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

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am talking about facilitating rather than pushing.

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: Right

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am not counting those as refusals until a person has gone through the review and appeal. How many get turned down at the end of the process? Everything else is only interim. The claim is live as long as there is no final decision. What we are looking for is the number of refusals as a final decision. I accept what Mr. Hession is saying. We all know the certification can be an issue....

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is what we are trying to find out. For every 100 applicants - it is a very simple figure - how many final decisions are refusals? It is not interim decisions, in other words, it is not the initial or review decision but when people are allowed to go to appeal, how many final decisions are refusals? If they do not appeal it, do people just accept first time that it is a final decision?...

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: Okay, I thank Dr. Singh very much.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (24 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on the review of means testing rules of social welfare schemes; whether it is still intended to complete the review and publish it in quarter four this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46369/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (24 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the changes proposed to the means testing rules of social welfare and employment schemes in Budget 2024; whether it is intended to add to these changes in the Social Welfare Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46368/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appeal for carer’s allowance will be processed and a decision made (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46532/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (24 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 429. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department intends to introduce a ban on a substance (details supplied) being used due to concerns that it may be carcinogenic and do other environmental damage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46357/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Nuair a bhí an tAire Stáit, an Teachta Chambers, mar Aire Stáit don Ghaeltacht, rinne sé go leor oibre ar réiteach agus ar phlean le haghaidh reachtaíocht a thabhairt isteach le haghaidh na toghcháin do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta a thabhairt ar ais. D'fhoilsigh sé cinn an Bhille, pléadh iad ag Coiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Ranna (19 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén méadú atá i meastacháin a Roinne do 2024 ar an gcaiteachas reatha agus caipitil don Ghaeilge agus don Ghaeltacht; cé mhéad de sin a bhaineann le soláthar caiteachais breise do phá agus tuarastail in Údarás na Gaeltachta agus Foras na Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the increase provided for in the estimates for 2025 in funding for TG4 and RTÉ respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45689/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (19 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the interaction his Department has had to date with the statutory committee set up under the Official Languages Act 2021 to plan for the requirement under the Act that 20% of public servants being recruited from 2030 will have competency to do business with the public in Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (19 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether post-graduate students studying medicine on dedicated courses in third level institutions to become medical practitioners are or will be able to avail of SUSI grant-aid while attending university on these courses, in view of the need to urgently increase the supply of doctors in the country; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (19 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy of his Department in relation to redundancies in Bord na Móna; the number of redundancies proposed; whether these will be all voluntary redundancies and whether it will be open to all existing staff members to apply as Bord na Móna moves away from its original core business; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pensions (19 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when arrears of pension owing since 2021 will be paid to retired general operatives and supervisors that worked for the Office of Public Works; the reason for the delay in making these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45965/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there will be a grant available to primary schools this year, similar to what happened previously for the upgrading of technology and ICT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45961/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Burial Grounds (19 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of skeletons removed from an island (details supplied); whether it is intended to return all of them for reburial or only some; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45964/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for a working family payment will be processed and a decision made (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45921/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 235. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a review of a carer’s allowance payment will be carried out (details supplied) as requested by the carer due to a change in means; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45922/23]