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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 know.

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: It is about €12 million.

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: About €12.8 million. The rest of it is from dormant accounts. I heard that an organisation like the Irish Farmers Association, IFA, was suggesting that we would up our EU contribution. I was a little bit surprised to hear that because we pay more in than we get out and we get a lot of rules back with it as well. I do not understand the point in me giving somebody money and getting...

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: It seems to me the Minister would be much better off focusing on Exchequer funding. There are fewer rules and he can do more of what he thinks needs to be done rather than some person in Brussels thinking about what he should be doing. A lot of the money he is getting is very small anyway. That leads to the final issue about money. Part of the Leader funding comes from Brussels. We have...

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: That is not his decision. That is an Exchequer decision here, that that is the way it is put through the system.

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 Department of Finance could change that tomorrow.

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 Department of Finance, when it goes over there, nominates the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine as the receiving agency for all of the money-----

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: They could have decided that there were two Departments, just as money goes separately to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Office of Public Works has decided not to complete the proposed flood mitigation works at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20874/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits Eligibility (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the rules in relation to asylum seekers' access to the workforce have time and employment sector restrictions on them in view of the fact there is shortage of available labour in many sectors and areas of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20880/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Statutory Retirement Age (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 356. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that HSE drivers who are 64 years of age now and work in the western region, will be able to work until they are 70 years of age if they so wish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20878/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide compensation to mussel fishermen (details supplied) who suffered a loss of stock and equipment due to storms in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20873/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Licences (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of boats registered to fishermen whose address is on an offshore island not connected to the mainland by a causeway or bridge by integrals of five metres in length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20875/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Applications (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the full environmental impact assessment will be carried out on a bay; when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application for an aquaculture licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20881/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Programmes (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the change in rules that allows persons on JobPath to take up places on community employment and Tús schemes extends also to the RSS and CSP schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20883/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an instruction was issued to local authorities that rural council houses built on sites purchased at a nominal price from the applicants' families should only be built in exceptional circumstances; the number of the circular in which the instruction was given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20882/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Ireland (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 606. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Waterways Ireland has reduced the opening time of the locks on the Shannon Erne waterway in the period 1 April to 16 May 2018 from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. compared to 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. in other years; if her permission was sought for such a change; if it is planned to restrict opening hours in September and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Forbairt Calaí agus Céanna (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 607. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé i gceist ag a Roinn i gcomhar le pobal Árann agus Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe plean forbartha a réiteach do chalaphort Chill Rónáin le go mbeidh saoráidí níos fearr ann do na báid iascaigh, na báid farrantóireachta agus na báid pléisiúir agus do...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foilseacháin Ghaeilge (15 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 608. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard atá i gceist aici a dhéanamh le tuilleadh cúnaimh a thabhairt don fhoilsitheoireacht i nGaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [20879/18]

Gambling Control Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome this Bill. Anyone who has dealt with those suffering from a gambling addiction, which is fundamentally a disease, knows the utter destruction it can cause. I know of people who have been caught in this web, and the effect it has on family homes, farms and family life is devastating. Gambling needs to be controlled. An option paper was prepared as far back as 2010. A Bill...