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Written Answers — Foreign Travel: Foreign Travel (26 Oct 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have attended nine foreign conferences since my appointment to Government. The details requested by the Deputy are outlined in the following table. Location Dates of Travel Conference Entourage Portugal 6-8 December 2002 OSCE Conference Minister, Minister's Wife, Private Secretary Boston 24-27 April 2003 Convention of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann ...

Written Answers — Rural Depopulation: Rural Depopulation (26 Oct 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Through the CLÁR programme, my Department has continued in 2005 to address depopulation, as well as the decline and lack of services in rural areas. The programme covers areas in 18 counties, with a population of 362,000, including areas I announced in January 2003 in light of the 2002 population census data. The average population loss in the selected areas is 50%. The exception is the...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (26 Oct 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department continued to provide, in the period mentioned by the Deputy, significant urban support through programmes such as the local development social inclusion programme, LDSIP, community development programme, CDP, the youth services and facilities programme and RAPID as well as supporting initiatives by local drugs task forces. These programmes are ongoing.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (26 Oct 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Questions Nos. 298 and 302 of 29 June 2005.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (26 Oct 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Details of the grants allocated by my Department to the various eligible groups in County Kildare are set out in the following tables. Community Development Programme. Name Final Quarter 2004 Funding 2005 Total Funding The Bridge CDP Newbridge Core-funding —€13,900 Annual core-funding —€62,400 Athy CDP Core-funding —€29,143 Annual core-funding —€105,400 North...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (27 Oct 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are no EU directives within my Department's competency which have not been transposed into law.

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (27 Oct 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy is aware, the Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Act 2005 provides for the establishment of a reconstituted board which will consist of a chairperson and ten ordinary members all of whom must have knowledge or experience relevant to the board's functions. Section 32(3) of the Act provides that not fewer than four of the ten ordinary members are to be persons who in my opinion have...

Written Answers — Rural Social Scheme: Rural Social Scheme (2 Nov 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The number of rural social scheme applications received by the implementing bodies in 2005 per county, along with details of places offered and applications refused, is shown in the following table. County No. of Applications Received in 2005 No. of such Applications where a place was offered and taken No. of such Applications where a place was offered but not taken No. of such...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (2 Nov 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Waterways Ireland is one of the six North-South implementation bodies established in 1999 under the British-Irish Agreement Act. It has responsibility for the management, maintenance and development of inland waterways, principally for recreational purposes. The extension of the Erne navigation to Killykeen is not included in the National Development Plan 2000-2006 and Waterways Ireland...

Written Answers — Fostaíocht Gaeltachta: Fostaíocht Gaeltachta (2 Nov 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 422 agus 423 le chéile. Tuigim óÚdarás na Gaeltachta go bhfuil trí chomhlacht lonnaithe ar an eastát ar an bhFál Carrach i láthair na huaire agus go bhfuil fostaíocht iomlán de 24 post i gceist iontu mar atá léirithe sa tábla seo a leanas: Comhlacht Carbhait Teo. Cora Tine Teo. Dermalogics Teo. Líon post 3 17 4 Níl aon ghnó...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (2 Nov 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 425 and 427 together. The number and value of contracts awarded to outside consultants, including those awarded for public relations projects, by my Department since its establishment in June 2002 are set out in the table. Completed projects are indicated by an asterisk. This largely reflects material provided in reply to Question No. 344 on 12 October 2005....

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (2 Nov 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are four staff members employed in my constituency office, as follows: one personal assistant on the higher executive officer pre-1995 standard scale —€40,543 to €51,463; one executive officer on an off-scale point of the pre-1995 EO standard scale —€26,618 to €42,238; one clerical officer on the pre-1995 CO standard scale —€20,181 to €32,728; and one clerical officer...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (2 Nov 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Five staff are employed in my Department's press and information office as follows: one media adviser on the pre-1995 principal officer standard salary scale —€75,036 to €92,813; one administrative officer on the post-1995 AO standard salary scale —€30,593 to €54,173; one executive officer on the post-1995 EO standard salary scale —€28,021 to €44,458; one clerical officer on...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (2 Nov 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A complaint has recently been received by my Department from the parents of a child who attended an Irish summer college in the Gaeltacht this year regarding the child's attendance at the college. My Department's primary involvement with Irish summer colleges is with the administration of a scheme entitled Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge. The object of this scheme is to provide grant...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (2 Nov 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy is aware from my reply to the questions referred to, the need for the provision of a clear statement on the part of the Government regarding the Irish language and its importance as a whole has emerged as a key issue in the deliberations of Fóram na Gaeilge. As I have already stated, I hope to be in a position to elaborate further on this issue in the near future.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (2 Nov 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In line with commitments in the Department's initial decentralisation plan in 2004, an initial risk register for each area of operation was put in place. Building on this initial work, these registers were reviewed by the Department's audit committee in December 2004 and this review informed the development of the Department's updated implementation plan of April 2005. In the wider context of...

Written Answers — Calafoirt agus Céanna: Calafoirt agus Céanna (2 Nov 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tá iarratas á mheas ag mo Roinnse i láthair na huaire ar fhorbairt na céibhe seo faoi scéim na gcéibheanna beaga sa Ghaeltacht. Tá costas measta de €180,000 curtha ag Comhairle Chontae Dhún na nGall ar na hoibreacha atá i gceist, ina measc síneadh ar an gcéibh mar aon le fáinní tarrthála agus trealamh sábháilteachta a chur ar fáil. Sé an gnáth uasmhéid a chaithfear ar...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting Procedures: Garda Vetting Procedures (2 Nov 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Owing to the wide range of my Department's responsibilities it has not been possible to assemble the information sought by the Deputy in the time available. I will communicate with her as soon as the information is available.

Written Answers — Waterways Ireland: Waterways Ireland (3 Nov 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The operation of the weir to which the Deputy refers is a matter for Waterways Ireland, a North-South Implementation Body co-sponsored by my Department and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in the North. I am informed by Waterways Ireland that all the sluices have been open since 25 October 2005 and that the weir is free from debris.

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (8 Nov 2005)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It has been a long-standing policy of my Department to ensure that customers who wish to conduct their business through a choice of English or Irish can do so as far as practicable. Expenditure on providing services through Irish and English arises from our existing commitments to our customers and is met from our administrative budget. It is not possible, therefore, to readily separate the...