Results 11,301-11,320 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Other Questions: Heritage Council Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister send on the figure to me?

Priority Questions: Foireann Roinne (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an Aire Stáit as ucht an cheist seo a fhreagairt. An bhfuil aon fholúntas eile in aon áit eile sa Roinn nach bhfuil líonta? An é an scéal atá ann ná go bhfágfar lucht na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus na n-oileán ar an trá fholamh? Níl sé sásúil ar chor ar bith go bhfuil cuid mhaith de...

Priority Questions: Foireann Roinne (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ní ghlacaim leis an bhfreagra atá tugtha don Aire Stáit le tabhairt dom. Bhí a fhios ag an Roinn go raibh Máire Killoran ag imeacht sara imigh sí. Ní thuigim cén fáth nár réitíodh amach san am go raibh an Roinn ag fanacht go n-imeodh sí go raibh stiúrthóir na Gaeilge le bheith ag teastáil ar aon chuí ....

Priority Questions: Foireann Roinne (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 20. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é líon na bhfolúntas foirne sa Roinn nach bhfuil líonta go fóill; cad iad na rannóga lena mbaineann siad; cad iad na céimeanna nó na gráid atá i gceist; cén uair ar éirigh na folúntais seo; an bhfuil sé i gceist an tríú príomhoifigeach a...

Priority Questions: Foireann Roinne (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Cé mhéad folúntas foirne atá sa Roinn? Cén fáth nach bhfuil siad líonta? De réir mar a thuigim, tá roinnt folúntas sa Roinn le tamall agus, ar chuma éigin, níl siad líonta. Tá sé an-deacair an obair a dhéanamh mura bhfuil folúntais líonta de réir mar a éiríonn siad. Ar ndóigh, an...

Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 18. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will expend the full allocation made available to her Department in the Estimates for 2016; if not, the likely shortfall in expenditure in 2016 and the reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37560/16]

Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Looking at the expenditure report of the Department month on month, it is clear there is a huge underspend in the Department. Will the Minister end up in a situation whereby money is returned to the Exchequer? What can be done to avoid that when there is so much work to be done, both in the arts, heritage, Gaeltacht, regional and rural development, and the islands? How did this happen?

Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Could the Minister confirm that the allocation for the Leader programme for this year was €40 million and that, at the end of October, the expenditure was €8,333,000, meaning that €32 million, or three quarters of the fund, had been left unspent? Can she explain how she will get the total carry-over to €13 million or less, which is the figure I thought she...

Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To give the Minister one example, she said she allocated extra funding under town and village renewal but after ten months, nothing of the €4 million initially allocated had been spent. Can the Minister explain how she will get all of these builds done in the last month? She spoke about the CLÁR programme. I have not seen any announcement by the Minister's Department on the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 38. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to run a special module under the CLÁR programme 2017 for local improvement scheme roads; if it will be a condition of this that co-funding is available from the local authorities in question; if funding will be allocated on the basis of the population in the CLÁR area in each county; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 51. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of money spent on CLÁR and town and village renewal projects to date in 2016; if, in each case, the funding will be paid after completion of work by the local authorities; the number of projects approved to date under the CLÁR programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37355/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seirbhísí Oileán (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 52. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta aici maidir leis an gconradh nua don tseirbhís aeir go dtí oileáin Árann; cad é an staid go dáta maidir leis na pléití faoin tseirbhís do phaisinéirí báid go hÁrainn. [37354/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 59. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad é líon na bpleananna teanga atá i bhfeidhm le níos mó ná trí bliana; cad é líon na gcomhlachtaí poiblí nár réitigh aon phlean go dáta; cad é an líon pleananna teanga a aontaíodh le comhlachtaí poiblí i mbliana faoi Acht na dTeangacha...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the replacement for the DEIS scheme will be announced; the criteria that will be used to ensure that the schools serving the most disadvantaged in society will be included in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36891/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: RAPID Programme (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the criteria to be used to designate areas under the revived RAPID scheme; if demographic changes that have taken place in the past ten years since the last revision of the RAPID areas took place will be taken into account in any review of RAPID areas, in view of the significant change in such areas in the past ten...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of successful applications for the mortgage-to-rent scheme since its inception broken down by county and by year; the reason for the low take-up of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36905/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 312. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application by a school (details supplied) under the schools meals programme has been received; when a decision will be made on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36893/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme Eligibility (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 313. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the terms and conditions of new rural social scheme participants under the expanded scheme will be the same as on the existing scheme; if it is intended to pay the full rate rural social scheme payment to all participants as pertained up to the period of the last Government; if it is intended to introduce a cap on the years a participant can...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 415. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available in 2017 for the development of new walking routes; the method by which this will be disbursed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36890/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (29 Nov 2016)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 416. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil plean teanga aontaithe ag a Roinn leis an Údarás Rialála Carthanas; mura bhfuil, cén fáth nach bhfuil, go mór mór nuair a chuirtear san áireamh nach féidir le carthanais clárú leis an údarás i nGaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina...