Results 1,001-1,020 of 2,551 for speaker:Pat Carey

Active Citizenship. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: No. The week was opened yesterday by the Minister of State, Deputy Curran.

Active Citizenship. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: That is because he was in Cork.

Active Citizenship. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: I apologise to Deputy Stanton, who asked another question.

Active Citizenship. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: Regarding the use of schools, discussions between management bodies and the Department of Education and Science are ongoing. It is an area in which there has been some progress, but not enough.

Active Citizenship. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: Through the Chair, I agree with Deputy Barrett. For a long time, organisations have been working to try to ensure a greater use. The Catholic archdiocese of Dublin has developed a model in which schools are being used to a greater extent than previously. I am trying to put my hands on the figure for the number of volunteer centres. I have it, but I will supply it as soon as I put my...

Active Citizenship. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: Bowling together.

Active Citizenship. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: On the basis of my having read the record from the last time I had to answer these questions, Deputy Stagg is at least consistent. His questions are very much the same. The Deputy's views are typical of Labour Party policy. When we save money we are criticised for it and when we spend it we are criticised for it.

Active Citizenship. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: The financial allocation for active citizenship in the Vote of the Department for 2009 is €56,000 and it is for the administration of active citizenship. Expenditure to date is in the region of €20,000.

Active Citizenship. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: I will answer that in a second. Funding of specific activities will be made by other Departments where the activities are relevant to them. Otherwise, I am confident the corporate sector will continue to give extensive support to projects, as it does at present. I am certain that Deputy Stagg has read page 74 and previous pages, including the material on the plan for the way forward....

Active Citizenship. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: I have no doubt the Deputy did. I hope he did not smoke too many of the usuals. I appreciate we are in a difficult economic climate but the ethos of corporate social responsibility is strongly embedded in our corporate sector. Long may it continue. Deputy Stanton should note that there are 21 volunteer centres located throughout the country, five of which are based in Dublin, namely, the...

Active Citizenship. (22 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: Deputy Barrett comes from a local authority background as do I. During the past year I have been following the work of both the Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy John Curran, and the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Deputy Ó Cúiv. Throughout the country there is an increasing level of integration of these initiatives...

Written Answers — National Statistics: National Statistics (16 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: The exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Farm Structure Survey provides regional estimates and the following table shows the latest figures for the South-East region in June 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2007 (the latest year currently available). Number of Farms in the South-East Region - June 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005 and 2007. Year Farmwork is sole occupation of...

Written Answers — National Minimum Wage: National Minimum Wage (16 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: The information sought by the Deputy is contained in the National Employment Survey (NES), an annual workplace survey published by the Central Statistics Office. The most recent NES was published in July 2009 and uses data collected for October 2007 as its reference point. The National Minimum Wage rate in operation in October 2007 was €8.65 per hour. An estimated 83,800 employees were paid...

National Asset Management Agency Bill 2009: Second Stage (16 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: The Deputy should stop making allegations.

Business of Dáil (16 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to today's sitting: (1) Oral Questions shall not be taken today and matters-----

Business of Dáil (16 Sep 2009)

Pat Carey: I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, the following arrangements shall apply in relation to today's sitting: (1) Oral Questions shall not be taken today and matters may not be raised under the provisions of SO 21 (3) and 32 on that day; and (2) The Order of Business shall be taken now and Leader's Questions shall be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business.

Mandela Day: Motion (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Carey: I move: That Dáil Éireann: — welcomes the initiative of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and related organisations to celebrate, on 18th July, the lifetime of achievements of Nelson Mandela, which have been felt all over the world; — commends the Foundation for honouring Nelson Mandela's service to humanity by giving people of the world the opportunity of his birth date to embrace his...

Committee Membership: Motion (10 Jul 2009)

Pat Carey: I move: That Deputy Thomas Byrne be discharged from the Joint Committee on the Constitution and that Deputy Jimmy Devins be appointed in substitution for him. That Deputies Áine Brady (Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children) and Pat 'the Cope' Gallagher be discharged from the Select Committee on Arts, Sport, Tourism, Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and that...

Medical Practitioners (Professional Indemnity) (Amendment) Bill 2009: First Stage (8 Jul 2009)

Pat Carey: No.

Written Answers — Agriculture Sector: Agriculture Sector (8 Jul 2009)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions 100, 102 and 103 together. The actual information requested by the Deputy is not available. Information on the numbers employed in Agriculture (NACE Rev. 1.1) at 2 digit level for the years 1999 to 2009 by NUTS 3 region are contained in the following table. This is the most detailed information available from the CSO Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS). ...