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Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (9 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department is responsible for the delivery of Axes 3 & 4 of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP) for which overall funding of the order of €425m is available. The €40m allocation for 2010 represents an increase of approximately 120% on expenditure in 2009. In order to maximise the impact of the funding available to communities on the ground, the administration/animation...

Written Answers — Departmental Procurement: Departmental Procurement (9 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 396 and 398 together. My Department was established in June 2002 and this reply covers the period from that date onwards. No companies have been granted contracts by my Department for projects worth €10 million or more in the period in question. However, for the sake of completeness, I should inform the Deputy that my Department has entered into certain...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (9 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department has made available on its website details regarding consultancies (excepting those of minor value, i.e., less than €5,000 excluding VAT) from June 2002 to end-December 2009. The relevant link, which will take the Deputy directly to these details, including the information sought by him, is as follows: www.pobail.ie/en/CorporateSupportServices/Finance/Consultanc ies. The...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (9 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In line with the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulation (SI No 299 of 2007), my Department is undertaking the process of testing all portable appliances and I am advised that this should be completed shortly. I am also advised that a copy of the Regulation has been provided to each of the bodies funded from within my Department's Vote Group for implementation, as...

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (9 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On 4 February 2010, I announced that I had approved the release of the company Tithe Saoire Chléire Teo from its contract with my Department to provide subsidised passenger and cargo ferry services to Cléire with effect from 28 February 2010. The decision to terminate the contract was taken on foot of an application made by the company itself and had regard to my Department's assessment of...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (9 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department is responsible for the delivery of Axes 3 & 4 of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP) for which overall funding of the order of €425m is available. The €40m allocation for 2010 represents an increase of approximately 120% on expenditure in 2009. In order to maximise the impact of the funding available to communities on the ground, the administration/animation...

Written Answers — Cross-Border Projects: Cross-Border Projects (9 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: North/South co-operation is a strategic priority for my Department, particularly in the context of the Good Friday and St Andrew's Agreements. My Department supports and co-funds two North/South Implementation Bodies within its ambit - Waterways Ireland and An Foras Teanga (comprising Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster-Scots Agency/Tha Boord o Ulstèr-Scotch) - along with the Department of...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (9 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 9 civil servants in my Department have signed up for the cycle to work scheme to date. The total amount sanctioned to date by way of cycle purchases for these staff is €5,439. There is no discernible cost to my Department's Vote in administering the cycle to work scheme, as those participating pay for the bicycles and equipment by way of salary sacrifice. There are minor costs arising in...

Written Answers — Drugs Education: Drugs Education (3 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have voiced my concerns in regard to the activities of headshops, and substances represented as "legal highs", on numerous occasions since my appointment as Minister of State with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy. My concerns in relation to these substances centre on the potential health hazards arising from the use of these products; and the possibility that their use may...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (3 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, responsibility for the acquisition, leasing and rental of property on behalf of the State rests with the Office of Public Works (OPW). The details sought by the Deputy in regard to the four relevant locations arising under the Decentralisation Programme in the case of my Department and the bodies within its ambit are set out below. Staff of my Department due to...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In view of the number of relevant agencies and bodies under the remit of my Department, both past and present, and the extended time period referred to in the Deputy's Question, I am not satisfied that the work involved in compiling and collating the significant amount of data requested would be feasible or justified. However, if the Deputy has specific queries relating to a particular...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (2 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 404 and 409 together. I have voiced my concerns in regard to the activities of head shops, and substances represented as "legal highs", on numerous occasions since my appointment as Minister of State with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy. My concerns in relation to these substances centre on: · the potential health hazards arising from the use...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have responsibility for the Community Childcare Subvention Scheme (CCSS) which was introduced in January 2008 and provides support funding to community based not for profit childcare providers to enable them to charge reduced childcare fees to disadvantaged and low income working parents, and for the free Pre-School Year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme which came into...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department's allocation for 2010 has been reduced. However, I am happy to inform the Deputy that Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge will be maintained in 2010 and that assistance will once again be available for those Gaeltacht households that provide accommodation for students under this scheme. A decision has not yet been made with regard to the specific rate...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (2 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar is eol don Teachta, tá an soláthar airgid atá ar fáil do mo Roinnse i 2010 laghdaithe. É sin ráite, tá áthas orm a chur in iúl don Teachta go bhfuil i gceist agam leanúint le Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoiri Gaeilge i 2010 agus go mbeidh cúnamh ar fáil arís faoin Scéim ó mo Roinnse do na teaghlaigh sa Ghaeltacht a chuireann lóistín ar fáil do na scoláirí. Níl cinneadh...

Written Answers — Rural Transport Services: Rural Transport Services (2 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The group referred to by the Deputy was one of seven organisations funded under a pilot Rural Transport Evening/Night-time Scheme, supported by my Department, which ceased at the end of 2009. All the groups involved also manage rural transport services in their local areas as part of the Rural Transport Programme (RTP) funded by the Department of Transport. While funding for the pilot...

Written Answers — Family Mediation Services: Family Mediation Services (2 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The organisation referred to by the Deputy transferred to my Department's Community Service Programme (CSP) in 2006 from the Social Economy Programme which was operated by FÁS. An application and business plan was subsequently approved for funding and a contract commenced at the beginning of April 2007. That contract expired at the end of December 2009 and an offer has been made to renew...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (2 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: At present, my Department does not have any EU Directives which require to be transposed into primary or secondary legislation.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (2 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In response to Parliamentary Question 237 of 21 January, I undertook, in the interest of completeness, to arrange for additional information regarding substantive reports (i.e. reports other than internal reports, assessments, audits, etc.) commissioned in 2007, 2008 and 2009 to be provided by my Department directly to the Deputy. I am advised that this additional information will be posted...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (2 Feb 2010)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The organisation referred to by the Deputy was approved for funding under the 2006 call for applications under my Department's Community Services Programme (CSP). While the organisation's contract with CSP expired at the end of December 2009, an offer to renew the contract for a further period was made in recent weeks.