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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in the State that had only one classroom teacher, that is, the principal of the school during the school year 2020-2021; if she plans adopting a policy that all schools no matter their size will have two classroom teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34175/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 164. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of claimants on the pandemic unemployment payment; the steps she plans taking to ensure that workers in the sectors of the economy that will be slowest to recover from the Covid-19 crisis are protected from a sudden change in the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34173/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans changing the system in which there is a euro per euro deduction in relation to payments of jobseeker’s allowance for those with self-employment outside of farming and fishing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is planned to provide incentives such as low-interest loans or other incentives to businesses to encourage them to invest in the offshore renewable energy business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35763/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to amend the law to allow taxi drivers have licensed taxi vehicles that are up to 12 years old in view of the financial difficulties caused by the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35756/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the assessment on the imperative reasons of overriding public interest planning for Galway Port recommended by An Bord Pleanála to him and referred by him to the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media as part of a statutory process for consideration and recommendation will be completed and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rights of Way (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to extend the period of time by which all rights of way must be registered given the disruption caused by Covid-19; if so, when the relevant provision will be made for this; the extension he proposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35761/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 327. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in direct provision; the number of these living in independent living units with facilities to cook their own food; if an open and fair complaints procedure has been put in place; the other reforms carried out to the system in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 328. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the accommodation arrangements made for applicants for international protection in County Galway who are working as front-line workers during the Covid-19 pandemic; if he is satisfied that this accommodation is suitable to them taking into account the work they are doing; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 355. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to publish the three-day monitoring report on operations in the Dóchas centre submitted to her office in August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35758/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 356. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the investigation report under section 31(2) of the Prisons Act 2007 that was due to be submitted to her by the Office of the Prison Inspectorate in December 2020; if she has received this report yet; if so, when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35759/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 357. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Covid-19 thematic reports received by her office from the Inspector of Prisons; the date she received them; if she intends plans to publish them; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35760/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 358. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to publish the criminal justice (mutual recognition of custodial sentences) Bill which is on the priority legislation list for publishing this term; if this Bill will facilitate the transfer of prisoners to and from the UK as well as to and from the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35762/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to provide extra resources to the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board to ensure that appeals are heard expeditiously; the number of appeals at present under consideration by the Board; the number of these that have been on hand by the Board for more than one year; the number on hand for more than six months; the length...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are two issues that arise in the context of housing. One concerns those who want specific Traveller accommodation and, then, there are many people who want accommodation and will take whatever is going. What we obviously do not know is how many would opt for specific accommodation, if it was available, and how many would opt for standard housing. Would Mr. O'Connor accept that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I do not wish to hog the meeting, but I have a supplementary question. The people who contact me who are in very bad housing situations are not all Travellers, but a disproportionate number in Galway city are. If they are homeless and one asked them what their hierarchy of choices is, they would ask for a home. It is very simple. They would say: "Get me a home. Do not procrastinate. Do...

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (30 Jun 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Minister might remember, I rang her when this issue became a very hot issue in Galway. We had a good conversation about it and I really appreciate the fact that she came back to me very promptly. I was of the view from the beginning that looking for discretion is a bad policy in law and that the best way to sort out this is the way the Minister is doing it, by bringing in the...