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Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I recently announced that funding would be provided for a development officer to address the needs of groups using Orange Halls in border counties. The monies will be allocated to Cadolemo Ltd, a company which is being established by Orange Order Lodges in Counties Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim and Monaghan, to support this innovative community-based initiative. The funding will amount to...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 142 together. I understand from Údarás na Gaeltachta that its 2007 Annual Report will not be published until later in 2008. However, according to the Chief Executive's end of year statement, 1,038 new jobs in total were created in 2007. Significant progress was made in job creation in various sectors, including the services and modern manufacturing...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 and 54 together. €21.2 million has been provided on my Department's Vote for the CLÁR programme for 2008. The position in respect of the RAPID Programme is that €1.5 million for current and a capital allocation of €7.8 million in 2008 has been provided. The provision in my Department's Vote funds the community support and administrative costs of...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The following organisations have received funding to date under the initiative referred to by the Deputy: Year Organisation Amount € 2006 Dublin City Centre Business Association 11,331 2007 Gaillimh le Gaeilge 57,750 2007 Cumann Tráchtála Clár Chlainne Mhuiris 45,000 As I have indicated in previous replies to similar Questions, my Department provides funding under the Fo-Chiste...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 20 and 46 together. As I have indicated previously in replies to Questions in this House, the Government published its Statement on the Irish Language in December 2006. That Statement provides for the development of a 20-year Strategy for the Irish language, which is intended to be the foundation for practical action for supporting and promoting the language,...

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I wish to inform the Deputy that I have no formal role in relation to discussions regarding the operation of companies in receipt of assistance from Údarás na Gaeltachta. I have been informed, however, by an tÚdarás that discussions took place recently between their representatives and representatives of the company regarding the company's future. The Deputy will by now be aware that,...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The 2006 evaluation of the RAPID Programme indicated that the experience of the Programme has been very positive in many areas and that it has made substantial progress in identifying the needs of disadvantaged communities and in implementing important local projects in response to those needs. The evaluation recommended that a future Programme should be developed under a number of key...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I would like to indicate at the outset that the issue of the proposed Irish Language Education Centre in Baile Bhúirne, County Cork is primarily one for the Minister for Education and Science. However as I have already indicated to the House, I have had discussions with the Minister for Education and Science on different occasions with regard to the development of these facilities at Baile...

Written Answers — Tourism Development: Tourism Development (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 28, 33, 44 and 141 together. The new Rural Development Programme for Ireland 2007-13 will be delivered by my Department and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. My Department is responsible for the delivery of Axes 3 and 4 of the Programme. Axis 3 focuses on the Quality of Life in rural areas and diversification of the rural economy, while Axis...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am in regular contact with the Minister for Education and Science with regard to various matters involving the Irish language in the Gaeltacht, which are relevant to both our Departments. As part of its Gaeltacht remit, my Department provides a range of support measures for the Irish language in the Gaeltacht, some of which are delivered through the education system. However, as the...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be 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. While expenditure under these programme areas takes place countrywide, it is not possible to give a constituency breakdown of that expenditure. For example, a number of my Department's programmes are delivered...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have no Ministerial responsibility in relation to funding of initiatives such as this. I understand that funding was in the past provided to the Feis by the Arts Council.

Written Answers — Foras na Gaeilge: Foras na Gaeilge (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tuigim ó Fhoras na Gaeilge nach bhfuil cinneadh déanta acu gan tacú le Lá Nua. Tá deontas a sholáthar ag Foras na Gaeilge do Phreas an Phobail le Lá/Lá Nua a fhoilsiú ó bunaíodh an Foras. Tuigim, áfach, go bhfuil cinneadh déanta ag Bainistíocht Phreas an Phobail gan leanúint de bheith ag clóbhualadh ó 1 Márta. Shínigh an comhlacht conradh aontaithe, tar eis comórtas...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To date, 79 of the 140 staff of my Department originally due to relocate to Co. Mayo have transferred to an interim location in Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo, pending the acquisition of a site and the building of a new headquarters at Charlestown, Co. Mayo. It is planned to increase the number at the interim location to just over 100 from March 2008. The Department has already fulfilled its...

Written Answers — Calafoirt agus Céanna: Calafoirt agus Céanna (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar is eol don Teachta, tá scéimeanna éagsúla ag mo Roinn le haghaidh deontas tógála nó feabhsúcháin i leith céanna, mar shampla scéimeanna Gaeltachta/Oileánda agus an clár CLÁR. Faoi láthair tá iarratais ag mo Roinn ó Chomhairle Contae Dhún na nGall i ndáil leis na céanna seo a leanas: Rannaigh Inis Bó Finne Cladach na gCaorach Málainn Bhig Mucros Ros na Coire (An...

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I and the Ministers of State at my Department engage in regular discussions about the development of policies, programmes and operational matters across the range of my Ministerial functions with each other and with officials. Such discussions tend to be ongoing as policies are refined and programmes are reviewed and improved or changed. Generally no formal record is kept of such discussions.

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Placenames Branch of my Department undertakes research in order to establish the correct Irish language forms of the placenames of Ireland and to publish them for official and public use. The Branch has provided Irish forms for placenames in all counties. The most public manifestation of its work can be seen on the Irish versions of placenames on the bilingual road signs throughout the...

Written Answers — Údarás na Gaeltachta: Údarás na Gaeltachta (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá cinneadh déanta agam ar an cheist maidir le cumhachtaí agus feidhmeanna an Údaráis a mheas sa chomhthéacs níos leithne a eascraíonn as na moltaí atá sa Staidéar Cuimsitheach Teangeolaíoch ar Úsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht a foilsíodh le déanaí. Mar is eol don Teachta, tá Coiste Comh-Aireachta bunaithe ag an Rialtas chun moltaí an staidéir seo a scrúdú agus plean...

Written Answers — Committee Reports: Committee Reports (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The reports commissioned by the Joint Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in the last five years that are relevant to the areas of responsibility of my Department are as follows: Volunteers and Volunteering in Ireland The Treatment of Cocaine Addiction, with Particular Reference to the Irish Experience The Inclusion of Alcohol in a National Substance...

Written Answers — North-South Co-operation: North-South Co-operation (14 Feb 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Waterways Ireland was set up in December 1999 under the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999 to manage the inland navigable waterways, primarily for recreational purposes. Waterways Ireland has responsibility for the management, maintenance, development and restoration of the following navigable waterways: the Barrow Navigation; the Erne System; the Grand Canal; the Lower Bann Navigation; the...