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Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Pobal Gaeilge i mBaile Munna: Plé (2 Jul 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Molaim an obair ar fad atá déanta acu siúd atá páirteach san fheachtas seo thar na blianta fada. Tá difríocht ollmhór idir an chaoi ina raibh cúrsaí ag tús na 1970í, nuair a thosaigh siad, agus an chaoi ina bhfuil cúrsaí sa lá atá inniu ann. Is deas an rud é go bhfuil siad ag dul céim eile leis an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications Data (27 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received to date in 2019 for work permits for chefs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26951/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications Data (27 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average time it takes to process an application for a work permit; the number of applications received in 2018; the number refused and granted; her plans to streamline the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26950/19]

CervicalCheck Tribunal Bill 2019: Second Stage (26 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When we look at how this situation arose we find that mistakes were repeated again and again by the system. In the beginning, we had a situation where we had laboratories of variable quality. The supplementary report published in June of this year outlines the issues regarding the laboratories. Those include the protocols, or non-protocols, involved in some cases and the difficulties with...

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Ceann Comhairle give me one minute and 12 seconds? One of the challenges every week on this side of the House during Private Members’ time is to get across a coherent point because the time allocated is so short. Fianna Fáil supports the motion. The income disregards for carers are the exact same as they were in 2010. With incomes rising, the value of carers is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Applications (26 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time it takes to process an application for a visa for a person granted a work permit here by the Minister of Business, Enterprise and Innovation; his plans to streamline this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26672/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Applications (26 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It takes quite a considerable amount of time to get a work permit for this country. My question relates to how long, on average, it takes someone coming from an EEA country to get the subsequent visa they need to work here.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Applications (26 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is part of the problem, because it takes approximately 13 weeks for someone to get a work permit and only then is he or she allowed submit a fully correct application. If it is not fully correct, it will be refused and he or she will have to start again. When the visa waiting time is added in, we are talking about quite considerable lengths of time. I cannot understand why the two...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Visa Applications (26 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am not arguing with the need for a comprehensive system or the need to make a visa worth something. Nobody is arguing with that. What I am curious about is why everything has to work linearly rather than in parallel and why visa applications cannot be processed simultaneously to the applications being processed in the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation so that when one is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for naturalisation on hand at present; the average time taken to process such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26671/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (26 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of designated special classes for children with autism here; the cost of providing classes; the staff complement in each class; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27014/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (26 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that will be required and the estimated extra cost that will be associated with providing each designated special class for children with autism here with an extra teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27015/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (26 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) who was informed of being granted citizenship on 4 October 2017 and paid a fee of €1,000 has not been informed of a citizenship ceremony that the person can attend in order that the process can be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27013/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when affordable housing will be made available in either Galway city or county; the applications on hand from the two local authorities to provide same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27016/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (25 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reverse the changes introduced in the pupil-teacher ratio for two, three and four-teacher schools in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26546/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (25 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the number of eligible pupils required for a school bus service from ten to eight in order to reduce the carbon footprint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26547/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (25 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 297. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to add home care workers to the eligible list of categories for work permits for workers from outside the EU and EEA in view of the critical shortage of home care workers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26548/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (25 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 387. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a knee operation in Merlin Park hospital, Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26305/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (25 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when consideration of a request to the lands branch (details supplied) for the release of a burden on a folio in favour of the Land Commission will be completed; the date the request was received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26550/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (25 Jun 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 694. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount drawn down to date under the new rural regeneration scheme; the projects that have received funding to date; the amount in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26545/19]