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Written Answers — Straitéis 20 Bliain: Straitéis 20 Bliain (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh 18, 20, agus 27 le chéile. Mar is eol do na Teachtaí, tá an dréacht-Straitéis 20-bliain don Ghaeilge foilsithe ag an Rialtas agus curtha os chomhair an Chomhchoiste Oireachtais um Ghnóthaí Ealaíon, Spóirt, Turasóireachta, Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta le breithniú. Tuigim gur pléadh an dréacht-Straitéis ag cruinniú den Chomhchoiste ar 20 Eanáir...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The anticipated savings in my Department's payroll bill for 2010, arising from adjustments in public sector pay announced in Budget 2010, are of the order of €880,000.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established in 2002 against a background of concern at the multiplicity of structures and agencies through which local and community development schemes and programmes are delivered. It inherited a number of local and community programmes with diverse structures, which had been operated under the aegis of several different Departments. Clearly,...

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 26 and 44 together. Funding of the order of €425m is available over the lifetime of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2007-13 and all expenditure is subject to EU rules and regulations. In this context, a number of Local Action Groups (LAGs), formerly known as LEADER Companies, have been contracted by my Department to deliver the RDP and they must do so...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have issued no such request or instruction as I am not the employer of the persons concerned. Employees of non-public service organisations do not come within the scope of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No 2) Act 2009. Reductions in programme or scheme allocations provided by the Exchequer may mean that the boards of local development companies or other similar...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Any changes regarding the powers and functions of Údarás na Gaeltachta or its Board structure will fall to be considered at the appropriate time in the context of the 20-year Strategy for Irish. As the recently published draft Strategy remains under consideration by the Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Sports, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, it would be premature of me, at...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Beidh aon leasuithe a bheidh le déanamh ar chumhachtaí agus ar fheidhmeanna Údarás na Gaeltachta le meas i gcomhthéacs an dréacht-Stráitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge a foilsíodh le déanaí. Mar go bhfuil an dréacht-Stráitéis sin fós á meas ag an gComhchoiste um Ghnóthaí Ealaíon, Spoirt, Turasóireachta, Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta, ní féidir liom ag an bpointe seo...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Due to the continuing pressures on the public finances, the Programme of Grants for Locally Based Community and Voluntary Organisations was suspended at the end of February 2009. My Department has no plans to re-open the Scheme to new applications at present and, accordingly, organisations may wish to pursue alternative channels to secure grant support for the upgrading of community...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: While there is no formal policy in place in my Department in relation to the donation of blood by staff during normal working hours, I can confirm to the Deputy that staff who wish to donate blood during normal working hours are facilitated. For health and safety purposes, staff members on the flexitime system must clock out on leaving my Department's buildings. However, those leaving to...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am arranging for the information requested by the Deputy to be compiled and it will be provided directly to him as a matter of priority.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Expenditure by my Department on a county basis under the CLÁR Programme for the period 2007-10 (to date) is set out in the following table. Expenditure by the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs by county under the CLÁR Programme for the period 2007-10 (to date) County 2007 2008 2009 2010 (to date) Total Carlow €96,632.90 €133,935.36 - - €230,568.26 Cavan...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 to 140, inclusive, together. As the Deputy is aware, my Department administers and delivers a wide range of programmes and measures, descriptions of which are available on its website at www.pobail.ie. In addition, details of payments made from subheads part-funded from the National Lottery are listed on my Department's website. My Department's...

Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department does not use any cloud computing systems.

Tax Code. (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are farmers in my area but they are small. They do not use a large amount of energy. They are very energy efficient on the farms and they do not have the high intensity costs.

Community Service Programmes. (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6 and 7 together. In general, participants on the Department's rural social scheme, RSS, can apply for adult and child dependant allowances, depending on their family circumstances, and also for the free fuel allowance. All of these allowances are payable directly by my Department and the qualifying criteria are generally in line with those applied by the...

Community Service Programmes. (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Deputy for his support for the scheme. It is a success on the ground and I thank those participants in the scheme who did such Trojan work during the bad weather at the start of January. We can be clear about one thing, we have been paying €11.63 per week since 2009. Of that, €4.63 goes directly to paying PRSI, leaving €7. If we multiply that by 50 and add €14, it...

Community Service Programmes. (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: If I got extra funding tomorrow, I would leave the materials grant as it is and I would create more positions on the scheme. Everything must be focused for people on the ground. For many communities getting the labour is the major bonus. They can come up with the money for materials if they need it. Often it is not a major requirement because the clubs spend much more per week on...

Community Service Programmes. (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The scheme is particularly cost effective. It costs approximately €7,000 more per annum than participants would have received on social assistance. That allows for these all having home income, so a fair number were not getting the full farm assist, which is a means tested scheme. It is a small premium to pay for the extra work we are getting. I note the Deputy's remarks. If local...

Community Service Programmes. (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 8 and 13 together. During 2009, over 80 different organisations were approved for grants from my Department's community services programme, supporting an additional 300 employment opportunities in the provision of services. As Deputies will appreciate, the pressure on the public finances has significantly impacted on resources available for initiatives...

Community Service Programmes. (18 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As already stated, there are many more people employed on the scheme now than was the case on 1 January. In light of the budgetary position, I faced a decision whereby I could either reducing the number of people in employment, which I was extremely reluctant to do, or cutting the non-wage grant. If my Department had been obliged to examine the 450 projects involved to assess their ability...