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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department is responsible for the delivery of Axes 3 & 4 of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP), for which overall funding of the order of €425m is available. There are 36 Local Action Groups contracted on my Department's behalf to deliver the RDP throughout the country and these Groups are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. The...

Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I am aware of the Labour Court recommendation in this case. However, the position is that my Department was not, and never has been, the employer of the staff in question. Such staff are employed by independent companies, limited by guarantee, and have employment contracts with those companies. Therefore, any employment matters are solely for the boards of those companies. I would also draw...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: In relation to the matter referred to in the details supplied by the Deputy, there has been no such occurrence in 2010 in the case of my Department. Question No. 424 withdrawn.

Message from Seanad (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Tréaslaím leis an Teachta Feighan mar gheall ar an phost nua atá aige. Tá a fhios agam go ndéanfaidh sé sár-jab agus tá súil agam go mbeimid in ann comhoibriú le chéile. Níl an Rialtas ag iarraidh teitheadh ón gcóras daonlathach. Tá súil agam go mbeidh mé in ann reachtaíocht chuimsitheach nua a thabhairt isteach sa Teach i bhfad níos luaithe ná Deireadh Fómhair 2012....

Message from Seanad (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Bhí sí faoi bhráid fhochoiste an chomhchoiste. Níl sí faighte agam ar aon nós ach tá súil agam go bhfaighidh mé go luath í.

Message from Seanad (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Caithfidh mé an tuarascáil a fháil fós agus, ansin, caithfear í a phlé. Gabhaim buíochas do na Teachtaí as páirt a ghlacadh sa díospóireacht. Dúradh a lán rudaí faoin dréachtstraitéis. Sin an chuid is fearr den scéal atá a insint againn agus tá sé práinneach go gcuirfear sin i bhfeidhm chomh tapaidh agus is féidir. Luaigh an Teachta McGinley gníomhaíochtaí an...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Mar a dúirt mé níos luaithe, is í aidhm an Bhille seo ná síneadh a chur le tréimhse oifige bhord reatha Údarás na Gaeltachta. Ciallóidh sé seo go mbeidh leanúnachas ann le linn tréimhse thar a bheith cinniúnach don eagraíocht, nuair a bheidh leasuithe maidir lena cumhachtaí, feidhmeanna agus struchtúr á mheas. Sa reachtaíocht atá i bhfeidhm cheana féin, tugtar tréimhse...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Ardaíodh an cheist chéanna nuair a bhí an Bille seo á phlé sa Seanad. Dúirt mé ansin go mbeadh gá dul ar ais chuig Oifig an Ard Aighne dá ndéanfaí athrú ar an Bhille seo. Níl sé i gceist agam sin a dhéanamh ar na cúiseanna a luaigh mé. Cur amú acmhainní Stáit a bheadh ann dá mbeadh toghchán ann anois agus ansin ceann eile i gceann bliana. Nílim chun an leasú a...

Message from Seanad (6 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Tairgim: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." Tááthas orm an deis seo a thapú chun an Bille um Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú) 2010 a thabhairt faoi bhráid Dháil Éireann inniu. Is Bille an-ghairid é seo a bhfuil sé de chuspóir aige an tréimhse ama incheadaithe is faide idir toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta a mhéadúó chuig bliana go leith go dtí seacht mbliana go...

National Drugs Strategy (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I understand that the possibility of exploiting the Internet for the sale and purchase of these products is to be severely restricted. The inclusion in the list of banned products of "whack" and "amplified", both of which are derivatives of previous products, shows that the measures which have been introduced to date are working. I suggest that our legislation is very effective.

Suicide Incidence (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I thank Deputy Neville for raising this matter on the Adjournment. I compliment and commend him on the work he is doing in this area. The Government is aware that suicide continues to be a significant public health issue. Its prevention is a major challenge for health and social services at all levels. Suicide is one of the most tragic events a family can experience. The heartache of a...

Hospital Services (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I am replying to this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. Patient safety is central to the delivery of health services. Ensuring patient safety is of paramount importance, so people can have confidence in the care they receive and have the best possible outcomes. The overwhelming consensus among clinical experts is that...

Medical Cards (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. The determination of eligibility of applicants to medical cards is a matter for the Health Service Executive as provided for under the provisions of the Health Act, 1970. Medical cards are provided to persons who, in the opinion of the HSE, are unable without undue...

English Language Programme (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I am replying to this Adjournment matter on behalf of the Minister for Education and Skills. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue as it affords me the opportunity to outline the position on language support teachers. I want to provide an overall context on the language support provision and I will return to the issue of the aforementioned school. There has been a large influx of...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I take it that the Deputy is referring to the review of the design of the Community Development Programme (CDP) and Local Development Social Inclusion Programme (LDSIP). Against the background of reforms underway by my Department, ongoing concerns to strengthen programme delivery and evaluation, and issues confirmed by a VFM Policy Review of the LDSIP, my Department was eager to access...

Written Answers — Newspaper Contracts: Newspaper Contracts (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12 and 194 together. I can confirm that neither my Department nor the relevant agency under my Department's aegis have a contract with the newspaper referred to by the Deputies.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13, 17 and 19 together. As the Deputies will be aware, as part of the restructuring of Departments and agencies recently announced by the Taoiseach in Dáil Éireann to ensure greater coherence and produce more efficient delivery, the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs became the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs,...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: The Dormant Accounts Acts provide for an annual transfer by credit institutions and insurance undertakings of monies in accounts determined to be dormant into the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF). Since its establishment in April 2003 to the end of May 2010, the transfers to the DAF have totalled some €587.5m, which includes interest earned of some €34.4m. Funds reclaimed in that period...

Written Answers — Straitéise Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge: Straitéise Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Faoi mar is eol don Teachta, tá an dréacht-Straitéis foilsithe ag an Rialtas agus bhí sí os comhair an Chomhchoiste Oireachtais do Ghnóthaí Ealaín, Spóirt, Turasóireachta, Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta le tamall anuas le breithniú. Tuigtear dom go mbeidh tuairisc an Chomhchoiste ar fáil go luath agus tá súil agam go mbeidh ar mo chumas brú ar aghaidh ansin le cead an Rialtais...

Written Answers — Drugs Report: Drugs Report (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I am aware of the 2010 World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) which was published on 23rd June 2010. In compiling this report, the UNODC relies on Member States providing data primarily through the Annual Reports Questionnaire (ARQ). In the case of Ireland, the Statistical Returns on Drug Control Progress, including the Annual Reports Questionnaire, are...