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Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (3 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I can confirm that Údarás na Gaeltachta has been requested to supply any information relevant to the Question. The Deputy will appreciate, however, that the details sought by him, which relate to investments in 14 companies, are extensive and it has not been possible to collate them within the time available. I can assure the Deputy that the information will be forwarded to him as soon as...

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: Each Local Action Group contracted to deliver the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 is a company limited by guarantee and allocates its project funding on the basis of detailed local development strategies and following extensive evaluation and approval processes. In line with the bottom-up nature of the LEADER approach, the Group is the decision maker in the allocation of project...

Seanad: Road Safety (5 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Táim ag freagairt anseo ar son an Aire Dlí agus Cirt, Comhionannais agus Athchóirithe Dlí nach bhfuil in ann a bheith i láthair. The Government attaches great importance to road safety and is committed to increasing the safety of all those who use our roads. Current Government policy is set out in the road safety strategy for 2007-12 which was prepared on behalf of the Minister for...

Seanad: RAPID Programme (5 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Cuireann sé áthas orm bheith in ann freagra a thabhairt don Seanadóir. Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis as ucht na ceiste a ardú. As the Senator is aware, I am passionately committed to the RAPID programme and I believe it is the first serious attempt to engage the most deprived communities in their own future. What often characterises disadvantaged communities is that quite...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency (5 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. It might surprise him to hear that when I started off as a young co-operative manager many years ago in Cornamona, it was impossible to get money from the banks. Therefore, some things do not change. I applied to the ACC for a loan on behalf of the co-operative and decided the second time round that I would not leave anything to chance....

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency (5 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: These were friendships in the 1930s. I am happy to record in this Chamber that I always felt I owed a huge debt to Michael Collins Junior because I honestly believe he sympathised on what we were trying to do and ensured we got the money. I am thankful his confidence was justified. I wish to set out the circumstances leading to the establishment of the NAMA master SPV and its proposed role...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency (5 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As is obvious from my reply, there is a risk element. For citizens with small savings, it is better to avoid risk. If people want to invest, they can invest in the post office, which is Government run, if they want to help the Government. People are more than welcome to do so. I do not see the great advantage in encouraging people who are not professionals to take risks with their money...

Seanad: National Asset Management Agency (5 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am delighted because the Senator's proposal is a significant vote of confidence in NAMA by his party. I welcome this after a long and comprehensive debate. People are converging on NAMA being the way out. I believe in the theory of proportionate risk. One must consider two elements when taking a risk, the first of which is knowledge. Professional investors are always in a better...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (10 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The number of officials at Principal Officer level or higher that were working in my Department on 1 May 2009 was 18.8. For the sake of completeness, I should point out that there are also two Principal Officers working on secondment to Oifig an Choimisinéir Teanga and the National Advisory Committee on Drugs.

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: In 2008, I announced an overall Programme allocation under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 for each Local Action Group chosen to deliver the Programme. Expenditure under the Programme is due to be completed during 2015. Delivery of Axis 3 and Axis 4 (LEADER) of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 commenced in February 2009. Each group was given an allocation for 2009 for both...

Written Answers — State Property: State Property (10 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The development of Ros an Mhíl harbour is of strategic importance to the Gaeltacht, and my Department is in continuing discussions with the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in relation to same. In relation to land owned by Údarás na Gaeltachta in Ros an Mhíl, I am informed by Údarás that no land transfer has taken place to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food....

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (11 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, the Office of Public Works (OPW) are currently in the process of selecting and purchasing a permanent site for my Department's headquarters at Charlestown, Co. Mayo. I understand that negotiations are still ongoing in relation to a particular site in Charlestown, which the OPW has identified as being suitable. The Deputy will also be aware that the Department of...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Fingal LEADER Partnership is one of 36 groups contracted by my Department to deliver the Rural Development Programme Ireland 2007-2013. The Group was awarded an overall amount of €7,766,780 for the duration of the Programme. The Group covers all rural areas of Co Dublin including Portmarnock. The project in question may be eligible in principle; however, in line with the bottom-up nature...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (11 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Dormant Accounts Fund Acts provides for an annual transfer by credit institutions and insurance undertakings of monies in accounts determined to be dormant into the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF). Since its establishment in April 2003, to the end of September 2009, the transfers to the DAF have totalled some €513.90m, broken down each year as follows: Year Transferred from Financial...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (12 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department is committed to the development and enhancement of walking trails in Ireland and supporting the objectives outlined in the Comhairle Na Tuaithe National Countryside Recreation Strategy. It is my intention to seek to continue to provide funding for the Walks Scheme in 2010, particularly given the economic benefits accruing from the increasing number of walkers visiting Ireland....

Departmental Expenditure. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As I have stated in the House on a number of occasions, the recommendations in the report of the special group on public service numbers and expenditure programmes represent a set of options that are being considered by the Government in the context of the 2010 budget. It has been well flagged that serious inroads in the gap in the public finances between income and expenditure must be made....

Departmental Expenditure. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As for the first part of the Deputy's question, the decision to advertise the position of Secretary General of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was approved by the Government in the normal way. That job has been publically advertised. In this case it was rightly decided to have a public advertisement to see who would apply not only from within the public service, but...

Departmental Expenditure. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It will happen as quickly as these processes come to a conclusion. The public process will take slightly longer than an internal process would do but there will be no delay. That is not within my control. These recommendations are made independently and a certain number of names are brought forward. That process will go ahead and be brought to completion. I know of no proposal to change...

Job Creation. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The funding arrangements for Údarás na Gaeltachta are primarily a matter for my Department, in consultation with the Department of Finance. In 2009, the capital funding being provided by the Exchequer to an tÚdarás amounts to €19.65 million. Furthermore, the organisation is allowed to reinvest any return it receives from sales of assets into its capital programme for job creation...

Job Creation. (17 Nov 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy should calm down. He is in a very excitable humour today.