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Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (14 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 457 and 458 together. In 2004, the Department of Finance requested each Secretary General and head of office to discuss the question of decentralisation with his or her senior officers at assistant secretary level. In total, up to 60 posts at this level are due to relocate under the decentralisation programme. The decentralisation implementation group reported...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (14 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Under my Department's strategic Gaeltacht harbour scheme, a sum of €2.015 million was sanctioned to enable Mayo County Council to improve the harbour facilities at the location referred to by the Deputy. The Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources made a contribution of €500,000 towards the development. The works in question are now completed. No further development...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (14 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Expenditure to date since 1998 by my Department and its predecessor, the Department of Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands, on the project to which the Deputy refers is shown in the following table. Payments made to Mayo County Council are included. I understand from Mayo County Council that additional expenditure of €2,007 was incurred in 2003 in respect of auctioneers' fees. My...

Written Answers — Harbours and Piers: Harbours and Piers (14 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Go dtí seo, níl aon iarratas faighte ag mo Roinnse ar chúnamh le haghaidh botháin foscaidh a thógáil ag an gcé ag Leab Garbh ar Árainn Mhór ná ag Cé Ailt a' Chorráin. Ach iarratas a fháil, déanfar é a mheas i gcomhthéacs an tsoláthair atá ar fáil do mo Roinnse le caitheamh faoi Chlár Oibre na nOileán 2006-07 agus na n-éileamh éagsúil ar an soláthar sin.

Written Answers — Scéim na mBoithre: Scéim na mBoithre (14 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Cheadaigh mo Roinnse deontas iomlán de €226,150 do Chomhairle Chontae Dhún na nGall i 2005 chun oibreacha feabhsúcháin a chur i gcrích ar aon bhóthar déag ar Oileán Árainn Mhóir. Tá sonraí na ndeontas sin, chomh maith le briseadh síos ar an gcaiteachas go data, sa tábla leis seo. Oibreacha feabhsúcháin ar bhóithre ar Oileán Árainn Mhóir, Contae Dhún na nGall, i 2005 ...

Written Answers — Civil Service Travel Scheme: Civil Service Travel Scheme (9 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department participates in the travel pass scheme that is agreed centrally by the Department of Finance. The scheme operating at present allows employees to avail of an annual commuter ticket by means of a deduction from salary. Employees are not charged tax-PRSI on the portion of the salary sacrificed. The scheme is available to officers employed on a permanent or probationary basis, as...

Written Answers — Official Languages Act: Official Languages Act (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I draw the Deputy's attention to my inaugural report on the implementation of the Official Languages Act 2003 for the period July 2003-31 December 2004, which has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas. As set out in that report and as I have outlined on a number of occasions in this House, considerable progress has been made to date in the implementation, on a phased basis, of the...

Written Answers — Polasaí Dátheangachais: Polasaí Dátheangachais (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Ba mhaith liom a mhíniú don Teachta go leagtar síos sna Treoirlínte faoi alt 12 d'Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, a foilsíodh i mí Mheán Fómhair 2004, gur chóir do chomhlachtaí polasaí soiléir a chruthú dá n-eagraíochtaí féin maidir le soláthar sheirbhísí dhátheangacha i gcomhthéacs scéim teanga faoi alt 11 a ullmhú. I measc na nithe sonracha atá luaite sna...

Written Answers — Aistritheoirí Béarla-Gaeilge: Aistritheoirí Béarla-Gaeilge (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar is eol don Teachta, tá iarrtha agam ar Fhoras na Gaeilge córas creidiúnaithe d'aistritheoirí Gaeilge a fhorbairt. Is é seo an chéad chóras dá leithéid a bheidh ar fáil d'aistritheoirí Gaeilge na tíre seo. D'eagraigh Foras na Gaeilge seimineár le gairid chun an dul chun cinn a bhí déanta go dáta i ndáil le forbairt an chórais a chur i láthair an phobail. Tuigim gur...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy may be aware, Pobal manages the RAPID programme on behalf of my Department and has contracted Fitzpatrick's Associates to complete an evaluation of the programme. This work commenced in January and is expected to be complete by the end of April.

Written Answers — Departmental Research: Departmental Research (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Details regarding the special fund of €300,000 that I am making available for placenames research and its overall purpose were set out in the press release issued by my office on 6 January 2006, a copy of which I am forwarding to the Deputy. The fund is intended to provide bursaries for postgraduate students who select placenames as the basis for their study. As I indicated in the press...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy will be aware that my Department already offers a wide range of schemes and projects to all areas of County Mayo. Details are given in the following appendix, as are my plans to extend eligibility, where appropriate. Appendix Programme of Grants for Locally Based Community and Voluntary Organisations All parts of County Mayo are included under the Programme of Grants for Locally...

Written Answers — Agency Governance Structures: Agency Governance Structures (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The report in question was completed by the Committee for Public Management Research, CPMR, and published by the Institute of Public Administration. The report deals with the general issue of "agencies" or organisations which have been set up, usually through legislation, to carry out public governance functions on behalf of, for example, Departments. Of the 601 agencies identified in the...

Written Answers — Foclóir Béarla-Gaeilge: Foclóir Béarla-Gaeilge (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar a thug me le fios sa fhreagra a thug mé ar Cheist Uimh. 56 ar 30 Samhain 2005, tá céim a haon den tionscadal seo curtha i gcrích. Tuigim ó Fhoras na Gaeilge go bhfuil sé i gceist conraitheoir a cheapadh i mbliana do chéim a dó den tionscadal, is é sin, tiomsú agus scríobh an fhoclóra idir an leagan leictreonach agus an leagan clóite de. Meastar gur obair thrí nó ceithre...

Written Answers — Foghlaim na Gaeilge sna Scoileanna: Foghlaim na Gaeilge sna Scoileanna (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar a dúirt mé ag díospóireacht phoiblí in Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, le déanaí, bheinnse lán-sásta go ndéanfaí dháábhar den Ghaeilge san Ardteistiméireacht agus go n-ardófaí an moladh seo san idirphlé leanúnach a bhíonn ar siúl idir mo Roinnse agus an Roinn Oideachais agus Eolaíochta. Is éard atá i gceist agam ná go mb'fhéidir gurbh fhiú go mbeadh an córas in...

Written Answers — Mergers and Amalgamations: Mergers and Amalgamations (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: An outline of the thinking that led to the decision to amalgamate these two bodies and the remit of the amalgamated body is set out in the press release issued by my office at the time, a copy of which I am forwarding to the Deputy. It does not appear to be open to me, in the context of dealing with a "details supplied" parliamentary question, to add anything further in this reply.

Written Answers — Forbairt na nOileán: Forbairt na nOileán (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: TáÚdarás na Gaeltachta i mbun oibre réamh-phleanála i gcomhair aerstráice a thógáil ar Oileán Thoraí le cúpla bliain anuas. Ag eascairt ón obair seo, fuarthas cead pleanála don fhorbairt ó Chomhairle Chontae Dhún na nGall i 2004. Tá an cuardach chun úinéirí an talaimh a aimsiú críochnaithe anois ag an Údarás. Beidh oifigigh mo Roinne-se i dteagmháil le Comhairle...

Written Answers — Rural Development: Rural Development (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 138, 149 and 162 together. The Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs together with the Department of Agriculture and Food are preparing a joint national strategy for rural development as required by the new EU Council regulation on rural development. This task is being carried out in association with the EU Commission. In October 2005,...

Written Answers — Polasaí Gaeilge an Gharda Síochána: Polasaí Gaeilge an Gharda Síochána (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar a fógraíodh roimhe seo, bunaíodh grúpa oibre idir-rannach chun féachaint ar chur chuige oiriúnach a mholadh ó thaobh riachtanais Gaeilge sa chóras oiliúna de chuid an Gharda Síochána de. Bunaíodh an grúpa i gcomhthéacs an athbhreithnithe a rinneadh chun a chinntiú go mbeidh deiseanna earcaíochta ag daoine ó phobail atá nuabhunaithe le blianta beaga anuas in Éirinn. Tá,...

Written Answers — Countryside Access: Countryside Access (8 Feb 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I established Comhairle na Tuaithe in February 2004 to address the three priority issues of: access to the countryside; developing a countryside code; and developing a countryside recreation strategy. Comhairle na Tuaithe comprises representatives of the farming organisations, recreational users of the countryside and State bodies with an interest in the countryside. To date Comhairle na...