Results 201-220 of 27,668 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I did not interrupt Deputies when they spoke. Another matter not yet raised — I presume it will be referred to later but I will not have an opportunity to speak again — is the issue of broadband. While enterprise was referred to, nobody mentioned broadband. It is the most fundamental tool of modern enterprise. We are encountering difficulties with the system but we are dealing with them....

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Thirty years.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Renmore is in Galway, I am in the country.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thought that was what we were talking about.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: CLÁR is providing it for Clifden and Carna. I trust the Deputy did not miss that.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It has been announced and the contracts are signed.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It has been worked on for nine months. It is coming and the contracts are signed.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I look forward to it.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy missed the announcement of the rural social scheme, which is tailor made for the need.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The advertisements are in the newspapers this week.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We launched it in Mountbellew and every Deputy was invited. That the Deputy did not accept the invitation is his problem, not mine.

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes, I would. The rural guidelines——

Rural Development: Motion. (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy is incorrect.

Written Answers — Departmental Audits: Departmental Audits (1 Jun 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was established in June 2002 and the table details the 14 audit reports completed since the its establishment. The internal audit unit undertakes its work using a risk-based approach and prioritises in its annual work plan areas of operation within the Department where there are significant financial or control risks. Audit Report...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I accept the Senator's point in principle. However, in this case there is a good reason for the provision. As the Senator is probably aware, a call was issued under the current legislation for proposals, some €300 million worth of which have now been received by the dormant accounts board, and, at its request, we have advanced permission to spend €60 million. However, there has been a...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I regret the Senator's tone.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am sure it will.

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The board has had made available to it all the money it has requested to deal with these——

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: An open call was made through newspaper advertisements last December, which closed early in the year. At that time, some €300 million worth of applications were received because the call was so open. The board asked ADM, which is an agency which operates under the aegis of my Department, to evaluate all the proposals received. The dormant accounts board asked for a further €30 million,...

Seanad: Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2004: Committee Stage. (7 Jul 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is a drafting amendment. The reason for the amendment is that the words "(as amended by the Act of 2003)" in the title of section 7 are superfluous as Part 5 of the principal Act was not amended by the Act of 2003.