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

Pat Carey: I can advise the Deputy that five district inspectors and one internal control person are involved in carrying out inspections on behalf of my Department in the context of the service referred to by the Deputy. In addition, two regional inspectors carry out supervisory inspections and, if required, can also undertake routine inspections. No staff in the other area to which the Deputy refers...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, my Department administers and delivers a wide range of programmes and measures, including programmes focussed on supporting people into education, training and employment, details of which are available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie. In relation to the Deputy's specific query regarding job creation targets included in published policy papers, reports and...

Written Answers — Legal Costs: Legal Costs (20 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I am advised by the Chief State Solicitor's Office that details of the costs of this case will not be available until the matter of costs is ruled upon by the Court at a later date.

Written Answers — Ferry Services: Ferry Services (25 May 2010)

Pat Carey: Lasta Mara Teo has a contract with my Department to provide a cargo service to the Aran Islands for the 5-year period from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012, using the vessels 'Bláth na Mara' and 'Madelen' as main vessels. Under the terms of the contract, the company is also required to maintain access to a back-up vessel registered under the name 'Stenland' or an equivalent type vessel,...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 May 2010)

Pat Carey: Funding provided to the statutory agencies under the remit of my Department is shown in the Revised Estimates each year and in the Appropriation Accounts, each of which are available in the Dáil library and on the internet at www.finance.gov.ie and www.audgen.gov.ie respectively. In the table below, the funding provided to the agencies in 2007 and 2008 is taken from the outturns shown in...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (25 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The allocations from my Department to the Regional Drugs Task Forces for 2010 are as set out in Table 1 below. Table 1: 2010 allocations to Regional Drugs Task Forces Regional Drugs Task Force 2010 Allocation East Coast Area €817,985 Midland €894,739 Mid-West €1,576,095 North East €1,038,588 North West €806,369 North Dublin City & County €870,066 South East €1,193,006...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 May 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department's annual estimates and provisional outturns are published in the Revised Estimates Volumes, which are available at www.finance.gov.ie. The final outturns are published in the Appropriation Accounts, which are available at www.audgen.gov.ie. Both publications are also available in the Dáil library. In the table below, the relevant details, including the total estimate and the...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (25 May 2010)

Pat Carey: Responsibility in regard to the commercial units referred to by the Deputy is a matter for Údarás na Gaeltachta. I understand from An tÚdarás that the units have not been fully vacated, nor have they been refurbished.

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2010)

Pat Carey: Funding under the CLÁR Programme for the projects referred to by the Deputy was approved in August 2008. In line with the normal arrangements that apply, it is a matter for the applicant to subsequently draw down the funding based on progress in completing the works. To date, all funding claimed and vouched by the applicant in question has been paid. This represents the majority of the...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2010)

Pat Carey: CLÁR funding approved by my Department in 2010 to date has been under two measures – the School Outdoor Play Facilities Enhancement Scheme and the Bilingual Signage Enhancement Scheme – and the relevant details requested by the Deputy are set out in the table below. Applications are not being accepted under other CLÁR measures at present, having regard to the high level of existing...

Written Answers — Ferry Services: Ferry Services (26 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The contract that my Department has with the company referred to by the Deputy stipulated that the shipping service should originate from Galway Docks for the first year of the service and from another location thereafter. Apart from a brief period during May and June 2009 when the berth at Galway Docks was required for the Volvo Ocean Race, the company has not been in a position to comply...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (27 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 177 to 179, inclusive, together. Firstly, I wish to refer the Deputy to my reply to Question 98 of 6 Bealtaine 2010, in which I indicated that the recognition of Irish as an official working language of the European Union with effect from 1 January 2007 presented the EU Institutions with a significant recruitment challenge. The Government took a...

Written Answers — Departmental Communications: Departmental Communications (27 May 2010)

Pat Carey: A list of the websites operated by my Department and by agencies/bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group, as well as annual maintenance costs arising, is set out in the table below. Entity Website(s) Website operated by Annual cost of maintenance Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs (DCEGA) www.pobail.iewww.socialinclusion.iewww.combatpoverty.ie DCEGA €9,085...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (27 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The allocations from my Department to the 14 Local Drugs Task Forces and the 10 Regional Drugs Task Forces in 2010 are set out below in tables 1 and 2 respectively. The funding allocated will support nearly 500 initiatives that the Task Forces have prioritised for investment in their respective areas. In addition, I recently announced that funding of €600,000 is being made available for...

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (27 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The Deputy will be aware that 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,...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (27 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy may be aware, my Department is responsible for a number of grant schemes that may be relevant to the issue he has raised: · Under the EU co-funded Rural Development Programme Ireland 2007 - 2013, funding is available for the provision of basic services - including the development of amenity and leisure facilities - for rural communities. Details of the 36 groups administering...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: Firstly, I would once again emphasise that stipend payments were paid to students only in respect of time when they were actually present on the course. Where a student missed classes, the stipend payments payable to him or her were reduced accordingly. It was also the case that stipend and accommodation payments ceased as soon as a student left the course. Furthermore, my Department has...

Written Answers — Legal Proceedings: Legal Proceedings (1 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department has been involved in one court case, which related specifically to the Official Languages Act, since the enactment of the Act in 2003. That case was the Central Applications Office Limited v the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Ireland and the Attorney General.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: Funding is available under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 for the provision of basic services - including the development of amenity/leisure facilities and recreational infrastructure - for rural communities. The Programme also provides funding to build the capacity of community organisations, to encourage their participation in a broad range of social and economic activities, and...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (1 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: 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 projects to which the Deputy refers are currently funded under a measure...