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Written Answers — Placenames Database: Placenames Database (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As I indicated in my reply to a similar Question on 1 April 2010, the Placenames Branch of my Department undertakes research, with the support and guidance of An Coimisiún Logainmneacha, in order to establish the correct Irish language forms of the placenames of Ireland and to publish them for official and public use. The Department is engaged in a comprehensive research programme to...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, as part of the restructuring of Departments and agencies announced by the Taoiseach in Dáil Éireann on 23 March last to ensure greater coherence and produce more efficient delivery, the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs will become the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs and will incorporate responsibility for social...

Written Answers — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I assume that the Deputy is referring to meetings of the Council of the European Union held under its various configurations. During the three year period referred to by the Deputy, my Department did not hold primary responsibility in respect of any of the Council's configurations.

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: A date for the official opening of the Royal Canal is under discussion at present and will be announced in due course, following agreement with all the relevant parties. In relation to the staffing matters raised, I understand that, in the first instance, Waterways Ireland is giving consideration to taking on up to 10 people on a temporary basis to assist in the initial commissioning of the...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The RAPID leverage schemes were initiated 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 agencies and support projects that focus on estate management, graffiti removal, traffic calming, community closed-circuit television, health and sports facilities, and the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department operates a wide range of grant programmes and schemes and details of these are available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie. Some of the schemes are administered directly by my Department and others are administered on behalf of the Department by various bodies and groups, where applications for funding are submitted directly to the...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 to 249, inclusive, and 252 to 255, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware from a number of previous replies, my Department operates a wide range of grant programmes and schemes and details of these are available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie. The Deputy will also be aware that information in relation to funding/expenditure by my...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: In 2010, the CLÁR Programme will continue to provide funding and co-funding to Government Departments, State agencies and local authorities to accelerate investment in selected priority developments in rural areas that have suffered significant depopulation. The anticipated spend for the Programme in 2010 is approximately €8m. The main areas where expenditure is likely are supports for...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: Through its focus on deprivation and social exclusion, the RAPID Programme will continue to address the impact of the economic downturn on vulnerable communities and to provide opportunities for social and economic recovery. In order to ensure the continued relevance of the Programme, a review of RAPID area boundaries, based on an analysis of data from Census 2006 across a range of...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos 197 and 198 together. The following table outlines the payments made by my Department to the organisation referred to by the Deputy in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, as well as the approved allocation for 2010. 2006 € 2007 € 2008 € 2009 € 2010 € Core funding 575,000 600,000 630,000 607,200* 596,000** Regional Development Programme 865,000 950,000...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 May 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department's records indicate that the amounts paid for IT services in each of the past five years are as shown in the table below. These relate to IT maintenance, support, development and associated services. My Department follows the normal public procurement procedures in all such cases, including the seeking of tenders where applicable. There are currently 10 staff employed in the IT...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (13 May 2010)

Pat Carey: Officials of my Department have been in contact with the company referred to by the Deputy regarding the proposal submitted in this case and are awaiting further information. I am not in a position at this time to advise when a decision will be made regarding the possibility of any funding for this proposal being provided from my Department. As I have indicated previously, consideration of...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (13 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The table below sets out the cost of my combined Ministerial and T.D. salaries, as well as the cost of the salary of the Secretary General of my Department, who is the only member of staff on a comparable or higher salary. In relation to the State agencies funded from my Department's Vote Group, I understand that there are no cases where a comparable or higher remuneration package is payable....

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (18 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, the Dormant Accounts Fund Acts provides for an annual transfer by credit institutions and insurance undertakings of monies in accounts determined to be dormant into the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF). Since its establishment in May 2003 to end-March 2010, the net transfers to the DAF have totalled some €326m. The value of the DAF at end-March 2010, net of liabilities,...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (18 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The following table sets out the details requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of persons employed in Údarás na Gaeltachta, An Foras Teanga, Waterways Ireland, the Western Development Commission and other agencies funded from my Department's Vote Group. In relation to the Deputy's query regarding the target number at which point the moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (18 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I am advised by Waterways Ireland that the requisite physical survey has been completed and that work on the necessary environmental assessments is due for completion in autumn 2010. Following completion of these studies and final design estimates, it is anticipated that planning permission will be sought towards the end of the year. Following a successful outcome to the planning process,...

Written Answers — Caiteachas Roinne: Caiteachas Roinne (18 May 2010)

Pat Carey: Tá Glór na nGael ar cheann de 19 n-eagras deonach Gaeilge a bhí ag fáil bunmhaoiniú bliantúil ó Fhoras na Gaeilge trí sholáthar airgid a chuirtear ar fáil don Fhoras ó mo Roinn féin agus ón Roinn Cultúir, Ealaíon agus Fóillíochta ó thuaidh. In Aibreán 2008 chuir an Foras tús le hathbhreithniú seachtrach ar na eagraíochtaí sin le cinntiú go mbeadh an luach airgid is...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I understand the Deputy to refer to the employment of retired public servants as part of the staffing of my Department and Office, including offices under the aegis of my Department. Records of past employments of new recruits are not captured in such a way as to provide a dedicated basis for compiling the information requested by the Deputy. Accordingly, the specific information requested...

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (19 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The European Council at its meeting in March 2010 agreed on the inclusion of five headline targets in Europe 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The targets constitute shared objectives guiding the action of the Member States and the Union on the key areas where action is needed: knowledge and innovation, a more sustainable economy, high employment and social...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I wish to advise the Deputy that the term 'entitlement payments', when used in the context of the benefit schemes that my Department provides, implies guaranteed access to benefits conferred by rights or by statute, where the costs must be met by the Exchequer. The position is that my Department operates no schemes that confer entitlements in the areas to which the Deputy refers in his...