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Funding to Support Homeless People (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the first instance, the companies to which the Deputy refers are not the subject of the question. The second point I would make is that they are private companies and, therefore, it is their own business as to who they hire and fire, etc. As I informed Deputy O'Shea, it is intended that over time and as the various contracts for the programmes in which we are involved with them are...

Funding to Support Homeless People (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On the question of engagement from MFG, to have a preliminary discussion on this issue I asked the two chief executives involved to meet me, last November. I have tried, time and again, to get engagement from MFG and a process. It is inevitable that we have to make savings. MFG has lost opportunities and done no service to its workers because we could have progressed much further, acting...

Funding to Support Homeless People (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the wider scheme all I can do is work with the budget I have this year. None of us knows where we will be until the Estimates process is completed at the end of the year. We are living at a time when money is short and all of us have been told by the Opposition many times that we should do all in our power to reduce overheads. The Minister of State and I are trying to ensure that the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The new headquarters building for Waterways Ireland is located on the shores of Lough Erne in Enniskillen. I am advised that - the total construction cost (including fees) to date is STG£10.525m; - a retention of STG£0.201m and outstanding fees of STG£0.015m remain to be paid; - fit-out costs were STG£0.212m; and - the building was constructed within budget. The contribution by my...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions No. 38, 44 and 135 together. As the Deputy is aware, in the current economic circumstances, the Government was faced with difficult decisions in the recent Budget. Accordingly, it considered a range of measures to maintain a prudent fiscal outturn for 2009 and to provide the basis for a sustainable approach to the current financial situation. Across Government,...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Under the decentralisation programme, the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs is scheduled to relocate to offices at Na Forbacha, Galway and Charlestown, Co. Mayo. My Department's commitment under the decentralisation programme in relation to Na Forbacha, Co. Galway has been met in full with 10 staff now relocated to my Department's offices at that location. In relation to...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In replying to the Deputy's Question, it is necessary to distinguish between canals that are under the control of Waterways Ireland and those which are not. In relation to those canals under the control of Waterways Ireland, it is further necessary to distinguish between non-navigable canals that could be restored at some stage in the future and those which are obsolete because they have been...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department's Language Scheme under the Official Languages Act 2003 provides that Departmental interviews through Irish or English will be available to staff, subject to advance notice by interviewees of their language choice. Notwithstanding the clarity of this provision, my Department agreed, following an investigation and correspondence from An Coimisinéir Teanga in November 2007, to...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 46 and 68 together. At the outset, I wish to reiterate that considerable progress has been made to date in the implementation, on a phased basis, of the provisions of the Official Languages Act 2003. As the Deputy is aware, language schemes constitute the core element of the Act and to date I have confirmed a total of 93 language schemes, which cover 170...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Dormant Accounts Funding is provided from the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF), through the votes of relevant Departments. The DAF is administered by means of various rounds of measures over an extended period and not on an annual basis. Rounds 2, 3 & 4 broadly relate to the periods referred to in the question. With regard to Dormant Accounts funded measures across all Government Departments,...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I dtús báire, ba mhaith liom a mheabhrú don Teachta go bhfuil forálacha Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 á gcur i bhfeidhm ar bhonn chéimiúil agus gur cur chuige leanúnach, fad-téarmach, atá i gceist. Ó thus na bliana seo, tá na nithe seo bainte amach: · Tá 8 scéim teanga céaduaire, a chlúdaíonn 15 comhlacht poiblí, daingnithe agam agus foilsithe. · Tá fógra...

Written Answers — Corrib Gas Pipeline: Corrib Gas Pipeline (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No 92 of 29 Aibreán 2009, which outlines the position in regard to the work of the North West Mayo Forum.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department provides funding for rural recreation projects under Sub-head D.3.4. Applications are submitted to the Rural Recreation Section within the Department and are considered under the relevant policy publications such as the Countryside Recreation Strategy and the Programme for Government. All applications are subject to available resources and competing requests. Only projects,...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy will be aware that the Government recently decided to include Ballina, Co. Mayo, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath and Rathkeale, Co. Limerick in the RAPID Programme. The inclusion of these five new areas will bring the number of designated RAPID areas from 46 to 51. These changes follow an independent review of the findings of the 2006...

Written Answers — Industrial Relations Issues: Industrial Relations Issues (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions No. 58 and 62 together. The terms and conditions associated with the grant of subsidy for the provision of a ferry service to Cléire are contained in the Agreement between my Department and Tithe Saoire Chléire Teo. Labour relations issues between the operator and crew members are a matter for the contracted operator and only become an issue for my Department if...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Following the recent supplementary budget, the current funding of €20.9m available for the Community Development Programme is less that in recent years. This has resulted in a reduction across the board to Community Development Projects of approximately 12% on 2008 levels and projects have been so informed. In the context of a reduced budget allocation, all projects have been advised that...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy may be aware, I have signed contracts with 36 Local Action Groups for the delivery of the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013. The Programme has been operational since late January 2009. While project expenditure has commenced under the overall Programme, expenditure has yet to start under the Business Creation and Development measure. As a result,...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Since my Department took over responsibility for the Farm Electrification Grant Scheme for Disadvantaged Areas in 2005, 1,618 applications have been received. Of the 1,088 applications approved to date by my Department, the average amount has been €466 per application. The Deputy should note that this is not a national scheme. It is available only to farmers in designated Disadvantaged...

Written Answers — Enterprise Audit: Enterprise Audit (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As has been indicated to the Deputy previously, an enterprise audit to review the use of existing and redundant agricultural buildings and manufacturing plants in rural areas is a significant undertaking involving a number of state agencies and Government Departments. I believe that in the current economic climate that it is also appropriate that such an undertaking is examined in the...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (17 Jun 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Appointments Commission is currently running a competition for a Director of Translation to head up the new Unit referred to by him. The location of this post is expressed as being negotiable with the successful applicant, but to be based in one of the Department's principal offices. Recruitment to further posts in the Unit will be approached in the...