Results 461-480 of 2,551 for speaker:Pat Carey

Written Answers — Úsáid na Gaeilge: Úsáid na Gaeilge (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: I dtús báire, ní miste dom a rá go bhfuil dul chun cinn suntasach déanta go dtí seo maidir le cur i bhfeidhm fhorálacha Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, ar bhonn chéimiúil. Tugann na scéimeanna teanga atá mar chroílár an Achta deis do chomhlachtaí poiblí a gcuid tosaíochtaí a aithint agus a eagrú ó thaobh feabhas a chur ar a gcuid seirbhísí Gaeilge don phobal. Agus...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: This matter is currently under consideration by my Department's officials in consultation with the relevant authorities. The Deputy will appreciate that I am unable to comment further until that process is completed.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: I am advised that the report in question was approved funding of €7,000 under an initiative introduced in 2008 for local and regional structures. The Deputy will appreciate the difficulty in providing more information to her within the constraints of a "details supplied" Question. However, if she wishes to table a more specific Question, I will be pleased to provide more detail on the...

Written Answers — Departmental Responsibilities: Departmental Responsibilities (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: As I have previously advised the Deputy, the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources is the lead Department in relation to this issue.

Written Answers — Lárionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge: Lárionad Náisiúnta Gaeilge (30 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimhir 219 agus 220 le chéile. Tá tagairt ar leith déanta sa dréacht-Straitéis 20-bliain don Ghaeilge maidir le forbairt a dhéanamh ar ionad nó spás Gaeilge i mBaile Átha Cliath. 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,...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (29 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, all State property issues, including the acquisition, lease and rental of buildings and accommodation on behalf of Government Departments, are a matter for the Office of Public Works and I must advise the Deputy that my Department does not own any of the properties it currently occupies. For the sake of completeness however, I have provided below the details of...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (29 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes represented a set of options to reduce expenditure and staff numbers across the public sector. These options were considered by the Government within the context of framing the 2010 Budget. Gross savings of some €57 million, or almost 12%, were achieved in the 2010 Revised Estimates...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, the then Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs was established in 2002 against a background of concern at the multiplicity of structures and agencies through which local and community development schemes and programmes were delivered. It inherited a number of local and community programmes with diverse structures, which had been operated under the...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 197 together. As the Deputy is aware, the Local Development Social Inclusion Programme and the Community Development Programme were my Department's two main social inclusion/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...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department is committed to the on-going development of supports to strengthen and underpin the work of the community and voluntary sector in Ireland. Indeed, the growth of the sector in recent years has been accompanied by a significant expansion of supports by Government. Policy initiatives are underpinned by the 'Towards 2016' Partnership Agreement and the White Paper on a Framework for...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (24 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: Funding contracts under the scheme referred to by the Deputy are due to expire on 31 December 2010. Officials in my Department are currently carrying out a review of the scheme and I hope that this process will be completed by the autumn. On the basis of the findings of the review, I will consider the options available to me. All organisations involved in the scheme are being consulted as...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: The expenses claimed by the Secretary General in my Department in the three years from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2009 are set out in the table below. These constitute travel & subsistence expenses and the cost of flights. No entertainment expenses were claimed. In all cases, travel & subsistence was paid in respect of absences on official business and in accordance with Department of...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: The expenses claimed by Assistant Secretaries in my Department in the three years from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2009 are set out in the tables below. These constitute travel & subsistence expenses and the cost of flights. No entertainment expenses were claimed. In all cases, travel and subsistence was paid in respect of absences on official business and in accordance with Department of...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (23 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: The organisation referred to by the Deputy is funded under my Department's Scheme to Support National Organisations in the Community and Voluntary Sector. It has been allocated funding of €80,352 in 2010. Contracts with the various organisations which are being funded under this Scheme are due to expire on 31 December 2010. Officials in my Department are currently carrying out a review...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (23 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: Funding contracts under the scheme referred to by the Deputy are due to expire on 31 December 2010. Officials in my Department are currently carrying out a review of the scheme and I hope that this process will be completed by the autumn. On the basis of the findings of the review, I will consider the options available to me. All organisations involved in the scheme are being consulted as...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (23 Jun 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/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 (LCDP). A key difference between the new LCDP and its...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Bill 2010: Second Stage (23 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: I welcome the opportunity to reply to the Second Stage debate on this Bill. I thank all the Senators who contributed to that debate. There is broad support for the Bill. When we were complimenting its introduction, I stated that we should try to draft legislation that would be as watertight as possible. The Bill is probably as close as we are going to get in that regard. I am under no...

Accident and Emergency Services (22 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: I am replying to this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney. I thank Deputy Costello for raising this matter. The HSE and the Government are determined that patients will continue to have emergency services that are accessible and responsive to their medical needs, and integrated with other hospital and primary care services....

Drug Treatment Programme (22 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: I thank Deputy Cregan for raising this important matter and I hope to address his concerns. My Department has overall responsibility for co-ordinating the implementation of the national drugs strategy 2009-2016. Solid progress is being made on the implementation of the various actions of the strategy across its five pillars of supply reduction, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and...

Fisheries Conservation (22 Jun 2010)

Pat Carey: I am taking this matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Deputy Conor Lenihan. The Foyle Area (Control of Fishing) Regulations 2010 were made by the Loughs Agency which as Deputy McHugh knows is a North-South body under the co-sponsorship of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and...