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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Social Protection (18 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This reminds me of an insurance company which will not pay out on under clause 57(b), or whatever it is, as written in legalese.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Social Protection (18 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: For people who are on the increase for qualified adult, IQA, and who are long-standing pensioners, the Department is not writing to them and asking them. That is something I always check when they come in under the IQA, whether they had stamps of their own and could get the carer's credit. That is not what the Department is writing out to people about. It is doing an update, a needs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Social Protection (18 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It can be seen how hurtful it is. How does one explain to an 80-year-old who has been parsimonious all their life, part of a couple who are sharing it all, that what they should have done was put everything in the man's name and then there would be no way of the Department touching it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Social Protection (18 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The problem with this change is, if the Department had warned them it would have been really tricky.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Social Protection (18 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If the Department had warned people about what it should have warned them to do, there would then have been a whole other cohort of society saying the Department is encouraging - because it was 90% men - men not to share with their wives. That of course is wrong if they had that split in the labour between the two of them, the paid part and the unpaid part of the huge job of rearing a family...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (17 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how much the increased capitation announced in Budget 2024 will be worth to schools in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44973/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (17 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown by county of the number of primary schools with only a principal in them, a principal and one mainstream class teacher and a principal and two mainstream teachers respectively provided in tabular form; whether she intends changing the pupil teacher ratio for small rural schools considering the challenge in teaching multiple...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (17 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that had a staffing schedule of mainstream class teachers consisting of a principal plus one mainstream classroom teacher for the school year 2022/2023; the number of these that had more than 40 pupils enrolled in this school year; whether she intends lowering the threshold significantly for the retention and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (17 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her estimate of the number of secondary students in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon, respectively that will benefit from the introduction of free school books next year; the number of primary students that are currently benefiting from free school books in each of the counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44972/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (17 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 296. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na riachtanais bhreise ó thaobh saoráidí tithíochta a gcaithfear cloí leo sa bhreis ar na rialacha tógála le bheith cáilithe chun scoláirí a choinneáil faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (17 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has an entitlement to dental benefit based on his or her PRSI contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45004/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (12 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether each participant farmer has been given a detailed outline of the scoring scheme under the ACRES scheme by his Department; when farmers will be given their score for this year under the scheme; when the first payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44564/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Gaeilge (11 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht le bean tí (sonraí tugtha) as ábhar oidí a chothaigh sí ar chúrsa i lár Mí Lúnasa; údar na moille lena híocaíocht; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [44380/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cúrsaí Gaeilge (11 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén céatadán de na teaghlaigh a chothaigh scoláirí faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge an samhradh seo a fuair íocaíocht iomlán as gach cúrsa; cén uair atáthar ag súil go n-íocfar an chuid eile; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the witnesses for the interesting presentation. There is a lot wrong with the system and it is not just the carer’s allowance. There was an interesting comment earlier about marginalised people applying for the carer's allowance and the challenges of bureaucracy . As members of this committee will know, it is my hobby horse to point out that marginalised people face...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No, the €1,000 is divided by two.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is crucially important because if it goes up by €100, it means it is up by €200.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Report on Participation Income for Family Carers: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Éamon Ó Cuív: With respect, I work with marginalised Travellers and all sorts of groups for whom the means test is not a challenge.