Results 961-980 of 2,551 for speaker:Pat Carey
- Drug Use. (1 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: As for drug testing, I have discussed the issue with the Garda. Five or six devices are being pilot-tested at present to ascertain their utility in detecting substances other than alcohol or prescription medicines in the bloodstream. However, it will be some time before the results become available. While I am open to correction on this issue, I do not believe it was ever expected that the...
- Drug Use. (1 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: The fieldwork has been completed in recent weeks and the study is being written up at present. I hope to have it by the end of the year. As for the rehabilitation report and its recommendations, I met representatives of the HSE the other day and will meet the local and regional drugs task forces to ascertain how they are rolling out services. For example, the increase in the number of...
- Drug Use. (1 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: The regional drugs task forces are collating all such information in conjunction with the HSE. Many of the programmes to be rolled out will be operated in co-operation with rural general practitioners and community pharmacists. As for other schemes, issues pertaining to education and accommodation, as well as wider issues, must be addressed. Some parts of the country have less satisfactory...
- Written Answers — Voluntary Activity: Voluntary Activity (1 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: The Taskforce on Active Citizenship, which reported earlier this year, found during the course of its consultations and research that voluntary activity appears not to have declined. In comparing the 2002 and 2006 Surveys by the ESRI, volunteering is up from 17.1% in 2002 to 23.1% in 2006. Active community involvement is also up from 21.7% to 29%. Support for Volunteering has been...
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (1 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: Tackling the problem of drugs misuse is a key priority for Government and will continue to be so. This commitment is evidenced in many ways, including through the increasing levels of funding in my Department's Vote. The allocation of â¬50m this year for Drugs Initiatives/Young People's Facilities and Services Fund (YPFSF) represents an increase of 16% on the 2006 figure and was 87% more...
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (1 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: I very much welcome the publication of the Report of the Working Group on Drugs Rehabilitation. Since my appointment as Minister of State, I have consistently stressed my commitment to the implementation of the recommendations therein. I see the development of a comprehensive rehabilitation pillar in the National Drugs Strategy as being vital to the overall effort against problem drug use....
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: My Department provides funding to projects under the Community Development Programme. The Programme is designed to reduce social exclusion by targeting support at disadvantaged and socially excluded communities in order to improve their capacity to benefit from social and economic development. Under the Programme, funding of â¬23.947 million has been provided for 182 projects in 2007. The...
- Written Answers — Regional Drugs Task Forces: Regional Drugs Task Forces (1 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 33 and 39 together. Ten Regional Drugs Task Forces (RDTFs) were established in 2003. Following extensive consultation processes, each RDTF prepared a Strategic Plan to respond to illicit drug use in their areas and the implementation of these Plans is now progressing. As one would expect at the plan development stage, expenditure was low in the early period...
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: My Department operates a wide range of programmes and schemes supportive of communities both urban and rural and of local, community and voluntary groups. Details of the schemes and programmes operated by my Department are available on its website at www.pobail.ie. If the Deputy has specific questions about a programme I or my Department will be happy to offer further assistance.
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 50 and 122 together. The Scheme of Community Support for Older People is operated by my Department and provides funding to local community and voluntary groups who identify vulnerable older people over the age of 65 years in their communities and arrange for the installation of socially-monitored alarms and other items of psychical security equipment. Any...
- Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (1 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: Twelve of the fourteen Local Drugs Task Forces are located in Dublin. The LDTF areas benefit from annual current funding under the Drugs Task Force process and the Emerging Needs Fund. Capital funding is available under the Premises Initiative Fund which addresses the accommodation needs of community based drugs projects. Details of the expenditure under these headings in 2005 and 2006 are...
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: Community Development Projects are normally funded on the basis of three-year renewable contracts based on workplans submitted to the Department and endorsed by the relevant City or County Development Board. The funds provided by the Department contribute to the costs of employing two full-time equivalent employees, administrative expenses and overheads. The level of funding provided to...
- Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 113 and 114 together. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department implements and funds a wide range of measures, schemes and programmes for the development and support of various communities, urban and rural. Details of these can be found on my Department's website www.pobail.ie. In relation to the provision of support to community based organisations in...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (6 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 298 and 299 together. The staffing for the office of Minister of State Carey is as follows: There are currently four staff members in the Minister of State's Private Office as follows: Civil Servants: 1 Private Secretary at Executive Officer level and three Clerical Officers. There are currently four staff members in the Minister of State constituency office...
- Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (13 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: An application was received by my Department on 23 October last from the group in question under the Scheme of Community Support of Older People. Such applications are generally processed speedily and I expect to have a decision on the group's application shortly.
- Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (13 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions 249 and 245 of 10 October 2007.
- Transport 21: Statements (Resumed) (14 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: Hear, hear.
- State Airports. (14 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: I thank Deputy Breen for raising this important matter. I will take this motion on behalf of the Minister for Transport, Deputy Noel Dempsey. The State Airports Act 2004 provides the framework for the establishment of Shannon as an independent airport. As part of the airport restructuring process, the board of Shannon Airport is required to prepare a business plan for eventual separation....
- Services for People with Disabilities. (14 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: I thank Deputy McEllistrim for raising this important matter. The community development programme was established in 1990 in recognition of the role of community development in tackling the causes and effects of poverty and disadvantage. The programme is one of a number of programmes operated by my Department as it seeks to enable communities identify and address issues in their areas....
- Charities Bill 2007: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2007)
Pat Carey: I thank all the speakers for their contributions, the general welcome for the Bill and the plaudits for me. I worry that when somebody is raised up so high there is only one way to go after that.