Results 5,001-5,020 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (20 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person from this State and serving a prison sentence in Northern Ireland can apply under the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995 to serve the prison sentence in this jurisdiction; the conditions under which such an application can be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27251/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (20 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person who is Irish and lives ordinarily in Northern Ireland and is serving a prison sentence in Northern Ireland can apply under the Transfer of Sentenced Person Act 1995 to serve the prison sentence in this jurisdiction on the basis of their Irish citizenship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27252/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (20 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 396. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is her plan to increase the proposed funding of LIS roads and CLÁR projects in cases in which there are suitable projects on hand in local authorities at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27264/21]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Seirbhís Craolacháin Gaeilge: Plé (19 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá áthas orm go bhfuil an plé seo ar bun. Aithním go bhfuil méid áirithe déanta ag an Aire laistigh de bhliain maidir le cúrsaí Gaeilge agus go dtógfaidh na hathruithe móra a theastaíonn am. Is é an chéad rud a gcaithfidh muid breathnú air, áfach, ná céard é fís na tíre agus fís an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions and Considerations (Resumed): Irish Local Development Network (19 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will raise a number of issues. I agree with the proposal that the LES should be extended to cover the whole country because there are issues in relation to employment everywhere. I have always abominated the situation we had initially when I became Minister, where some areas were covered by partnerships and others were not, even though there is poverty, deprivation, disadvantage or...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of places approved for the community employment scheme and the Tús scheme nationally; the number of participants on these schemes, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25422/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the pandemic unemployment payment at the start of each month in 2021; the projected numbers predicted to be on the scheme on 1 June 2021 and 1 July 2021; if it is planned to continue with this scheme after this date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25423/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Fishing Industry (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 412. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has been made in resolving the dispute in relation to Irish fishing boats accessing the waters around Rockall; the negotiations that have taken place in relation to this matter; the parties to the negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26373/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that SOLAS is insisting that apprenticeship examinations are held on site in colleges in 2021 when other third-level examinations are been held remotely; if medical advice was obtained by SOLAS in relation to this policy; if he is satisfied that this policy does not pose a risk by bringing students back on campus for the duration of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 693. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licences granted for timber felling in each month in the first four months of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020; the volume and hectares of timber involved in each case; the reason that felling licences issued in 2021 were for less hectares and volume than in 2020; the further steps being taken to issue...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 694. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the area within which forestry licences must be screened for appropriate assessment has been increased to 15km from 3km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25596/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 729. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department is accepting applications for new community services projects at present from disadvantaged communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25736/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 739. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the deep dissatisfaction on Clare Island in relation to the proposed ferry contract both in regard to the level of service proposed and the scoring system proposed for the tender competition; if she is willing to meet a delegation from the island as a matter of urgency to discuss this matter and if...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 740. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to visit Clare Island in the near future to see at first hand the challenges facing the island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26285/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 741. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is planned to build an all-weather pier at Roonagh pier which acts as a mainland port for ferries to islands off the coast in view of the number of sailings each year that cannot land at the pier; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26286/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 742. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the daily number of Department contracted sailings to islands (details supplied); the reason for the differences in the frequency of services to different islands and the factors used to arrive at this frequency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26287/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment and Labour Market Participation: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank all of the contributors for their contributions to this debate. In five years' time, we need to be able to say that the percentage of Travellers who are unemployed has decreased. In other words, if actions do not lead to results, those actions are not good enough. It is as simple as that. What strikes me from today's debate is that the approach must be multifaceted. I was on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment and Labour Market Participation: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: One of the big problems that I find with the medical card is that it is given for three or four years but after a year and half there is a review. Let us say we introduce a fixed term for a medical card of three or five years for all of society, irrespective of income changes, that period would be sustained so people would have a guarantee of the time they would have a medical card and would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment and Labour Market Participation: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will be brief and only ask about a few things. Mention was made of extra complexity to the back-to-work scheme. When I was in the Department, I always said that big policy is easy but problems arise in the detail. Most schemes have become more complex just because somebody somewhere might have got something to which they were not fully entitled. It would be useful for us if somebody...

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment and Labour Market Participation: Discussion (Resumed) (18 May 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Which prison would be best to visit in this regard?