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Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos 197 and 198 together. The following table outlines the payments made by my Department to the organisation referred to by the Deputy in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, as well as the approved allocation for 2010. 2006 € 2007 € 2008 € 2009 € 2010 € Core funding 575,000 600,000 630,000 607,200* 596,000** Regional Development Programme 865,000 950,000...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 May 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department's records indicate that the amounts paid for IT services in each of the past five years are as shown in the table below. These relate to IT maintenance, support, development and associated services. My Department follows the normal public procurement procedures in all such cases, including the seeking of tenders where applicable. There are currently 10 staff employed in the IT...

Written Answers — Waterways Ireland: Waterways Ireland (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I assume that the Deputy is referring to actions arising from allegations of bullying and harassment in Waterways Ireland, raised initially in 2003. As previously stated on the record of this House, these allegations were the subject of an independent investigation carried out on behalf of my Department and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (DCAL). The outcome of the...

Written Answers — Volunteerism Sector: Volunteerism Sector (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I can assure the Deputy that the Government continues to advance a range of measures that support voluntarism, in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Active Citizenship. This year my Department will provide funding of over €2.5m to 22 volunteer centres around the country. Two of these centres – in Clare and Longford - are being funded for the first time. In 2009, these...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 54, 81 and 242 together. As I stated in reply to today's Priority Question No 48, I can strongly assure the Deputies that the Government is fully cognisant of the dangers posed by headshops and the psychoactive substances they sell, and I have been working closely with my Cabinet on colleagues on an inter-departmental basis to develop effective responses to...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, the recently published draft 20-year Strategy for Irish was referred to the Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Sports, Tourism and Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and remains under consideration by it. I look forward to receiving the results of the Committee's deliberations in due course. Following consideration of the Committee's views, I will be re-submitting...

Written Answers — Rural Recreation Officers: Rural Recreation Officers (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department, along with Fáilte Ireland, funds the employment of 12 Rural Recreation Officers to promote walking activity in areas where there are clusters of suitable accessible walks and to undertake the work associated with the roll-out of the Walks Scheme, which is administered by my Department. The Officers are employed by local development companies in Counties Kilkenny, Donegal,...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, I do not have responsibility for the management and operation of the Community Employment (CE) scheme. I am not aware, however, of any current issues between the Rural Social Scheme and CE. In general, while the two schemes work independently of one another, there is good co-operation and ongoing liaison on the ground so that both schemes complement one another. In...

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 58, 65 and 74 together. As the Deputies will be aware, as part of the restructuring of Departments and agencies announced by the Taoiseach in Dáil Éireann on 23 March last to ensure greater coherence and produce more efficient delivery, the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs will become the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 78 together. As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established to promote and support the sustainable and inclusive development of communities - both urban and rural - and it has responsibility for a wide range of programmes and schemes targeting community, local and rural development. The key principle underlying my Department's activities is...

Written Answers — Údarás na Gaeltachta Elections: Údarás na Gaeltachta Elections (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The last Údarás na Gaeltachta elections were held on 2 April 2005. In order to comply with the provisions of the existing legislation governing an tÚdarás, the next elections must be held on a date between 1 April 2009 and 1 October 2010. Due to the ongoing work in relation to the draft 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language and the possible implications for the functions of An...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As part of the effort under way at present across Departments and agencies to introduce controls on a range of psychoactive substances sold through headshops and through the internet, the HSE, in association with partner agencies under the Drugs Strategy, is finalising a national drugs awareness campaign that will focus on the dangers of psychoactive substances. The Deputy will also be aware...

Written Answers — Inter-Parliamentary Co-operation: Inter-Parliamentary Co-operation (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department has a number of North/South co-operation areas under its remit and these – and indeed East/West co-operation under the auspices of the British-Irish Council - continue to be a strategic priority, particularly in the context of the Good Friday and St Andrews Agreements. Principally, my areas of responsibility in this regard include the two North/South Implementation Bodies...

Written Answers — Programmes for Government: Programmes for Government (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I can assure the Deputy that my priority over the coming period will be to progress the actions and commitments reflected in the Programme for Government and the Revised Programme for Government that relate to my functions and areas of responsibility in the re-configured Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs. In this regard, work will commence shortly on the preparation of a...

Written Answers — Clár Reachtaíochta: Clár Reachtaíochta (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: Faoi mar is eol don Teachta, tá an dréacht-Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge foilsithe ag an Rialtas agus tá sí faoi láthair idir chamáin ag an gComhchoiste Oireachtais um Ghnóthaí Ealaín, Spóirt, Turasóireachta, Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta le breithniú. Tuigtear dom go bhfuil an Comhchoiste ag déanamh scrúdú ar na saincheisteanna éagsúla atá tagtha chun cinn - ceist na...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, the RAPID Programme aims to ensure that priority attention is given to tackling the spatial concentration of poverty and social exclusion within 51 designated RAPID areas nationally. As has been outlined to the House on a number of occasions, it is a matter for individual Departments to report on the provision of funding and progress on delivery with respect to...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: I recently made €600,000 in funding available for small-scale capital projects in Local and Regional Drugs Task Force areas. A total of €25,000 is being earmarked for individual Task Forces. This funding is being provided under the Capital Premises Fund 2010, the purpose of which is to meet identified 'once off' capital needs in existing Task Force projects. The funding is being...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: In relation to the RAPID Programme, the Deputy should note that it is a matter for individual Departments to report on the provision of funding and progress on delivery with respect to projects under their responsibility in RAPID areas. In 2004, my Department introduced the RAPID Leverage Schemes whereby it directly funds a number of measures such as the Local Authority Housing Estate...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: The Dormant Accounts Fund Acts provides 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 May 2003 to end-March 2010, the net transfers to the DAF have totalled some €326m. The value of the DAF at end-March 2010, net of liabilities, was some €42m. This...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (11 May 2010)

Pat Carey: In my Department's Vote for 2010, funding of €40m is being provided for the roll-out of the Rural Development Programme 2007-13, approximately €27m of which is being allocated directly for project funding. The table below details the overall RDP allocations for each of the 36 Local Action Groups, which are delivering the programme on my Department's behalf, as well as their...