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Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (4 Jul 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Officials of my Department have made contact with Offaly County Development Board in order to advance the cohesion process in Offaly and to address the obstacles to progress, including those issues mentioned in the letter referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (4 Jul 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To date, I have approved funding for a total of 22 County/City Developments Boards and Údarás na Gaeltachta. In the case of two of these CDBs further proposals are awaited in order to complete county coverage. I am considering the position in relation to the 12 other counties at present. So far this year, I have approved a total of €3,049,696 for cohesion actions and €76,600 for...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (4 Jul 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Having examined the matter in relation to the type of funding required by the Loreto Centre, the position is that the funding proposal does not come directly within the remit of the programmes directly administered through my Department. For the project to have been eligible for funding under the RAPID strand, it would have to have been identified as a priority by the RAPID Area...

Written Answers — Community Services: Community Services (4 Jul 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: When the funding for the Social Economy Programme (now renamed the Community Services Programme) transferred to my Department on 1st January 2006, the amount of funding which transferred matched the existing staffing and liabilities within the Programme. My Department has made no reduction in the number of positions, nor in the budgets of projects funded since taking responsibility for the...

Written Answers — Ulster Canal: Ulster Canal (4 Jul 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: In my reply to Question No. 17496/06 dated 10 Bealtaine 2006 I informed the Deputy that I met Mr. David Hanson MP, the then Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure, on the 6 March 2006, and that we discussed amongst other issues the possible restoration of the Ulster Canal. We also welcomed the publication of a "Socio Economic Summary Report for the North East and South West Sections of the...

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (4 Jul 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I wish to refer the Deputy to the reply to Question No. 65 of 16th May and Nos. 98 and 100 of 21st March 2006 in relation to the background to the review of local and community structures. The key principles governing the review are: improving on the ground services, supports and impacts on local communities, from within existing levels of resources, streamlining and rationalising structures...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (4 Jul 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Local Development Social Inclusion Programme (LDSIP) and RAPID may be of relevance. LDSIP This Programme provides a series of Measures, funded under the National Development Plan 2000-2006, that are designed to tackle social exclusion, deliver a more sustainable economy, improve employment prospects and balance regional development. In this case the Ballyfermot Partnership is the...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (29 Jun 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I wish to inform the Deputy that the responsibility for day-to-day maintenance of the canal network lies with Waterways Ireland. The Body was allocated €8.3m approximately in 2006 for the purpose of maintaining the canals, including the Royal Canal, Grand Canal, Barrow Navigation, canalised sections of the Shannon Navigation, and the Shannon Erne Waterway. The maintenance works include weed...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (29 Jun 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Waterways Ireland has confirmed that it will contact Dublin City Council to examine the options for the reinstatement of the antique lamp standard on Huband Bridge, Percy Place, Dublin 4.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (29 Jun 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No additional funds have been allocated, as yet, to Leader companies to fund the Leader element of projects such as village enhancement and other schemes in the extended CLÁR areas. Some companies may, however, be in a position to fund such projects from their existing resources. Consideration will be given to allocating further funding to Leader companies as the year progresses.

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (29 Jun 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ireland's Rural Development National Strategy Plan 2007-2013, which is currently with the European Commission, strongly endorses the Leader approach to delivering measures to the wider rural economy. My Department officials have met with the Commission and are awaiting agreement on the Strategy. Following on from the imminent adoption of the overall National Strategy, a detailed National...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (28 Jun 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: A full list of the 27 public bodies with whom I have agreed language schemes to date, as well as a list of the 70 public bodies whom I have requested to prepare draft schemes, is available on the website of An Coimisinéir Teanga, www.coimisineir.ie. Section 9(3) of the Official Languages Act 2003 is one of the directly applicable provision of the Act which apply to all public bodies covered...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (28 Jun 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that on 9 June 2006, I announced the approval for the allocation of CLÁR top-up funding of €603,504 for the Shraheens (Aughagower) Group Water Scheme in County Mayo. This funding will enable work amounting to €1,760,208 to be carried out, with the balance being paid by the Department of Environment, Heritage & Local Government and by private...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (27 Jun 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I presume the Deputy is referring the recent announcement by my colleague, Micheál Martin TD, Minister for Enterprise, Trade & Employment at the publication of Enterprise Ireland's Annual Report. As the €175 million Seed and Venture Capital Fund is being administered by Enterprise Ireland, which is under the remit of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Deputy will...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (27 Jun 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 359 and 360 together. As the Deputy will be aware, Waterways Ireland is one of the six North / South Implementation Bodies established in 1999 under the British-Irish Agreement Act. It has responsibility for the management, maintenance and development of inland waterways, principally for recreational purposes. The restoration of the Longford Branch of the...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (27 Jun 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Tipperary LEADER has funded a wide range of projects in the area of Rural/Agri Tourism. These include walking route development; small festival development; the Golden Mile initiative; self catering accommodation; recreational park and amenity areas; village enhancement schemes; marketing and promotion; angling, sailing and yachting initiatives. They are also involved in a number of CLAR...

Written Answers — Designated Areas: Designated Areas (27 Jun 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Under the extended CLÁR Programme, which I announced in April 2006, the population that can benefit from the Programme has doubled to nearly 727,000 (from 362,000) while the number of counties covered has risen from 18 to 23. The number of Electoral Divisions included in the Programme has increased by 729 to 1,614. There has been a corresponding pro-rata increase in funding to facilitate the...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (27 Jun 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I refer the Deputy to my replies to Question No. 65 of 16th May and Nos. 98 and 100 of 21st March 2006 relating to the cohesion process. As indicated in these replies, the core objective of the 2005/2006 round is the alignment of local, community and rural development structures to achieve full coverage within a given area. To date, I have approved proposals, which have been developed and...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (27 Jun 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As outlined in the White Paper on Rural Development, the Government is committed to continuing to meet the challenges of providing healthcare services in rural communities. The Deputy will appreciate that this is primarily a matter for my colleague, Mary Harney T.D., Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children and her officials to progress but I will, of course, continue to support any...

Written Answers — Equal Opportunities Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (27 Jun 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department observes the Civil Service Code of Practice for the employment of people with disabilities. This code has a target of 3% of employment of people with a disability. My Department is not restricted to this percentage but the target has not been surpassed. The percentage of people with disability employed in my Department at present is 2.32%.