50. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán Chun an bhfuil i gceist aici deontas bliantúil a chur ar fáil leis na barr-chostais a chlúdach i gcomhair ionaid atá in úsáid mar choláistí Gaeilge de bharr na mbarr-chostasí mór a bhaineann lena leithéid anois; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [55792/22]
46. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all pensioners who are getting occupational pensions from the Civil Service or wider public service and are not receiving the State pension (contributory) as they only paid a modified PRSI contribution while working and who are suffering like all pensioners from the effects of the increase in fuel prices and the cost-of-living, will receive a double payment of their pension this autumn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55811/22]
45. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW intends providing funding for the cleaning of a channel (details supplied) in County Galway that was previously allocated funding that was never spent; if so, when it is likely to happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55790/22]
44. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when final flood maps and reports will be published by the Office of Public Works for the Carnmore and Claregalway area of Galway as these are required urgently in order that applicants have up to date data in relation to flood risk when making planning applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55789/22]
40. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance if he intends amending the help-to-buy scheme for persons building on their own site, in order that the minimum percentage borrowed would be 70% of the construction cost rather than 70% of the imputed cost including a value on the site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55893/22]
39. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with the insurance industry in relation to the large difference in insurance premiums being charged by the sector to new entrants to the taxi industry compared to existing operators, which is a major disincentive to new persons in getting involved in the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55880/22]
25. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport the steps that he intends taking to support the taxi industry in view of the unprecedented rise in overhead costs over the past two years, and the lack of taxis in many parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55879/22]
22. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport the reason that a waiting time of eight to ten weeks exists for driving tests; the steps being taken to shorten these waiting lists; if certain categories of applicant who require full driving licences for essential work can get their applications expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55821/22]
21. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport when consideration was first given to the possibility of locating the west Connemara base for the Coast Guard at the airstrip in Cluain Leacht an Abba, Cleggan, County Galway; the progress made to date with this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55807/22]
20. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport the current rate of “islander” car tax; the basis on which this is paid; if cars taxed for “island only” use are exempt from undergoing the NCT; the steps that he intends taking on ensuring that it is attractive for islanders to purchase plug in hybrids or electric vehicles for island use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55806/22]
1330. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she intends publishing the criteria used to allocate LEADER funding to each county under the forthcoming LEADER programme; the way these criteria were used in relation to each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55242/22]
1329. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will detail in tabular form, in descending order, the allocation of LEADER funding for each county, per eligible population; the reason for the large disparity in the allocations on this basis to the different counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55241/22]
1328. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of the LEADER funding allocated to each county that can be spent on administration and the percentage that can be spent on animation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55240/22]
1327. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extra funding allocated under the forthcoming LEADER programme to counties with inhabited offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55181/22]
1326. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the criteria used in allocating funds to each county under the forthcoming LEADER programme; the weighting or marks awarded to each criteria; the geographic area and population of the area in each county included in the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55180/22]
1242. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if he will adopt a policy of publishing the annual national cancer strategy implementation report by the end of quarter 1 each year for the duration of the national cancer strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55598/22]
1241. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when the national cancer strategy implementation report 2021 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55597/22]
1149. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when home care services will be provided to a person (details supplied) to enable them to be discharged from hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55115/22]
900. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice when the prison chaplain reports for 2021 will be published; the reason for the delay with this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55605/22]
796. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a reply will issue to correspondence which this Deputy forwarded to the Ukraine temporary accommodation unit on behalf of a Ukrainian national who wishes to transfer from current accommodation (details supplied); the reason for the delay in responding to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55537/22]
795. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a reply will issue to a query which this Deputy raised with the Ukraine temporary accommodation unit on behalf of a person who contacted the unit regarding vacant accommodation which they have available to accommodate Ukrainian nationals (details supplied); the reason for the delay in responding to this query despite the fact that all Government agencies have put out an urgent call for vacant properties to be made available to accommodate Ukrainian nationals due to a lack of available accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55536/22]
774. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when money due to a service provider of accommodation to Ukrainian refugees will be paid (details supplied); the reason for the delay with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55097/22]
733. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to create an online application process for people applying for additional needs payment; when this is expected to be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55601/22]
732. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to create an online application process for people applying for carer's allowance; when this is expected to be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55600/22]
731. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to create an online application process for persons applying for domiciliary care allowance; when this is expected to be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55599/22]
325. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the meeting that the OPW was to organise between itself, Mayo County Council and the Department of Transport in relation to the south Mayo flood relief scheme will take place; the reason for the delay with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55606/22]
289. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance if the rates paid under the fuel grant for disabled drivers will be reviewed in light of the increasing costs of fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55297/22]
48. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the projected number of premises that will be passed by 31 December 2022 by the NBI in its roll-out of high-speed broadband; the number that was projected for this date at the time of the signing of the broadband contract with NBI; the steps to be taken to make up lost ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55037/22]
10. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the main barriers on the route to market facing the renewable energy industry in its efforts to increase the amount of renewable energy available to Ireland; the steps being taken by the Government to remove these barriers expeditiously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55036/22]
117. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will meet a delegation from Inis Oirr to discuss the deficits in infrastructure on the island that need special support from her Department's islands fund including sewerage, piers, roads, electricity, water and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53739/22]
78. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the spend to date in 2022 under the RRDF; the total amount of the allocation in the Estimates to this fund for 2022; the value of projects approved for funding in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53740/22]
67. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has issued guidelines to the agencies under the aegis of his Department in relation to supporting the lethal arms industry in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53742/22]
53. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has a policy in relation to the industrial promotion of the military arms industry in Ireland and if so, if ethical considerations are taken into account in deciding policy. [53741/22]
144. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends extending the closing date for lodging applications under the new agri-climate rural environment scheme in view of the volume of work involved in applying for the scheme and the inability of agricultural planners to deal with all their client's applications before the present closing date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53168/22]
128. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the maximum number of applicants who will be accepted into the agri-climate rural environment scheme; the closing date for the scheme; the circumstances under which it is intended to reopen the scheme for further applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53169/22]
302. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice when a decision will be made in relation to an application for a join family visa lodged by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in considering an application by a person (details supplied) which has been lodged for over 12 months; if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need for a decision on the application given that it is having a profound negative impact on their family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52611/22]
268. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a supplementary welfare allowance application by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52535/22]
240. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a lost foreign birth certificate will be re-issued to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing this new certificate especially given that foreign birth registration has long since been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52610/22]
239. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when an application for a foreign birth registration will be processed (details supplied) the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52609/22]
535. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements that are in place to ensure continued payment of illness benefit where a GP has vacated a practice (details supplied) and no locum has been put in place with a registered general practitioner number who can provide the required medical certificates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51950/22]
341. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all third level students, undergraduate and postgraduate will be eligible for the reduction in fees of €1,000 announced in Budget 2023; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50993/22]
200. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport if he intends changing the law to ensure members of farm families who commonly use their vehicles for farm purposes but are not the registered owner or lessee of land, and where these vehicles otherwise comply with all regulations in relation to commercial vehicle tax registration, are able to register their vehicles as commercial vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50997/22]
199. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport if he intends ensuring quads, commonly used in hill areas as a substitute for tractors, given they are more agile on hills than tractors, are considered agricultural vehicles for vehicle tax purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50996/22]
39. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind the method for means testing capital for means-tested social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50320/22]
30. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if she intends to introduce reforms to social welfare means testing in the Social Welfare Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50319/22]
111. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons participating on the jobs initiative scheme will be entitled to apply for fuel allowance under announcements made for Budget 2023. [50549/22]
86. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be provided to an eligible student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50437/22]
527. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a decision will issue in relation to an email (details supplied) submitted by this Deputy to the Ukraine crisis temporary accommodation team on 10 August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49490/22]
145. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the number of students who applied for free school transport in 2022; the number of these applications received from late applicants; the number of these applications received from concessionary pupils; the total number of students who have now been provided with a service; the process in place now to allocate further tickets based on the Budget 2023 announcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49867/22]