Results 121-140 of 2,551 for speaker:Pat Carey

Poverty Levels (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The annual survey on income and living conditions, SILC, published by the CSO is the official source of data on national poverty indicators, such as at-risk-of-poverty, material deprivation and consistent poverty. The SILC poverty figures for 2009, published on 25 November last, provide the first indications of the impact of the economic crisis on living standards and poverty levels. The...

Poverty Levels (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The impact of this year's budget will be apparent in the near future. I would not like to anticipate what will be the outcome in this regard. However, what emerges will obviously inform the process of policy formation in the months ahead.

Poverty Levels (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: The findings currently available indicate that each of the budgets from 2008, including that introduced last week, have been very progressive. In other words, those who are in a position to pay most are being obliged to do so and those on lower incomes are being protected as far as is possible. The ESRI reports that have been published since I entered the Department indicate that all...

Poverty Levels (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: While virtually all charities certainly will state they are under pressure, I can confirm to the House that for quite a number of years, my Department has been giving assistance to the bigger charities, some of which were named by the Deputy. Moreover, only today I approved the payment of further moneys to the same organisations that have been funded heretofore to address the issues that are...

Community Development (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and 63 together. Allocations to most subheads in my Department's Vote will be reduced by varying amounts in the budget, as is the case in all Departments. In the current economic circumstances, we are faced with difficult decisions. The Government has considered a number of measures in the context of the National Recovery Plan 2011-14 to provide the basis...

Community Development (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: In response to Deputy Wall, I would like to think that my Department has a good relationship with his client groups, be it the approximately 480 groups in the drugs sector, the community projects, the Leader companies and so on. The officials have a record of being quite responsive to the needs of communities, including, as I always stress, the need to address emerging needs. It is the...

Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 28 and 30 together. As Deputy Feighan is aware, in the current economic circumstances we are faced with difficult decisions. The Government has considered several measures in the context of the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014 to provide the basis for a sustainable approach to the current financial situation. Throughout Government, our approach has been to...

Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Regarding the overall spend, there is very little capital spending in our Department and, in some cases, little or nothing. For example, an allocation of €3 million was made in the capital budget under the national drugs strategy this year. As it turned out, not all of that was used and some of it was transferred to current spending towards the end of the year to meet demands in that...

Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: There are no incendiary devices. This project has been deliberately worked out and much of it was done in consultation with the sector. Contrary to Deputy Feighan's remarks, the budget for rural communities has been, in fact, increased significantly for the coming year. The outturn for this year is €48 million and it will be €60 million for the Leader programme next year. A great deal...

National Drugs Strategy (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: As indicated in my previous reply, the data to which Deputy Wall refers is primarily drawn from the 2010 annual report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, with the Health Research Board being the national agency through which the Irish input is channelled. For the reasons outlined, I emphasise the need for caution when using data to derive cross-European...

National Drugs Strategy (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I have no intention of watering down any findings on drug use. The drugs problem is serious. Even if Ireland did not feature in any league tables, as far as I am concerned, any abuse of drugs is an abuse too much. The report, published on 10 November, states 55% of problem opiate users were in opiate treatment in 2007, the last year for which we have an estimate. In Dublin, the average...

National Drugs Strategy (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I agree with Deputy Wall that this information should be provided in the public domain such as doctors' surgeries. Interestingly, when I recently launched a programme for a drugs taskforce I was informed it was all very fine having such information in doctors' surgeries but it needs to be in places where young people recreate such as GAA clubs and so on. It is all very fine for professional...

Straitéis don Ghaeilge (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Ghlac an Rialtas leis an straitéis 20-bliain don Ghaeilge ag a gcruinniú ar 30 Samhain agus táthar ag súil go mbeidh an cháipéis foilsithe an tseachtain roimh Nollaig. Tá an straitéis bunaithe ar ráiteas an Rialtais i leith na Gaeilge 2006, nuair a dhearbhaigh an Rialtas a thacaíocht d'fhorbairt agus do chaomhnú na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta. Tá réimse leathan gníomhaíochtaí...

Straitéis don Ghaeilge (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Is fiú tabhairt san áireamh go bhfuil soláthar iomlán de €36 milliún curtha ar fáil i meastacháin na Roinne i leith fhorbairt na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta i rith 2011. Ní áiríonn an Teachta an maoiniú de €9.4 milliún atá le tabhairt do na hoileáin, a bhfuil formhór acu sa Ghaeltacht, nó an maoiniú d'Fhoras na Gaeilge, nó an maoiniú substaintiúil a chuireann an Stát...

Straitéis don Ghaeilge (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Ba mhaith liom cur in iúl don Teach go raibh an chuid is mó den chaiteachas a bhí ag an Roinn le blianta beaga anuas sa chuntas chaipitil a bhain le chéibheanna, leis na hoileáin agus le bhóithre. Bhí caiteachas an-mhór ann agus leanfaimid ar aghaidh le cé Chill Rónáin agus beidh halla Bhaile na Finne á thógáil againn.

Straitéis don Ghaeilge (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Beidh €12 milliún caiteachas caipitil ag Údarás na Gaeltachta ag Údarás na Gaeltachta an bhliain seo chugainn. Tá €6 milliún ann ach tá €4 milliún sa bhreis ar fáil ag an údarás as na scaranna ó Bioniche agus €2 milliún sa bhreis as a chuntais féin. Chomh maith leis sin, d'aontaigh an Teach liom go dtabharfainn tuilleadh airgid don údarás i mbliana chun billí a íoc.

Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 33 and 41 together. As I mentioned earlier, the 20-year strategy on the Irish language was approved by Government at its meeting of 30 November. It is intended to publish the final document next week and further information will be available at that time concerning the steps to be taken for its implementation. The strategy has been developed in line with...

Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: It is a 20-year strategy, not a 20-week one. Everybody is serious about this matter. A unit has been established in my Department to co-ordinate the implementation of the strategy as soon as the final document is published. Some €1.5 million has been set aside in the coming year's Estimates specifically for rolling out the initial phases. Whatever Governments are in office over that...

Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: I repeat that the strategy is a 20 year one. The next couple of years will be frugal, but I am sure that whatever Government is in power will put in enough money to roll out the initial phases of the strategy. The unit is not a toothless talking shop. It is headed by an official at director level. She will be working with a team of people across the Department to ensure that the objectives...

Irish Language (14 Dec 2010)

Pat Carey: Foilseofar an straitéis an tseachtain seo chugainn. Cuirfidh mé eolas cruinn chuig an Teachta nuair atá an dáta socraithe. Déanfar iarracht í a foilsiú Dé Máirt seo chugainn, más féidir liom é sin a eagrú. Beidh mé i dteagmháil leis an Teachta.