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Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I am not sure if Deputies are paying attention, but we are moving through this debate pretty quickly and there are lots of slots not being taken. I say this in case people are missing their slots.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Deputies Michael Moynihan and O'Dowd are sharing time.

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy Thomas Gould was in possession. The Deputy has four minutes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I am delighted but perhaps the communication should have happened beforehand. I am delighted the Minister is now offering certainty and that the plan will be published in the next few weeks. We can hold the Minister to that before Christmas. The Irish Local Development Network is pointing out the uncertainty on the ground, as is Forum Connemara. We all recognise the work being done on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 4. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of a State-led rural development programme to bridge the gap between the winding up of the existing LEADER programme and the implementation of the new programme; when she expects that the interim programme will be finalised and operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34137/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I know there is no provision for the grouping of questions but this is the exact same question. I ask the Minister about the development of a State-led rural development programme to bridge the gap. To save time, she might depart from her script because she has read it. I have three specific questions on that. Funding has not been provided for new LEADER projects in 2021. Funding has not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister. I understand that there is a delay because of the CAP negotiations, but if we look back to questions asked by Deputies previously, culminating in Deputy Martin Browne's yesterday, going back to December 2019 when the Minister was on notice that there would be a transitional phase, almost a full year has passed and a transition plan has not been published. That is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister says there is no particular panic on the ground but 35 rural local development companies are asking all of us Deputies for certainty in respect of what the €44 million applies to. Does it apply to new projects? How much will be used up on the projects that were already committed to by the end of this year? The Minister has confirmed it will apply to administration...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: That is true but I try.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I have ten seconds because I have drawn the Acting Chairman's attention to the clock.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: The Minister's choice of words were unfortunate when she said there was no particular panic at the moment. There may well be no panic but there is a lot of uncertainty that needs clarification-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: I am telling the Minister there is uncertainty because that is what we are being told by the Connemara Forum.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, please.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Good.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: Good.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Housing Regeneration (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 13. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 23 September 2020, if the inter-departmental steering group to review the suggested actions in the independent report on the pilot town centre living initiative has been established; when the steering group will be operational; the membership of the group; the terms of reference of the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Programme for Government (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 44. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the national policy for the islands; when the islands action plan as promised in the programme for Government will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34147/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the commitment to expand the town and village renewal scheme to bring vacant and derelict buildings back into use and promote residential occupancy as outlined in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34146/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Programme for Government (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the new rural policy promised in the programme for Government which is planned to build on the Action Plan for Rural Development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34148/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (5 Nov 2020)

Catherine Connolly: 51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of the 275 publicly-accessible broadband connection points promised by the end of 2020 that are now live by county; the number of these that are on offshore islands; when the outstanding points will be connected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34144/20]