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Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 78 together. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established to promote and support the sustainable and inclusive development of communities - both urban and rural - and it has responsibility for a wide range of programmes and schemes targeting community, local and rural development. The key principle underlying my Department's activities is...

Written Answers — Údarás na Gaeltachta Elections: Údarás na Gaeltachta Elections (11 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 — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As part of the effort under way at present across Departments and agencies to introduce controls on a range of psychoactive substances sold through headshops and through the internet, the HSE, in association with partner agencies under the Drugs Strategy, is finalising a national drugs awareness campaign that will focus on the dangers of psychoactive substances. The Deputy will also be aware...

Written Answers — Inter-Parliamentary Co-operation: Inter-Parliamentary Co-operation (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department has a number of North/South co-operation areas under its remit and these – and indeed East/West co-operation under the auspices of the British-Irish Council - continue to be a strategic priority, particularly in the context of the Good Friday and St Andrews Agreements. Principally, my areas of responsibility in this regard include the two North/South Implementation Bodies...

Written Answers — Programmes for Government: Programmes for Government (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I can assure the Deputy that my priority over the coming period will be to progress the actions and commitments reflected in the Programme for Government and the Revised Programme for Government that relate to my functions and areas of responsibility in the re-configured Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs. In this regard, work will commence shortly on the preparation of a...

Written Answers — Clár Reachtaíochta: Clár Reachtaíochta (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: Faoi mar is eol don Teachta, tá an dréacht-Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge foilsithe ag an Rialtas agus tá sí faoi láthair idir chamáin ag an gComhchoiste Oireachtais um Ghnóthaí Ealaín, Spóirt, Turasóireachta, Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta le breithniú. Tuigtear dom go bhfuil an Comhchoiste ag déanamh scrúdú ar na saincheisteanna éagsúla atá tagtha chun cinn - ceist na...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, the RAPID Programme aims to ensure that priority attention is given to tackling the spatial concentration of poverty and social exclusion within 51 designated RAPID areas nationally. As has been outlined to the House on a number of occasions, it is a matter for individual Departments to report on the provision of funding and progress on delivery with respect to...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I recently made €600,000 in funding available for small-scale capital projects in Local and Regional Drugs Task Force areas. A total of €25,000 is being earmarked for individual Task Forces. This funding is being provided under the Capital Premises Fund 2010, the purpose of which is to meet identified 'once off' capital needs in existing Task Force projects. The funding is being...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: In relation to the RAPID Programme, the Deputy should note that it is a matter for individual Departments to report on the provision of funding and progress on delivery with respect to projects under their responsibility in RAPID areas. In 2004, my Department introduced the RAPID Leverage Schemes whereby it directly funds a number of measures such as the Local Authority Housing Estate...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The Dormant Accounts Fund Acts provides for an annual transfer by credit institutions and insurance undertakings of monies in accounts determined to be dormant into the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF). Since its establishment in May 2003 to end-March 2010, the net transfers to the DAF have totalled some €326m. The value of the DAF at end-March 2010, net of liabilities, was some €42m. This...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: In my Department's Vote for 2010, funding of €40m is being provided for the roll-out of the Rural Development Programme 2007-13, approximately €27m of which is being allocated directly for project funding. The table below details the overall RDP allocations for each of the 36 Local Action Groups, which are delivering the programme on my Department's behalf, as well as their...

Written Answers — Charities Act 2009: Charities Act 2009 (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The Deputy will be aware that the Charities Act 2009 is structured in such a way as to allow for commencement, by Ministerial order, of its individual provisions on different dates over a period of time. However, commencement of the majority of the Act is contingent on a Charities Regulatory Authority being in place. To date, section 99, which regulates the sale of Mass cards, and some...

Written Answers — Recreational Facilities: Recreational Facilities (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: There are no programmes or schemes within my Department's remit that specifically provide funding for skateboard parks. However, the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-2013 has funding of €425m available to be allocated to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013. One of the objectives of the RDP is to identify and provide appropriate cultural and leisure facilities to local...

Written Answers — An Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: An Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh 76 agus 80 le chéile. Mar is eol don Teachta, tá an dréacht-Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge foilsithe ag an Rialtas agus curtha os comhair an Chomhchoiste Oireachtais um Ghnóthaí Ealaín, Spóirt, Turasóireachta, Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta le breithniú. Tuigim go bhfuil an Comhchoiste tar éis roinnt cruinnithe a thionól le grúpaí agus...

Written Answers — Anti-Drug Dealing Campaign: Anti-Drug Dealing Campaign (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, the Dial to Stop Drug Dealing campaign ran in three phases, across fifteen Local and Regional Drugs Task Force areas, in 2008 and 2009. To date, there have been 6,468 calls made to the confidential line, with 1,780 reports being made to the Gardaí. The report the Deputy refers to is a comprehensive evaluation of the campaign and highlights the obvious and tangible...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I assume the Deputy is referring to the Programme of Grants for Locally-based Community and Voluntary Organisations, which provides support to smaller community and voluntary organisations to a) meet the refurbishment costs of community premises, b) purchase office and centre equipment to enhance the services provided, and c) enhance the capacity of volunteers and staff working in the...

Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, as part of the restructuring of Departments and agencies announced by the Taoiseach in Dáil Éireann on 23 March to ensure greater coherence and produce more efficient delivery, the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs will become the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs and will incorporate responsibility for social inclusion...

Written Answers — Community Services Programme: Community Services Programme (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The Community Services Programme (CSP) provides a contribution towards the costs of engaging staff to provide services delivered by community and voluntary organisations. In general, the CSP will only contribute to the delivery of a service where other sources of non-public revenue are earned by the organisation by way of sales of goods, services charges or fees. Some 450 organisations have...

Written Answers — Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: Tá 101 scéim teanga céaduaire, a chlúdaíonn 186 comhlacht poiblí ar fad, daingnithe faoi alt 11 d'Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla ó a tháinig an tAcht i bhfeidhm i 2003. Anuas ar sin, tá 30 céad scéim teanga céaduaire eile, a chlúdaíonn 35 comhlacht poiblí, á n-ullmhú. Ní miste dom a rá chomh maith go bhfuil 9 dara scéim teanga daingnithe faoi alt 15 den Acht go dtí seo...

Written Answers — Drugs Task Forces: Drugs Task Forces (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As has been previously outlined to the Deputy, the majority of expenditure allocated to community groups through my Department for drugs initiatives is channelled through the Local and Regional Drugs Task Forces. Under this process, applications for funding are made directly to the Task Forces. In 2010, in excess of €31m in current funding is being made available to fund the activities...