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Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The RAPID Programme operates in 46 designated disadvantaged urban areas and the CLÁR Programme in available across 23 counties that have suffered significant levels of depopulation. The funding available for 2008 will be determined in the context of Budgetary allocations for next year. The Deputy may be aware that I have asked my Department to secure a comprehensive analysis of the Small...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I was invited by the Galway City Partnership to launch the research commissioned by them and undertaken by the Child and Family Research Centre from NUI Galway. The report is entitled Towards A Better Future: Research into the Labour Market Needs and Social Exclusion of One Parent Families in Galway City and County. I am happy to welcome the publication of report. The project commenced in...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy is aware that I have asked my Department to secure a comprehensive analysis of the Small Areas Population Statistics recently published by the Central Statistics Office with a view to ensuring that the Programmes and Schemes administered across my Department are sufficiently targeted to meet the changing needs of communities. My intention is to take advantage of this newly...

Written Answers — Video Conferencing Facilities: Video Conferencing Facilities (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department has installed video conferencing technology in its three main offices and this facility is used by staff on a regular basis.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A total of 40 staff availed of the Travel Pass Scheme in my Department in 2007.

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 192 and 193 together. My Department has a waste recycling programme in place for the recycling of paper, cardboard, used electrical and electronic equipment, toner cartridges, glass and plastic. The total weight in waste recycled by my Department is set out in the table below. 2005 2006 2007 to date 18,197 kg 18,133 kg 13,779 kg No records are available for...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department funds and administers a wide range of measures, programmes and schemes for which grant aid or capital funding is available to various clubs, groups or organisations. Details of these measures, programmes and schemes are available on my Department's website, www.pobail.ie. In the time available, it has not been possible to compile the information...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Records maintained by my Department indicate that a total of €4,458,004.00 will be expended by my Department in grants and assistance to groups in Co. Kildare during 2007 under various programmes as summarised below. A further estimated spend of €1.7million will be expended by Waterways Ireland within the county during 2007. Community Development Projects 2007 € Athy CDP 117,834...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The RAPID Programme operates in 46 designated disadvantaged urban areas and the CLÁR Programme is available across 23 counties that have suffered significant levels of depopulation. As I have indicated to the House on a number of occasions, it is a matter for individual Departments to report progress under the RAPID programme. In support, Pobal collects data from each RAPID area in...

Written Answers — Rural Housing: Rural Housing (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The National Spatial Strategy (NSS) addresses many of my concerns on issues such as rural housing. The rural settlement policy framework contained in the NSS, which represents overall Government policy on rural housing, aims to sustain and renew established rural communities while strengthening the structure of villages and smaller settlements to support local economies. In this way it seeks...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 and 203 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the mandate of my Department is to promote and support the sustainable and inclusive development of communities, both urban and rural, thereby fostering better regional balance and alleviating disadvantage. Accordingly the Department implements and funds a wide range of measures, programmes and schemes...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department implements and funds a wide range of measures, programmes and schemes, details of which are available of the Department's website, www.pobail.ie. I can confirm that funding supports for rural or urban regeneration projects over the coming year will be in line with the Agreed Programme for Government, the National Development Plan 2007-2013 and the...

Community Development. (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Arising from the joint ministerial initiative on the review of local and community development structures, the Government agreed a series of measures in January 2004 to improve arrangements under which community and local development initiatives are delivered and to improve cohesion and focus across various measures. This process is informed by the following guiding principles: improving on...

Community Development. (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In response to the last question, I am confident this is not so. In respect of the number of groups that were cross-county and are now single county, off the top of my head, I cannot give the Deputy an answer. As far as I can remember, part of one of the groups in Mayo extended into west Sligo. That has now become a county group in Sligo. In respect of Leitrim north Roscommon, I...

Community Development. (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Where a body is outside the process, its employees are its affair.

Community Development. (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Most of the companies have now been set up under the new structure. As the Deputy is aware, the Leader company in Cavan-Monaghan wrote to the EU. They wrote to us and we replied to them. I hope to move ahead very shortly and announce the programme. The good thing is that full funding for the programme is still preserved so no matter when we start, it is still there for the 2007-2013...

Irish Language. (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As I advised the House on a number of previous occasions in reply to related questions on this matter, and more recently during the course of statements in the House on 8 November 2007, the Government published its statement on the Irish language in December 2006. That statement provides for the development of a 20-year strategy for the Irish language, which is intended to be the foundation...

Irish Language. (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: December 2008 or before.

Irish Language. (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Yes.

Irish Language. (5 Dec 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Dúirt mé é sin bliain ó shoin.