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Written Answers — Áiseanna Oileáin: Áiseanna Oileáin (24 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar is eol don Teachta ó mo fhreagra ar Cheist Dála Uimh. 227 ar 4 Aibreán 2007, bhí curtha in iúl ag Comhairle Chontae Dhún na nGall nach dtabharfaí tosaíocht don obair áirithe ós rud é nach raibh cosaint maoine nó áiseanna poiblí i gceist. Dá réir sin, ní raibh an togra curtha san áireamh nuair a bhí cláir oileánda Dhún na nGall á gcur le chéile do 2007, cláir ar...

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is always a pleasure to listen to Deputies P. J. Sheehan and Ring. They always make lively and knowledgeable contributions to debates. I congratulate Deputy P. J. Sheehan on his contribution, to which I listened with great interest. The Deputy referred to the Celtic tiger. If he had examined the pre-budget Estimates he would have seen that the amount of money we are to spend will...

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There are many good and positive things hidden away in the small print. I will not have the opportunity to comment on all of the matters relating to my Department. There are, however, a number of aspects I wish to highlight. The first issue to which I wish to refer, namely, the need to press ahead with the decentralisation process, will have great resonance with Deputies Ring and P. J....

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It was important to help Deputy Ring. He and I are good friends and we live just across the county border from one another. I was bitterly disappointed that the planning application for what I thought was a prestige building on an excellent site on the road to Knock Airport was refused. However, my attitude is that if one is not successful when approaching a matter from one direction, one...

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Minister for Transport, Deputy Dempsey, stated, we are proceeding with the western rail corridor. There were many doubting Thomases who thought that this was merely a promise. The great news is — and I have photographic evidence to support it — that the track is being laid on the first phase of the western rail corridor, which stretches from Ennis to Athenry and which is on...

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have to hand it to an tAthair Micheál MacGréil and his colleagues. They refused to lie down; they preserved the line and they provided people like me and my colleagues, the Ministers for Transport and Social and Family Affairs, Deputies Dempsey and Cullen, with the opportunity to deliver on this project. Having already spent €5 million — the sum will be fully expended by the end of...

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I cannot do everything for the Deputy. It is fair to state that the rural social scheme has been a resounding success. The only complaints I have received are to the effect that there are not enough places on the scheme. The programme for Government contains a promise in this regard. There were many who were sceptical when the scheme commenced. However, people in every parish are availing...

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is a pier to be built in Cape Clear and we will get to that. D'fhéadfainn dul ar aghaidh ar feadh an tráthnóna mar tá go leor a bhféadfainn a rá. Is léir go bhfuil an leibhéal ardghníomhaíochta a shroich muid i mbliana ar an leibhéal is airde riamh agus is léir, ós rud é go bhfuil an t-ollmhéad a tháinig ar chaiteachas na Roinne le leanacht sna blianta beaga romhainn,...

Pre-Budget Outlook: Motion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It has for Mayo.

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (23 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The cost of upgrading the pier in question, including harbour developments and a marina, was approximately €10m according to estimates prepared some years ago. The scale of the project is beyond the scope of investment that my Department would be in a position to make under the Gaeltacht Strategic Piers Programme. Furthermore, I understand from discussions that my officials had with the...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (23 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Statutory responsibility for promotion of the Irish language, including matters such as the development of terminology and dictionaries, rests with Foras na Gaeilge. Earlier this year, I requested the Foras to carry out a review of An Caighdeán Oifigiúil/the Official Standard for Irish. I am informed by the Foras that it is in the process of drawing up a plan as to the most effective way...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (23 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department's Annual Output Statement was published on its website on 16 May 2007 and is available at the following address: http://www.pobail.ie/en/CorporateSupportServices/ Finance/AnnualOutputStatement2007

Written Answers — Departmental Travel: Departmental Travel (23 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is my Department's policy that frequent flyer points may not influence decisions taken in relation to the carriers used for official business. However, in recognition of the fact that official travel is disruptive to personal and family life, my Department allows any benefits that are received under frequent flier schemes in the course of official travel to be retained.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (23 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To date in 2007 my Department has spent approximately €22,912 on stationery items and paper. Out of this expenditure the sum of €11,726 represents the amount spent on purchases produced from 100% recycled material. My Department seeks to make use of recycled paper products to the greatest extent possible.

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (23 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I wish to inform the Deputy that I am advised by Waterways Ireland that its solicitors are dealing with the transfer of land in this case and that the matter will be progressed as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (23 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Due to the significant increase in assistance for Local Improvement Scheme (L.I.S.) roads from the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (D/EHLG) in the past number of years (approx €11m in 2002 & 2003, €12.1m in 2004, €12.5m in 2005, €25m in 2006 and €30m in 2007), my Department has decided to place a greater emphasis on funding water and sewerage schemes during...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (18 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The club to which the Deputy refers submitted their business plan for 2007-2009 for appraisal under my Department's Community Services Programme. In appraising the business plan, the view was taken that it did not adequately reflect the new emphasis in the programme of providing services to disadvantaged people in particular sections of society. No final decision has been made in relation to...

Written Answers — Voluntary Sector Funding: Voluntary Sector Funding (18 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department provides funding for a wide range of community projects, through a number of schemes and programmes. Each of the schemes and grant programmes operated by my Department are governed by rules and eligibility criteria, which projects have to meet in order to qualify for funding. With regard to the specific project referred to by the Deputy, elements of...

Written Answers — Ferry Services: Ferry Services (18 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Earlier this year, my Department received an enquiry from Donegal County Council in regard to providing financial assistance for the Lough Swilly ferry service operating between Rathmullan and Buncrana. Donegal County Council was informed that subventions paid by my Department for the provision of ferry services are specifically in respect of islands with a permanent resident population.

Written Answers — National Development Plan: National Development Plan (18 Oct 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The new National Development Plan (NDP) 2007-2013 has a chapter dedicated to the development of the rural economy. This outlines how the Plan, within the framework of national policies and programmes, will assist the social and economic development of rural areas in the coming years. In this context, it sets out a range of interventions — in areas such as broadband, non-national roads,...