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Written Answers — Údarás na Gaeltachta: Údarás na Gaeltachta (29 Jan 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá an cheist maidir le cumhachtaí agus feidhmeanna Údarás na Gaeltachta á mheas faoi láthair i gcomhthéacs phlé an Choiste Rialtais a bunaíodh chun scrúdú a dhéanamh ar mholtaí a d'eascair ón Staidéar Teangeolaíoch ar Úsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (29 Jan 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I refer the Deputy to my answer to Question No. 904 of the 27th January 2009.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (29 Jan 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I wish to inform the Deputy that the CLÁR Programme does not cover Co. Kildare. The RAPID Unit has one application on file under the 2006/7 Playgrounds Grants Scheme in respect of Athy RAPID area and it is expected that this will be paid in 2009.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (29 Jan 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 118 and 119 together. I have no statutory responsibility for rural housing. My Department liaises regularly with the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government and with local authorities on a range of issues of mutual interest in the context of rural development. As the Deputy will be aware, the rural settlement policy framework contained in...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (29 Jan 2009)

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 nationally. As I have indicated to the House on a number of occasions, it is a matter for individual Departments to report on the provision of funding and progress on delivery with respect to projects under their...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (29 Jan 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The CLÁR Programme was set up as an innovative programme to deal with infrastructural deficits in the most peripheral communities in Ireland that had suffered significant population loss. As the Deputy will be aware, measures for roads, water, sewerage, schools, health services, community, and electricity are amongst the many successful initiatives run under the CLÁR Programme. In a context...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (3 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 301 and 302 together. For the purposes of implementing the Rural Development Programme, the following areas are exempt: The City Council boundaries of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick The Borough Council boundaries of Kilkenny, Sligo and Wexford The Town Council boundaries of Athlone, Ballina, Castlebar, Cavan, Dundalk, Ennis, Killarney,...

Written Answers — Offshore Islands: Offshore Islands (3 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 304 and 305 together. In late 2007, my Department awarded a five-year contract for the service referred to by the Deputy. This contract, which has been signed, covers the period from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012 and I will arrange for a copy to be forwarded to the Deputy for information. The service in question is provided by an operator using three...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (3 Feb 2009)

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 nationally. As I have indicated to the House on a number of occasions, it is a matter for individual Departments to report on the provision of funding and progress on delivery with respect to projects under their...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (3 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department implements and funds a wide range of measures, programmes and schemes to support all communities. Details of all of the programmes and schemes operated by my Department, including guidelines and criteria, are available on the Department's website at www.pobal.ie. The Deputy will appreciate that eligibility for grants available depends on the nature...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (3 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 308 and 309 together. I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 891 on 27 January 2009. As the Deputy is aware, the Report of the Linguistic Study on the Use of Irish in the Gaeltacht was presented to Government in late 2007 and was subsequently published. The Government noted the Report and established a Cabinet Committee to consider matters arising in...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (3 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: At the outset I wish to remind the Deputy that it has been a long-standing policy of my Department to ensure that customers who wish to conduct their business through a choice of Irish or English are facilitated. Accordingly, expenditure on providing services through Irish and English arises from our existing commitments to our customers and is met from our normal administrative budget. It...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (3 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On the 8th of August 2008, Local Authorities were informed that all water and sewerage measures under the CLÁR programme were being suspended with immediate effect. Local Authorities were also informed that all applications on hand at that date would be processed and funding allocated if appropriate. As an application for CLÁR funding in respect of Lemanagh group water scheme was not...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department is examining ways at present of using the resources, both financial and human, available to it in the most efficient manner possible in order to minimise any disruption to the front line services it provides, particularly in view of the current economic downturn. In this context, I have asked my officials to review, in conjunction with both Údarás na Gaeltachta and the group...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (4 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, Dáil Éireann will today consider Seanad amendments to the Charities Bill 2007. Once this stage is completed, the Bill will be enacted. Legislative proposals with regard to the powers and functions of Údarás na Gaeltachta are currently being considered in the general context of the recommendations contained in the 'Report of the Linguistic Study of the Use...

Written Answers — Department Property: Department Property (5 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In relation to my Department, the position is that 1 mobile phone was lost in 2008 due to a flood and the value of the mobile phone was recovered from the employee. The SIM card was cancelled with the service provider at no extra cost to the Department. In relation to Waterways Ireland, a North-South body, I am advised that 7 mobile phones were stolen and 1 lost in 2007; 9 mobile phones were...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: While my Department does not hold a contract with any individual taxi firm, it does have an account arrangement with one particular firm. Expenditure on taxis in respect of Departmental officials amounted to €25,341 in 2007 and €23,672 in 2008. Officers are required to have full regard to value for money considerations in all aspects of official travel and to ensure that only essential...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (5 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has responsibility for State property matters, including the renting and leasing of premises on behalf of Departments, and the provision of storage facilities for official records for Departments. My Department currently stores official records and documents in two locations at Dublin and Tullamore. The details requested by the...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (10 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 393 and 394 together. The rules of the LEADER programmes 2000-2006 did not allow for the use of Exchequer or EU funds for the purchase of premises. I should point out to the Deputy that the LEADER "bottom-up approach" to rural development involves the delivery by local groups of rural development measures. However, my Department did not establish these...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (10 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In 2007 and 2008 LEADER Groups continued work on the implementation and closure of the LEADER+ and Area-Based Rural Development Initiatives. Accordingly, revised administration funding arrangements were put in place to ensure that Groups, who had exhausted their original Programme administration allocation, continued to be in a position to carry out this work. Project activity under the...