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

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is that right?

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 am only asking for current figures. The Minister of State knows what farm assist is, so he knows exactly.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport given that the application was lodged online 7 June 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40432/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a teacher (details supplied) is considered an old entrant on the primary school teachers’ pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40189/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (8 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which the review of the caravan loan pilot scheme was completed; when a replacement for this scheme with a permanent national scheme will be announced; the progress made to date in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40091/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (8 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delays in appointments in the GNIB office in Galway; the steps being taken to deal with this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40101/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Judgments (8 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 389. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality To ask the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 4 July 2024, when a detailed reply will issue to the question as promised; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40419/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 412. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an oral hearing relating to an appeal to the agriculture appeals office will take place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40110/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (8 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 603. To ask the Minister for Health if it is intended to replace a pilot scheme (details supplied) that operated in certain areas with a nationwide scheme; if so, when this is likely to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40104/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (8 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 655. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is intended to make arrangements with the ferry and air services servicing the islands that all island children under eight-years-of-age will be able to travel for free as is provided for mainland service providers in the budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40106/24]

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Gabhaim buíochas. Ar ndóigh, níor airigh mé na blianta ag imeacht. Is í seo an uair dheireanach a bheidh deis agam cúpla focal a rá maidir leis an gcáinaisnéis. Beidh 32 bliain caite agam sa Teach seo sa chéad mhí eile. Tá mé ag ceapadh gurb é seo an 32ú cáinaisnéis a chonaic mé. Ar ndóigh,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: With the days getting shorter and the dark evenings getting longer, and with the clocks due to change in a few weeks, does the Minister agree that visibility for road users, particularly vulnerable road users, is important? My question has two parts. Has consideration been given to making it mandatory for cyclists to wear high-visibility jackets of some type after sunset? They are of great...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Report: Discussion (3 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the witnesses for their very detailed presentation.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Report: Discussion (3 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does Deputy Stanton have another question?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Report: Discussion (3 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Dr. Joyce is eager to come in.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Report: Discussion (3 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank Dr.Joyce for that. I have a few questions. The witnesses mentioned stop and search. There is a system in Northern Ireland where people are given a little ticket. This does not stop discriminatory stop-and-search activities. We know from those tickets that it is happening proportionately in very strong nationalist areas and in areas where there are republicans. We know it is...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Report: Discussion (3 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The PSNI has to publish it, by law.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Report: Discussion (3 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I should be done for everybody. We should not take an ethnic identifier. If those who are stopped and searched want to come forward then, they can do so. I deal with Travellers all the time. One slight concern I have is that it would be like being stopped and asked if you are from the Gaeltacht. It is like the day I was stopped in London. I was going to visit a certain famous historic...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Report: Discussion (3 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is a different issue. The census is totally voluntary and there is no pressure.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Report: Discussion (3 Oct 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We will move on. One thing that keeps becoming apparent is the huge number of prisoners who, in general, go in for less than a year. That includes a very high number of Travellers. Of course, in most cases, sentences of less than a year are perceived as counterproductive because people do not get any education or training. It is hard to engage in such a short period. There is a view that...