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Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (16 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table. The Deputy may wish to note the following. No appointments were made to the following boards/agencies within the ambit of my Department since 1 June 2010 - An Coimisiún Logainmneacha; Foras na Gaeilge; the Ulster-Scots Agency; the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests; the Western Development Commission;...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The integrated Performance Management Development System (PMDS), which provides for minimum rating thresholds that must be attained before an officer can receive an increment or be considered eligible for promotion/higher scale, has operated in my Department since 2007. The Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 contains a commitment "to introduce significantly improved performance management...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (16 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, it is necessary from time to time to employ staff on a temporary contract basis where the work in question may be seasonal, have specific objective grounds and is time bound. In 2009, a total of 22 persons were employed in my Department on the basis referred to by the Deputy at a cost of €799,433. A total of 28 persons were employed on that basis in 2010 at a...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: I am advised that the records show that the cost to my Department in respect of providing computer hardware and software in both my predecessor's and my own private/constituency offices was as set out in the table below: Year Cost 2007 €4,136 2008 €15,030 2009 €5,756 2010 €11,633

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: I am advised that one payment was made by my Department over the past five years to the company referred to by the Deputy. The amount in question was €94,234.80, which was paid in 2006.

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (12 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: The information sought by the Deputy in relation to websites operated by my Department and by bodies/agencies funded from its Vote Group is set out in the table below. In cases where information in relation to the number of unique visitors to certain sites could not be compiled in the time provided, arrangements are in hand for the relevant information to be provided directly to the Deputy as...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (12 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department operates a range of grant programmes and schemes supportive of communities across the country, including vulnerable children and families, details of which are available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie. Some of the schemes are administered directly by my Department, while others are administered on its behalf by various intermediary...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (12 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: Given the constraints attaching to a 'details supplied' Question, I am arranging to have details of the funding provided to the community development projects referred to by the Deputy forwarded to him directly.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: I am advised that expenditure of €39,204 was incurred by the Office of the Minister for Integration in my Department during 2010 on opinion polling and focus group research. This expenditure was incurred in the context of research being conducted on attitudes to immigration and integration. No expenditure of this nature was incurred during the period 2007-09.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: The information sought by the Deputy is provided in the table set out below. It has not been possible to compile the details sought by the Deputy in relation to the Irish Human Rights Commission within the timeframe allocated. However, I am arranging for this information to be provided to the Deputy without delay. 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Name of Body Number of mobile telephones paid...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: The cost and numbers of mobile devices (including modems) in use in my Department over the period 2006-10 are set out in the table below. 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 No. of mobile devices 110 115 100 96 109 Cost â'¬67,192 â'¬102,578 â'¬92,659 â'¬54,487 â'¬54,510

Written Answers — Legal Services: Legal Services (12 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: The table below sets out the details sought by the Deputy in relation to the three occasions where my Department directly obtained advice from a firm of solicitors, or from Senior or Junior Counsel, between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2010. In each case, the services of external solicitors and/or barristers were procured to provide essential legal advice, legal opinion or to carry out...

Written Answers — Legal Proceedings: Legal Proceedings (12 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: The table below sets out the position as at 31 December 2010 regarding court cases initiated during the period 2008-10, in which I or my predecessor were named as defendants. It should be noted that a number of the cases listed relate to equality functions transferred from the Department of Justice and Law Reform to my Department on 1 June 2010. Details of case Nature of proceedings Court...

Written Answers — Legal Services: Legal Services (12 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: I am advised that no legal services were procured following competitive tendering by my own Department, or by the following bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group: the Office of the Commissioner of Charitable Donations and Bequests; the Dormant Accounts Board; An Foras Teanga (comprising Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster-Scots Agency); the Equality Authority; the Equality Tribunal; and...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (13 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: Two such appointments have been made. Both cases were re-appointments to the Dormant Accounts Board for a period of 1 year – Mr Michael Morley (Chairperson, at an annual rate of remuneration of €8,978) and Mr Des Gunning (member, at an annual rate of remuneration of €5,985). These appointments were made taking account of the particular need for continuity in the operations of the Board...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (18 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, I was appointed Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs on 23 March 2010. The details requested by the Deputy in respect of non-civil service advisers employed by my Department since that time are outlined in Table 1 below. TABLE 1 Name Job title Salary covering period 23/03/10 to 31/12/10 Expenses claimed covering period 23/03/10 to 31/12/10...

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (18 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: The details sought by the Deputy in respect of overseas travel carried out by my predecessor and I in our official capacity as Minister during 2010 are set out in the Table below. The air travel in each case was by commercial airline. I have undertaken no official overseas travel to date in 2011. TABLE Destination Purpose Cost Hotels Warsaw andVienna Minister Ó CuívState representative...

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (18 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: I wish to advise the Deputy that it has not been possible in the time available to collate the information requested relating to foreign trips made by officials of my Department from 2009 to date. I am arranging to have the available information from my Department's records collated and forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (18 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: The details requested by the Deputy regarding hotel accommodation used by me since my appointment as Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs on 23 March 2010 are outlined in Table 1 below. Relevant details in respect of my predecessor as Minister for the period 1 January 2009 to 23 March 2010 are outlined in Table 2 below. TABLE 1 Name of Hotel Cost Purpose of Visit The...

Written Answers — Official Travel: Official Travel (18 Jan 2011)

Pat Carey: On the assumption that the Deputy is referring to the range of State bodies/agencies funded from my Department's Vote Group, I wish to advise that the time and resources that would be required to collate the substantial and wide-ranging amount of information requested by the Deputy would not, in my view, be an effective and efficient use of public resources. I am not, therefore, in a position...