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Seanad: Drugs Task Forces (27 Feb 2008)

Pat Carey: Members will be fully conversant with the background to the establishment of local drugs taskforces, LDTFs, as a result of the Rabbitte report. Staff were seconded to the task forces from the health boards and development workers and other staff were recruited. At the end of the first round, some projects were mainstreamed into Departments and Government agencies. That is the point at...

Seanad: Drugs Task Forces (27 Feb 2008)

Pat Carey: I do not have a copy of it with me.

Seanad: Drugs Task Forces (27 Feb 2008)

Pat Carey: Ideally, I would like everyone to sign up to everything as soon as possible. However, we are anxious not to leave workers, who are dependent on these arrears and on the security of their positions, swinging. We are anxious to resolve the issue, even on a case by case basis.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (4 Mar 2008)

Pat Carey: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 433 on 19 February 2008.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (4 Mar 2008)

Pat Carey: The Project in question is funded under the Community Development Programme. The Community Development Programme provides financial assistance to some 180 Projects nationally. These projects operate local resource centres or provide services aimed at addressing the problems faced by communities caused by poverty and disadvantage. Funded Projects meet the needs of women and children, those...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (5 Mar 2008)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 271 and 273 together. I would refer the Deputy to my reply to question number 433 on 19th February 2008.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 Mar 2008)

Pat Carey: I refer the Deputy to my reply to question number 433 on 19 February 2008.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 Mar 2008)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 339 and 340 together. I refer the Deputy to my reply to question number 433 on 19 February 2008.

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (11 Mar 2008)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, the Young Peoples Facilities and Services Fund (YPFSF), has until recently, focused on the 14 Local Drugs Task Force areas (12 in Dublin, Bray and Cork), as well as Limerick, Waterford, Carlow and Galway. Recently, I announced that I was expanding the Fund to four additional towns — Athlone, Dundalk, Wexford and Arklow — and arrangements to give effect to...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (12 Mar 2008)

Pat Carey: I understand that Dublin City Council and Donnycarney Community & Youth Centre (which is funded through the Young Peoples Facilities & Services Fund operated by my Department) have a current lease agreement for a term of 4 years and 9 months. The lease is due to expire on 22nd November 2008 at which point the City Council proposes to offer the group a long-term 22 year lease agreement.

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (12 Mar 2008)

Pat Carey: The Community Development Programme provides financial assistance to some 180 Projects nationally. These projects operate local resource centres or provide services aimed at addressing the problems faced by communities caused by poverty and disadvantage. Funded Projects meet the needs of women and children, those with disabilities, the homeless, lone parent families, the elderly, the...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (13 Mar 2008)

Pat Carey: The majority of capital expenditure allocated to community groups through my Department for drugs initiatives is channelled through the Local and Regional Drugs Task Forces and the Young People's Facilities and Services Fund (YPFSF). In this context, the Deputy should note that funding for these programmes is met from the Exchequer, not the National Lottery. Drugs Task Force projects...

Written Answers — Care of the Elderly: Care of the Elderly (13 Mar 2008)

Pat Carey: My Department operates the Scheme of Community Support for Older People. This Scheme encourages and assists the community's support for older people by means of community-based grants to improve the security of vulnerable older people in their own homes. The Scheme is open to people aged 65 and over who have a genuine need for assistance and is administered by local community and voluntary...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: The organisation in question was awarded funding of €70,090 under the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF) to establish a Lifestart Programme in Mulhuddart to facilitate a home-visiting support service to families with young children. A further sum of €22,600 was awarded to the organisation from the fund in 2007. This was done to facilitate continued limited funding to first round projects which...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (2 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 601, 603 to 605, inclusive, 608 and 617 together. I would like to refer the Deputies to my previous response to Question 433 of 19th February 2008. My Department cannot extend these publicly procured contracts on an indefinite basis and tenders for support services will be advertised publicly in the very near future as part of the development of future support...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (2 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: My Department published one Report, entitled 'Report of the Working Group on Drugs Rehabilitation, May 2007', in 2007, at a cost of €17,479. The cost does not include preparatory work carried out by officials of my Department and officials of other Departments who formed part of the Working Group, as such work is part of the normal duties performed by officials, and it is not possible, with...

Job Creation. (3 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: Ar dtús báire, ba mhaith liom a rá go bhfuil díomá ar an Aire nach bhfuil sé in ann a bheith anseo. Tá cruinniú aige in áit éigin eile. Dúirt sé liom gurb é seo an chéad uair ó ainmníodh é mar Aire Stáit nach raibh sé anseo go pearsanta chun ceisteanna a fhreagairt, so the Deputies opposite are stuck with me. Údarás na Gaeltachta operates a range of schemes and...

Job Creation. (3 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: Any job losses are a matter of serious concern. I expect the issue of non-payment of wages in the case of the company closure to which the Deputy referred will be processed expeditiously in the normal manner to protect those workers. The Department is working with Údarás na Gaeltachta in a variety of ways to ensure new sectors of employment potential are identified, particularly in the...

Job Creation. (3 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources is working to increase the provision of broadband throughout the State. On the Deputy's first question, an allocation of almost €268 million has been made to Údarás na Gaeltachta since 2002 to enable it to develop the economy of the Gaeltacht. Údarás is allowed to reinvest its return from sales of assets in its capital...

Departmental Programmes. (3 Apr 2008)

Pat Carey: The Leader element of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 represents my Department's response to the commitment in the programme for Government in regard to rural enterprise development. In that regard, I hope to be in a position to commence the process of selecting the local action groups to deliver the Leader element of the rural development programme in the near future. The funding...