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Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (16 Dec 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The RAPID Programme nationally supports the development and implementation of locally led responses to anti-social behaviour and community safety. The principle resources available to RAPID areas are those provided through the budgets of the Departments and agencies involved in service delivery. The Garda resources provided to local divisions focus on ways in which targeted responses can be...

Written Answers — Urban Regeneration: Urban Regeneration (16 Dec 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department implements and funds a range of measures, programmes and schemes supportive of urban communities. This includes the RAPID Programme, which specifically has a regeneration focus for disadvantage areas in both provincial towns and larger urban settings. Details of the programmes and schemes operated by my Department, including guidelines, criteria...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (16 Dec 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The relevant expenditure, all of which was incurred in the course of carrying out necessary official business on behalf of my Department, is set out in the tables below. Table : Official Flights - Minister Year Total Costâ'¬ 2006 13,415 2007 14,794 2008 16,322 2009 to date 6,557

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: No decisions have been made in relation to these proposals to date.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The number of staff (whole-time equivalents) employed in my Department on the dates referred to by the Deputy was as follows: 1 January 2009 273.24 10 December 2009 252.84

Written Answers — Blacksmithing Industry: Blacksmithing Industry (17 Dec 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No 436 on 9 June 2009 and to Question No 800 on 3 November 2009. In the first instance, it should be noted that my Department is not responsible for the development of the blacksmithing industry in Ireland. Furthermore, I have been advised by Údarás na Gaeltachta that there have been no further developments in the matters referred to by the Deputy.

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: In the 2010 Budget, the Government decided, as part of its strategy to manage its way through the current severe economic crisis and to return the country to prosperity, to reduce spending on public services by almost €1 billion in 2010 compared with the pre-Budget estimates. To the greatest extent possible, the savings have been sought through efficiencies rather than through reductions in...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 Dec 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 231 to 234, inclusive, together. I have taken entitlement payments to mean prescribed payments that are made to persons or organisations entitled to receive such payments under any statutory provisions. Relevant information furnished to me by Waterways Ireland (WI) is set out below. None of the other agencies within the ambit of my Department have any role...

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

Éamon Ó Cuív: I assume that the agencies which the Deputy has in mind are Waterways Ireland and the North South Language Body. In Waterways Ireland's case, the busiest times on the waterways are at weekends and during the longer days of the summer, when overtime is required to provide a proper customer service. During these periods (and indeed during the navigation season as a whole), staff are required...

Written Answers — Departmental Records: Departmental Records (19 Jan 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy will appreciate that, in the context of a 'details supplied' Question, it is difficult to be explicit about the matter raised by him but I can confirm that a copy of the report referred to has been provided by my Department to the 'promoters' in this case. I must, however, advise the Deputy that, for commercially sensitive reasons, it will not be possible for my Department to make...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jan 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The number of civil service staff currently serving in my Department is 251. I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department does not employ a professional economist. In relation to the number of general staff who hold an economics degree, postgraduate economics degree or PhD in economics, it is not possible to give a definitive answer, as there is no obligation on staff to disclose the nature...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (19 Jan 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department is currently in discussion with those involved in this issue to explore the scope for engagement by them under the auspices of an agreed independent person in relation to the issues involved and with a view to resolution of this dispute. Given that discussions are at a sensitive stage, I do not think it helpful to say anything further at this time on the public record and,...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (19 Jan 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The organisation in question has received support under the Community Services Programme for the provision of services for a number of years. The last contract expired on 31 December 2009 and the offer of funding for 2010 has been approved. My Department wrote to the organisation following the December Budget indicating that the contract was to be renewed and this matter is now in hand.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (19 Jan 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Funding of the order of €425m is available over the lifetime of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007 – 2013 and all expenditure under it is subject to EU rules and regulations. In this context, a number of Local Action Groups (LAGs), formerly know as LEADER companies, have been contracted by my Department to deliver the Programme and they must do so in compliance with those EU...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, the recommendations in the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes represented a set of options that were given appropriate consideration by Government in the context of the 2010 Budget. The Government decided, as part of its strategy to manage its way through the current severe economic crisis and to return the country to...

Written Answers — Ethics in Public Office: Ethics in Public Office (19 Jan 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As a Member of Dáil Éireann the Minister is aware of and complies with the necessary declarations under the Ethics Acts. Details of all declarable items /benefits are available on the appropriate websites of the Standards in Public Office Commission and the Houses of the Oireachtas.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (19 Jan 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, 100 posts relocated from my Department to Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo, under the decentralisation programme and there are currently 91 civil servants serving in that location. These are all permanent staff and are not subject to contract renewal. In relation to the annual costs for my Department's offices in Tubbercurry, the most recent figures available show that, in...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (19 Jan 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, following an approach by IRD Kiltimagh to Government regarding the Cairn Trade Centre, a decision was taken for OPW to examine the building in terms of its suitability as a headquarters for my Department. Following their review of the building, OPW provided my Department with a report in this regard on 25 November 2009. The report indicated that the Cairn Trade...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jan 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The number of staff by programme area serving in my Department at year-end in 2007, 2008 and 2009 is set out in the table. In view of the redesign of work areas and the number of structural changes that occurred across my Department during this period, it is not feasible to provide a division/section level breakdown of staff as requested by the Deputy. Programme Area 2007 2008 2009...

Written Answers — Departmental Websites: Departmental Websites (20 Jan 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department provides two websites directly - one for the Department itself (www.pobail.ie) and one for Dormant Accounts (www.dormantaccounts.ie). The annual cost of maintaining each website is as follows: Department €9,085 Dormant Accounts €3,887 There is also a combined hosting cost of €21,141 per annum for the two websites. The number of unique visits on the www.pobail.ie...