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Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I would find those rooms too cold. The people where I do the clinics always give me a nice little snug place. The Minister of State is dead right. He knows what I am talking about. I asked a question in Galway one day. I asked how much of the rates relate to hospitality in the county. Only 20% of the total income from the rates was from hospitality. That would be both accommodation and...

Local Government (Rates) Bill 2018: Second Stage (30 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will share time with Deputy Aindrias Moynihan. This is a tidying-up Bill. I am not saying that a tidying-up Bill was not needed but this is not reform. There is a need for a full reform of the rates system. With some reservations, I welcome a much better system of collection. We are looking to move from a system that was collecting something like 77% of the money to a system...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme (29 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under the 2018 and 2019 sheep welfare scheme will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3867/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (29 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the affordable housing scheme as proposed in 2018 will be put in place nationally; the reason for the delay in implementing the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3866/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (24 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date with the approval of the national broadband scheme; when it is likely a contract will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3146/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (24 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made to date in the roll out of rural broadband by a company (details supplied) which is subject to a contract with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3147/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (24 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 284 of 28 March 2017, if the rules relating to persons transferring form the wider public service to the Civil Service, particularly in relation to salaries, have been amended in order that these persons are treated in a similar way to civil servants making internal transfers; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Social Welfare Payments Administration (24 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 18 December 2018, when a person (details supplied) will be contacted as promised in relation to their pension entitlements; the reason for the delay in contacting them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3558/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (24 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 187. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 4 December 2018, the reason a reply to same has not issued; when a reply will issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3551/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (24 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 188. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is a delay in the delivery of items to a person (details supplied); when the matter will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3560/19]

Local Government Bill 2018: From the Seanad (23 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I listened carefully to the Minister. The first statement I would make is, is leor nod don eolach. A nod is a good as a wink. It is incumbent on Galway County Council to put forward radical proposals within the next two to three weeks about strengthening the municipal districts, and with that to make the request for the €4 million. I certainly will be calling on the local authority...

Local Government Bill 2018: From the Seanad (23 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am not saying it is not. We have, however, massive problems in our cities and this is why we have gardaí with guns on the streets of north inner city Dublin. These are not security problems; these are social deprivation problems. I am not sure that when one puts the whole county together that the focus on these areas of disadvantage would increase. I believe it would actually...

Local Government Bill 2018: From the Seanad (23 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Seanad made a very wise decision. The people of Galway were basically being asked to buy a pig in a poke. A document was prepared by some experts but, as is shown by the university document, it was not based on any real hard evidence. These experts proposed the general principle of a merger. As I pointed out to the Minister time and again, they also said that nothing should happen...

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I congratulate Senator Black on bringing this Bill forward and educating people around the country on this great justice issue which is far away from home. I congratulate my colleague, Deputy Niall Collins, on introducing the Bill in this House. As my colleague, Deputy Eugene Murphy, said, the argument put up by the Government is that there are legal, political and practical reasons for...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Policy (23 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 19. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans for the development of rural recreation in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2824/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Irish Language (23 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 25. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has submitted a language scheme for approval to the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; when it is hoped to adopt a language scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2823/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (23 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Was correspondence received from Deputy Troy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (23 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will leave the matter in the Deputy's capable hands. I will explain that to him.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Grants (22 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I acknowledge what the Minister of State said towards the end of his reply but 374 ha of native woodland will not have a significant impact in terms of producing more high-value nature areas or bringing any great biodiversity, etc. While I welcome the 374 ha of new woodland, it is of minuscule impact when considered in terms of the entire country. The Department is basically excluding huge...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Grants (22 Jan 2019)

Éamon Ó Cuív: First, I appreciate the Minister of State, Deputy Doyle, coming in and taking this Topical Issue himself. Deputy Doyle has a keen interest in land use type. We had much discussion about that in the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he chaired it. The Minister of State has considerable experience of the uplands. He is aware of the fact that before farming took over,...