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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (5 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Drumshanbo Food Hub is a food manufacturing facility promoted by Drumshanbo Community Council on the site of the former Laird factory. The following funding for the Food Hub project has been made available through my Department's Programmes: Phase 1 — €100,000 from the LEADER Area Based Rural Development Initiative and €100,000 under the CLÁR Programme; and Phase 2 — €74,750...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (5 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 384 to 387, inclusive, and 389 to 400, inclusive, together. Details of all CLÁR funding approved from 2002-2005 is available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie. The 2006 CLÁR Annual Report containing details of all approvals made in 2006 will be available shortly. Details on a county basis of total funding approved and paid to date for CLÁR areas...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (5 Apr 2007)

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 the 45 designated RAPID areas. In addition, RAPID priority status was extended to Ballyfermot in 2006. This Department, with the support of Pobal, has overall responsibility for the co-ordination of the RAPID programme. As I have indicated to the...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (5 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department provides funding for a wide range of community projects, through a number of schemes and programmes. Each of the schemes and grant programmes operated by my Department are governed by rules and eligibility criteria, which projects have to meet in order to qualify for funding. With regard to the specific project referred to by the Deputy, elements of...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (5 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy is aware, my Department was established in June 2002. Since that date, the Department has not transposed any EU regulations into Irish law by regulations and, therefore, no analysis regarding the impact of the recent Supreme Court Decision is required.

Oileáin Mhara. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá iarratais faighte ag mo Roinnse le déanaí ó Chomharchumann na nOileán Beag ar chúnamh i leith tograí ar Inis Oirthear, Oileán an Bhráighe, Inis Caorach, Gabhla, Inis Fraoigh agus Inis Mhic an Doirn. Tá sonraí faoi na hiarratais sin sa tábla ag gabháil leis an bhfreagra seo. Tá na hiarratais seo á meas faoi láthair i gcomhthéacs an airgid a bheidh ar fáil do mo Roinnse le...

Oileáin Mhara. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá liosta fada istigh leis an bhfreagra.

Oileáin Mhara. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Beidh an-áthas orm é sin a dhéanamh. Is eolas úsáideach é seo. Ón mbliain 1997, tá €1.3 milliún caite ar na hoileáin bheaga. Níl mé ag comháireamh Oileán Thoraí ná Árainn Mhór san fhigiúr sin. Chomh maith leis sin, tá €401,000 ceadaithe ach nach bhfuil obair déanta air. Tugann sé sin an figiúr go €1.7 milliún. Bheinn ag súil go rachadh Comhairle Contae...

Oileáin Mhara. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá sé sin fíor ach nach mbeadh sé níos fearr an t-airgead atá ar fáil cheana a chaitheamh? Tá €5,000 ceadaithe d'Inis Meáin agus tá muid ag fanacht ar Chomhairle Condae Thír Chonaill leis an obair a dhéanamh. Fuair Inis Caorach €75,000, Inis Mhic an Doirne €90,000 agus Uaigh €101,000. Cuirfidh mé an t-eolas ar fáil don Teachta má theastaíonn sé uaidh. Breathnóimid...

Oileáin Mhara. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I gcás bóithre, tá sé scartha ar bhunús 50:50. Tá na comhairlí contae freagrach as na bóithre agus faigheann siad airgead ón Státchiste leo. Más cé atá i gceist, faigheann an chomhairle 25% le teorainn £600,000 — níl a fhios agam cé mhéad sin i euro — ar an méid ón chomhairle contae agus i gcás áise nach áis chomhairle chontae í, íocann an Roinn 100%. As an...

Community Development. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is no measure under the CLÁR programme to provide for the transport of people with urgent hospital appointments who have no means of transport. CLÁR provides funding for capital projects only and not for day-to-day operational matters. My Department is holding discussions with the Health Service Executive, HSE, regarding the implementation of the next round of CLÁR's co-funded...

Community Development. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The law does not allow me to pay current costs because I have only capital funds under CLÁR. I face the same problems in my constituency as the Deputy faces in his area. I have beaten a path to the door of the HSE. It blows my mind how an organisation that has €15 billion a year to spend cannot find a million or two to provide essential basic services for people. I just do not...

Community Development. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I absolutely agree with the Deputy that what has happened is totally unsatisfactory. People from the islands, with very serious medical conditions, are not being afforded services to hospitals, but he wants me to bang the wrong table. As he knows, the Oireachtas passed a law giving executive responsibility to the HSE, so that the Minister cannot give a specific instruction in this regard....

Community Development. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar is eol don Teachta, bíonn iarrachtaí leanúnacha ar siúl ag Údarás na Gaeltachta chun deiseanna fostaíochta agus forbartha a chruthú i ngach ceantar Gaeltachta, Paróiste Chloich Cheann Fhaola ina measc. Tá torthaí 2006 den suirbhé bliantúil d'fhostaíocht i dtionscadail a fuair cúnamh ón Údarás curtha ar fáil ó thús na bliana seo. Tuigim ón Údarás go léiríonn an...

Community Development. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Níl eolas cruinn agam faoi sin. Iarrfaidh mé ar Údarás na Gaeltachta an t-eolas a thabhairt don Teachta. Tá mé cinnte go ndéanfar suirbhé i mBaile Átha Cliath ar na postanna déantúsaíochta sa cheantar. Ní dóigh liom go raibh mórán méadú oraibh le blianta beaga anuas, mar go raibh méadaithe mór i bhfostaíocht sna seirbhísí. Caithfimid aghaidh a thabhairt ar na...

Community Development. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Go ginearálta, braitheann sé ar an chineál seirbhíse atá ar fáil. Mar shampla, ní bheadh fadhb ar bith ag an Údarás cúnamh a thabhairt maidir le seirbhísí idirnáisiúnta airgeadais. Tá cúnamh tugtha aige do sheirbhísí agus tionscail na Gaeilge ar nós aistriúcháin freisin. Ní thugann sé cúnamh do mhiondíol ar an ngnáthbhealach, áfach. Glactar leis gur "deadweight"...

Countryside Access. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In February 2004, I established Comhairle na Tuaithe to address the three priority issues of access to the countryside, developing a countryside code and developing a countryside recreation strategy. Comhairle na Tuaithe comprises representatives of the farming organisations, recreational users of the countryside and State bodies with an interest in the countryside. To date, Comhairle na...

Countryside Access. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It amazes me the Deputy does not understand that we set up the expert group with a tight reporting timeframe by the end of April because of our opinion that if we went by the Law Reform Commission route, we would be waiting years for a comprehensive report, which would probably be very detailed——

Countryside Access. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We will not do that. The reason for setting up the expert group was to get the answers we needed to our questions within four months. I announced at the ploughing championships last September that I would not go to the Law Reform Commission. I stated that when we examined its proposal we thought we could short-circuit it and have a report by the end of April. Even if the Law Reform...

Countryside Access. (24 Apr 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is the Deputy stating that if I invested a great deal of money establishing a park on my land, I should not be allowed to charge people for entry? Is he of the view that people should not be charged entry to golf courses that are located on rough land? The Deputy must be extremely careful as regards definitions. I am fascinated by his question.