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Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle might let me know when ten minutes has elapsed.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Táim buíoch as an deis labhairt faoin ábhar tábhachtach seo. Agus sinn ag tabhairt aghaidh ar na dúshláin éagsúla atá romhainn, thar aon rud eile ní foláir dúinn dóchas a bheith againn. Ní féidir dóchas a bheith againn gan cinnteacht a bheith againn. Is dóigh liom go dtugann an mbuiséad seo an chinnteacht sin dúinn. This budget faces up to the reality of the current...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: In the case referred to by the Deputy, an application has only very recently been submitted to my Department and a formal response will issue shortly. My officials are currently following up the circumstances of the case and on foot of this I will revert to the Deputy.

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (8 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 108 together. No civil servant in my Department has received a bonus payment in the past 12 months. With regard to State bodies/agencies funded from my Department's Vote Group, I am advised that a single instance has occurred across the range of those bodies where a bonus was paid to an employee within the past twelve months. The case in question,...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (8 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department manages a range of schemes and programmes that support the wider community and voluntary sector, details of which are available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie. The Scheme to Support National Organisations in the Community and Voluntary Sector aims to provide multi-annual funding to national organisations towards core costs associated with the provision of services....

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (9 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The details requested by the Deputy in relation to the most recent annual reports submitted to my Department by the State bodies/agencies funded from my Department's Vote Group and laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas are reflected in the Table below. In a small number of cases, 2009 Annual Reports have been received and arrangements to lay them before the Oireachtas are in hand. In...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (9 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The Dial to Stop Drug Dealing campaign ran in three phases - across 15 Local and Regional Drugs Task Force areas - in 2008 and 2009. The South East Regional Drugs Task Force (RDTF), which covers County Waterford, ran its campaign in March 2009. I relaunched the campaign on 6 October last with a two week national promotional campaign, followed by local campaigns at Drugs Task Force level....

Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 28 and 30 together. As Deputy Feighan is aware, in the current economic circumstances we are faced with difficult decisions. The Government has considered several measures in the context of the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014 to provide the basis for a sustainable approach to the current financial situation. Throughout Government, our approach has been to...

Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Regarding the overall spend, there is very little capital spending in our Department and, in some cases, little or nothing. For example, an allocation of €3 million was made in the capital budget under the national drugs strategy this year. As it turned out, not all of that was used and some of it was transferred to current spending towards the end of the year to meet demands in that...

Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: There are no incendiary devices. This project has been deliberately worked out and much of it was done in consultation with the sector. Contrary to Deputy Feighan's remarks, the budget for rural communities has been, in fact, increased significantly for the coming year. The outturn for this year is €48 million and it will be €60 million for the Leader programme next year. A great deal...

National Drugs Strategy (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: As indicated in my previous reply, the data to which Deputy Wall refers is primarily drawn from the 2010 annual report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, with the Health Research Board being the national agency through which the Irish input is channelled. For the reasons outlined, I emphasise the need for caution when using data to derive cross-European...

National Drugs Strategy (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I have no intention of watering down any findings on drug use. The drugs problem is serious. Even if Ireland did not feature in any league tables, as far as I am concerned, any abuse of drugs is an abuse too much. The report, published on 10 November, states 55% of problem opiate users were in opiate treatment in 2007, the last year for which we have an estimate. In Dublin, the average...

National Drugs Strategy (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I agree with Deputy Wall that this information should be provided in the public domain such as doctors' surgeries. Interestingly, when I recently launched a programme for a drugs taskforce I was informed it was all very fine having such information in doctors' surgeries but it needs to be in places where young people recreate such as GAA clubs and so on. It is all very fine for professional...

Straitéis don Ghaeilge (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Ghlac an Rialtas leis an straitéis 20-bliain don Ghaeilge ag a gcruinniú ar 30 Samhain agus táthar ag súil go mbeidh an cháipéis foilsithe an tseachtain roimh Nollaig. Tá an straitéis bunaithe ar ráiteas an Rialtais i leith na Gaeilge 2006, nuair a dhearbhaigh an Rialtas a thacaíocht d'fhorbairt agus do chaomhnú na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta. Tá réimse leathan gníomhaíochtaí...

Straitéis don Ghaeilge (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Is fiú tabhairt san áireamh go bhfuil soláthar iomlán de €36 milliún curtha ar fáil i meastacháin na Roinne i leith fhorbairt na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta i rith 2011. Ní áiríonn an Teachta an maoiniú de €9.4 milliún atá le tabhairt do na hoileáin, a bhfuil formhór acu sa Ghaeltacht, nó an maoiniú d'Fhoras na Gaeilge, nó an maoiniú substaintiúil a chuireann an Stát...

Straitéis don Ghaeilge (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Ba mhaith liom cur in iúl don Teach go raibh an chuid is mó den chaiteachas a bhí ag an Roinn le blianta beaga anuas sa chuntas chaipitil a bhain le chéibheanna, leis na hoileáin agus le bhóithre. Bhí caiteachas an-mhór ann agus leanfaimid ar aghaidh le cé Chill Rónáin agus beidh halla Bhaile na Finne á thógáil againn.

Straitéis don Ghaeilge (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Beidh €12 milliún caiteachas caipitil ag Údarás na Gaeltachta ag Údarás na Gaeltachta an bhliain seo chugainn. Tá €6 milliún ann ach tá €4 milliún sa bhreis ar fáil ag an údarás as na scaranna ó Bioniche agus €2 milliún sa bhreis as a chuntais féin. Chomh maith leis sin, d'aontaigh an Teach liom go dtabharfainn tuilleadh airgid don údarás i mbliana chun billí a íoc.

Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 33 and 41 together. As I mentioned earlier, the 20-year strategy on the Irish language was approved by Government at its meeting of 30 November. It is intended to publish the final document next week and further information will be available at that time concerning the steps to be taken for its implementation. The strategy has been developed in line with...

Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: It is a 20-year strategy, not a 20-week one. Everybody is serious about this matter. A unit has been established in my Department to co-ordinate the implementation of the strategy as soon as the final document is published. Some €1.5 million has been set aside in the coming year's Estimates specifically for rolling out the initial phases. Whatever Governments are in office over that...

Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I repeat that the strategy is a 20 year one. The next couple of years will be frugal, but I am sure that whatever Government is in power will put in enough money to roll out the initial phases of the strategy. The unit is not a toothless talking shop. It is headed by an official at director level. She will be working with a team of people across the Department to ensure that the objectives...