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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to improve the school transport system for the coming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16977/24]

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Taithí Oibre agus Intéirneachtaí do Chéimithe Tríú Leibhéal i TG4 - Féidearthachtaí agus Deiseanna: TG4 (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Cuirim míle fáilte roimh na finnéithe ar fad. Bhí mé ag léamh na haighneachtaí nó na cur i láthair a rinne siad. Tá siad spéisiúil. Aontaím go bhfuil gá le tuilleadh Gaelcholáistí ach tá tuairim na bhfinnéithe - seachas Saoirse Nic Aogáin a thagann ón nGaeltacht - ag teastáil uaim ar...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Taithí Oibre agus Intéirneachtaí do Chéimithe Tríú Leibhéal i TG4 - Féidearthachtaí agus Deiseanna: TG4 (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá rud beag amháin go ndearna mé dearmad a lua. Creidim féin gur buntáiste mór é intéirneacht bliana. Más intéirneacht trí mhí atá ann, bíonn mí ag tosaigh, mí ag obair agus mí ag críochnú. Is fearr i bhfad do chuile dhuine gur intéirneacht bliana atá i gceist.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank all of the delegations for coming in and thank them for their presentations. I listened to the presentations in my office and we also have written copies of them. One of the big shocks in my life was as a 23-year-old. I was given a job as a small farmers' co-operative manager back in the Joyce Country of Connemara. I had no dealings ever with social welfare until then and I was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Who asset tests?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is never done on the farm though. That is purely related to other properties but it does not relate to the farm. If a person is farming a farm, the Department does not asset test it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What would Mr. Roddy consider? We are where we are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No, it is €5,000. It went up from €2,500 to €5,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is one issue that keeps hitting me. Perhaps because of my age, people my age come to me. the issue is the means test for the State pension. The biggest group of people who are on non-contributory pensions are those who have small farms, and small fishermen or inshore fishermen. The amazing thing at the moment is that the total income of small fishermen and small farmers is assessed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In my experience-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Sorry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes. I do not mean to interrupt but my experience is that it happens quite frequently that payments are paid in different years. They normally would take that into account. That is my experience. Perhaps we have practical welfare inspectors in the west but that is my experience.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The ACRES payment was late and-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In my experience, what we do in that situation is highlight the fact that the payment is paid in the wrong year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on Farm Assist and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: First, we should never forget, farm assist was actually meant to be a family income supplement for self-employed farmers. It was not meant to be the equivalent to the dole, but it is a jobseeker's allowance scheme and that is a challenge. I never look at schemes out of a historic prism, I look at their effect at the moment. How are they working? How do you change the rules? We are...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (16 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in relation to a passport application (details supplied); the reason for the delay in the issuing of said passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16714/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Harbours and Piers (16 Apr 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date by his Department in the replacement by the OPW of a structure that comes under its remit (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16179/24]