Results 1,141-1,160 of 2,551 for speaker:Pat Carey
- Departmental Programmes. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: Very significant progress has been made in our Department on that issue. For the questions that were transferred to the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, I will arrange to have comprehensive replies submitted. The cohesion process in our area has been significantly advanced. There are a small number of outstanding matters that need to be resolved, but issues...
- Placenames Commission. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: The function of the Placenames Commission is to advise the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs on Irish forms of placenames for legal purposes as provided for in part five of the Official Languages Act 2003, including the placenames of Ireland as they are defined in article 31 of the Act, in order to confirm the Irish forms of those placenames, and preparation of placename...
- Placenames Commission. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: We all agree that what the Deputy is saying is an important part of what we do as a nation. Much work has been done. The official Irish versions of the placenames of those counties have been recorded in Kilkenny, Louth, Limerick, Monaghan, Waterford, Tipperary and Offaly, as have Gaeltacht areas, centres and districts of population and counties and provinces. A further order relating to...
- Placenames Commission. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: The research will expedite the making of an order for placenames in the county outside Gaeltacht areas, possibly by early 2010. It is fair to say that any additional staff that are to be assigned to this area will have to be found from within the Department's allocation.
- Placenames Commission. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: I cannot give the Deputy details of the specific funding now, but I can arrange to have them supplied to him. I gather the date of the last meeting is on the website. The Internet address for the database is www.logainm.ie I am sorry I cannot find that information for the Deputy.
- Teorainneacha na Gaeltachta. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: Mar atá a fhios ag an Teachta, tá cinneadh glactha ag an Rialtas coiste ag leibhéal comh-aireachta a bhunú chun breathnú ar shaincheisteanna a thagann chun cinn i gcomhthéacs na hanailÃse agus na moltaà sa tuarascáil a d'eascair ón staidéar teangeolaÃoch ar úsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht. Mar sin, nÃl cinneadh déanta ag an Rialtas ag an bpointe seo maidir le haon moladh sa...
- Teorainneacha na Gaeltachta. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: Tá mé cinnte go dtuigeann an Teachta gurb é seo an staidéir is cuimsithà ar úsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht a dhéanadh riamh. Tá ceithre imleabhar ar fad sa tuarascáil. Tá moltaà forleathana agus radacacha déanta. Beidh impleachtaà móra ag baint leis na cinntà a dhéanfar de réir an staidéar seo. SÃlim go bhfuil sé tábhachtach léirsmaoineamh iomlán scolártha a...
- Teorainneacha na Gaeltachta. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: I measc na haidhmeanna a bhà ann nuair a chuireadh an tuarascáil seo ar bun i dtús, bhà an Roinn ag iarraidh a fháil amach cad iad na fadhbanna atá ann i leith na Gaeilge. Tá mé cinnte go mbeidh seans nÃos fearr againn na ceisteanna seo a phlé nuair a bheidh toradh na coiste chomh-aireachta ar fáil agus á phlé againn anseo sa fo-choiste. Beidh dÃospóireacht againn mar gheall...
- National Drugs Strategy. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: The steering group for the new national drugs strategy, chaired by my Department, is currently finalising details of a comprehensive public consultation process, which will be undertaken over the coming months. Consultants, to assist the group in its ongoing work, are also in the process of being recruited and it is expected that they will be on board from next week. The steering group has...
- National Drugs Strategy. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: One consultant group will do the lot. I have had no involvement in this initiative. Officials within my Department went through the usual process. I am not yet in a position to say how much is the cost of the consultancy. It involves not just reviewing the state of the present strategy but listening to what people have to say, in public consultations and so on. I shall be more than happy...
- National Drugs Strategy. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: On the question of examining what is happening in other jurisdictions, the eight Administrations participating in the British-Irish Council met in Kilmainham a few weeks ago and discussed drugs and alcohol. I was in Copenhagen and Helsinki prior to St. Patrick's Day and met a number of organisations involved in combating the misuse of drugs and alcohol. Ireland is probably as good as, if...
- Departmental Staff. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: The total staff complement for my Department is 269. The breakdown of staff by location is as follows: Dublin, 119; Tubbercurry, 79; Galway, 58; and other locations, including Donegal, Athlone and Cavan, 13. A total of 15 staff are assigned to the Minister, including ten in the private office and five in the constituency office. A total of 7.4 staff are assigned to my office, including 3.6...
- Departmental Staff. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: On decentralisation generally, the Office of Public Works, on behalf of the Department, will shortly be applying for planning permission for a new site in Charlestown in County Mayo. The staff currently located in Tubbercurry will relocate to that premises on its completion, which will be in 2010, all going well. Non-property costs mentioned over the period 2004 to 2007 cover ICT and...
- Departmental Staff. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: As far as I know it is leased, but I will confirm that.
- Departmental Staff. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: Progress has been a little slower in respect of Foras na Gaeilge. Partly due to the fact that it is a North-South implementation body, it was necessary to secure the agreement of our Northern counterparts to the move. However, we now hope to see the start of the relocation process later this year, with possibly up to 20%, or just seven, of the targeted posts earmarked for relocation. The...
- Departmental Staff. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: I hope they will be relocated this year. The site in Charlestown depends on planning permission being secured successfully.
- EU Funding. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 18 together. I refer the Deputies to my reply to a priority question on a related issue earlier today and to my previous replies to Question Nos. 10 and 19 of 14 February 2008. As indicated in those replies, 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...
- EU Funding. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: Letters have been exchanged between the parties â between legal representatives for the companies involved and the European Commission and our Department. Correspondence was received by our Department a number of weeks ago. That most recent correspondence from the Commission has been responded to and we in the Department are waiting for the Commission's response to it. Our Department is...
- EU Funding. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: It has been concluded. I am satisfied that my officials will make arrangements for the publication and dissemination of the report in a manner that will be consistent with the value for money policy review guidelines issued by the Department of Finance. I am given to understand it will be available quite shortly.
- Departmental Advertising. (3 Apr 2008)
Pat Carey: Last February, I launched the national awareness campaign on drugs, "The Party's Over". This campaign was developed by the Health Service Executive, HSE, in consultation with many of the key Departments and agencies involved in tackling problem drug use, including my Department. The campaign was developed with the intention that it will be sustainable over the next three years. In the first...