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Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department implements and funds a wide range of measures, schemes and programmes for the development and support of various communities, urban and rural. Details of these can be found on my Department's website www.pobail.ie. My Department has not set up any new urban based support programmes during the past twelve months.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware my Department administers and delivers a wide range of programmes, measures and schemes for the development and support of various communities, both urban and rural. The community based programmes operated or funded by my Department include: The Local Development Social Inclusion Programme (LDSIP) RAPID Programme PEACE II and INTERREG III Community and Voluntary...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the context of Budget 2004 it was decided that my Department, Pobal and Foras na Gaeilge would decentralise a total of 220 posts. Of that total, 108 posts (almost 50%) have been relocated since last year and plans to relocate an additional 40 posts by early 2008 have been approved and are being implemented.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 and 121 together. Over 440 Local Drugs Task Force (LDTF) projects, including those under the Emerging Needs Fund, are receiving interim funding from my Department. Of these, in the region of 200 projects focus on treatment and rehabilitation and funding for these will continue in 2008. Across the ten Regional Drug Task Force (RDTF) areas, work is...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As I have informed the Deputy previously, my Department administers and delivers a wide range of programmes and measures, descriptions of which are available on its website at www.pobail.ie. While expenditure under these programme areas takes place countrywide, it is not possible to give a county-by-county breakdown of that expenditure. For example, a number of my Department's programmes are...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Nov 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 46 designated RAPID areas. This Department, with the support of Pobal, has overall responsibility for the co-ordination of the RAPID programme. It is a matter for individual Departments to report progress with their projects under the RAPID...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (6 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy may be aware, funding for Local Improvement Scheme (L.I.S.) roads from the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (D/EHLG) has increased significantly in the past number of years. Consequently, my Department has decided to place a greater emphasis on funding water and sewerage schemes during 2007 under the CLÁR Programme. However, I recently announced a new...

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (6 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, in many rural areas, there are no public transport services at night. While there are, in the more developed rural areas, either hackney or taxi services, these are at the discretion of the providers of these services and do not provide a guaranteed service to rural people. It was against this background, therefore, that earlier this year I introduced a new...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (6 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The position is that Donegal County Council has recently submitted a proposal for my Department's consideration Department in respect of funding 75% of the cost of improvements to the pier at Inis Bó Finne. The proposal will be evaluated by my Department in the light of existing commitments and future priorities and in the context of monies available for island development in the future.

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (6 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 296 and 297 together. There are currently ten staff members in my Private Office, made up as follows: Civil servants: one Media Adviser (on secondment from Civil Service), one Private Secretary at Higher Executive Officer level, one Executive Officer and six Clerical Officers Non civil servants: one Special Advisor. There are currently five staff in my...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (6 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I can confirm to the Deputy that there are no EU Directives awaiting incorporation into Irish Law by my Department.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Records in my Department show that claims in respect of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2007 to 30 September 2007 amounted to €504,023. Expenditure for the same period in 2006 was €486,833. It is in the nature of such expenditure that variations will occur from time to time in line with business requirements. The increase in this case is 3.5%, which is within the parameters of...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (7 Nov 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 is governed by rules and eligibility criteria which projects have to meet to qualify for funding. Funding for the regard to the group referred to by the Deputy may be available under...

Seanad: Clár Dílárú (7 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir as ucht na ceiste seo a ardú. Tá mé níos mó ná sásta an cheist seo a phlé go cuimsitheach. Ba mhaith liom cúlra na scéala seo a chuir ar taifead na Tithe. I mí na Nollag 2003, d'fhógair Rialtas na hÉireann tionscnamh mór chun Ranna Rialtais agus comhlachtai Stáit a dhílarú chuig láithreacha lasmuigh de Bhaile Átha Cliath mar chuid de...

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Níl aon amhras ach gurb é an rud is tabhachtaí atá tarlaithe ó thaobh na Gaeilge de le bliain anuas ná seoladh ráiteas an Rialtais i leith na Gaeilge ag ócáid i dTeach bhFarmleigh mí na Nollag seo caite. Ba é seo an chead ráiteas dá leithead a cuireadh amach le beagnach 40 bliain. Ar ndóigh, ba é an príomh cinneadh a fógraíodh mar chuid den ráiteas ná go n-ullmhófar...

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Níl.

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Níor chuir mé aon fhógra amach.

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is é an rud atá i gceist ná feirmeoirí a íoc as obair a dhéanann siad ar ráta in aghaidh na huaire.

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It will be finished this time next year. Take that from me.

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is two years from the time of the ráiteas.