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Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Foilseofar an straitéis an tseachtain seo chugainn. Cuirfidh mé eolas cruinn chuig an Teachta nuair atá an dáta socraithe. Déanfar iarracht í a foilsiú Dé Máirt seo chugainn, más féidir liom é sin a eagrú. Beidh mé i dteagmháil leis an Teachta.

Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Níl a fhios agam fós, ach tá mé beagnach cinnte go ndéanfar é go luath san iarnóin.

Clár Reachtaíochta (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Mar a chuir mé in iúl don Teach cheana, is i gcomhthéacs an Straitéis 20 bliain don Ghaeilge a dhéanfar athruithe maidir le cumhachtaí agus feidhmeanna Údarás na Gaeltachta a chur i gcrích. Ó tharla go bhfuil an straitéis faofa ag an Rialtas anois agus le foilsiú go han-luath, beidh tús á chur láithreach leis an bpróiseas chun feidhm a thabhairt do na moltaí éagsúla atá...

Clár Reachtaíochta (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Ní hí sin an aidhm atá ag an Rialtas. Teastaíonn uainn go bhfanfadh cúraimí fiontraíochta agus fostaíochta ag an eagras nua. Ar ndóigh, is féidir an cheist sin a plé sa Teach nuair a pléifear an reachtaíocht nua. Maidir leis an chéad cheist a chuir an Teachta O'Shea, tá €12 mhilliún le haghaidh Údarás na Gaeltachta sa chuntas caipitil don bhliain seo chugainn. Tá an...

Clár Reachtaíochta (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Is dócha go bhfuil. Sin an freagra is giorra gur féidir liom a thabhairt. Ach, tá an-éifeacht ag scéim na gcuntóirí teanga ar fhás na Gaeilge ins na scoileanna. Ba cheart na hionaid teaghlaigh a mhéadú bliain i ndiaidh a chéile le linn tréimhse na straitéise. Má leanann gach Rialtas leis na spriocanna atá sa straitéis, tá mé cinnte gur féidir athrú an-mhór a dhéanamh...

Community Development Projects (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The adjustmentto my Department's community development budget has been structured to protect front line services and supports at the expense of administration, overheads and ancillary costs. While the overall adjustment will impact on some programmes, my Department will continue to prioritise front line services to the greatest extent possible. In the case of the Local and Community...

Community Development Projects (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: In the interest of assisting Deputy Jim O'Keeffe, I am in a position to inform him that there are approximately 24,000 of the voluntary groups to which he refers. As far as I am concerned, these are the most important groups of their kind, particularly in the context of the way they deliver front line services. The relevant subhead also includes partnership and integrated companies and...

Community Development Projects (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The structured dialogue I referred to earlier was suggested by those within the sector. In some respects, it flows from what took place in the social partnership process over many years whereby the social partners and the Government would engage with each other. The Department is proposing to develop, in conjunction with those in the sector, draft papers. This process will facilitate and...

Poverty Levels (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The annual survey on income and living conditions, SILC, published by the CSO is the official source of data on national poverty indicators, such as at-risk-of-poverty, material deprivation and consistent poverty. The SILC poverty figures for 2009, published on 25 November last, provide the first indications of the impact of the economic crisis on living standards and poverty levels. The...

Poverty Levels (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The impact of this year's budget will be apparent in the near future. I would not like to anticipate what will be the outcome in this regard. However, what emerges will obviously inform the process of policy formation in the months ahead.

Poverty Levels (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The findings currently available indicate that each of the budgets from 2008, including that introduced last week, have been very progressive. In other words, those who are in a position to pay most are being obliged to do so and those on lower incomes are being protected as far as is possible. The ESRI reports that have been published since I entered the Department indicate that all...

Poverty Levels (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: While virtually all charities certainly will state they are under pressure, I can confirm to the House that for quite a number of years, my Department has been giving assistance to the bigger charities, some of which were named by the Deputy. Moreover, only today I approved the payment of further moneys to the same organisations that have been funded heretofore to address the issues that are...

Community Development (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and 63 together. Allocations to most subheads in my Department's Vote will be reduced by varying amounts in the budget, as is the case in all Departments. In the current economic circumstances, we are faced with difficult decisions. The Government has considered a number of measures in the context of the National Recovery Plan 2011-14 to provide the basis...

Community Development (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: In response to Deputy Wall, I would like to think that my Department has a good relationship with his client groups, be it the approximately 480 groups in the drugs sector, the community projects, the Leader companies and so on. The officials have a record of being quite responsive to the needs of communities, including, as I always stress, the need to address emerging needs. It is the...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Based on the positive evaluation of the original Dial to Stop Drug Dealing campaign, the ongoing support of the Gardaí and positive community feedback, I decided to relaunch the campaign with a more national focus. In this regard, on 6 October last I announced a two week national promotional campaign, to be followed by local campaigns at Drugs Task Force level. All the local campaigns have...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I am informed by Waterways Ireland that the 2011 Sponsorship Programme was advertised the week beginning 1st November 2010. The Waterways Ireland Sponsorship Programme aims to increase participation levels and frequency of use of the waterways under its remit by supporting a wide range of events. By supporting events through the Sponsorship Programme, Waterways Ireland assists in bringing...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (14 Dec 2010)

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

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: An Action was included under the supply reduction pillar of the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 - develop a framework to provide an appropriate response to the issue of drug-related intimidation in the community - with An Garda Síochána taking the lead role and also involving the Family Support Network and the Department of Justice and Law Reform. An Garda Síochána have developed such...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy may be aware, the 20-year Strategy for the Irish Language was approved by Government recently and will be published shortly. My Department is in regular contact with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on issues of mutual concern in relation to the Irish language and, indeed, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources was involved...

Written Answers — Straitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge: Straitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Rinne an Rialtas an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge a fhaomhadh ag a gcruinniú ar 30 Samhain 2010. Tá sé i gceist an cháipéis chríochnúil a fhoilsiú go luath agus beidh tuilleadh eolais ar fáil ansin maidir leis na céimeanna atá le glacadh chun an Straitéis a chur i bhfeidhm.