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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I accept, talking about the PRSI fund in and fund out, that it is only half of social welfare. Another €10 billion is funded by the Exchequer every year, including this year, but that has always involved non-contributory payments that are not paid out of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report of the Commission on Pensions: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We are all happy to pay into that even though, with the part that is not means-tested, a lot of us might not gain that much. I am probably the only person in the room who can say that I am one of the generation of people for whom it makes no difference what is done to the pension age because they have already passed the magic number. They are the people who can afford this - not the young...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (23 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén dul chun cinn atá déanta i dtaca le beartas a fhorbairt maidir le teagasc na Gaeilge agus leis an teagasc trí Ghaeilge i scoileanna na tíre i gcomhréir leis an Stráitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge; cé na hacmhainní breise foirne agus airgeadais atá curtha ar fáil ina leith sin; agus...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (23 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason ETB small second-level schools are not entitled to be designated as a small school for the purposes of the small schools' designation that gives extra teaching resources to small second-level schools despite the fact that some of the smallest second-level schools in the country including all island secondary schools are under the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to increase the eligible income limits in respect of social housing; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who are solely dependent on social welfare income and low income from employment are being removed from the social housing waiting lists on income grounds; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of successful applications made under the improvement works in lieu scheme in each of the past three years by local authority; the amount expended on the scheme on the same basis; if he plans to amend the terms of the scheme to broaden its appeal as a solution to issues of substandard housing; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (23 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy of her Department in relation to classroom size in primary schools; the minimum size of classroom permitted relative to the number of students in the class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57536/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government to increase the availability of activation schemes, including those run by the local employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57419/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 658. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce drug misuse in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56743/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 700. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken in consultation with other relevant Departments and their agencies to ensure that the legislation on the prevention of the spread of Covid-19 are adhered to, particularly in retail, hospitality, workplaces and so on in view of the rapid increase in Covid-19 numbers; the response he has received from these agencies; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 752. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made in implementing the undertaking in the Programme for Government to deliver a rural development programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57563/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Agriculture Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 753. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total allocation to the LEADER programme for the last two CAP periods; the proposed allocation for the forthcoming CAP period; the years covered by each programme; the date on which each programme commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57564/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (18 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised concerns with the British or Northern Ireland authorities in relation to security policing in certain areas (details supplied); the response he received to these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56481/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 112. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of members recruited to the Defence Forces to date in 2021; the number that have left; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56483/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the improvements that have taken place in the pay and conditions of members of the Defence Forces since this Government was formed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56482/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Registration (18 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions he or his Department have had with the Companies Registration Office in relation to extending the deadline for the submission of company returns from 25 November 2021 in view of the recent upsurge in Covid-19 cases and the disruption this is causing to accountancy businesses; the result of these discussions; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the National Investment Framework for Transport will be published; the proposed purpose of the framework; the elements that will be contained in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56720/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (18 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the studies that have been carried out by his Department in developing its transport strategy on the percentage of persons that choose to commute by walking, cycling and e-scooters in cases in which there is good walking, cycling and e-scooters infrastructure; the results of such studies by distance, age, disability and weather; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (18 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 174. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the discussions she has had with Sport Ireland in relation to the reason that adult non-vaccinated players cannot take part in basketball matches given younger unvaccinated players are allowed play in such competitions; if Sport Ireland has provided her with medical evidence supporting its policies; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 225. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he plans to amend administrative instruction A10 in relation to the use of the national flag at funerals of deceased retired members of the Defence Forces to ensure that in all cases in which a deceased member had 20 years’ service with a satisfactory record the family of the deceased would be presented with the national flag at the...