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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. I will start with the SEAI. Will its representatives outline the work it does under the warmer homes scheme? The reason I am asking is that I will then have a question for the SVP on the work it does not do on the very bad houses. The second issue I would like to address in a little bit more detail is that of the delays between applying for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I would like to join in the Cathaoirleach's commiserations in regard to Paul. He was a very decent guy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am sorry to interrupt but I am talking about the time from application to somebody being on site. The crucial thing about confidence building is how quickly we get people on site to start the work. How long would that take?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How many are eliminated and deemed to be not doable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When Ms Petrie says "long", is she talking about ten or 20 years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have done that. If a person is under the age of 65 or 66 there is no grant. I have people coming in to me who are in their 50s and living in really poor conditions. Other than the SEAI there is no grant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is hugely important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If I make a tax return, I am taken at my word. Well, I do not make tax returns because I am a PAYE worker, but if a self-employed person makes a tax return, Revenue takes his or her word for it, although it does spot audits. We should bear in mind the big money involved in taxation. In social welfare, people seeking a very small amount of money must provide bank statements. It can be very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is a reluctance to deal with TDs and to take it on face value, which GDPR covers, that we are acting for the client.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a property (details supplied) was not included in the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan as it does not have access to 30Mb/s of broadband at present and there is no time indication when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1276/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what discussions he has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to ensuring, over time, that all local authority housing tenants have access to home charging of electric vehicles; if he has proposed that such facilities would be provided in all new local authority accommodation from now on; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 264. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason an applicant (details supplied) for a CPC card has to re-sit the theory test to be approved for the CPC card when they already passed the theory test in 2012 when they applied for a learner permit. [1278/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 340. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage borrowers with long term mortgage arrears at the end of each year since 2000; the efforts being made, through assisting people in mortgage arrears, to reduce this number; whether it is intended to introduce new measures to achieve this in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1004/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 398. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is intended to retain the link between current salary increases for serving members of An Garda Síochána and retired members; whether breaking this link is on the agenda for the present round of public service pay talks; if so, if it is intended to have representatives of retired members participating in these...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 449. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued by his Department in 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1807/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the large number of applications from second level schools for STEM grants, if she plans to allocate further funding to STEM grants early in 2024 and grant funding to other applicant schools that made applications of a high standard that were not given any grant under round one of the grants announced on 20 December 2023,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether in view of the large number of applications from primary schools for STEM grants she intends allocating further money to this early in 2024 and granting funding to other applicant schools that made applications of a high standard that were not given any grant under round one of the grants announced on 20 December 2023, particularly...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 714. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the present status of an application under the large scale sports infrastructure fund (details supplied); whether a further announcement will be made in relation to this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1225/24]