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Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (28 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: Details of funding for community-based projects supported by my Department through the Dublin North East Local Drugs Task Force - and which operate in the areas of Dublin 5, 13 and 17 – are set out in the table.

Written Answers — Parliamentary Questions: Parliamentary Questions (28 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: As of 23 April 2010, there were no Parliamentary Questions remaining unanswered due to the circumstances referred to by the Deputy. For the sake of completeness, it should be noted that some of the information requested in 4 Parliamentary Questions for reply on 20 April 2010 could not be supplied due to ongoing industrial action in the Western Development Commission, an agency funded from my...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (27 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: The National Advisory Committee on Drugs currently has a staff complement of 3 people - 1 Director, 1 Higher Executive Officer and 0.6 Clerical Officer. Delays arose in relation to the filling of the Research Officer post in the Committee, against the background of prevailing restrictions on recruitment. The approval of the Department of Finance was recently received to fill the post and it...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (27 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, the National Advisory Committee on Drugs is undertaking a research project in the areas of Headshops and "Legal Highs". The research will look at new psychoactive substances of natural and synthetic origin and the outlets supplying them. The key objectives of the research project are twofold, namely: · to undertake a review of the products concerned in order to...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (27 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: There are currently 2,600 participant places available under the Rural Social Scheme (RSS). All available places have been allocated and quotas have been assigned to each of the Implementing Bodies who manage the Scheme on my Department's behalf throughout the country. There are eight work measures under which participants under the RSS can undertake activities in their local communities....

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (22 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: Some €77,000 has been provided to 13 community and voluntary organisations in Co Clare under the Scheme of Community Support for Older People for the period January 2009 to March 2010. Details of the organisations supported and the level of funding provided to each is included in the table below. Group 2009 2010 € € Ballynacally Community Alert 400 - Ballyvaughan Community Alert...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy. (21 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: I thank the Senator for his kind remarks. I will address the issues he has raised as best I can. The strategic objective of the national drugs strategy 2009 to 2016 which, as everyone knows, was launched last year is "to continue to tackle the harm caused to individuals and society by the misuse of drugs through a concerted focus on the five pillars of supply reduction, prevention,...

Seanad: National Drugs Strategy. (21 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: With regard to the filling of the rehabilitation co-ordinator posts, I cannot give a precise date off the top of my head. Some of them are being rolled out but there will not be as many of them as recommended in the report. These will be built on over a period.

Written Answers — Security of the Elderly: Security of the Elderly (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department processed an application under the Scheme of Community Support for Older People for a personal monitored alert system for the person referred to by the Deputy in December 2009. I am advised that the equipment was installed in the person's home in January 2010.

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: The Deputy may be aware that Irish Rail has made a proposal with regard to the development of a railway station at Crusheen, Co Clare, on the Western Rail Corridor. My Department has already supported the development of the Western Rail Corridor as part of Transport 21. A decision in relation to the latest proposal regarding Crusheen will be made in due course, subject to resources.

Written Answers — Charities Regulation: Charities Regulation (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: I am very aware of the nuisance that can be caused to householders by door-to-door collectors of clothing and bric-a-brac. I am also conscious that certain collectors of such items convey the impression in their promotional literature that they are charitable in nature, when this may not actually be the case. This may lead some people to donate to such collections in the mistaken belief...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: I have been advised by the relevant Local Drugs Task Force that a meeting with the co-ordinator of the project referred to by the Deputy will take place in the coming days. I anticipate that any potential engagement with and/or support for the project in the future will be discussed at that meeting.

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, the Taoiseach recently announced the restructuring of a number of Departments and agencies in order - to group functions whose combination is more appropriate to the country's current priorities; - to ensure greater coherence and produce more efficient delivery; and - to underline the priority issues for this Government in a way that mobilises a broad response. I...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is 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 Affairs and will incorporate responsibility for social inclusion...

Written Answers — Turbary Rights: Turbary Rights (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: No formal directive issued from my Department to any Integrated Local Development Company regarding submissions/presentations to the working group on the cessation of turf cutting on certain raised bogs. However, I am advised that my predecessor, Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, T.D., met with representatives from the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government late last year to...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy will be aware, the Dial to Stop Drug Dealing campaign ran in three phases across fifteen Local and Regional Drugs Task Force areas. To date, there have been 6,364 calls made to the confidential line, with 1,744 reports being made to the Gardaí. Due to the success of the campaign, funding has been available by my Department in 2010 to keep the phone line open. Over the coming...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 637, 644 and 645 together. I want to confirm to the Deputies that the Office of the Minister for Drugs (OMD) remains very much in operation with a clear focus on dealing with the issue of problem drug use in Ireland. Furthermore, I can confirm that responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy will rest with me, as Minister. The Government remains fully...

Written Answers — Departmental Equipment: Departmental Equipment (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 638 and 639 together. The table below sets out, in tabular form, the information requested by the Deputy in relation to my own Department, and as advised to me in regard to bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group. It should be noted that, due to ongoing industrial action, information could not be supplied in relation to the Western Development...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 640 and 641 together. The table below sets out, in tabular form, the information requested by the Deputy in relation to my own Department, and as advised to me in regard to bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group. It should be noted that, due to ongoing industrial action, information could not be supplied in relation to the Western Development...

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (20 Apr 2010)

Pat Carey: In order to ensure the continued relevance of the RAPID Programme, a review of RAPID area boundaries, including an analysis of data from Census 2006 across a range of socioeconomic and deprivation indicators, has been undertaken with the intention of allowing adjustments necessary to ensure that areas are appropriately targeting the most disadvantaged communities. Following the review, the...