574. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card application submitted by a person (details supplied) was closed in view of the fact that the requested documentation was submitted to the PCRS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40955/24]
380. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection where, in the event of a person having money in a pension fund that is paying a monthly pension, the capital sum is invested, or the sum of the pension being paid that is assessed for carer’s allowance, disability allowance and State pension (non-contributory) payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40987/24]
338. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the cost of restoring the scéim na bóithre in Gaeltacht areas. [41256/24]
337. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the cost of the last Údarás na Gaeltachta election held. [41255/24]
336. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current and capital funding allocations in 2024 and 2025 for initiatives (details supplied), in tabular form. [41254/24]
297. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the current and capital allocation to An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [41257/24]
107. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing said passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41640/24]
306. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if the new national drugs strategy will include alcohol as a drug and the detrimental impact misuse of alcohol has on Irish life; if not, if it is intended to draw up a separate alcohol damage limitation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40817/24]
303. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Sláinte cén uair a thógfar ionad sláinte nua ar Inis Meáin, Contae na Gaillimhe; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [40811/24]
249. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when part of a building (details supplied) became vacant; the reason for the delay in offering it for tenancy under lease agreement by means of an open competitive process when it could be earning money for the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40818/24]
180. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán céard iad na haicmí deontais nabh bhfuil fógraithe fós faoin gClár Caipitil agus Trealaimh Spóirt; cén uair a fhógrófar iad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40812/24]
106. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends extending the number of groups and participants taking part in the Community Services Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40283/24]
102. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether it is intended to extend free travel for children under nine years of age to islanders up to nine years of age using ferry and air services to and from the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40282/24]
1. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport given that the application was lodged online 7 June 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40432/24]
655. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is intended to make arrangements with the ferry and air services servicing the islands that all island children under eight-years-of-age will be able to travel for free as is provided for mainland service providers in the budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40106/24]
603. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if it is intended to replace a pilot scheme (details supplied) that operated in certain areas with a nationwide scheme; if so, when this is likely to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40104/24]
412. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an oral hearing relating to an appeal to the agriculture appeals office will take place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40110/24]
389. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice To ask the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 4 July 2024, when a detailed reply will issue to the question as promised; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40419/24]
368. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the delays in appointments in the GNIB office in Galway; the steps being taken to deal with this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40101/24]
254. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date on which the review of the caravan loan pilot scheme was completed; when a replacement for this scheme with a permanent national scheme will be announced; the progress made to date in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40091/24]
213. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education if a teacher (details supplied) is considered an old entrant on the primary school teachers’ pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40189/24]
352. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the number of stations in the Connemara area that do not have a Garda assigned, and the names of these stations
; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39061/24]
262. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the present closing date for the vacant house grant, the croí cónaithe scheme, in view of delays in getting work carried out due to delays due to planning issues, scarcity of architects and other professionals and builders; the discretion local authorities have in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38640/24]
35. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of houses, broken down per local authority area, that have been provided with solar panels under the warmer homes scheme; the steps he plans to take to expedite this roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38658/24]
34. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total number of social houses, broken down per local authority, that have solar panels on them; the steps he intends taking to speed up their provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38657/24]
33. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of grants paid per local authority to householders for solar panels, either on their own or as part of a wider retrofit of domestic dwellings; the total reduction of greenhouse gases estimated to be achieved by this roll out to date; the further steps to be taken to increase the number of solar panels on domestic dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38656/24]
567. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated costs of starting an air service to Inishbofin; and the estimated full-year costs associated with running such a service. [37375/24]
157. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost for the establishment of a separate ETB with a remit for the national schools and second level colleges under the patronage of the ETB teaching through the medium of Irish; and the estimated full-year cost. [37373/24]
289. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when an urgent dental appointment for surgery will be issued to a person (details supplied) in the Dublin Dental Hospital, given their exceptional medical circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37215/24]
856. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of capital spent from the islands allocation of her Department and predecessor Departments in each of the years 1998 to 2023 and to date in 2024, broken down between piers and marine works, roads, coastal protection, health facilities, community facilities, sports and recreational facilities, power, education, and others, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36053/24]
454. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if the latest date for lodging an appeal on a social welfare application is based on the date of the original decision or the date of reviewed decision where a review was sought; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36511/24]
452. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a State pension (non-contributory) review (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36479/24]
368. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when it is proposed to re-open the caravan loan scheme; the reason for the delay with this when many Traveller families are living in very poor accommodation on halting sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36054/24]
354. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether it is intended to put an alternative strategy in place to encourage regional screen production with the lapse of the section 481 regional uplift; if such a regional strategy will be funded in the estimate for her Department for 2025 to ensure balanced regional development in this sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36171/24]
304. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when the provision of extra accommodation will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in making a decision on the school’s application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36427/24]
53. 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 issuing said passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36883/24]
2040. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the arrangements made with subsidised ferry operators and connecting bus transport links to ensure carriage of small animals such as cats and dogs that need to be brought to veterinary surgeons on the mainland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35038/24]
2020. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made in discussions with the local authority in relation to proposed works at the Cappaghoosh trail near Doire Iorrais Bridge, which was to include the upgrade of a mountain bike trail and the replacement of two bridges, and which was to be funded by her Department; if the local authority has indicated to her Department when these ecological issues will be resolved in order that it can restore the funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33902/24]
1996. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps being taken to ensure that there is a further provision of places in third level institutions for students wishing to follow courses in pharmacy, veterinary medicine and medicine in order that there is an ample supply of graduates to meet demand; the colleges still being considered for these expanded or new courses; when a decision will be made as to which applicant colleges are successful; the years it is hoped to commence these courses in each case; the amount of money being provided by his Department to the HEA to develop these courses; the estimated full year cost of the courses when fully operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35145/24]
1939. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that could be freed up in the hospitals in Galway for other use if all those who are inpatients for dialysis and could be equally treated on a day care basis, were facilitated in doing so; the extra resources that would be needed to achieve such an outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35927/24]
1938. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if there is an adequate provision for dialysis in the Saolta region of hospitals; if not, the steps that could be taken immediately to meet demand and to provide as many persons as appropriate with the option of home dialysis or outpatient dialysis, particularly in view of the scattered nature of settlement in the region and the distance many people live from hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35926/24]
1937. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that all those that require dialysis can get it without delay; the steps being taken to ensure as many of these as possible are provided with the option of either home dialysis or outpatient dialysis as appropriate; the main source of logjams in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35925/24]
1832. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if pre-registration contracts and post-registration contracts based on interviews conducted in the May/June timeframe will be offered to mental health nursing students who are set to graduate from the University of Galway in the coming weeks; if these contracts are not being offered to these graduates this year, similar to previous years, the reason for this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35244/24]
1674. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 8 November 2023, if progress has been made regarding the payments made to District Medical Officers, as this reply stated that this matter was currently being considered (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34222/24]
1615. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting outpatient eye care appointments at present; the steps being taken to reduce this waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33960/24]
1614. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of optometrists registered with the community optometry scheme in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33958/24]
1613. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the fees paid per patient to an optometrist under the community optometry scheme for each eye examination; the fees paid in 2008 and 2015; if he intends increasing the unit fee paid, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33956/24]
1612. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of optometrists contracted to provide services under the community optometry scheme each year for the past ten years; the waiting list for this service in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33955/24]
1341. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a childcare subsidy is not available to child care providers where parents only need childcare for a portion of the week due to part-time work commitments or long-shift work over three days per week; whether he intends bringing in more flexibility to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34176/24]