Results 7,641-7,660 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (27 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of PAYE taxpayers eligible for the flat rate expenses tax allowance; the number that claimed the allowance in 2017; the cost to the Exchequer of this allowance in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49495/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further consideration that has been given to an application by a school (details supplied) for a replacement building on its own site on foot of a letter sent by the patron to the capital appraisal unit in October 2018 enclosing a letter from the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49494/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Achomhairc Talmhaíochta (27 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine cén uair a bheidh cinneadh déanta ar achomharc maidir le deontas BPS (An Scéim Buníocaíochta), ANC (Limistéar Sriantachta Nádúrtha) agus GLAS (An Scéim Comhshaoil Talmhaíochta, Íseal-Charbóin) do 2017 agus 2018 atá déanta ag feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (27 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes he is considering making to the exemptions in SI 582 of 2015 in relation to the definition of an excluded in section 3 of the instrument; if this will require persons who have second homes that they let for more than a certain period each year to get specific planning permission for this activity; the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Yield (22 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 13. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of carbon tax collected on solid fuels in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, respectively; the steps he is taking to ensure compliance with the law in this regard and secure the revenue base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48421/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (22 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 30. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken or plans to take to simplify compliance for small self-employed taxpayers in respect of income tax returns with a self-employed gross income of less than €50,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48422/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Regulations (22 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 125. To ask the Minister for Health when the draft regulation under section 12(1) of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 will be finalised for submission to the EU under regulation EU 1169/2011; if this regulation will provide for obligatory bilingual warnings in view of the fact that the research (details supplied) quoted by him in Dáil Éireann did not provide objective proof that...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (22 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider amending the application form for the BPS and ANC schemes for 2019 to ensure there is a place on the form for persons to put in land which is occupied long-term without registered ownership, lease or rental and which under the terms of the schemes if farmed must be declared even though not eligible for payment;...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Miscarriages of Justice (21 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As has been outlined by my colleagues, the case of the Craigavon two, Brendan McConville and John Paul Wootton, has been referred to the Criminal Case Review Commission and it has been there for some time. I looked up the website of the commission and part of it outlined the history of the setting up of the commission. It said: "In the 1970s there was a series of high profile cases where...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Miscarriages of Justice (21 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I think society now accepts that the convictions of the Guildford Four, Birmingham Six, Maguire Seven and Judith Ward were incorrect. That does not mean that the atrocities did not take place. It means that the convictions were not correct. As the Minister of State said, the solicitor for Brendan McConville and the solicitor for John Paul Wootton have said they have real concerns for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Iompair (21 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na céimeanna atá glactha aici le cinntiú go mbeidh seirbhís aeir go hÁrainn ann ó mhí na Nollag ar aghaidh; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [48649/18]

Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on the Bill. I regret that the time available to speak on this important topic is so limited. I congratulate Deputy Martin Kenny. This is the kind of day-to-day issue that we should spend more time discussing in the House. Issues of this sort affect the people. Like many policies, this tries to fix a small problem rather than a big one....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (20 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It does not upset me.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (20 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I was here. I never left the country.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (20 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It seems we get the answer that there is a superintendent there. However, when we get to the meat of the issue in the fifth paragraph of the Minister's script, we read: "A new divisional policing model is currently being piloted in four divisions across the country, including Galway." Our clear understanding on the ground of what this means in simple English, when we strip away all the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Deployment (20 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister for coming to the House. It is always helpful when the Minister responsible comes and takes the issue. To recap briefly on the history of the issue, before I entered politics there were two superintendents based in Connemara, one in Oughterard and one in Clifden. In a decision which was made before my time in politics but which was made by a Fianna Fáil, the...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge: An Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige (20 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tiocfaidh mé isteach nuair a bheidh an Cathaoirleach réidh. Níl aon deifir orm.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge: An Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige (20 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tháinig na daoine eile.

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge: An Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige (20 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ba mhaith liom díriú ar mhórcheist polasaí. Sula ndíreoidh mé air sin, déarfaidh mé gurb é an tuiscint atá ag teangeolaithe ná go bhfuil sé an-éasca ag gasúir óga teangacha a fhoghlaim. An gasúr a shaolaítear faoin aois dhá bhliain, bíonn teanga aige nó aici, agus i gcás go bhfuil...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge: An Roinn Leanaí agus Gnóthaí Óige (20 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: An bhféadfainn dul ar ais arís? Bheifeá ag déanamh go maith dá dtiocfadh 10% den phobal ag lorg seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge, seirbhísí luathoideachais, bunoideachais nó meánoideachais. Téann formhór an phobail chuig seirbhísí a reáchtáiltear, a bheag nó a mhór, trí Bhéarla. Go deimhin...