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Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: An Ghaeilge sa Chóras Oideachais: Díospóireacht (12 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá go leor cainteoirí dúchasacha Gaeilge a tógadh taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: An Ghaeilge sa Chóras Oideachais: Díospóireacht (12 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá cuid againn anseo.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (7 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to facilitate more civil servants who wish to relocate out of Dublin to other locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5809/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (7 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to encourage greater staff mobility within the wider public service; the progress made in 2018 to achieve same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5808/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (7 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason incorrect tax was deducted in January 2019 from a teacher (details supplied); when the matter will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6117/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Payments (7 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 174. To ask the Minister for Health if payment under the fair deal scheme would be subject to review in the event that a widow that was living alone and is now in a nursing home were to let their principal private residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6116/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Excluding the 4% of tillage farmers and looking at the whole spectrum of farmers, what was clear relative to stocking levels on livestock farms was that those on low payments were actually being underpaid while those on very high payments had no stocking justification for the payments they were receiving. On average, nobody should have been getting more than €400 per hectare. That is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is the Minister telling me that it will all revert back into BPS? Can he confirm that there will be no greening payment and that it will all revert back into a single BPS? If we are talking about capping, will it include the total payment?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his policy on capping basic payment scheme, BPS, and greening payments to applicants under the forthcoming CAP programme 2021 to 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5447/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Big decisions will be made on CAP soon and as the Minister knows, there is a debate going on about the capping of the BPS and greening payments. Under the current CAP, the BPS payments were limited somewhat but the greening payments were not limited. What is the Minister's policy on capping and will it include greening payments this time, as well as BPS payments?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A lot was said but nothing was said by the Minister. Let us go back to basics here. Originally there was no cap under the single farm payment scheme. Then the single farm payment was broken down into two payments, with 70% under the BPS and the remaining 30% under greening. As the Minister said, in the very complicated language of the reply, there was a limit placed on that of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Subsidies (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that the next round of CAP funding, both EU and Exchequer funding, matches the present round of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5446/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons on temporary contracts will now pay PAYE income tax on a week 1 basis under the new tax arrangement introduced in 2019 by the Revenue Commissioners; the negative short-term tax implications this could have for persons with irregular work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5777/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when permission will be granted to Galway County Council to appoint a permanent chief executive; the reason for the delay in sanctioning same in view of the fact it is many years since the council had a permanent chief executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5900/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Smart Community Initiative: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is a fascinating debate. The possibilities are limitless. The last statement made, namely, that location is irrelevant, is probably 70% true. There are so many potential variations on this theme that the only limitation is our imagination. There is one irony in all of this, which is that decentralised Departments, apart from the Department of Education and Skills in Athlone and so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Smart Community Initiative: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is still what Governments normally do but go on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If I made an allegation against somebody, the Chairman would be on my back like a shot. Whether one agrees or disagrees with being allowed to cut turf is not the issue. The issue is quite simple. A statement was made before the committee that an illegal digger and hopper was cutting turf on Slieve Tooey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I ask the Vice Chairman to ensure the record is correct. It appears from what Mr. Lucas said that it is a statement that has no foundation in fact and we need the record cleared on this. We can say it was ill-advised or that it is a type of cutting with which we do not agree but we cannot say it was illegal. That is the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are two different issues, namely, the blanket bog and the raised bog. I will address the former first. If I remember correctly, quite a large area of blanket bog is designated SAC or NHA. The level of turf cutting that takes place in the blanket bog does not have the same knock-on effect across the bog that the cutting of raised bog does because it tends to be much shallower and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Preservation of the Biodiversity and Ecosystems of Peatlands: Discussion (6 Feb 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can I make the point that it should not be called compensation and it should be called payment? The reason I say so is that with compensation, some day people will come and state they are running short of money, it is only compensation and they do not need to give it. A payment is something for goods produced and one gets paid. It is a subtle question but it is one to note.