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National Drugs Strategy. (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We will continue to work with the HSE, which is the health authority with responsibility for this matter. Extra beds are being provided but more are needed. Whereas alcohol is a serious drug and one that is highly abused, it does not come under the drug strategy of my Department. Whether one can separate the problem of alcohol from opiate abuse is an issue we have debated many times in the...

National Drugs Strategy. (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Regarding alcohol misuse, we are having a series of public meetings. I attended the meeting in Sligo for a very short time but I will attend the meeting in Portlaoise. Alcohol and opiates are on a continuum and cannot be separated. We must examine the issue and are not at the conclusion stage because the meetings are still going on. They are being done on a round table basis to encourage...

National Drugs Strategy. (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We are going into HSE business.

National Drugs Strategy. (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is the problem. All we can do is keep working at the problem. I do not know if we have all the answers but we will continue to liaise with the HSE to move the process forward.

National Drugs Strategy. (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 40 together. Officials in my Department, along with members of the steering group established to develop proposals for a new national drugs strategy are currently undertaking an extensive consultation process in regard to the new strategy. This involves 15 public consultation meetings, meetings with the various Departments and Government agencies...

National Drugs Strategy. (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I could not agree more with the thrust of Deputy Wall's contribution. The diversion of young people into all types of activities is probably the best way of protecting ourselves against drugs. I cannot say whether the organisations referred to have attended the meetings. Under the RAPID process, which includes the 46 areas most deprived and engaged in drug abuse, I have been actively...

National Drugs Strategy. (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy can rest assured I will continue to focus on this issue through the RAPID programmes rather than the meetings.

National Drugs Strategy. (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The programme will run from 2009 to 2016. I believe it makes sense to ask people what they want.

National Drugs Strategy. (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is much more to this than detox beds. Deputy Wall put his finger on it when he said the real answer is diversion. We must treat those who have a problem with drugs and examine how we can keep young people away from drugs. The work we are doing is incredibly important. We must reduce demand and divert people away from drugs. As in other areas of life, we often focus on curing rather...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I wish to advise the Deputy that five recommendations were made in the report by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board into the incident in question. One of these recommendations refers to Waterways Ireland, viz: Waterways Ireland should, in consultation with the Maritime Safety Directorate, establish a buoyage system for inland waterways, which is internationally recognised by all users...

Written Answers — Stádas na Gaeilge: Stádas na Gaeilge (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh 9 agus 23 le chéile. Mar is eol don Teachta, tá stádas mar theanga oifigiúil agus oibre de chuid an Aontais ag an nGaeilge ó thús na bliana 2007. Sa chomhthéacs sin, tá mo Roinn-se ag obair i gcomhpháirtíocht leis an Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha, le Foras na Gaeilge agus le páirtithe iomchuí eile le cinntiú go mbeidh dóthain daoine oilte —...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions No. 10 and 33 together. Foras na Gaeilge has a statutory responsibility for providing advice and assistance to public bodies with regard to the delivery of services through Irish. In that context, my Department is continuing to work with Foras na Gaeilge and other interested parties in relation to putting in place resources to enhance the capacity of the public...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I take it the Deputy is referring to Drugs expenditure. Tackling the problem of drug misuse is a key priority for the Government and will continue to be so. This commitment is evidenced by the allocation of over €64m in my Department's Vote for drugs programmes in 2008, which is a substantial increase on the 2007 allocation. With regard to spending proposals for 2008, my Department is...

Written Answers — Anti-Social Behaviour: Anti-Social Behaviour (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department is jointly responsible with the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in Northern Ireland for Waterways Ireland, a North/South Implementation Body set up under the British-Irish Agreement in 1999. Waterways Ireland has responsibility for the management, maintenance, development and restoration of certain inland navigable waterways principally for recreational purposes. The...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13, 18 and 36 together. The new Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 was adopted in July 2007 and will be delivered by my Department and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. This Programme will see an almost three-fold increase in funding available for LEADER type activity in Ireland to €425 million over the lifetime of the Programme. My...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Report of the Working Group on Drugs Rehabilitation, published in May 2007, made a series of recommendations for the development of a comprehensive rehabilitation pillar under the National Drugs Strategy. The Programme for Government also contains a commitment to implement these recommendations. I can assure the Deputy that I will be working to ensure that the recommendations of the...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 and 17 together. As I indicated in my response to Questions Nos 20 and 46 on 14 February 2008, the Government's Statement on the Irish Language 2006 includes a commitment to develop a 20-year Strategy for the Irish language, which is intended to be the foundation for practical action for supporting and promoting the language, based on a modern, integrated...

Written Answers — Tourism Promotion: Tourism Promotion (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Údarás na Gaeltachta works in close co-operation with Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, which are responsible for actively marketing and promoting Ireland to overseas visitors. In 2007/8, marketing initiatives were put in place with a focus on marketing the Gaeltacht as a place in which to learn Irish and hear the language spoken, and as a tourism destination of outstanding merit. These...

Written Answers — Charities Legislation: Charities Legislation (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am well aware that the practice of collecting goods, and particularly clothing, door-to-door, purportedly for charitable purposes, is an issue of concern both to genuine charities and to the general public. However, I should point out that I have no statutory power to regulate the hours that leaflets and other items may be delivered to households in the context of this practice. Measures...

Written Answers — Drugs Awareness Campaigns: Drugs Awareness Campaigns (15 May 2008)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The "Lets Talk Drugs" information booklet, published in a national newspaper last January, was welcomed by my colleague Pat Carey T.D. Minister of State, as a contribution to the overall effort to educate parents — and young people in particular — on the dangers of illicit drugs and to highlight the best ways to cope with the threats involved. No research has been carried out to date to...