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Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (20 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy will be aware that I am launching the LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme this afternoon. The process of selecting Local Action Groups for the delivery of these axes will commence with the issuing of a call for proposals from Local Action Groups tomorrow morning. The selection process will run over the coming months and will culminate in the allocation of funding on...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (20 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department does not operate a scheme or programme that specifically provides support to community based homework clubs. However, under the Local Development Social Inclusion Programme (LDSIP) and the Young People's Facilities and Services Fund (YPFSF), some funding may be available to support an element of the service that the Deputy refers to. Details in...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (20 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Details in relation to the number of civil servants who have worked in constituency offices in my Department since its establishment in June 2002 to date are set out in the table below. It may be noted that during the period June 2002-June 2007, the then Minister of State's constituency office was located in a different Department. Year Number of civil servants in Minister's constituency...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I wish to advise the Deputy that five recommendations were made in the report by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board into the incident in question. One of these recommendations refers to Waterways Ireland, viz: Waterways Ireland should, in consultation with the Maritime Safety Directorate, establish a buoyage system for inland waterways, which is internationally recognised by all users...

Written Answers — Stádas na Gaeilge: Stádas na Gaeilge (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh 9 agus 23 le chéile. Mar is eol don Teachta, tá stádas mar theanga oifigiúil agus oibre de chuid an Aontais ag an nGaeilge ó thús na bliana 2007. Sa chomhthéacs sin, tá mo Roinn-se ag obair i gcomhpháirtíocht leis an Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha, le Foras na Gaeilge agus le páirtithe iomchuí eile le cinntiú go mbeidh dóthain daoine oilte —...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions No. 10 and 33 together. Foras na Gaeilge has a statutory responsibility for providing advice and assistance to public bodies with regard to the delivery of services through Irish. In that context, my Department is continuing to work with Foras na Gaeilge and other interested parties in relation to putting in place resources to enhance the capacity of the public...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I take it the Deputy is referring to Drugs expenditure. Tackling the problem of drug misuse is a key priority for the Government and will continue to be so. This commitment is evidenced by the allocation of over €64m in my Department's Vote for drugs programmes in 2008, which is a substantial increase on the 2007 allocation. With regard to spending proposals for 2008, my Department is...

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department is jointly responsible with the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in Northern Ireland for Waterways Ireland, a North/South Implementation Body set up under the British-Irish Agreement in 1999. Waterways Ireland has responsibility for the management, maintenance, development and restoration of certain inland navigable waterways principally for recreational purposes. The...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13, 18 and 36 together. The new Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 was adopted in July 2007 and will be delivered by my Department and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. This Programme will see an almost three-fold increase in funding available for LEADER type activity in Ireland to €425 million over the lifetime of the Programme. My...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Report of the Working Group on Drugs Rehabilitation, published in May 2007, made a series of recommendations for the development of a comprehensive rehabilitation pillar under the National Drugs Strategy. The Programme for Government also contains a commitment to implement these recommendations. I can assure the Deputy that I will be working to ensure that the recommendations of the...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 17 together. As I indicated in my response to Questions Nos 20 and 46 on 14 February 2008, the Government's Statement on the Irish Language 2006 includes a commitment to develop a 20-year Strategy for the Irish language, which is intended to be the foundation for practical action for supporting and promoting the language, based on a modern, integrated...

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Údarás na Gaeltachta works in close co-operation with Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, which are responsible for actively marketing and promoting Ireland to overseas visitors. In 2007/8, marketing initiatives were put in place with a focus on marketing the Gaeltacht as a place in which to learn Irish and hear the language spoken, and as a tourism destination of outstanding merit. These...

Written Answers — Charities Legislation: Charities Legislation (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am well aware that the practice of collecting goods, and particularly clothing, door-to-door, purportedly for charitable purposes, is an issue of concern both to genuine charities and to the general public. However, I should point out that I have no statutory power to regulate the hours that leaflets and other items may be delivered to households in the context of this practice. Measures...

Written Answers — Drugs Awareness Campaigns: Drugs Awareness Campaigns (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The "Lets Talk Drugs" information booklet, published in a national newspaper last January, was welcomed by my colleague Pat Carey T.D. Minister of State, as a contribution to the overall effort to educate parents — and young people in particular — on the dangers of illicit drugs and to highlight the best ways to cope with the threats involved. No research has been carried out to date to...

Written Answers — Foclóir Leictreonach: Foclóir Leictreonach (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar a mhínigh mé mar fhreagra ar Cheist Uimh 11 ar 27 Meán Fómhair 2007, cheap Foras na Gaeilge Bainisteoir Tionscadail i mí Feabhra 2007 chun an tionscadal a chur chun cinn agus fógraíodh an comórtas tairisceana do Chéim 2a den tionscadal (bunachar sonraí a chur le chéile de na hiontrálacha a bheidh san fhoclóir ó thaobh an Bhéarla de) i mí Lúnasa 2007. Tuigim ón bhForas go...

Written Answers — Countryside Access: Countryside Access (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 22 and 25 together. The Walks Scheme is being introduced, on a pilot basis, in the following areas: The Éamonn a' Chnoic Looped Walk in Upperchurch, Tipperary The Sheep's Head Way in West Cork The Suck Valley Way in South Roscommon/Galway The Blue Stack Way in Donegal Work is under way in agreeing workplans for maintenance with landholders. As individual...

Written Answers — Sport and Recreational Development: Sport and Recreational Development (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The RAPID Programme aims to ensure that priority attention is given to tackling the spatial concentration of poverty and social exclusion within 46 designated RAPID areas nationally. I initiated the leverage schemes in 2004 in order to support small-scale projects identified locally by the Area Implementation Teams in each of the RAPID areas. These schemes are co-funded by the relevant...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Approximately €22m in current funding has been allocated in 2008 to support the work of the 14 Local Drugs Task Forces. This sum does not, however, include the €2m in funding announced early this year for initiatives to address cocaine use and to support rehabilitation at Drugs Task Force level. I will be allocating this funding to suitable projects later in the year. In addition,...

Written Answers — Rural Development Programme: Rural Development Programme (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department's range of rural development and community development programmes reflect the Government's commitment to ensuring the economic and social well-being of rural communities. However, I have no direct function for postal services or the maintenance of post offices.

Written Answers — An Teanga Gaeilge: An Teanga Gaeilge (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom a mhíniú don Teachta nach bhfuil aon chiste airgid ar leith ar fáil ó mo Roinn-se chun soilse Nollag a chur ar fáil as Gaeilge. Sin ráite, áfach, tá maoiniú curtha ar fáil ag mo Roinn ón bhFo-Chiste Gnó de Chiste na Gaeilge d'eagrais dheonacha agus do ghrúpaí gnó chun cúnamh a thabhairt dóibh an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn i measc gnóthaí...