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Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department is committed to the on-going development of supports to strengthen and underpin the work of the community and voluntary sector in Ireland. Indeed, the growth of the sector in recent years has been accompanied by a significant expansion of supports by Government. Policy initiatives are underpinned by the 'Towards 2016' Partnership Agreement and the White Paper on a Framework for...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: Funding contracts under the scheme referred to by the Deputy are due to expire on 31 December 2010. Officials in my Department are currently carrying out a review of the scheme and I hope that this process will be completed by the autumn. On the basis of the findings of the review, I will consider the options available to me. All organisations involved in the scheme are being consulted as...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: The expenses claimed by the Secretary General in my Department in the three years from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2009 are set out in the table below. These constitute travel & subsistence expenses and the cost of flights. No entertainment expenses were claimed. In all cases, travel & subsistence was paid in respect of absences on official business and in accordance with Department of...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: The expenses claimed by Assistant Secretaries in my Department in the three years from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2009 are set out in the tables below. These constitute travel & subsistence expenses and the cost of flights. No entertainment expenses were claimed. In all cases, travel and subsistence was paid in respect of absences on official business and in accordance with Department of...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (29 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, all State property issues, including the acquisition, lease and rental of buildings and accommodation on behalf of Government Departments, are a matter for the Office of Public Works and I must advise the Deputy that my Department does not own any of the properties it currently occupies. For the sake of completeness however, I have provided below the details of...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (29 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes represented a set of options to reduce expenditure and staff numbers across the public sector. These options were considered by the Government within the context of framing the 2010 Budget. Gross savings of some €57 million, or almost 12%, were achieved in the 2010 Revised Estimates...

Written Answers — Úsáid na Gaeilge: Úsáid na Gaeilge (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: I dtús báire, ní miste dom a rá go bhfuil dul chun cinn suntasach déanta go dtí seo maidir le cur i bhfeidhm fhorálacha Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, ar bhonn chéimiúil. Tugann na scéimeanna teanga atá mar chroílár an Achta deis do chomhlachtaí poiblí a gcuid tosaíochtaí a aithint agus a eagrú ó thaobh feabhas a chur ar a gcuid seirbhísí Gaeilge don phobal. Agus...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: This matter is currently under consideration by my Department's officials in consultation with the relevant authorities. The Deputy will appreciate that I am unable to comment further until that process is completed.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: I am advised that the report in question was approved funding of €7,000 under an initiative introduced in 2008 for local and regional structures. The Deputy will appreciate the difficulty in providing more information to her within the constraints of a "details supplied" Question. However, if she wishes to table a more specific Question, I will be pleased to provide more detail on the...

Written Answers — Departmental Responsibilities: Departmental Responsibilities (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: As I have previously advised the Deputy, the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources is the lead Department in relation to this issue.

Written Answers — Lárionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge: Lárionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimhir 219 agus 220 le chéile. Tá tagairt ar leith déanta sa dréacht-Straitéis 20-bliain don Ghaeilge maidir le forbairt a dhéanamh ar ionad nó spás Gaeilge i mBaile Átha Cliath. Faoi mar is eol don Teachta, tá an dréacht-Straitéis foilsithe ag an Rialtas agus bhí sí os comhair an Chomhchoiste Oireachtais do Ghnóthaí Ealaín, Spóirt, Turasóireachta,...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I also wish Deputy Ring the best in his next position, where I am sure he will be as committed as he has been in this position. I thank him for the contributions he has made. It is a primary aim of Údarás na Gaeltachta to reverse the downward employment trend in the Gaeltacht and to effect the transition from a declining manufacturing sector to employment in services, including...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I have heard Deputy Ring make these assertions before. During the 13 year period from 1997, there were net increases in jobs in nine of these years and decreases in four years. During that time, Údarás na Gaeltachta has replaced jobs in traditional manufacturing sectors such as textiles, knitwear and engineering sub-supply with jobs in the modern economy - media, information technology,...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Unfortunately, I have to disagree with Deputy Ring. However, I will examine the case he cited. The vast majority of jobs created in the Gaeltacht are spin-off jobs from larger companies. For example, in the Connemara Gaeltacht there are many spin-off jobs from the medical devices and media areas. The companies I cited in the Donegal Gaeltacht are, by and large, companies of Irish origin....

Community Development (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, the local development social inclusion programme and the community development programme were my Department's two main social inclusion and community development programmes. These came to an end on 31 December last and have been superseded by a new integrated programme, the local and community development programme. A key difference between the new local and...

Community Development (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I will give a very direct answer to Deputy Wall this time. I meant to do so first time and I hope I did so. It is not my intention, it is not the Department's intention and I certainly do not think it was my predecessor's intention to have any diminution in the intensity and vigour of community development work in this country. I do not want to see that happen. I acknowledge and recognise...

Community Development (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: As I said in an interview recently which has been broadcast, to continue the sports analogy I am prepared to allow a little bit of injury time, in terms of days rather than stringing it out for several weeks.

Community Development (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: To answer the last question first, I am happy that will happen. To broaden the debate, the Minister of State, Deputy White, and I have been discussing concerns Deputy Ring and others have brought to our attention about difficulties that clients of Leader companies seem to be encountering. Over the past number of weeks we have been in discussions with our officials and others to see where we...

Community Development (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Deputy Ring is correct. We are anxious to address those blockages. When he examines the table on spend and allocation, he will find while there is a feeling that more could be spent the vast majority of companies are spending an average figure for this stage of the programme, bearing in mind that this will continue beyond 2013. There is a two year roll-over period.

Housing Grants. (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, the scheme of housing grants under the Housing (Gaeltacht) Acts was suspended with effect from 7 April 2009 due to the high level of commitments and the large number of applications on hand. However, applications for new house grants under the scheme were accepted up to 15 June 2009 on condition that the applicants had full planning permission on or before 7...