Results 61-80 of 6,422 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív in 'Dáil debates'

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Mar 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I look forward to getting the detailed information as requested in the question. I will not come back on the Minister if there proves to be slight tolerance required or inaccuracies in the reply. My question is on wave and tidal energy. My understanding was the research on wave energy is ongoing. Ten years ago or more, Wavebob was carrying out tests in respect of wave energy in Galway...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fuel Poverty (7 Mar 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I want to join with my colleagues. We are all on the same committee. There are two very simple things. There is energy out there. However, we are turning off the wind turbines because we think there is nobody to use it. There is plenty of energy available. There are people who need hot water or who maybe could use that energy to do other things in the evening. Let us use technology to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Mar 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 84. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of the increase in the amount of electricity being generated from onshore wind, offshore wind, solar and other renewables respectively in 2023; the research being carried out in the State in respect of harnessing wave and tidal energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11069/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Mar 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Leaving aside the historical hydroelectricity that we produce, in more recent years most of the increase in energy has been onshore wind. This is very good. What increase have we had in relation to onshore wind, offshore wind, solar and other renewables in 2023? What research is going on in respect of tidal and wave energy? If these could be harnessed, they provide a very interesting...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Mar 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister did not give me the figures for the increase in 2023 in the amount of electricity being generated from onshore wind, offshore wind, solar and other renewables, respectively. It is a very specific question. The challenge is to have a year-on-year increase. The Minister is going to tell me there has been a big increase in solar energy last year. That is great news. I would...

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (6 Mar 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Fearaim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit anseo tráthnóna. Is maith an rud é go bhfuilimid ag plé na ceiste seo ach, ar bhealach, is é an rud a gcaithfimid a bheith aireach faoi ná go bpléifimid an cheist seo uair amháin sa bhliain agus ansin go gcuirimid ar leataobh é. Leanann an polasaí agus forbairt pholasaí ar aghaidh chuile...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Irish Wheelchair Association, IWA, has made it clear there is a need for a national mandatory minimum accessible standard for infrastructure for active travel and for road developments. I want to tackle a subset of this issue. It might come as a surprise to some that there are many scheduled bus services provided in this country that are not wheelchair accessible. Apparently, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers with commonage in the ACRES scheme; the number of these that have received a payment to date; when the balance of these will receive a payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7782/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the ACRES scheme for the last year; the number of these that have received a payment broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7781/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: These two questions seek to ascertain the number of farmers with and without commonage in ACRES, the number who have received a payment to date, and when the balance who have not got paid will receive a payment. I understand the vast majority of those are farmers with commonage because there is a lot of disquiet about payments, which I think the Minister is aware of. I understand he is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Have we any idea of how the commonages will be scored and what the final outcome there will be? Many farmers are not only worried about getting payments, because they need payment urgently, but they are also concerned about the uncertainty regarding the final size of the payment they will get under ACRES, particularly in relation to commonage. How soon will they be given the final score on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How many did the Minister say?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can I take it that by June, everybody will have got the score, so the final payment is the full final payment?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (22 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can the Minister also let me know whether it would be hoped, for year two of ACRES, for the first payment to take place before Christmas this year? Farmers would effectively get two payments. That causes a little wobble for some people with how they do their accounts, if they do it on a cash receipts basis. On the other hand, the quicker they get the payments, the better. Will they be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (1 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister of State for the information, but I have to say that I know from dealing with my constituents that the lived experience, irrespective of the figures, does not concur with what was stated in the script he was provided by the Department. To be honest, a free scheme is a free scheme and the cost becomes irrelevant to the people who seek to access it. We should not give a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (1 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle, as ucht as ligean dom an cheist thábhachtach seo a thógáil. Health is very important and should be a priority but dental health is an intrinsic and very important part of the health equation for most people. It is well testified that where people do not look after their dental health, there are detrimental effects on their...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A firm commitment was given that the elected board of Údarás na Gaeltachta would be reinstated and that the elections would be held on the same day as the local elections. This is dependent on the Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill being passed. I note that the list of legislation states that pre-legislative scrutiny was completed in July 2023. Can the Minister...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this issue. It is fair to say that there has been a lot of misunderstanding and misinformation. The reality is that of all the people who come to the country, people seeking international protection make up a very small number. For example, we give out between 30,000 and 39,000 work permits depending on the year to people outside the EU. Of...

Social Welfare (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá áthas orm deis a bheith agam cúpla focal a rá ar an mBille seo. There are two parts to this Bill. It is not the first time a Bill has had two very disparate parts and I understand why that was done, so I am going to treat them separately. I remember suggesting when they were talking about an Irish language Act in the North that there should be two parts to that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá obair iontach déanta ag an Aire sna ceantair tuaithe. He has done a lot of things including extending the first home scheme to rural areas. He is also carrying out a review of Gaeltacht planning and so on. The measure that has had the most immediate impact in rural Ireland is probably the extension of the Croí Cónaithe scheme to single houses in rural areas. There...