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Community Development Projects (3 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: Many community development projects were run effectively but on a shoestring budget. A concern is that funding is being channelled through local partnership and the amount spent on the front line in community development could be jeopardised. How will the Minister ensure community development projects continue to receive an adequate amount of support under this new model?

Enterprise Development (3 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Community; Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide an update on his discussions with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation regarding closer cooperation between LEADER groups and County Enterprise Boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39638/10]

Enterprise Development (3 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: Tááthas orm a bheith anseo inniu. Tá ard-mheas agam ar an Aire, ar Conradh na Gaeilge, Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge agus na heagraíochtaí Gaeilge eile ar fud na tíre. Tá súil agam go mbeimis ag obair le chéile. I have just one question for the Minister on this. Did he raise the issue with the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development during his recent visit and, in...

Enterprise Development (3 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: What impact will this have on existing rural development structures? In particular, will it impact on recently restructured community development projects and their funding under the community development programme?

Drug Treatment Services (3 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Community; Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his views on the recently published report by Merchant's Quay Ireland which notes that heroin use is on the increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40622/10]

Drug Treatment Services (3 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: The Merchant's Quay Ireland report published in September states that since the recession began heroin use has reached record levels. The former Governor of Mountjoy Prison said we are sleep walking into a national disaster and that there are more drugs in Mountjoy Prison than there are sweets in a tuck shop, which is a cause for concern. During the last recession Dublin was decimated by...

Drug Treatment Services (3 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: I, too, have visited many of the agencies and drug task forces around the country and I am aware the Minister has been to the forefront in terms of working with them. If some type of crisis response to this problem is not developed thousands of individual lives will be destroyed.

Drug Treatment Services (3 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: We will work cross-party to ensure the scourge of drugs is tackled. I pay tribute to the agencies and clinics working on the front line. Their work has been exceptional.

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (2 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: Question 562: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the budget for each local and regional drugs task force over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39651/10]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (2 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: Question 563: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide a breakdown of staff and salary grades of staff employed by each local and regional drugs task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39652/10]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (2 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: Question 564: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the way the membership of each drugs task force is determined; how often it is reviewed or changed; the duration of membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39653/10]

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (2 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: Question 565: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the accounting and reporting mechanisms attached to each local and regional drugs task force; the way progress is measured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39654/10]

Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: That is a good one coming from the Taoiseach.

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Frank Feighan: I thank Norah Gibbons for the report and its quality, and also for the fact that it did not take an age to produce it. It is a first for the Department. I also thank the Minister of State for the briefing he and his team gave us yesterday on a very difficult and sensitive case. Most people assume that politicians are familiar with all aspects of law but we are not. It has been harrowing...

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Frank Feighan: I thank Ms Norah Gibbons for her tremendous work in producing this report. Every time a report is being drawn up, we want it as soon as possible. I am delighted this report seemed to be produced much more quickly than most other reports.

Child Care Inquiry Report: Statements (28 Oct 2010)

Frank Feighan: Is this how things will be done in the future?

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Frank Feighan: I propose to share time with Deputy Lucinda Creighton. Some 94 years ago, the people who fought for the independence of this country proclaimed the Irish Republic and the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland and the unfettered control of Irish destinies to be sovereign and indefeasible. The Republic also guaranteed religious and civil liberties, equal rights and equal...

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Frank Feighan: I note that everywhere people are angry with those who got us into this mess, the bankers and even politicians. They are angry that these people do not seem to be answerable. After two years, what is the Government doing to bring these people to account for wrecking our country?

Macroeconomic and Fiscal Outlook: Statements (Resumed) (28 Oct 2010)

Frank Feighan: On a point of order, will the Minister keep his replies a bit shorter because we want to ask many more questions on the behalf of the people?

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (27 Oct 2010)

Frank Feighan: Question 561: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will provide details of the number of staff and the salary grades of those employed in each LEADER partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38492/10]