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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Clár Tógála Scoileanna (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil iarratas curtha isteach ag scoil (sonraí tugtha) ar dheontas airgid le seomra aclaíochta/ilúsáide a thógáil; cad é stádas an iarratais; cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh air; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [48284/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ceisteanna Craolacháin (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 584. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil i gceist aici liúntas breise maoine caipitil a chur ar fáil go TG4 as seo go deireadh na bliana le ligean dóibh cur leis an obair iontach atá ar bun acu, ag tógáil san áireamh an €16.5 m breise reatha atá le cur ar fáil do RTÉ sa bhliain reatha; agus an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Natura 2000 (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when substitute consent is or is not required to rectify small non-compliances with planning in or near a Natura 2,000 site, particularly where the non-compliance does not materially affect the integrity of the Natura 2000 Site; whether it is intended to issue new guidelines to local authorities in relation to this matter...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether it is intended to widen the eligibility criteria for the mortgage to rent scheme; when new guidelines are likely to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48274/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 759. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends increasing the upper threshold of €310 per week for entitlement to a qualified adult payment for social insurance-based schemes in the forthcoming social welfare Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48305/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 762. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of pensioners in receipt of a non-contributory State pension; the number of these that are receiving a reduced rate; the estimated cost to her Department of exempting the first €200 of self-employed income from the means test similar to regime that applies to employed income; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 760. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number, by each €10-per-week income band, of State pension (contributory) qualified adults in receipt of the total IQA allowance and of a tapered rate of qualified adult allowance where the qualified adult is 66 or over; whether she intends changing the way the increase for a qualified adult is calculated; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 761. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number, by each €10-per-week income band, of State pension (contributory) qualified adults in receipt of a tapered rate of qualified adult allowance where the qualified adult is aged under 66 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48307/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 769. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that individuals on farm assist and fish assist continue to receive letters from her Department inviting them to attend recruitment fairs, as they believe they are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48485/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1265. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in providing a new primary care centre for An Spidéal, Contae na Gaillimhe; the next steps proposed in progressing this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48270/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of prisoners, by gender with acute mental health issue on the waiting list for transfer from prisons to the Central Mental Hospital for treatment; the length the longest person on the waiting list is waiting for such a transfer; the reason for the delay in providing this urgent medical care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48275/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1267. To ask the Minister for Health when a prisoner (details supplied) will be transferred from a prison to the Central Mental Hospital; the length of time they have been the waiting list for treatment in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48276/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (7 Nov 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether students who are liable for full third-level tuition fees are eligible for the reduction in fees for the academic year 2023/2024, as announced by him as part of the cost-of-living measures recently as part of Budget 2024; if not, if he will consider extending the supports to include students, such as repeat students, who are liable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree with the principle of what we are trying to achieve here. When partial capacity was introduced back in the budget of 2011, the thinking at the time was that it would extend the disability allowance and that we would move forward from where we were. I agree with the basic or big principles, but of course, like everything else, the detail is what really counts at the end of the day....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Which is?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If a person for one reason or another does not engage, what then?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My specific point was there is an interface between jobseeker's allowance and disability allowance which is reaching a point where it will be our mark now as there will be three levels of disability allowance. At the lowest level of disability allowance, tier 3, there is an interface and a no-man's land for those who are not going to pass the test of being disabled yet, on the other hand, to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The law does not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Green Paper on Disability Reform: Department of Social Protection (25 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is what worries me. It seems very focused. It is great if people with disabilities want to work. I was involved with the partial capacity aspect. I was really enthusiastic about it because it allowed people with the capability, qualifications and whatever else to go and work. I was not saying to them that to really have a bit of comfort in their life they have to go to work because...