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Written Answers — Departmental Grants: Departmental Grants (11 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department has been in contact with the company referred to by the Deputy, which is willing to send a representative to the person who requires a service in this case. An official from my Department will be in contact with the Deputy's office shortly to progress the matter.

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

Pat Carey: My Department's policy is to pay all suppliers as quickly as possible. This reflects not only the legal obligation to pay within 30 days and the additional administrative requirement arising from a Government Decision to make payments within 15 days of receipt of a valid invoice, but also recognises that it is important for suppliers to receive payments due without unnecessary delays. My...

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

Pat Carey: Details in relation to the external reports and reviews commissioned by my Department in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 to date are set out in the table below. For completeness, the Deputy should be aware that the details include expenditure incurred during the relevant timeframe by divisions that transferred to my Department in mid-2010 from the Department of Social Protection and the...

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

Pat Carey: My Department's capital allocation for 2010, as shown in the Further Revised Estimates, is €104.999m. Provisional spend to the end of October was approximately €75m. These figures are broken down in the table below. TABLE: 2010 Capital Allocation for the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs (€m) Programme Area 2010 Allocation (€m) Provisional spend to...

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

Pat Carey: Details in relation to direct expenditure by my Department on public relations and advertising in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 to date is set out in the table below. For completeness, the Deputy should be aware that the details provided include expenditure incurred during the relevant timeframe by divisions that transferred to my Department in mid-2010 from the Department of Social...

Written Answers — Údarás na Gaeltachta: Údarás na Gaeltachta (11 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: Léirítear sa tábla thíos na sonraí atá curtha ar fáil ag Údarás na Gaeltachta maidir leis an mhaoin atá díolta ag an eagraíocht i gCo Dhún na nGall ó 2006 i leith. Tuigtear dom ón Údarás go bhfuarthas luacháil neamhspleách i ndáil le gach idirbheart maoine atá luaite sa tábla. Comhairlítear dom nár cuireadh aon díolachán maoine i gCo Dhún na nGall i gcrích i 2010...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (16 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: The organisation referred to by the Deputy is funded by my Department under the Scheme to Support National Organisations in the Community and Voluntary Sector. A total of 64 organisations within the sector are supported under this scheme and funding in the order of €16.6m has been provided over the three year period 2008-2010. Contracts under this scheme are due to expire on 31 December...

Written Answers — Drugs Taskforce: Drugs Taskforce (16 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: The proposal that money confiscated by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) be allocated to fund drugs services in Local and Regional Drugs Task Force areas is an interesting idea and it has been raised on a number of occasions. However, it would be contrary to the normal Estimates process to ring-fence specific money obtained by the Exchequer and to reallocate that money for a specific purpose....

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (16 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table:

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (16 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: The Deputy will be aware that the Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) replaced the Local Development Social Inclusion and Community Development Programmes from the beginning of 2010. Funding allocations to partnerships/local development companies under the LCDP are made by Pobal, who manage it on behalf of my Department. There are currently 52 Local Development Companies (LDCs),...

Written Answers — Drugs Task Force: Drugs Task Force (17 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: Officials from the Office of the Minister for Drugs (OMD) have had discussions with the channels of funding on the need for prompt and timely release of the 2011 interim funding from my Department to drugs task force (DTF) projects. Furthermore, the officials met with the DTF Co-ordinators in October, at the OMD's initiative, on the topic of simplifying the administration associated with the...

Straitéis 20 Bliain Don Ghaeilge: Ráitis (18 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: Ar an gcéad dul síos, is mór agam an deis seo a fháil labhairt anseo sa Dáil inniu ar an ábhar seo. Don chéad uair riamh ó bunaíodh an Stát, tá plean gníomhaíochta fadtéarmach ann chun fís an Rialtais don Ghaeilge a chur i bhfeidhm faoin straitéis 20 bliain. Faoin bplean cuimsitheach náisiúnta seo, beidh cur chuige córasach ann le cinntiú go bhfuil an Stát, na...

Straitéis 20 Bliain Don Ghaeilge: Ráitis (18 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: Cinnte.

Straitéis 20 Bliain Don Ghaeilge: Ráitis (18 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil do gach éinne a ghlac páirt sa díospóireacht seo. Chun an fhírinne a rá, is annamh a mbíonn díospóireacht den tsaghas seo againn. Is cuma cé a bheidh sa suíochán seo - tá súil agam go mbeidh seans aige nó aici, agus ag gach éinne eile sa Teach, an straitéis agus ceisteanna na Gaeilge a phlé go minic mar ghnáthpháirt d'obair na...

Written Answers — Departmental Investigations: Departmental Investigations (18 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: I wish to advise the Deputy that it has not been possible in the time available to provide the information requested relating to external reports and reviews commissioned by State agencies and Boards under my Department's remit between 2008 and 2010. I will arrange to have the information forwarded to the Deputy directly as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (23 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: The table below sets out the total amount of grant aid paid in County Mayo by my Department for each of the past five years. As the details requested by the Deputy in relation to the recipients of such grant aid are voluminous, I am arranging to have this information forwarded directly to the Deputy. Year Total grant aid paid in Co Mayo 2006 â'¬15,088,501 2007 â'¬14,801,031 2008...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: A total of 64 organisations are supported under my Department's Funding Scheme to Support National Organisations in the Community and Voluntary Sector and funding in the order of €16.6m has been provided over the three year period 2008-2010. Contracts under this scheme are due to expire on 31 December 2010. An evaluation of the scheme, which included a consultation exercise with the...

Written Answers — National Carers Strategy: National Carers Strategy (23 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, responsibility for the National Carer's Strategy rests with my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection. While my Department was not directly involved, it would have been consulted and supplied information in relation to Dormant Accounts funding for training for carers and grants to Community and Voluntary organisations. In addition, the former Combat...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: The project referred to by the Deputy was in receipt of co-funding in 2007 through my Department's LEADER and CLÁR Programmes. The funding amounted to €35,000 from the LEADER Programme and an additional €35,000 from the CLÁR Programme. I understand that on the application for funding which was submitted to the Western Rural Development Company, which was contracted by my Department to...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, my Department administers and delivers a wide range of programmes and measures, descriptions of which are available on its website at www.pobail.ie . My Department's gross allocation for this range of programme and measures in 2010 is €440.864m. The table below provides a breakdown of this funding for each of my Department's programme areas: Table: Allocations for...