Results 441-460 of 2,551 for speaker:Pat Carey

Irish Language (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Yes.

Irish Language (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: While I wholeheartedly agree with the Deputy, we need to support those who have chosen to live in the Gaeltacht. Increasingly, both parents will not be native Irish speakers or speak Irish as their first language, if it all. We need to support this group of people. I visited a two teacher school in west Kerry recently and if what I observed there could be replicated elsewhere, the language...

Irish Language (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I have not even addressed the issue of boundary changes yet. The Deputy knows what the strategy states and reports have been written in that regard. There are two groups. We need to support and conserve Irish in the Gaeltacht areas. However, there is an emerging group, maybe around the scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge, who are increasingly using Irish as their first language, but very often they...

Polasaí 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...

Polasaí don Ghaeilge (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Mar a dúirt mé, faoi láthair, tá ionad amháin ag feidhmiú mar ionad tacaíochta teaghlaigh in Indreabhán i nGaeltacht na Gaillimhe. I láthair na huaire tá mo Roinn ag comhoibriú le pobail eile atá ag iarraidh tabhairt faoi a leithéid a fhorbairt ina gceantair féin. Táthar ag súil go mbeidh dul chun cinn suntasach déanta i gcásanna eile amach anseo freisin. Ar ndóigh, is ó...

Polasaí don Ghaeilge (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Tá tuairim agus dhá cheann eile -----

Polasaí don Ghaeilge (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Tá siad níos faide ar aghaidh ná an pleanáil agus tá siad i gceantair sna Gaeltachtaí.

Polasaí don Ghaeilge (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Mar is eol don Teachta, rud eile atá ar siúl ná díospóireacht idir an earnáil dheonach agus Foras na Gailge mar gheall ar conas is féidir comhoibriú a chothú idir na heagraíochtaí éagsúla agus féachaint cén éifeacht a bheadh acu ansin i measc pobail Ghaeilge agus Gaeltachta in áiteanna mar na Déise, Baile Bhúirne, Rathcairn, Béal Feirste agus áiteanna eile mór thimpeall...

Decentralisation Programme (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department's headquarters are scheduled to decentralise to Charlestown, County Mayo, under the decentralisation programme. To date, 100 staff have moved to interim accommodation in Tubbercurry, County Sligo, where a significant number of the business units of my Department, including the full rural, community and financial business units, are now operating...

Decentralisation Programme (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: We are a small Department, although it has increased in size - more or less doubling - over the past number of weeks. Much has been done in the Department to make it lean and efficient, and one of the most progressive aspects has been the Department's investment in ICT. Most meetings are conducted through video conferencing, with officials, the Minister of State and I conducting many...

Decentralisation Programme (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I am aware of the property mentioned by Deputy Ring and he is probably aware of the correspondence between myself and the property owners involved. I do not want to raise false hopes as that would be unfair. We believe that pending the outcome of the review of the future development of decentralisation, what is available to us in Tubbercurry is very cost-effective and I can give the Deputy...

Irish Language (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: If we get to Questions Nos. 13, 17 and 19 I will give all the details of when the transfer and delegation orders, etc., were made.

Irish Language (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I shudder to think. As indicated previously to the House, I wish to confirm that my Department keeps the work of implementing the Official Languages Act 2003 under continuing review. Furthermore, there is an obligation on me, as Minister, to review the operation of the Act each year, as provided for in section 5 of the Act, and to report formally to the Houses of the Oireachtas in that...

Irish Language (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I understand what the Deputy is saying. However, as regards translation costs and so on, it has been pointed out by my predecessor on several occasions that the Act does not require that all documents be translated into Irish. It provides that only a number of key documents shall be published in each of the official languages. The question of costs since the Act was introduced in 2003 was...

Irish Language (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I am aware of the issue raised by Deputy Ring. Local authorities are responsible for road and other signage in their areas. The guidelines in terms of what should be displayed on signs is clearly established. The obligations of the Official Languages Act must also be complied with. That being said, we would always encourage that sensible and pragmatic approaches be taken in this regard....

National Drugs Strategy (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10, 15, 23, 46 and 49 together. As Minister with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy, I see headshops and the psychoactive substances they sell as representing a relatively new aspect of the ever-evolving issue of substance misuse in our society. I am determined, as are my Government colleagues, to tackle the problems arising and to pursue all...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I also wish Deputy Ring the best in his next position, where I am sure he will be as committed as he has been in this position. I thank him for the contributions he has made. It is a primary aim of Údarás na Gaeltachta to reverse the downward employment trend in the Gaeltacht and to effect the transition from a declining manufacturing sector to employment in services, including...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: I have heard Deputy Ring make these assertions before. During the 13 year period from 1997, there were net increases in jobs in nine of these years and decreases in four years. During that time, Údarás na Gaeltachta has replaced jobs in traditional manufacturing sectors such as textiles, knitwear and engineering sub-supply with jobs in the modern economy - media, information technology,...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: Unfortunately, I have to disagree with Deputy Ring. However, I will examine the case he cited. The vast majority of jobs created in the Gaeltacht are spin-off jobs from larger companies. For example, in the Connemara Gaeltacht there are many spin-off jobs from the medical devices and media areas. The companies I cited in the Donegal Gaeltacht are, by and large, companies of Irish origin....

Community Development (1 Jul 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, the local development social inclusion programme and the community development programme were my Department's two main social inclusion and community development programmes. These came to an end on 31 December last and have been superseded by a new integrated programme, the local and community development programme. A key difference between the new local and...