Parliamentary questions

Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure

Éamon Ó Cuív

258. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén méid airgid a chuir an Ghníomhaireacht Forbartha Tionscail agus Fiontraíocht Éireann ar fáil d’Údarás na Gaeltachta i ngach bliain ó 2009 i leith; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [24144/18]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Éamon Ó Cuív

52. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason more than 10,000 persons had been waiting over a year for an outpatient appointment in Galway University Hospital in April 2018. [23511/18]

General Practitioner Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

115. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to Irish Medical Organisation data which predicts that 30% of general practitioners in County Galway will retire over the next five to seven years. [23512/18]

Flood Prevention Measures

Éamon Ó Cuív

209. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works plans to introduce a national scheme to protect individual houses from flooding, particularly those that almost flooded in the flooding events of 2015-16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23148/18]

Addiction Treatment Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

327. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a person (details supplied) who needs further residential treatment for substance addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23147/18]

Health Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

372. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can avail of rehabilitation services; the position of the person on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23286/18]

Home Help Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

376. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be allocated extra home help hours in view of their exceptional medical conditions; if the HSE will provide an extensive home care package in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23293/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Éamon Ó Cuív

382. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when an outpatient appointment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that this person has been waiting for an appointment for some time now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23303/18]

Hospital Transfers

Éamon Ó Cuív

391. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be transferred from Galway to Dublin due to the exceptional medical circumstances in this case; the reason for the delay in issuing the funding for this transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23313/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Éamon Ó Cuív

395. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when an operation will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23327/18]

Home Help Service Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

413. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if extra home help hours will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23367/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Éamon Ó Cuív

443. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when an operation will be scheduled for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing a date for the procedure in view of the fact that it was expected to proceed in April 2018; if the procedure can be provided on the National Treatment Purchase Fund scheme or in another way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23687/18]

Knowledge Transfer Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

487. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing payment under the knowledge transfer scheme to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway; when payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23294/18]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Éamon Ó Cuív

119. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused Versatis patches in view of the person's exceptional medical conditions; the eligibility criteria in order to be prescribed same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22893/18]

Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta

Éamon Ó Cuív

175. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe cén fáth nár foilsíodh an Creat Pleanála Náisiúnta agus an Plean Forbartha Náisiúnta, 2040, go comhuaineach sa Ghaeilge chomh maith leis an mBéarla mar atá dualgas ar an Roinn a dhéanamh faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003; cad iad na bearta atá déanta aige go pearsanta leis an scéal seo a chur ina cheart agus chun a chinntiú nach dtarlóidh a leithéid arís [22407/18]

Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla

Éamon Ó Cuív

176. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe an nglacann sé leis nach bhfuil dóthain státseirbhíseach ina Roinn chun déileáil le fiosrúcháin agus comhfhreagras sa Ghaeilge mar a tuairiscíodh in alt in Tuairisc, an nuachtán Gaeilge ar líne, an 14 Bealtaine; cad iad na bearta a dhéanfaidh sé chun a chinntiú go gcuirfear an scéal seo ina cheart; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [22408/18]

Public Sector Staff Redeployment

Éamon Ó Cuív

180. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants who applied to transfer from Dublin zone 46 to another county in Munster, Leinster, Connaught or Ulster, respectively, according to grade in each Department under the service-wide mobility scheme launched on 13 November 2017; the number of civil servants who requested a transfer to Dublin zone 46 by grade based in each province and county outside Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22517/18]

State Examinations

Éamon Ó Cuív

221. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills if late applications are accepted for sitting the 2018 leaving certificate examinations; if so, the circumstances in which these applications would be accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22529/18]

Hospital Appointments Status

Éamon Ó Cuív

383. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a MRI appointment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22234/18]

Inshore Fisheries

Éamon Ó Cuív

475. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to control the predation of salmon stocks around the coast by seals, the population of which is increasing rapidly on the west coast; if an estimate has been made of the amount of salmon they consume each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22406/18]

Ports Policy

Éamon Ó Cuív

512. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in view of Brexit, he will bring forward to 2018 the review of the national ports policy, as has been requested by Galway Harbour Company. [22522/18]

Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation

Éamon Ó Cuív

544. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress on the pilot scheme to encourage residential occupancy in rural towns and villages, as committed to under the Action Plan for Rural Development. [22518/18]

Town and Village Renewal Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

545. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on continuing with the current annual limit imposed of 15 applications per county to the town and village renewal scheme; and if an analysis or costings to date have been completed on increasing the limit per county or adapting to a per capita basis per county. [22520/18]

EU Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

546. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the cut of 21% in the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development at EU level for the multi-annual financial framework, MFF, programme 2021-27, as referenced in COM (2018) 321, compared to the 2014-20 programme; if the cut to the EU co-financing element of Leader will be bridged with Exchequer contributions over the 2021-27 period; and if not, the reason therefor. [22521/18]

Housing Assistance Payment

Éamon Ó Cuív

587. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to increase the rent threshold applicable under the housing assistance payment scheme for Galway city and county in view of the increases in rent in these areas, especially Galway city; if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties persons are experiencing in accessing HAP assistance as a result of the rent threshold in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21996/18]

Local Authority Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

605. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the action he plans to take on foot of the recommendation in the report of the expert advisory group on local government arrangements in Galway in view of the fact that the revenue funding of both Galway County Council and Galway City Council requires urgent and substantial adjustment upwards towards the current average for comparator authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22404/18]

Local Authority Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

606. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when a decision will be made on the recommendation of the expert advisory group on local government arrangements in Galway that Galway city and county councils be amalgamated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22405/18]

Commemorative Events

Éamon Ó Cuív

635. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the 1918 commemoration events that will be held in the remainder of 2018; and the funding allocated to each such commemoration. [22516/18]

GLAS Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

208. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway under the 2017 GLAS scheme; the reason for the delay in issuing the payment; if his attention has been drawn to the financial burden on farmers awaiting GLAS payments due to the fodder crises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21811/18]

GLAS Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

210. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway under the 2017 GLAS scheme; the reason for the delay in issuing the payment in view of the fact that there is no issue with the GLAS plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21828/18]

Flood Prevention Measures

Éamon Ó Cuív

224. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the Office of Public Works has decided not to complete the proposed flood mitigation works at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20874/18]

Work Permits Eligibility

Éamon Ó Cuív

293. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the rules in relation to asylum seekers' access to the workforce have time and employment sector restrictions on them in view of the fact there is shortage of available labour in many sectors and areas of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20880/18]

Statutory Retirement Age

Éamon Ó Cuív

356. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that HSE drivers who are 64 years of age now and work in the western region, will be able to work until they are 70 years of age if they so wish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20878/18]

Fishing Industry

Éamon Ó Cuív

449. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to provide compensation to mussel fishermen (details supplied) who suffered a loss of stock and equipment due to storms in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20873/18]

Fishing Licences

Éamon Ó Cuív

450. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of boats registered to fishermen whose address is on an offshore island not connected to the mainland by a causeway or bridge by integrals of five metres in length; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20875/18]

Aquaculture Licence Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

451. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the full environmental impact assessment will be carried out on a bay; when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on an application for an aquaculture licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20881/18]

Labour Activation Programmes

Éamon Ó Cuív

531. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the change in rules that allows persons on JobPath to take up places on community employment and Tús schemes extends also to the rural social scheme, RSS, and community service programme, CSP, schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20883/18]

Local Authority Housing

Éamon Ó Cuív

571. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason an instruction was issued to local authorities that rural council houses built on sites purchased at a nominal price from the applicants' families should only be built in exceptional circumstances; the number of the circular in which the instruction was given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20882/18]

Waterways Ireland

Éamon Ó Cuív

606. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Waterways Ireland has reduced the opening time of the locks on the Shannon Erne waterway in the period 1 April to 16 May 2018 from 9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m., compared to 9.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. in other years; if her permission was sought for such a change; if it is planned to restrict opening hours in September and October in a similar way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20876/18]

Forbairt Calaí agus Céanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

607. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist ag a Roinn i gcomhar le pobal Árann agus Comhairle Contae na Gaillimhe plean forbartha a réiteach do chalaphort Chill Rónáin le go mbeidh saoráidí níos fearr ann do na báid iascaigh, na báid farrantóireachta agus na báid pléisiúir agus do gach duine a úsáideann an ché; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [20877/18]

Foilseacháin Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

608. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta céard atá i gceist aici a dhéanamh le tuilleadh cúnaimh a thabhairt don fhoilsitheoireacht i nGaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [20879/18]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

21. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé mhéad airgead atá caite ar an bpleanáil teanga sa Ghaeltacht gach bliain ó 2011; cé mhéad atá caite go dáta i mbliana; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [20205/18]

Seirbhísí Aeir Fóirdheonaithe

Éamon Ó Cuív

27. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé mhéad a chaithfear ar aeriompar chuig na hoileáin i mbliana; cad iad na hoileáin atá i gceist; an dtabharfaidh sí an briseadh síos ar an gcaiteachas; an bhfuil sí sásta le caighdeán na seirbhísí atá á gcur ar fáil; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [19997/18]

Commemorative Events

Éamon Ó Cuív

57. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the cross part advisory the All-Party Consultation Group on Commemorations will be re-established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19996/18]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Éamon Ó Cuív

218. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in giving full effect to the decision of the Agriculture Appeals Office on an appeal lodged by a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway on 7 March 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20254/18]

Housing Assistance Payment

Éamon Ó Cuív

274. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the unrealistic repayment plans being forced upon HAP recipients who find themselves in arrears on their HAP rent contribution account and face having their HAP payments suspended if they cannot comply in view of the fact that HAP recipients are on this payment due to their low income; if an amendment will be made to guidelines pertaining to repayment plans in order that HAP recipients can enter a repayment plan that is within their individual financial resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20338/18]

Clár Bonneagair agus Infheistíochta Caipitil

Éamon Ó Cuív

500. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sí pobal na Gaeilge i nGlas Naíon, Baile Átha Cliath a chosaint ó dhochar a d'fhéadfadh tógáil MetroLink a tharraingt orthu, ó tharla go bhfuil sé beartaithe suíomh mór tógála a thógáil in aice le Scoil Mobhí agus Scoil Chaitríona; an raibh comhráite aici le pobal Gaeilge na háite faoin gceist agus leis an Aire Iompair agus le BIÉ; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [20009/18]

RAPID Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

16. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans for the roll-out of the RAPID programme in the coming years; the method by which he will ensure that RAPID funding is spent for the benefit of the persons living in RAPID areas; the method by which the programme will leverage actions and funding from other Departments towards the RAPID areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19154/18]

Departmental Functions

Éamon Ó Cuív

18. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is in discussions with other Departments regarding the transfer of further rural and community functions and schemes to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19155/18]

Community Services Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

21. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to expand the community services programme over the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19101/18]

Rural Recreation Scheme

Éamon Ó Cuív

30. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans for the development of rural recreation in 2018; his plans to revamp Comhairle na Tuaithe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19102/18]

Dormant Accounts Fund Administration

Éamon Ó Cuív

32. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new Dormant Account Fund plan will be published; his plans to increase spending in the coming years under the plan in view of the accumulated funding in the Dormant Account Fund, excluding the reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19103/18]

Communities Facilities Scheme Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

43. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next request for applications under the community facilities fund will be made; if eligibility for the fund is limited to certain areas; the fund available in 2018 in his Department's estimates for the development of community facilities under the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19100/18]

LEADER Programmes Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

50. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the latest date by which all Leader funding will be approved for projects under the Leader Programme 2014 to 2020; the amount available for projects under the programme; the percentage and amount of the project funding allocated to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19099/18]

GLAS Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

139. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a payment under the 2017 GLAS scheme has not issued to a farmer (details supplied) in view of the fact that they have been informed that the GLAS claim is cleared for payment; if his attention has been drawn to the financial burden being placed on farmers as a result of the delay in issuing GLAS payments in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19188/18]

Public Procurement Regulations

Éamon Ó Cuív

108. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration is being given to reducing the turnover requirements for public tenders to ensure that smaller suppliers of goods and services are not unnecessarily precluded from tendering for projects, to encourage more competition and to allow local companies bid for contracts in their own area, particularly in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18670/18]

Community Employment Schemes Supervisors

Éamon Ó Cuív

109. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a date has been set for a meeting of the high-level forum on community employment supervisors pensions in view of the urgent need for a resolution of this matter in line with the recommendation of the Labour Court; if a meeting date has been set; when this matter will come to a conclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18671/18]

Minor Flood Mitigation Works and Coastal Protection Scheme Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

116. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will provide funds for coastal protection works in Leenane, County Galway, on foot of an application from Galway County Council for funding of such works; when a decision will be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18932/18]

Schools Building Projects Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

137. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a building project to provide a permanent replacement school for a school (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18672/18]

Agriculture Scheme Appeals

Éamon Ó Cuív

328. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he plans to take on foot of a decision on an appeal lodged by a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18743/18]

Fuel Sales

Éamon Ó Cuív

59. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of prosecutions that have been taken against persons selling non-compliant high-sulphur solid fuel in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16266/18]

Psychological Assessments

Éamon Ó Cuív

405. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be issued with a date for a psychologist assessment; the reason for the delay in issuing a date for this appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17807/18]

Health Services Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

425. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if adequate funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17980/18]

GLAS Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

436. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway under the 2017 GLAS scheme; the reason for the delay in issuing the payment; if his attention has been drawn to the financial burden being put on the person and others awaiting GLAS payments due to the fodder crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17572/18]

GLAS Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

437. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway under the 2017 GLAS scheme; the reason for the delay in issuing the payment in view of the fact that there is no issue with the person's GLAS plan; if his attention has been drawn to the financial burden on the person and others awaiting GLAS payments due to the fodder crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17573/18]

Jobs Initiative

Éamon Ó Cuív

578. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there was an increase in line with the social welfare increases in budget 2018 for persons in receipt of social welfare on the job initiative scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17883/18]

Deontais Ranna

Éamon Ó Cuív

630. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cá mhéad airgead i ndeontais in aghaidh na bliana a íocadh leis na comhlachtaí forbartha ar an hoileáin taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht in 2017; cá mhéad airgead, de réir comhlachta, atá ceadaithe dóibh in 2018; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [17963/18]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

631. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cá mhéad airgead atá ar fáil i meastacháin na Roinne i mbliana don phleanáil teanga; cá mhéad airgead a caitheadh uirthi go dtí seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [17964/18]

Hospitals Building Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

51. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when work will commence on the building of the proposed new elective hospital in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17050/18]

Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

141. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén uair a cheadófar airgead chun síneadh a chur le scoil (sonraí tugtha) agus chun athchóiriú a dhéanamh uirthi freisin; an mbeidh mórán moille leis an gceadú ó tharla go bhfuil an t-eolas a bhí ar iarraidh curtha isteach anois; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [17183/18]

Teagmháil na nÓg

Éamon Ó Cuív

147. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna ar iarr Bord Oideachais agus Oiliúna na Gaillimhe agus Ros Comáin cead air deireadh a chur leis an aon ionad amháin de Theagmháil na nÓg (Youthreach) atá suite i dTír an Fhia i nGaeltacht na Gaillimhe agus ina gcuirtear cúrsaí ar fáil trí Ghaeilge; má d’iarr, ar tugadh an cead sin; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [17204/18]

Ambulance Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

240. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health his plans to meet voluntary committees from Connemara that are concerned with the quality of the ambulance service in Connemara and that have requested a meeting with him, the director of the National Ambulance Service and the HSE; when the meeting will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17181/18]

Cruinnithe an Aire

Éamon Ó Cuív

307. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Iompair, Turasóireachta agus Spóirt an bhfuair sé iarratas ó Choiste Dhoire Fhearta ar an gCeathrú Rua i Mí na Márta nó le gairid á iarraidh air casadh le toscaireacht ón gcoiste chun drochstad Bhóthar Dhoire Fhearta a phlé; má fuair, cén uair atá sé i gceist aige casadh leis an gcoiste; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [17184/18]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

343. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of new local authority houses or voluntary houses built in Galway city and county respectively in each year since 2011; the number of private houses purchased for social housing purposes in this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17182/18]

Cúrsaí Gaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

19. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Taoiseach cén fáth nach bhfuil an Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh, a thugann faisnéis maidir le roghnú céadainmneacha cláraithe gasúr in Éirinn, ag áireamh ainmneacha ar nós Seán (John) faoina n-ainm ceart agus, ina ionad sin, go bhfuil siad á n-áireamh faoi ainm eile, Sean (old); agus an gceapann sé go bhfuil sé cothrom go gcaithfear le tuismitheoirí a roghnaíonn ainmneacha Gaeilge mar seo. [14205/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

122. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Taoiseach the number of clerical officers and clerical assistants in his Department on temporary contracts by years of service; and if these officers will be offered permanent positions in the civil service when they have served a fixed period of time. [16437/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

162. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of clerical officers and clerical assistants in his Department on temporary contracts by years of service; if these officers will be offered permanent positions in the Civil Service when they have served a fixed period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16427/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

196. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of clerical officers and clerical assistants in his Department on temporary contracts by years of service; if these officers will be offered permanent positions in the Civil Service when they have served a fixed period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16431/18]

Home Repossessions

Éamon Ó Cuív

210. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the number of family homes that have been repossessed by financial institutions each year since 2000; the steps being taken to reduce this number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15951/18]

Mortgage Arrears Rate

Éamon Ó Cuív

257. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders who are more than 18 months in arrears on their family homes; the steps being taken to assist these persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15948/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

272. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the number of clerical officers and clerical assistants in his Department on temporary contracts by years of service; if these officers will be offered permanent positions in the Civil Service when they have served a fixed period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16430/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

311. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of clerical officers and clerical assistants in his Department on temporary contracts by years of service; if these officers will be offered permanent positions in the Civil Service when they have served a fixed period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16435/18]

Aitheantas Scoileanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

383. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén difríocht a dhéanfadh sé do scoil ó thaobh maoiniú agus leibhéal foirne de (sonraí tugtha) stádas neamhspleách a bheith aici seachas a bheith mar fho-aonad de scoil eile; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [15552/18]

Schools Establishment

Éamon Ó Cuív

418. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide a second level Educate Together school in County Galway in view of the fact there are five such primary schools in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16050/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

462. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of clerical officers and clerical assistants in his Department on temporary contracts by years of service; if these officers will be offered permanent positions in the Civil Service when they have served a fixed period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16428/18]

Bankruptcy Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

494. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have availed of bankruptcy each year since the change of the law in recent years to shorten the term of bankruptcy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15949/18]

Personal Insolvency Arrangements

Éamon Ó Cuív

495. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications under the personal insolvency arrangements that have been completed each year since inception; the details of plans he has to make this option more attractive to those in arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15952/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

574. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the number of clerical officers and clerical assistants in his Department on temporary contracts by years of service; if these officers will be offered permanent positions in the Civil Service when they have served a fixed period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16434/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

621. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of clerical officers and clerical assistants in her Department on temporary contracts by years of service; if these officers will be offered permanent positions in the Civil Service when they have served a fixed period of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16423/18]

Abortion Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

768. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if he has had discussions with the representative organisations representing general practitioners regarding his proposal to deliver a general practitioner led abortion service up to 12 weeks of gestation; if they have agreed in principle to provide this service; the funding and staffing implications of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15558/18]

Abortion Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

769. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the estimated increase in the number of abortions that will take place here if the Bill on terminations of pregnancy, the outline of which he published recently, in conjunction with the proposal to replace the 8th Amendment is passed; if these will take place in registered maternity hospitals or in specially provided facilities; if he has met with all the representative bodies of obstetricians and gynaecologists, midwives and other staff who will be involved in such procedures to discuss the implications of this proposed legislation; the examination that has taken place on this proposal with regard to staffing and financial implications; if the impact of this proposal on other services in maternity hospitals has been examined; if so, the conclusions of this examination; if a regulatory impact analysis of the proposal has been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15559/18]

Abortion Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

770. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health if his Department has examined the jurisdictions around the world that provide a general practitioner led abortion service in early pregnancy; if so, the names of these jurisdictions; the conclusions of such an examination in respect of the cost and staffing implications of same; the number of practices in each jurisdiction that provide the service as a proportion of the total number of general practitioner practices; if there is a regional disparity in these jurisdictions in the availability of the service; if an ultrasound examination is mandatory in all or some jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15560/18]

Mental Health Services Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

976. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be offered comprehensive services from CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16420/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

977. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Health the number of clerical officers and clerical assistants in his Department on temporary contracts by years of service; if these officers will be offered permanent positions in the Civil Service when they have served a fixed period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16432/18]

GLAS Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

1078. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in counties Mayo and Galway who were in GLAS in 2017; the number in each county who have received their 85% payment for that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15797/18]

Departmental Staff Relocation

Éamon Ó Cuív

1125. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the office of his Department in Ros'a Mhíl, Contae na Gaillimhe is not included as a transfer location in the central list of locations that civil servants can express a preference to transfer to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16421/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

1126. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of clerical officers and clerical assistants in his Department on temporary contracts by years of service; if these officers will be offered permanent positions in the Civil Service when they have served a fixed period of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16422/18]

Achomhairc Talmhaíochta

Éamon Ó Cuív

1131. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar athbhreithniú atá iarrtha ag a Roinn ar chinneadh a rinne an tOifigeach Achomhairc maidir le hachomharc a rinne feirmeoir i gContae na Gaillimhe (sonraí tugtha); cén fáth a bhfuil moill fhada ar an gcinneadh; an bhfuil an litir dar dáta an 5 Deireadh Fómhair 2017 a chuir an feirmeoir chuig an Oifig Achomhairc á cur san áireamh san athbhreithniú atá ar siúl agus an dtabharfar seans don fheirmeoir a chás a chur os comhair an Oifigigh Achomhairc uair amháin eile ag éisteacht ó bhéal, mar atá iarrtha aige; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [16676/18]

GLAS Payments

Éamon Ó Cuív

1132. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway under the 2017 GLAS scheme; the reason for the delay in issuing this payment in view of the fact that his Department is of the view there is no issue with the GLAS plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16677/18]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

1179. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Cumarsáide, Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide agus Comhshaoil cé na céimeanna atá glactha aige lena chinntiú go mbeidh Raidió Rí-Rá ar fáil d’aos óg iomlán na tíre ar a chuid tonnta féin chomh maith le bheith ar fáil ar an idirlíon chun go gcomhlíonfar an gealltanas sa Straitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge maidir le stáisiún raidió Gaeilge dá gcuid féin a bheith ag aos óg na tíre [15795/18]