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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I think this must be-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: We have done that one.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: There must be a mistake because the question on SICAP funding is the one we have already gone through. There is a mix-up in the order. That has already been answered.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 4. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when SICAP funding will be increased to its 2008 level at €84 million given that current funding is at 50% of this amount. [28312/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I ask the Minister when Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme, SICAP, funding will be restored to its 2008 level of €84 million, given that current funding is at 50% of this amount and given that this affects the most disadvantaged people within our communities.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. The funding over the five years of €197 million, if it was at the 2008 level, should be approximately €470 million. There is a massive difference between what people are getting now in SICAP funding and what they were getting 13 years ago. There is strong evidence that we are not all in this together. The Covid crisis has shown...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: At the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands meeting last week, the chair and the CEO of the Irish Local Development Network, ILDN, stated clearly that SICAP providers have played a central role in communities across the country in responding to the needs which emerged during the Covid lockdown and beyond. As the Minister of State stated, they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 7. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there has been progress in relation to the multi-annual funding of community projects. [27959/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: The Covid crisis has shown us all clearly that the digital divide is as wide as every other divide in our society. If you are from a disadvantaged community then due to digital poverty your opportunities for education and work are limited. Will the Minister detail the provisions being implemented to deal with digital poverty in our communities?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I have it here.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: That was not the one I referred to.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: Okay, go ahead.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there has been funding implemented solely to cover the cost of funding and upskilling within community projects. [27960/21]

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I want to raise the issue of educational disadvantage and inclusion. This week, I met the parents of children with dyslexia. They set up a parent advocacy group and within a short period of time more than 60 people had been in contact with them. I have also been in touch with parents who had expected a dyslexia unit to be established in the school on Roselawn Road only for it to be pulled...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions and Considerations (Resumed): Irish Local Development Network (19 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I thank Ms O'Brien and Mr. Saunders. I have just a couple of questions. They have covered some of the issues that I wanted to raise so I will not go over them again. I will make a quick comment on the digital poverty piece. It is something I found interesting over the course of the past year and a bit. Also, I have worked in areas of educational disadvantage where I saw it at first...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pre-Budget Submissions and Considerations (Resumed): Irish Local Development Network (19 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: One of the projects I was involved in locally always had a difficult relationship with a State agency. When the pandemic came along, that changed fundamentally and a lot of the barriers and relationships that had been built up previously came down straight away. Everybody recognised that the pandemic was something new and people did not know what was coming down the line so there was an air...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the reading unit for children with dyslexia planned for a school (details supplied) has been cancelled; and if there are plans for further reading rooms to be developed in the Dublin 7 and Dublin 15 area. [25599/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent dedicated school will be built to accommodate a school (details supplied); and if the move of the school to a location is a temporary measure. [25615/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (18 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists employed for youthreach centres paid directly by each centre from their own budget. [26409/21]