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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Felling Licences (17 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 635. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in resolving the issue on licensing timber felling and forestry roads, which is vital for the efficient working of timber mills here; the details of the increase of raw materials that have been licensed as a result during the past two months; the number of forestry roads that have been licensed; the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (17 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 636. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that pelagic mid-water pair trawling in boats of over 10 m is prohibited within 10 km of the coast in order to protect the inshore fishing fleet while allowing mid-sized boats that traditionally fished for species such as prawns and that do not have a capacity for fishing far offshore to continue...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (17 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 637. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average waiting time for decisions on aquaculture licensing appeals to the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board; if he plans to provide additional staff to the board; his plans to amend legislation or take other steps to assist the board reducing the time delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44351/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Bodies (17 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 638. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to digitise the records of the Land Commission and make them available to the public and to scholars electronically in view of the 100th anniversary of the Land Commission in 2023 and the historical importance of the documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44356/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (16 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 360. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there was an overclaim assessed against a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway in either 2018, 2019 or 2020; if he will provides details of the overclaim assessed and the penalty applied; the amount of this that has been recouped to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43732/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pandemic Supports to the Islands and Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (16 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This debate is really useful because we are hearing the type of information that has been difficult to get. Before discussing the NBI I wish to ask a few questions about mobile services. Who decides the policy that licences for mobile services are sold on a population basis to the private sector? I know ComReg issues the licences. Who decides the policy, the Minister or the Commission for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pandemic Supports to the Islands and Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (16 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can the Minister decide he or she wants it done on a geographic basis with 99% coverage and simply tell ComReg to get on with the job? For the last ten or 15 years every time we have asked a parliamentary question on this we have gotten the same kind of fudge. Everybody on this committee would like a straight answer to the question of who has the ultimate power where the big issues are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Science Foundation Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the priorities of his Department in relation to scientific research funded by Science Foundation Ireland; the emphasis in this strategy on blue skies research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41109/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the increase in the income limits that have taken place in relation to the means testing of the SUSI grants since 2010; the increase in the average income during that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41110/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students are unable to claim the normal holiday allowance from SUSI when applying for the student grant scheme if they were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment during the Easter, summer and Christmas 2020 holiday periods , given it is a payment in lieu of working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42978/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can the Minister say how many redeployed people, and particularly non-administrative staff, are engaged in testing, not in complex tracing? How many are involved in the routine tracing that was being done, for example, by Army personnel and so forth and, therefore, can be done by competent people who are not necessarily required to have a medical background? I understand the people who...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister said that over 200 therapists are involved in swabbing. That means 500 of the staff are not therapists. It also means that if there had been quicker recruitment, and there is a massive number of well-qualified and competent people who are unemployed because of Covid-19, the therapists could have been allowed back into their jobs. Can the Minister give an estimate of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 87. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons involved in testing and tracing as part of the Covid-19 response who transferred to that work from elsewhere in the health service; the work from which they were transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41113/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am inquiring about the number of persons involved in testing and tracing as part of the Covid-19 response who were transferred to this work from other sections of the HSE. People who previously provided therapies and so on have been transferred to testing and tracing. I ask the Minister to explain why it was not possible to leave those workers in their positions and hire other people to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Prison Visiting Regulations (10 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements which have been made for personal visits by families to prisoners at Christmas due to the Covid 19 crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41112/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Prison Visiting Regulations (10 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This has been a very difficult year for many but it has been particularly challenging for prison management, prison staff and prisoners. I compliment the staff of the Irish Prison Service, IPS, on the way in which Covid was kept out of the prisons. I also recognise the co-operation of prisoners who have been deprived of visits, and many other things in the prisons, as a result. What...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Prison Visiting Regulations (10 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I realise the health challenges involved. It is a question of balance. I recognise that video visits have been made available, although there have been some gremlins with that system. It is certainly a help but, all as all of us have discovered in our own lives, video visits, Skype and so on are no substitute for personal contact. We are also...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Prison Visiting Regulations (10 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am glad to hear the Minister of State say that because I believe flexibility is what we need. Not all situations are the same. There is not the same pressure in all prisons regarding visits. In the context of the health issue, I would make the case that the risk presented by two members of a family who live together is no different than the risk presented by three. If they live...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (10 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the last Garda recruitment campaign was held; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41111/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (10 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 141. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place to ensure that services now provided under the cross-border directive in Northern Ireland to persons living here will continue to be available for reimbursement here after 1 January 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41114/20]