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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is not. It is €40 million versus €60 million, and that does not count Luas, DART and all the rest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The fact is that €60 million is given to Dublin Bus and €40 million is given to Bus Éireann. The Minister's officials can confirm that. The population of the rest of the country is 3.5 million. Much of the €40 million is spent in the cities of Galway, Cork and Waterford. The population of Dublin is approximately 1.3 million, according to the figures given by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What the Minister is saying is that the service is provided on some historic basis and not on the needs of modern people in a modern society who are mobile?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am aware of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is it the Minister's policy to ensure comprehensive services late into the evening, as is available in the urban areas, are provided in the rural areas of Ireland? Yes or no? This is very important. We could go on forever with crises in Bus Éireann until we get to the root of the problem. I compliment Deputy Barry and Deputy Catherine Murphy on the wages issues. I will not get a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have them. I have already got them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The most important thing is that the Minister could advise me on what policy basis the subsidy is allocated. Could the Minister explain why the policy followed by him determines that per kilometre the charges on rural services far exceed those per kilometre on urban servicess, if one takes a rural bus, non-Expressway? Will he explain why that is his policy? I look forward to getting his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can I come back on that, the Minister could give a direction that there has to be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No, but I want to ask this question. Will the Minister explain why it is not his role as a policymaker to say that all citizens should be treated equally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I would like that last question to be included.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister is a policymaker.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When I was a Minister I made policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can the Minister get his officials to send me the reference to the EU regulations?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the steps he has taken to ensure there will be an adequate supply of chefs available to the hospitality industry here in view of the shortage of trained chefs in the country at the moment, particularly in rural areas; the discussions he has had with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport on this matter; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to increase the maintenance subsidy for group water schemes for 2017 to its previous level, prior to the introduction of water and sewerage charges, in view of their temporary suspension; the existing level of subvention available per house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10734/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Correspondence (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason this Deputy has not received a full reply to a letter of 15 June 2016 (details supplied) in relation to the draining of the Dunkellin river; the number of other pieces of correspondence dating from that date or before that have not yet been responded to by the Office of Public Works; the policy of his Department in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Leader Programmes Data (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 234. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the spend in 2017 under the Leader programme, broken down between projects, administration and animation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10710/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Íocaíochtaí Deontas (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 238. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé ar intinn aici deontas a cheadú d’iris (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [10765/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 274. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to provide funding for the replacement of Clifden district hospital and St. Anne's nursing home with a new 50 bed CNU at the St. Anne's site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10716/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 275. To ask the Minister for Health the staff and resources available to the CAMHS service serving the county and city of Galway, broken down between Athenry and Merlin Park, Galway, and any other service centre in the county; the waiting lists for each of the services provided by CAMHS in County Galway, broken down by centre; the measures being put in place to deal with these waiting lists;...