Results 361-380 of 14,446 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív in 'Written Answers'

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...

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]

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...