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to increase the income limits for eligibility for local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3276/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is intended to publish the regulations for the revised tenant purchase scheme; if there will be further changes to this scheme from the changes announced on 4 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3275/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance the arrangements that have been made to issue a notice of liability for property registration tax for 2022 including the bar code to all those who have selected to pay in their local post office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3256/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that applicants for local authority housing can include a preference for another local authority area while persons who go on the housing assistance payment scheme in one local authority area and can only get a property in an adjacent local authority area and cannot seek to get a transfer to the local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (25 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the steps and arrangements that are being put in place to recruit staff members for homecare packages and homecare hours to ensure that eligible persons are in receipt of their allocation as awarded when medically assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3465/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (25 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 564. To ask the Minister for Health when an independent chair will be selected for the three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the way that the person will be selected; the input the Houses of the Oireachtas will have in the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3051/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (25 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 594. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that medical card holders can avail of dental treatment under the dental treatment services scheme; if he will take into consideration the fact that many persons are finding it increasingly difficult to register with dentists under the dental treatment service scheme and are required to pay for dental treatments privately;...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Irish Language (20 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if work has commenced in his Department to implement the provisions of the new Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021, which was passed just before Christmas 2021; the details of this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1358/22]

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Irish Language (20 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Bogfaimid ón teanga mar a bhí go dtí an teanga mar atá mar tá sé beo beathach i gcónaí. Buíochas le Dia, tá sé thar a bheith beo beathach sa nDáilcheantar atá againne. The targets in the newly enacted Official Languages (Amendment) Act relating to the provision of services through Irish and, as a consequence, the number of...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Irish Language (20 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know people wish to achieve this but it will not happen of its own accord. Passing the Act will turn out to be the easy part of this. The Minister said it would take two years to prepare the plan. This will take us to 2024. I believe it will be impossible to achieve it by 2030 unless we start now. There are some obvious measures that do not need two years to plan. What has already...

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Irish Language (20 Jan 2022)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome anybody improving their Irish but I am a realist. I am very hard-headed about this. There are approximately 100,000 daily Irish speakers in the country. There are interesting standards laid down in Canada on this issue. To provide a service competently through the Irish language people would need to be daily Irish speakers. They would need to be absolutely at home with the...