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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (22 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 383. To ask the Minister for Health when a MRI appointment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22234/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inshore Fisheries (22 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 475. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to control the predation of salmon stocks around the coast by seals, the population of which is increasing rapidly on the west coast; if an estimate has been made of the amount of salmon they consume each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22406/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (22 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 512. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in view of Brexit, he will bring forward to 2018 the review of the national ports policy, as has been requested by Galway Harbour Company. [22522/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (22 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 544. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress on the pilot scheme to encourage residential occupancy in rural towns and villages, as committed to under the Action Plan for Rural Development. [22518/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (22 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 545. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on continuing with the current annual limit imposed of 15 applications per county to the town and village renewal scheme; and if an analysis or costings to date have been completed on increasing the limit per county or adapting to a per capita basis per county. [22520/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: EU Funding (22 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 546. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the cut of 21% in the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development at EU level for the multi-annual financial framework, MFF, programme 2021-27, as referenced in COM (2018) 321, compared to the 2014-20 programme; if the cut to the EU co-financing element of Leader will be bridged with Exchequer contributions over...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (22 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the rent threshold applicable under the housing assistance payment scheme for Galway city and county in view of the increases in rent in these areas, especially Galway city; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties persons are experiencing in accessing HAP assistance as a result of the rent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (22 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he plans to take on foot of the recommendation in the report of the expert advisory group on local government arrangements in Galway in view of the fact that the revenue funding of both Galway County Council and Galway City Council requires urgent and substantial adjustment upwards towards the current average for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (22 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 606. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on the recommendation of the expert advisory group on local government arrangements in Galway that Galway city and county councils be amalgamated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22405/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (22 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 635. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the 1918 commemoration events that will be held in the remainder of 2018; and the funding allocated to each such commemoration. [22516/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway under the 2017 GLAS scheme; the reason for the delay in issuing the payment; if his attention has been drawn to the financial burden on farmers awaiting GLAS payments due to the fodder crises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21811/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (17 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 210. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway under the 2017 GLAS scheme; the reason for the delay in issuing the payment in view of the fact that there is no issue with the GLAS plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21828/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I take we are dealing with supports for the community and voluntary sector, SICAP, the local community development sector and all the way down.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Only B4.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Subheads B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, etc.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Why is the Chairman not doing them all?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The normal approach is to deal with them all. I will be brief but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The funding for SICAP has been greatly reduced since 2008.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: For Senator Coffey's information, the voted expenditure this year is identical to the voted expenditure in 2008, so one would have expected that when the Government got the expenditure up from the 2008 level, funding for programmes for those at a disadvantage would be at least as high as in 2008. That is the basis of the point I am making and that is why I picked the year 2008. Our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We are back to the same expenditure.