410. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a decision will be made on an application by a group (details supplied) to participate in the community services programme; the reason for the delay with the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30319/23]
307. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health whether he intends extending the existing private hospital claims cover for compensation claims over €1.3 million to outpatient clinics providing private health services in order to reduce the hospital waiting lists for such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30314/23]
255. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a person living in voluntary housing, having been on the local authority housing list and been nominated by the local authority for voluntary housing originally, cannot apply to and get on the council transfer list if their circumstances change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30308/23]
172. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if it is intended to amend the regulations in relation to awarding medals for gallantry to allow the awarding of medals to persons (details supplied) who died in action in 1999 at Post 6-42 in south Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30309/23]
159. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when applications for passports on behalf of siblings (details supplied) will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30315/23]
46. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport the funding provided for major improvement works on national secondary roads in each of the past five years; his policy in relation to providing sufficient funding to bring all national secondary routes up to a standard that maximises road safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30162/23]
15. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport his plans to reopen the western rail corridor for freight and passengers from Collooney to Athenry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30161/23]
153. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the reason an invitation to one of the citizenship ceremonies due to take place on 19 and 20 June 2023 was not issued to a person (details supplied) in Galway city despite being told previously it would issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30187/23]
102. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether it is intended to reopen the caravan loan scheme in 2023; when it is likely this scheme will open, in view of the urgent need for such a scheme due to the unacceptable and inhumane conditions Travellers in substandard caravans are living in; whether any new scheme will be needs-based rather than, as happened in 2022, based on a very limited and inadequate number of replacement caravans being made available through each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29937/23]
750. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the contact her Department has had in the past six months with the owners of land on a mountain (details supplied) which is part of the pilot mountain access scheme; whether the terms of a possible indemnity scheme, indemnifying them against claims by hill walkers, have been discussed with them and draft insurance policies shown to them; the progress made in discussions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29763/23]
749. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether it is intended to tender for one or two ferry contracts to an island (details supplied) later in 2023; the consultation that will take place with the island community in relation to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29757/23]
748. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the contact her Department has had in the past six months with the owners of land on a mountain (details supplied) which is part of the pilot mountain access scheme; whether the terms of a possible indemnity scheme, indemnifying them against claims by hill walkers, have been discussed with them and draft insurance policies shown to them; the progress made in discussions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29751/23]
138. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing this application given the fact that it is a renewal application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29279/23]
85. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his policy in respect of the naming of new Naval Service vessels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29510/23]
79. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if it is intended to resume the practice of naming Irish Naval Service vessels after figures in Irish mythology, as was the practice up to 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29511/23]
293. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who worked as a front-line worker in the health sector through the Covid pandemic, will receive their Covid Bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28994/23]
230. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the qualification criteria for a person on a jobseeker's payment to go on an educational course and retain their payment; if it is intended to review these criteria to encourage more people on social welfare payments to go on educational courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28996/23]
221. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grant assistance available for rethatching vernacular houses; the conditions attached to receipt of the grant; the changes he proposes making to both the level of grant and the conditions in order to make it more affordable for people to protect this vital and irreplaceable part of our heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28985/23]
220. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of thatching grants paid by his Department in each of the past five years; the total cost of the scheme each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28984/23]
219. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a detailed land use survey has been carried out to calculate the effect of the proposed EU law on nature restoration up to 2050 on agriculture in Ireland and the amount of land currently in use for productive agriculture that would have to be rewilded or rewetted, including the geographic areas that would be most affected, under the proposed law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28679/23]
218. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the discussions he has had with his European Union counterparts in relation to the prosed EU law on nature restoration; the result of these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28678/23]
148. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for a passport in respect of siblings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29015/23]
122. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons on remand for more than two years; the extra resources being provided to the various services to ensure long remands are not a feature of the justice system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28801/23]
121. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the number of charged persons who are awaiting trial for criminal offences for more than two years, and for more than five years. [28800/23]
120. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners released on parole in each year since 2013; the average sentence served of these prisoners, including the number released to date this year and the average years served by them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28799/23]
119. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners in the prison system that are there on remand; the percentage this represents of the whole prison population; the steps taken through the provision of resources to reduce this number; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28798/23]
87. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when approval and funding will be given to a school (details supplied) for the provision of modular accommodation which is required to be in place for 30 August 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28780/23]
39. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made in respect of an application by a person (details supplied) for foreign birth registration; the reason for the delay in making a decision on said application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28694/23]
1403. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital spend each year from the island-specific sub-head in the vote of her Department and Departments that have had responsibility for the islands since the year 2000, including the capital allocation for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28367/23]
1332. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the progress made with the provision of a new ambulance base (details supplied); the reason for the delay with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28608/23]
1275. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if he will detail the budget allocated to each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [28283/23]
1038. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payments for April, May and June will issue to an accommodation provider for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied); whether all outstanding queries raised with the supplier have been replied to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27516/23]
1030. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when payments long overdue will issue to a centre housing refugees from Ukraine (details supplied) in view of the fact that the contract with this provider states that they will be paid in advance monthly and they have not received payments for April, May and June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27416/23]
993. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén uair a cheadófar airgead do Chomhairlí Áitiúla le h-aghaidh oibreacha mara ar chéibheanna beaga i mbliana; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [28555/23]
785. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when it is intended to announce the rural water programme for 2023; the reason for the delay with this in view of the fact that nearly half the year has elapsed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28541/23]
502. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the financial allocation to a school (details supplied) for a new modular mainstream class and a new SEN base 1 unit; the next stage in the process; when approval will be given to go to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27413/23]
172. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when passports will issue to siblings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28557/23]
171. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28556/23]
133. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made in respect of an application for foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on said application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27485/23]
104. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extra financial commitment to the funding provided to her Department annually for islands, underpinning the recent "Islands Plan" launched by her on 7 June 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28334/23]
93. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the flexibilities provided for in the recently published Island Plan to ensure that issues of concern to islanders not addressed in the plan can be addressed in the next ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28335/23]
352. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health how the rates of payment to nursing homes under the nursing home subvention scheme are determined; the reason for the regional disparity between the different rates paid; the reason the rate of payment to HSE-owned nursing homes is considerably higher than to private nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26938/23]
127. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it is intended to ensure a fair regional spread of new courses in pharmacy and veterinary medicine, in view of the Government’s commitments to balanced regional development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25489/23]
119. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he intends on setting up a dedicated fund within his allocation to the Higher Education Authority to fund courses that would be taught through the medium of the Irish language, in order to ensure that it will be possible to fully implement the Official Languages Act 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25488/23]
71. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the input the Government and he will have into the naming of the new Children’s Hospital, Dublin, in view of the large amount of Exchequer funding involved in the project; if it is intended to propose that the new children’s hospital on the site of St. James’s Hospital would be named after Dr. Kathleen Lynn, in view of the pioneering work she did for children’s health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25486/23]
30. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the action he intends on taking to speed up the delivery of smaller capital health projects and to simplify the processes laid down by his Department to do so, in view of the inordinate time it is taking to provide the new ambulance base in Recess, Connemara, the new community nursing unit in Clifden, Connemara, a new health centre in Inishbofin and a new permanent health centre in Árann, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25487/23]
576. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a meeting, as requested by the Aran Islands co-operatives, will be organised with them to discuss the operation of parking facilities for islanders at Ros a'Mhíl, where there are still outstanding issues and where a meeting has been sought for some considerable time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26296/23]
575. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is his intention to sanction further works, within the present planning permission, at the deep-water pier in Ros a'Mhíl over those already approved; if so, when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26295/23]
574. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an extension will be sought to the current planning permission for the construction of a deep water pier at Ros a'Mhíl, which expires in July and where substantial works have already been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26294/23]
460. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a review of a decision sought in relation to a carer's allowance refusal (details supplied) will issue; the reason for the delay with this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25879/23]