Results 27,921-27,940 of 28,255 for speaker:Éamon Ó Cuív

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (23 Nov 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Deputy will be aware that one of the functions of Waterways Ireland, one of the six North-South implementation bodies established under the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999, is to examine the possible restoration of the Ulster Canal. At this time, no decision has been taken to proceed with the restoration of the Ulster Canal. A study was commissioned which estimated the cost of the...

Written Answers — Inland Waterways: Inland Waterways (23 Nov 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Waterways Ireland is one of the six North-South implementation bodies established by the British-Irish Agreement Act. The body's remit is the management, maintenance, development and restoration of the inland navigable waterway system, principally for recreational purposes. Waterways Ireland advises me that it has a programme in place to promote and market the waterways under its remit as...

Written Answers — Cailliúint Phostanna: Cailliúint Phostanna (23 Nov 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: De réir an eolais atá curtha ar fáil ag Údarás na Gaeltachta, tá an comhlacht atá luaite ag an Teachta i gcoimhlint le comhlachtaí i dtíortha le costais íseal táirgíochta. Mar is eol don Teachta, tá coimhlint ghéar in earnáil na déantúsaíochta le roinnt blianta agus tá poist á gcailliúint sa tír seo dá réir, na ceantair Ghaeltachta san áireamh. Tuigim go mbíonn...

Written Answers — Designated Areas: Designated Areas (23 Nov 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Strand one of the RAPID programme targets 25 urban areas and strand two targets 20 provincial towns. These areas are listed in the table which follows. While no specific budget was allocated to the RAPID programme, it was stated at the time that: Under the National Development Plan up to €15 billion has been earmarked for social inclusion measures, to be spent on development measures over...

Written Answers — Mayo Landslide: Mayo Landslide (16 Nov 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: As the Deputy is aware lead responsibility in this instance lies with my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. My Department has, however, played an active role within the framework of its own remit, in the process of dealing with the effects of the landslides of September 2003 and was represented on the Pollathomas implementation working group set up in...

Seanad: Community Development. (4 Nov 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank Senator Moylan for raising this matter which touched upon a number of issues that we need to resolve. First, partnerships do not cover the whole territory. In rural areas in particular, disadvantage is not concentrated in spatial units. It tends to be dispersed across the board. Nobody could argue that south Offaly, to which Senator Moylan referred, is less disadvantaged than the rest...

Seanad: Grant Payments. (4 Nov 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: While I have sympathy for the Senator, equally, I hope he has sympathy for us in the problems we face in drawing up rules. Those of us who draw up rules think we have come up with a fair, compassionate and equitable system. However, perhaps three weeks later, when a case crops us that no one dreamed of, all one can do is scratch one's head and say it was not what was intended. The problem is...

Seanad: Hospital Services. (4 Nov 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Senator for his good wishes and for raising this matter. He is correct that one project might be insignificant but this always reminds me of the problem associated with the school transport system. It might appear easy for the State to extend the service for a child living 0.1 of a mile too near the school to qualify for school transport. The problem is that if the State provides...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (2 Nov 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department has a dedicated independent internal audit unit in place with four staff members, whose primary function is to review and report on the adequacy and application of the Department's internal controls, including the financial arrangements in place in the Department for the assessment and monitoring of the day to day spend for all programmes and projects. The work of the internal...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (2 Nov 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Having regard to its statutory remit and to its approved business and corporate plans, I regard an involvement by Foras na Gaeilge in providing advice and assistance to Irish speakers abroad and in supporting cultural activities which promote the Irish language abroad as forming an appropriate part of its overall activities. My Department also funds, albeit in a minor way, certain Irish...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (2 Nov 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The White Paper on Rural Development was published in 1999. No decision has been made at this time to review the White Paper.

Written Answers — Limistéir Oifigiúla Gaeilge: Limistéir Oifigiúla Gaeilge (19 Oct 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Mar is eol don Teachta, tá conradh chun staidéar teangeolaíoch ar úsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht bronnta ar Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, i gcomhar leis an Institiúid Náisiúnta um Anailís Réigiúnach agus Spásúil, Ollscoil na hÉireann, Má Nuad. Beidh an staidéar mar bhunús chun forbairt theangeolaíoch na Gaeltachta mar cheantar...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (19 Oct 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The grant has been paid.

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (19 Oct 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The site referred to is in the ownership of Waterways Ireland, one of the six North-South Implementation Bodies established under the British-Irish Agreement Act 1999. It is held by Roscommon County Council under agreement dated 2 January 1945 between the Minister of Finance and Roscommon County Council.

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Oct 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142 and 231 together. The Deputies will be aware that the progress of decentralisation in any Department is guided by the overall implementation process being carried out centrally by the decentralisation implementation group. In that context, the following steps have been taken by my Department to advance the decentralisation process. A dedicated...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (5 Oct 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I propose to take Questions Nos. 143, 193 and 208 together. The Irish Language Forum was established by me in July of this year with terms of reference to advise in relation to: the desirability of a 20 year strategic plan with realistic goals for the Irish language in the State; the short-term strategic priorities for the preservation and the promotion of the Irish language within the State;...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (5 Oct 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I would like to indicate that primary responsibility in this instance lies with my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. As the Deputy is aware, Pollathomas is a designated Gaeltacht area and, as Minister with responsibility for Gaeltacht Affairs, I have visited the area on a number of occasions. My Department, in co-operation with the Department of the...

Written Answers — Offshore Islands: Offshore Islands (5 Oct 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My Department currently subsidises 14 ferry services to 12 islands, as well as an all-year round air service to the Aran Islands and a winter helicopter service to Tory Island. Five of these contracts provide connecting road transport services on the mainland. I have arranged for a full list of these services to be forwarded to the Deputy. I have also made available funding of just over...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (5 Oct 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The September 2004 data received from the CAF system indicate that staff in my Department have lodged applications or expressions of interest for relocation under the decentralisation programme as follows: Knock Airport, nine; Na Forbacha, none, other Departments, 48; and public service organisations, five.

Written Answers — Western Development Commission: Western Development Commission (5 Oct 2004)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Western Development Commission was established on 1 February 1999 under the Western Development Commission Act 1998. The functions of the commission are to promote, foster and encourage economic and social development in the western region, defined as the seven western counties of Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Galway and Clare. Its activities involve policy analysis and...