Results 81-100 of 6,423 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív in 'Dáil debates'

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...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have one advantage over the Minister of State in that I travelled on the old Harcourt Street railway line before it was abandoned and sold precipitously. It was way too slow when they decided to reopen it and parts of it had been built on. There is a salutary message in this. Why did they close it? They said they would not have the passengers. They say the same thing about Limerick to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Gabhaim buíochas don Aire Stáit as ucht teacht isteach. I received an email recently from the students union in Galway. It said it had received multiple reports from students who get the train into the city from Athenry that it is often full or late and that there have even been cases where students have been refused entry to the train as they did not have a ticket for that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ar an gcéad dul síos, guím Nollaig shona agus athbhliain faoi mhaise ar an gCeann Comhairle. Tá súil agam go mbeidh bliain síochána ann an bhliain seo chugainn. I also grew up beside the Dodder but I will not talk about the Dodder today. Local radio provides vital public service broadcasting, particularly in current affairs, news and sport. The coming...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Paramilitary Groups (12 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister for her comprehensive answer. It is very useful. That recommendation is key in the report because if you can persuade people to move forward, it is an enduring way of creating a circumstance in which these groups would disband or would not operate. Will the Minister indicate whether the British Government is fully bought into this concept? Does she think progress can...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Paramilitary Groups (12 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree that it is fair to say the different groups involved in paramilitarism on both sides of the community could have different characteristics, which we must recognise. That said, the IRC has been a responsible body and it has gone about its business quietly and efficiently. It operates in a coherent fashion, even though members come from very different perspectives. In my interaction...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Paramilitary Groups (12 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in discussions with the British Government on the recommendation made by the Independent Reporting Commission in its fifth and sixth reports, published in December 2023, “for an agreed formal process of Group Transition, involving direct engagement with the paramilitary groups themselves, to bring...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Paramilitary Groups (12 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This question asks if any progress has been made with the British Government regarding the recommendation made by the Independent Reporting Commission in its fifth report, and its sixth report that was published very recently, "for an agreed formal process of Group Transition, involving direct engagement with paramilitary groups themselves, to bring about disbandment".

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If the Minister for housing had been here, I would have asked a different question but since it is the Minister for Health, I will ask what is a very relevant question for many people. I recognise that a lot more people have GP cards now than was the case previously. I also recognise that with the abolition of hospital charges, the increase in the GP card threshold and the lowering of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications received by the Department in each of the last five years for domiciliary care allowance; the number rejected each year; the reason for these rejections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54178/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The question relates to domiciliary care allowance and the increasing number of rejections under domiciliary care allowance based on the number of claims. The Minister of State might outline whether he is concerned that the number of rejections is increasing at a time when we know, because of an increase in the rate of autism, that the number of children that should qualify for domiciliary...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Obviously I do not have any figures for 2023, but as the Minister of State said, the number of claims registered in 2022 was 10,524. The number of claims rejected in that year was 3,948. I rounded the figures and that is just short of 40%. That seems to me to be a very high level of refusal. I am bit surprised to hear the Minister of State say that claims that were changed on review are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If the Department is not getting the information it requires the first time, and many of the people who are applying for the allowance have their own challenges in life, are not super literate and do not read law, I would think that quite a bit could be done to make the application form more useful in terms of what is required from the professional and what is required from the parent. In...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I will cut to the chase. I understand there were negotiations between the unions and the Minister of State's Department, proposals were put together at official level and those proposals were then sent over to the Department of public expenditure, as all such changes inevitably must be. When were those proposals sent to the Department of public expenditure and what response came back,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A written reply I received on the issue of the gratuities seemed to give me a lot more information than is available here today. I cannot understand how these processes go on as long as they do. There has been a failure by successive Governments to reform the system in order to ensure there are quicker decisions. In fact, if anything, things have been getting slower and slower over my...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The question is to ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure measures are taken to align the pay of Tús supervisors with CE supervisors, and if she will make a statement on the matter. I will expand the question slightly to include both Tús and RSS as I understand the negotiations took place together.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome that because it will make a huge difference, along with the change in the means test for the carer's allowance, which is getting nearer to the target the social welfare committee was heading towards and the recommendation of a disregard of the first €500 for a single person and the first €1,000 for a couple. It is getting much nearer to that, at €450 and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I was reflecting on the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023, which is going through the Seanad. As regards the extension of the age limit for making contributions beyond 66 years, the Bill states people cannot do so if they claim a contributory State pension. It is silent on the issue of a non-contributory pension. For someone who was short on contributions and subject to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is a simple enough question. Can the Minister of State give an update on the pension entitlements being worked on for carers by his Department, and outline-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Dec 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am taking Questions Nos. 96, 99 and 101. It is my field day. The question is, what are the changes to caring credits? I know they are very beneficial and long-term carers are included but the Minister of State might outline what they are.