Results 141-160 of 2,551 for speaker:Pat Carey

Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Níl a fhios agam fós, ach tá mé beagnach cinnte go ndéanfar é go luath san iarnóin.

Clár Reachtaíochta (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Mar a chuir mé in iúl don Teach cheana, is i gcomhthéacs an Straitéis 20 bliain don Ghaeilge a dhéanfar athruithe maidir le cumhachtaí agus feidhmeanna Údarás na Gaeltachta a chur i gcrích. Ó tharla go bhfuil an straitéis faofa ag an Rialtas anois agus le foilsiú go han-luath, beidh tús á chur láithreach leis an bpróiseas chun feidhm a thabhairt do na moltaí éagsúla atá...

Clár Reachtaíochta (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Ní hí sin an aidhm atá ag an Rialtas. Teastaíonn uainn go bhfanfadh cúraimí fiontraíochta agus fostaíochta ag an eagras nua. Ar ndóigh, is féidir an cheist sin a plé sa Teach nuair a pléifear an reachtaíocht nua. Maidir leis an chéad cheist a chuir an Teachta O'Shea, tá €12 mhilliún le haghaidh Údarás na Gaeltachta sa chuntas caipitil don bhliain seo chugainn. Tá an...

Clár Reachtaíochta (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Is dócha go bhfuil. Sin an freagra is giorra gur féidir liom a thabhairt. Ach, tá an-éifeacht ag scéim na gcuntóirí teanga ar fhás na Gaeilge ins na scoileanna. Ba cheart na hionaid teaghlaigh a mhéadú bliain i ndiaidh a chéile le linn tréimhse na straitéise. Má leanann gach Rialtas leis na spriocanna atá sa straitéis, tá mé cinnte gur féidir athrú an-mhór a dhéanamh...

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (9 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The details requested by the Deputy in relation to the most recent annual reports submitted to my Department by the State bodies/agencies funded from my Department's Vote Group and laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas are reflected in the Table below. In a small number of cases, 2009 Annual Reports have been received and arrangements to lay them before the Oireachtas are in hand. In...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (9 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The Dial to Stop Drug Dealing campaign ran in three phases - across 15 Local and Regional Drugs Task Force areas - in 2008 and 2009. The South East Regional Drugs Task Force (RDTF), which covers County Waterford, ran its campaign in March 2009. I relaunched the campaign on 6 October last with a two week national promotional campaign, followed by local campaigns at Drugs Task Force level....

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (8 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: In the case referred to by the Deputy, an application has only very recently been submitted to my Department and a formal response will issue shortly. My officials are currently following up the circumstances of the case and on foot of this I will revert to the Deputy.

Written Answers — State Bodies: State Bodies (8 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 108 together. No civil servant in my Department has received a bonus payment in the past 12 months. With regard to State bodies/agencies funded from my Department's Vote Group, I am advised that a single instance has occurred across the range of those bodies where a bonus was paid to an employee within the past twelve months. The case in question,...

Written Answers — Youth Services: Youth Services (8 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: My Department manages a range of schemes and programmes that support the wider community and voluntary sector, details of which are available on my Department's website at www.pobail.ie. The Scheme to Support National Organisations in the Community and Voluntary Sector aims to provide multi-annual funding to national organisations towards core costs associated with the provision of services....

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I wish to share my time with the Minister of State, Deputy Martin Mansergh, and the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Alexandra White.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle might let me know when ten minutes has elapsed.

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Táim buíoch as an deis labhairt faoin ábhar tábhachtach seo. Agus sinn ag tabhairt aghaidh ar na dúshláin éagsúla atá romhainn, thar aon rud eile ní foláir dúinn dóchas a bheith againn. Ní féidir dóchas a bheith againn gan cinnteacht a bheith againn. Is dóigh liom go dtugann an mbuiséad seo an chinnteacht sin dúinn. This budget faces up to the reality of the current...

Written Answers — Charities Regulation: Charities Regulation (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The Deputy will be aware that the Charities Act 2009 is structured in such a way as to allow for commencement, by Ministerial order, of its individual provisions on different dates over a period of time. However, commencement of the majority of the Act is contingent on a Charities Regulatory Authority being in place. My Department has developed an implementation plan for the Act, which will...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The details requested in relation to relevant staff (including jobsharing staff) appointed to my office and to the office of Minister of State Mary White, T.D., are set out in the tables below. No salary costs are paid by my Department in respect of the office of Minister of State John Maloney, T.D. 1. Minister's Office Name Title Annual Salary Pension arrangements Mr. Seán Tadhg Ó...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: It is the Government's intention, given the unique nature of the Dormant Accounts Fund, that strong oversight and transparency in relation to disbursements from the Fund will be maintained in the new legislation currently being drafted. The approach under consideration would seek to afford the Oireachtas a specific oversight role in that context and the detail of such arrangements is under...

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The table to which the Deputy refers and the relevant figures on my Department's website relate to the provision of National Lottery funding through my Department's Vote. In my Department's case, the final outturn for expenditure on the three subheads that were part-funded by the Exchequer amounted to €15.836m in the case of Subhead B.1, €73.393m in the case of Subhead B.3 and €5.837m...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The Deputy will appreciate that, given the constraints of a 'details supplied' Question, I am unable to give a detailed response in this reply to the matter raised by him. I am, however, arranging to have, to the extent feasible, the information sought by the Deputy forwarded directly to him. If the Deputy wishes to re-submit the Question outside the 'details supplied' format, I will, of...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: As the Deputy is aware, my Department administers and delivers a range of programmes and measures aimed at supporting both the Irish language and the Gaeltacht. In 2010, some €77m in funding has been made available under both the Gaeltacht & Islands Development and Promotion & Maintenance of the Irish Language headings within my Department's Vote. The table below provides a breakdown of...

Written Answers — Crime Prevention: Crime Prevention (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The Dial to Stop Drug Dealing campaign ran in three phases - across 15 Local and Regional Drugs Task Force areas - in 2008 and 2009. The Southern Regional Drugs Task Force (RDTF), which covers County Cork and County Kerry, ran its campaign in March 2009. I relaunched the campaign on 6 October last with a two week national promotional campaign, followed by local campaigns at Drugs Task Force...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (7 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I assume that the Deputy is referring to appointments made to State bodies funded from my Department's Vote Group within the past twelve months. The Deputy may wish to note the following: · A number of bodies under the aegis of my Department do not have boards - Waterways Ireland, the Equality Tribunal and the Office of An Coimisinéir Teanga. · While Pobal, as a private company, is...