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Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy : National Drugs Strategy (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 643 and 647 together. I share the concerns outlined by the Deputies in relation to the activities of headshops and the new psychoactive substances, represented as legal highs, which are being sold in these outlets. These concerns primarily relate to the potential health hazards arising from the use of these products and the possibility that their use may...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: The Older Women's Network is funded under the Scheme to Support National Organisations and has been allocated funding of €129,600 in 2010. Contracts for groups currently funded under the Scheme are due to expire on 31 December 2010. My Department is currently reviewing the Scheme and, based on this review, I will be considering its future operation and scope at the appropriate time.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department is aware of the concerns of a number of groups following the decision to withdraw funding from the organisation in question and is working with Pobal to secure arrangements so that the area will continue to receive the necessary resources from a range of relevant programmes. In this respect, Pobal has recently met with all of the community groups directly funded by the...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy. (21 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: I thank the Senator for his kind remarks. I will address the issues he has raised as best I can. The strategic objective of the national drugs strategy 2009 to 2016 which, as everyone knows, was launched last year is "to continue to tackle the harm caused to individuals and society by the misuse of drugs through a concerted focus on the five pillars of supply reduction, prevention,...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy. (21 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: With regard to the filling of the rehabilitation co-ordinator posts, I cannot give a precise date off the top of my head. Some of them are being rolled out but there will not be as many of them as recommended in the report. These will be built on over a period.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (22 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: Some €77,000 has been provided to 13 community and voluntary organisations in Co Clare under the Scheme of Community Support for Older People for the period January 2009 to March 2010. Details of the organisations supported and the level of funding provided to each is included in the table below. Group 2009 2010 € € Ballynacally Community Alert 400 - Ballyvaughan Community Alert...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (27 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: The National Advisory Committee on Drugs currently has a staff complement of 3 people - 1 Director, 1 Higher Executive Officer and 0.6 Clerical Officer. Delays arose in relation to the filling of the Research Officer post in the Committee, against the background of prevailing restrictions on recruitment. The approval of the Department of Finance was recently received to fill the post and it...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (27 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, the National Advisory Committee on Drugs is undertaking a research project in the areas of Headshops and "Legal Highs". The research will look at new psychoactive substances of natural and synthetic origin and the outlets supplying them. The key objectives of the research project are twofold, namely: · to undertake a review of the products concerned in order to...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (27 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: There are currently 2,600 participant places available under the Rural Social Scheme (RSS). All available places have been allocated and quotas have been assigned to each of the Implementing Bodies who manage the Scheme on my Department's behalf throughout the country. There are eight work measures under which participants under the RSS can undertake activities in their local communities....

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (28 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: Details of funding for community-based projects supported by my Department through the Dublin North East Local Drugs Task Force - and which operate in the areas of Dublin 5, 13 and 17 – are set out in the table.

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (28 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: As of 23 April 2010, there were no Parliamentary Questions remaining unanswered due to the circumstances referred to by the Deputy. For the sake of completeness, it should be noted that some of the information requested in 4 Parliamentary Questions for reply on 20 April 2010 could not be supplied due to ongoing industrial action in the Western Development Commission, an agency funded from my...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: While my Department provides assistance to Gaeltacht households which accommodate Irish students while attending Gaeltacht Summer Colleges, there is no direct financial support available from my Department in cases of the nature referred to by the Deputy. However, I am advised that assistance may be available in some cases of this nature from the relevant local authority or from the local...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (29 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: The number of participants on the Rural Social Scheme (RSS) varies from week to week and the work undertaken in each county depends on the number of available participants and the specific needs of each community. Participant skills are also taken into account when assigning work. To date, in 2010, over 200 new community-based projects have been set up under the Scheme. The breakdown per...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (29 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: I am working with my Ministerial colleagues to ensure that speedy and effective action is taken to ensure that the new psychoactive substances being sold in headshops are removed from circulation, in as far as is possible. The National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 includes two actions aimed at addressing the closely related issues of head shops and the substances they sell. Various approaches to...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (5 May 2010)

Pat Carey: While my Department has provided certain funding to the organisation referred to by the Deputy, this funding is restricted to a contribution towards the cost of engaging two staff for the project in question and a small overhead grant. Regrettably, support under the relevant programme of my Department does not extend to celebrations such as those referred to.

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (5 May 2010)

Pat Carey: No such appointments have been made by me, or by my predecessor, since the establishment of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs in June 2002.

Written Answers — Údarás na Gaeltachta: Údarás na Gaeltachta (5 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The last Údarás na Gaeltachta elections were held on 2 April 2005. In order to comply with the provisions of the existing legislation governing an tÚdarás, the next elections must be held on a date between 1 April 2009 and 1 October 2010. Due to the ongoing work in relation to the draft 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language and the possible implications for the functions of An...

Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (5 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The Deputy will be aware that, in 2009, my Department reviewed the operation of the Scheme of Community Support for Older People (CSOP), which resulted in a decision that a new grant scheme be put in place. I am pleased to announce that the new scheme - to be known as Seniors Alert - will become operational from 24 May next. While the specific details of the new scheme are currently being...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (5 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, Rathkeale was one of five new towns designated as part of the RAPID Programme by a Government decision on 26 May 2009. At present, Rathkeale has a Taskforce in place made up of members of local State agencies, as well as community representatives. This Taskforce is in the process of becoming the RAPID Area Implementation Team for Rathkeale. My Department is making...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (5 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, my predecessor, Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, T. D., announced in December 2009 that he was initiating a comprehensive review of the funding and structure of community-based, State-funded organisations in the Gaeltacht. The aim of the review is to provide for realigned and restructured State-funded groups with a role in language planning, community development,...