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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (2 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements being made to ensure Irish citizens will still be able to get reimbursed for qualifying medical treatment provided to them in Northern Ireland, after Brexit, given that the cross-Border EU directive will not apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40709/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank Dr. O'Connor for the presentation. I presume he is working in consultation with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications on this matter. I welcome the hubs but I have a fear at the back of my mind that some people think hubs are a substitute for bringing fibre to every building and home. I am concerned about the fact that because the hubs are located in very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No, not that one. We could figure that out easily enough, where Eir did not cover, the rest of the country included and then one could make a guess that from the patterns worked to date that they are working out from the centre and there are a lot of nodes outwards. The map I am looking for is the mobile phone coverage map, but we do not need it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes, but when one looks at the map, what one is going to find is that the hill areas are the places with the worst service geographically. Unfortunately, if I understand it correctly, Dr. O'Connor’s group cannot do anything about it because this was a mistake made by the Government in giving licences to mobile communications providers. In other words, they had to cover a percentage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am sorry, that was not really the question. A BCP is not going to be put in Moycullen or Bearna, for example, because the fibre is being rolled out fast in those areas. By the time the BCP was in operation, the fibre would be in place.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the national broadband plan, and the BCPs come under that plan, can I take it that the reason the BCPs are located in these "remote areas" - and I do not accept anywhere is remote in Ireland because nowhere is more than 30 or 40 miles from a major town or city, compared to the north of Finland, for example, where people would be laughing at us for saying that - is because they are going to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I do not agree. I live in a community-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will finish on this point. I live in an isolated, back of the mountains area and some 100 of our houses already have fibre, while 300 do not. Nobody can understand how Eir went 300 or 400 yd. farther down that road, where there were three or four houses, and then suddenly stopped. It does not make sense. It would have been possible to roll out the national broadband plan from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It seems to me that we are serving two separate markets. BCPs are for areas without broadband, and the hubs are for areas with broadband where people want the socialisation of work and to work in good workspaces. These are very different requirements. On the wider issue, people work where they are. I think most Deputies have been doing this for years; I certainly have. For example, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Hubs, Broadband and Mobile Phone Coverage in Rural Ireland: Department of Rural and Community Development (2 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Or with a bed, but it would be a toss-up which could be done better without. On behalf of rural people, I must re-emphasise that the quicker the national broadband roll-out, the better. It would be useful if we could very quickly get a fix on the different usage of a broadband connection point, BCP, versus a hub in an area where there is already broadband fibre to the home, or by the part of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (1 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received a submission from Galway County Council in relation to the bridges and causeways to the islands area of south Connemara that connect the mainland at Béal an Daingin to the islands of Eanach Mheáin, Leitir Móir, Garumna and Leitir Meallain; the options being considered to improve access into...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 538. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made in the past month in relation to making information available from the evidence collected in the preparation of the mother and baby home report to persons seeking to find out about their children who were in the homes or children born in the homes trying to trace their parents; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (1 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 539. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the report into the mother and baby homes is expected to be published; the preparations being made for this in terms of support for victims and the provision of information under GDPR to persons affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40445/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (1 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 641. To ask the Minister for Health if the client registration unit will accept a late review request on a medical card application by a person (details supplied) due to difficulties in gathering supporting documentation as a result of the exceptional circumstances surrounding Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39639/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services (1 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 715. To ask the Minister for Health the length of the waiting list for audiology appointments at present in the community healthcare organisation 2, CHO 2, region, Galway; and the measures being taken to reduce the waiting times. [40052/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (1 Dec 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 716. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to persons on waiting lists for residential care placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40103/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Negotiations (26 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister agree that it is in Ireland's overwhelming national interest that an agreement be reached between the EU and the UK rather than having a no-deal Brexit? Will he indicate the absolute latest date for this? Is 31 December the latest date by which we can come to an agreement? Could an agreement signed as late as the end of next month be ratified after 1 January? There are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Negotiations (26 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister agree that, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, Northern Ireland, as compared to anywhere else in the European Union, including this State, will be in a uniquely favourable position with tariff-free access to both the British and European markets? Moreover, it will be the only sterling area within the Single Market. Are there concerns in the Government about the disadvantage...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Negotiations (26 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date with the Brexit discussions between the EU and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38364/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Arms Trade (26 Nov 2020)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been discussion at the European council of foreign ministers in relation to controlling the multibillion euro EU arms industry and ensuring that EU manufacturers of armaments are only being used according to EU-wide guidelines; the position Ireland adopted in such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....