Results 10,401-10,420 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Western Development Commission (9 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 344. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the appointment of new members and a chair to the Western Development Commission; his plans to give extra funding and responsibilities to the commission in view of the recent statement by the outgoing chair of the commission in which he criticised the Department's and the Government's attitude to it; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (9 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 345. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the gross capital expenditure of her Department is 34.6% below profile for the first four months of the year; the steps she will take to ensure a full spend of capital allocated to her Department in 2017 in view of the slow progress in spending the carry forward of capital to her Department and local authorities in 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (9 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 346. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht ar thug an Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh-Theas cead d’Fhoras na Gaeilge léas a shíniú maidir le seilbh a ghlacadh ar cheannáras i mBaile Átha Cliath; céard é fad an léasa; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [22086/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Homeless Accommodation Provision (9 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 500. To ask the Minister for Health if approval has been given to agencies operating under the aegis of his Department or receiving money directly or indirectly from his Department for the purchase of accommodation for the temporary housing of homeless persons with a disability; the number and details of such properties purchased in the Clontarf area; and if he will make a statement on the...

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Response Times (3 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A total of 174 out of 823 calls took over an hour to clear in GUH. That is nearly three times as many as were cleared within 20 minutes. That is always a problem but it is a much bigger problem if the ambulance which is waiting outside has come from an area that only has one ambulance within 30 miles of its base. Are there proposals to ensure ambulances from stations with no back-up...

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Response Times (3 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 9. To ask the Minister for Health the action being taken to assist University Hospital Galway improve ambulance turnaround performance, in view of the fact that just 7.7% of ambulance calls at the hospital were cleared in less than 20 minutes during February 2017 [20757/17]

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Response Times (3 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister is probably aware of the fact that 92% of turnaround times in University Hospital Galway exceeded 20 minutes. Only 7.7% were less than 20 minutes. This is to do with trolley back-up and so on and the crazy situation that has not been dealt with in the emergency department at University Hospital Galway. What is the Minister going to do, in a holistic fashion, to deal with this...

Other Questions: Ambulance Service Response Times (3 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister recently met a delegation from Connemara to discuss the ambulance service. I was surprised to get a reply from him yesterday telling me that the solution to the rural areas ambulance problem is a do-it-yourself job of voluntary responders. The letter says that the capacity review indicated that the only practical way to improve first response times in rural areas is through...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (3 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when it is proposed to roll out the successor to the SICAP programme; his plans to have new tenders for the provision of this programme; his further plans to tender for the provision of this programme in one, two or three lots in County Galway; his plans to have a special provision that the programme will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Monuments (2 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: "As soon as possible" is the most meaningless phrase. Is it the Minister's intention to do it all within six weeks? We are not far off the six weeks because it was launched some time ago. I asked the Minister two specific questions. Will she adhere to the timescale here? Has this report been brought to the Government and has the Government decided to support this report as the basis for...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Monuments (2 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 43. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has considered the report of a group (details supplied) issued in March 2017; her plans to implement the recommendations in the report; the progress made to date in doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20440/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Monuments (2 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Minister knows, the Moore Street report was published in March and a timeline was set out with the hope that a decision would be recommended in six weeks, as the matter has dragged on for years. Has the Minister brought this to the Cabinet and have we a decision? Will she set up the advisory group that has been recommended in the report so we can move to the next phase? I am afraid...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Monuments (2 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As happens so often, the Minister gave me much information that I already have, as I was part of all those discussions and on the forum referred to. As she pointed out, we had a very experienced chairman and in his work he was very diligent in advising us against things that could not be done. However, the report very clearly states that the establishment of the advisory oversight group...

Joint Standing Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Plean Infheistíochta agus Scéimeanna Teanga: An tAire Stáit ag an Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta, Gnóthaí Réigiúnacha, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta (2 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ní fhéadfainn é a leanúint.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (2 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 63. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the expenditure to date of the capital carry over from 2017; the value of work carried out to date with the €28 million pre-paid to local authorities under the town and village enhancement scheme and the CLÁR programme in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19528/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Gaeilge (2 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 79. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na beartais bhreise atá i gceist aici a dhéanamh chun an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn de thoradh ar na drochthorthaí a bhí ann ó thaobh cúrsaí Gaeilge de sna torthaí daonáirimh a foilsíodh le gairid; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [19527/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (2 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the six month delay in the processing of join family visa applications; the reason for the delay in the processing of these applications; the plans in place to reduce the processing time of such applications; when these plans are likely to take effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19499/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoners Temporary Release (2 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 205. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the revocation of full temporary release of the four life-sentence prisoners recall during 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20588/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (2 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 287. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a provision to allow a person retain the tax relief for drivers and passengers with disabilities within the prescribed timelines without clawback in a circumstance in which a person's health has deteriorated so much that it has been necessary to get another specially adapted vehicle for transport and the adaptations to the first vehicle are no...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (2 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his proposals to make amendments to the criteria applicable to the post-primary school transport scheme (details supplied); his views on whether traffic congestion and real time travel times should also be part of the criteria applied in addition to distance when evaluating eligibility to free travel; and if he will make a statement on the...