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Irish Language Strategy (3 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: Chuaigh mé go dtí Oileán Chléire agus Carraig an Chabhaltaigh agus bhí mé ag caint le gach duine ar fud na tíre. Will the new role for Údarás na Gaeltachta include the provision of Irish language classes in Oileán Chléire, Carraig an Chabhaltaigh and other areas around the country?

Irish Language (3 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: Local authorities are effectively required to translate plans, which in my county and other counties can cost between €75,000 and €100,000. That money might be better spent at the coalface in providing Irish courses. In my county I do not believe anybody has ever asked for the plans in Irish. At this time of crisis it is appropriate to consider how that money might be better spent on...

Community Development (3 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: Everyone acknowledges cuts must be made in the budget but strong communities are at the heart of recovery from the recession and we must not dismantle the good work done in this area. Have the organisations been notified of their status for 2011? The Minister mentioned a figure of €3.4 million but the figure last year was €5 million. Is that a reduction of €1.6 million?

Community Development (3 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: I agree that we must work together to protect front line services. Next year has been designated the European year of volunteering. To mark the occasion, the European Commission has set aside a fund to support volunteer initiatives. Has the Government submitted any proposals to obtain funding in 2011 for voluntary initiatives?

Community Development Projects (3 Nov 2010)

Frank Feighan: How many proposals are still up for consideration?

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.