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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No material was printed abroad by my Department.

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department funds a Programmes of Grants for Community and Voluntary Organisations. Priority is given to organisations with a focus on addressing disadvantage or where evidence of need has been clearly identified in their communities. It is possible that the work required to be undertaken by this organisation's premises could be funded either under the refurbishment scheme or under the...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, one of the more successful aspects of the CLÁR Programme has been the level of funding provided to the various Water and Sewerage measures over the years. Funding approved under those measures rose from approximately €2.4m in 2002 to more than €16m in 2008. In total over €45m has been approved to date for water and sewerage schemes since the programme was...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 308 and 309 together. The Community Services Programme (CSP) supports a range of community business and social enterprises to deliver a diverse range of local services and employment opportunities. It has a particular focus on employing people who are currently without work or have limited employment opportunities, and delivering services through community...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have been informed by Waterways Ireland that it has entered into an agreement with the developer of the project referred to by the Deputy, which involves a lease for access purposes of Waterways Ireland property in return for the provision of public moorings by the developer. Progression of the project, including the planned moorings, has been slow but I understand that Waterways Ireland...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 311 and 312 together. The employment of staff by integrated local development companies such as Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta is a matter for the companies themselves in which I have no function. In relation to funding it is worth noting that MFG have been allocated the largest amount for any group under the recently announced Rural Development Programme.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy will be aware of the EU Guidelines on State Aid and of the revised maximum rates of intensity, which came into effect on 1 January 2009. In the context of the Gaeltacht, those changes, which have been laid down at EU level, affect enterprises in the Múscraí Gaeltacht only, where the maximum aid rate available for initial investment has been reduced from 30% to 20%. While I...

Written Answers — Voluntary Sector Funding: Voluntary Sector Funding (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has responsibility for a range of schemes which provide assistance, including financial assistance, to the youth work sector. The Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism has responsibility in relation to the provision of financial assistance in relation to sporting facilities. I should also inform the Deputy that...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I understand that my Department does not currently employ any civil servants, who are also in receipt of a civil service pension. Occasionally, my Department engages a retired civil servant with particular expertise, to carry out a specific task on behalf of the Department. Such individuals are paid a fee for carrying out such work and pension abatement rules apply to the payment of such fees.

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This is one of the problems that arises in this debate. It is a problem the Western Development Commission faces. Are we talking about the west as a geographic region? If we are, we are talking about Limerick city and Galway city, if we describe the west as covering the area from Donegal to Kerry. If we are, then parts of the region are growth areas, including Galway city. We must...

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: One interesting statistic on this issue is that in many rural areas 70% of young people go to university or third level and a very high percentage are going on to fourth level. In fact, the level is totally disproportionate compared to Dublin where, I understand, the average is approximately 40%. They get jobs in companies such as Intel and in the IT and biotechnology sectors, and work in...

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Regarding the N18, the Limerick tunnel and the road to Gort will be completed next year. The road to Tuam will be built as a PPP, I have been told, all the way to the north of Tuam, which will provide a continuous motorway the whole way from the south of Limerick city——

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The road from Gort to north Tuam is being built in one section and not two, as was previously intended. That is going ahead as a PPP and those involved are very confident they will get the money. Regarding the bypass, the Senator knows the reality of the situation, which is that An Bord Pleanála turned down the application. I have read its report and am still convinced that no matter how...

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Claregalway bypass, as Senator Healy Eames knows, is part of the——

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ——Gort to Tuam road that is going ahead next year, as I predicted it would. A relief road within Claregalway received money this year for planning, and I predicted that was the way it would proceed. Regarding Shannon, I remember being on the radio when Aer Lingus made its decision. There was, understandably, a lot of outcry in Shannon. I kept saying it had happened and Aer Lingus at...

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It did not, it was to do with Government.

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No, it is not.

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is all there. The great news is that it is being extended all the way to Tuam in one big jump.

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It also is going past Tuam. The Tuam bypass will continue beyond Tuam. The Senator does not listen to me on Galway Bay FM.

Seanad: Development of the West: Statements (24 Feb 2009)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Again, it is going ahead.