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Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Human Rights of Travellers and Roma: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If I went to the Aborigines in Australia, to the native Americans or to other indigenous communities, I would find many of the same syndromes of exclusion leading to alcohol or other substance abuse and to people despising those communities and so on. One thing was interesting about the work of Fr. Mac Gréil, since he looked at every group in society, including immigrant communities and...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Human Rights of Travellers and Roma: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: May I interrupt the witness to mention something that I omitted earlier? I refer to a report done by the agriculture committee. When the horse industry wanted to increase the betting levy to fund that industry better, the committee said it would include such a recommendation only on the condition that everybody, including the Traveller community, would get access to that fund. In the...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Human Rights of Travellers and Roma: Discussion (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am sorry; I have a final point on that. We were not talking about discretionary finance. They would have got their share of the shakeout every year from the horseracing fund that goes to Sport Ireland and so on.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 102. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether it is intended to extend free travel for children under nine years of age to islanders up to nine years of age using ferry and air services to and from the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40282/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 106. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends extending the number of groups and participants taking part in the Community Services Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40283/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Ranna (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 180. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na haicmí deontais nabh bhfuil fógraithe fós faoin gClár Caipitil agus Trealaimh Spóirt; cén uair a fhógrófar iad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40812/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Properties (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when part of a building (details supplied) became vacant; the reason for the delay in offering it for tenancy under lease agreement by means of an open competitive process when it could be earning money for the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40818/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Seirbhísí Sláinte (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 303. To ask the Minister for Health cén uair a thógfar ionad sláinte nua ar Inis Meáin, Contae na Gaillimhe; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [40811/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (10 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 306. To ask the Minister for Health if the new national drugs strategy will include alcohol as a drug and the detrimental impact misuse of alcohol has on Irish life; if not, if it is intended to draw up a separate alcohol damage limitation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40817/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am sure the Minister and I are both very pleased that means testing has been so much on the agenda today. There is a need to deal with the issue of carers and I applaud the progress the Minister has made. However, she and I know there are a lot of other anomalies. I will give one simple example, which is the disability allowance and people who have a lifelong disability who inherit from...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will you, now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Business of Joint Committee (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I join in the words of sympathy. I did not know John Naughten, but I know that every local authority member in this country works very hard and is very dedicated. This is a dreadful tragedy and a huge shock. All of us here know Denis as a very fair-minded helpful individual. We all appreciate the shock it must have been to him when he got the terrible news. I join in expressing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I welcome the Minister of State to the meeting. I also welcome the fact that this review was undertaken. I will engage on the priority decisions, as we often get reports with 19, 100 or 200 recommendations, with most then left to lie on the shelf. What I am interested in is what the Minister of State is going to change, and perhaps we can persuade him to make some other changes as well. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How can the Minister of State justify that if Senator Murphy and I went on the scheme, and I am single and I have €200 plus income from a farm, I still get the €259 payment and Senator Murphy, who has the same income from his farm, because has a dependant adult and children and more responsibilities, no matter what he does cannot get more than €27.90 unless his partner...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Could the Minister of State get us the figures? I would like two sets of figures that are readily available. He knows how many people are on farm assist, how many of those are only getting an individual payment and he knows how many are getting an individual payment plus some dependant increase for a qualified adult, IQA, or a child dependant allowance. Will he then give me the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Do you keep renewing? Was there not a six-year cap on the participation in the scheme for young people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The only change being made for the over-60s is that they will not be means tested again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: They can win the lotto and keep it. That is it. They have got a 6 million to one chance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is not the question. I am looking for the number of people now on the RSS scheme who are getting an adult or child dependant payment - of the 2,699 - against the number of people on farm assist who are getting an adult or child dependant payment. They know that in the Department. The computer will tell them that in two minutes. Can we get that? I want to see if the percentage of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Rural Social Scheme: Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the next fortnight?