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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...been funded and Rylane in Cork is one, and that is why I hope to have another scheme next year for new builds. I am more than happy to work with the Deputies here and the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, on Ballyvolane but the application has to come in. I would put it back on the city council in this case to work with the Oireachtas Members and the local community, most importantly,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: It is clear that Deputy O’Flynn has done a lot of work. The Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, tells me he taught in the area so he knows it very well. I cannot give Deputy Gould a guarantee. Local authorities have to prepare plans but judging by the scoping work, site identification work and community meetings, it sounds as though they are doing the necessary preparatory work. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...a more cohesive community. I know the Minister, Deputy Foley, who has responsibility under the building blocks scheme, has also expressed an interest in working with the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer and myself on this. To come back to Deputy McGreehan, as I said, over €80 million has been approved for the refurbishment and enhancement of existing community centres since...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...funding of up to €25,000. This brings the total amount approved under the 2024 iteration of the fund to over €33 million for in excess of 770 projects nationwide. I am totally committed, as is the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, to delivering further iterations of the fund in the coming years in line with the commitment in the programme for Government. Since the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (22 May 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...centre. There was also €125,000 allocated to Glanmire in 2021 for enhancing John O'Callaghan Park. I commend the Ballincollig Tidy Towns committee. I was there in March. The Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, presented the national award to them last weekend. It is a wonderful example of volunteerism, ambition and pride, with the community all coming together. We launched the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Men's Sheds (27 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...me last week. There is no issue. We have provided funding over recent years. We wanted to provide funding last year but were unable to find a mechanism to do so. The Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, and I will have a meeting with the Irish Men's Sheds Association. In the meantime, I refer the Deputy to the local enhancement programme. There was money in that for local men's sheds....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gaeltacht Policy (27 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: I do intend to go to Inis Meáin at some stage to see for myself, not just on the pier issue but on all island issues. The Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, and I will be working collectively as regards the islands. I understand a number of marine assessments and studies have been undertaken on the island over the past few years, including bathymetric surveys and a marine simulation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Men's Sheds (27 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...a proposal for funding at that time but indicated that it would be in contact with my Department in 2025. I will meet the Irish Men's Sheds Association along with the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, in the coming weeks to discuss its proposals and I will update the Deputy afterwards.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...applications. One thing that worked in my Department under the previous Minister, Heather Humphreys, is that we allocated money to it from savings in the Department. The Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, and I have asked that this continue. I am engaging with the Minister for Transport, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, regarding funding from that Department because the LIS is really important....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...in the scheme. It was reintroduced in 2017. Base funding has increased year on year since 2021. Last year an additional €10 million in funding was secured. The Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, and I will be monitoring capital expenditure across the Department to utilise any savings and LIS is a priority for us. I have engaged with the Minister for Transport, Deputy Darragh...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...or international protection applicants. In August 2024 €16.4 million was approved to deliver 185 community projects across the country. On 24 February, together with the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, I approved over €14 million to deliver 164 projects across the country for the second tranche. The closing date for the third and final tranche has now passed and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...the Department to the scheme as they have arisen. In April 2024, €40 million in funding was announced for the scheme across all local authorities to cover 2024-25. As the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, said, we have recently opened the 2025 scheme and invited local authorities to submit their lists of priority roads for completion in 2025. Since 2017, Kerry has been...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Enterprise Sector (27 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...group made up of key stakeholders. The membership of this group will be announced shortly. It is an area I will be very interested in working in, alongside the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer. I had many meetings with the CEO of Social Enterprise Republic of Ireland, Mr. John Logue during my time at the Department of enterprise. There is massive potential here. We also need to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Enterprise Sector (27 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, and I look forward to working with the Local Development Companies Network, which has just rebranded. This will be a key area of focus. The Deputy touched on the issue of management capability. People have really good ideas but, unfortunately, the execution of this can often be a challenge and can often intimidate people from taking the step. I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (27 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: We agree on a lot. I also point out that, as the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, has just said, the RRDF is helping in terms of building community revitalisation to assist in housing as well. We announced 30 RRDF projects last year, worth €164 million. A total of €20 million was spent under the town and village renewal scheme. That window is open again this year. We are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Income Inequality (27 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...developing successor policies to the Our Rural Future and Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities strategies. In the whole area of urban intervention, however, it is an area on which the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, and I are both focused. We want to work with Deputy O'Reilly and those across the House. It is an area on which we are spending a lot of money, but I am not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Income Inequality (27 Mar 2025)

Dara Calleary: ...being led from within the community. We have also provided €3 million in the empowering communities programme. I want to ensure that they continue to work, and working with the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, we will ensure that they are focused. I am more than happy to discuss what a target might look like in that context.

Marriage Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2015)

Dara Calleary: ...many other people. It is hard to believe that this achievement was impossible in the early 1990s because homosexuality was still illegal. Individuals such as Senators Norris and Zappone and Deputies Buttimer, Lyons and Hannigan showed great bravery and courage before the day we had last May. The referendum outcome is also a tribute to organisations which sought to persuade people of...

Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2014)

Dara Calleary: ...consequences of this recently. Former Deputy Dr. Jerry Cowley had to deliver a baby because the ambulance that was to bring a pregnant lady from Achill to Castlebar was late arriving. Deputy Jerry Buttimer chaired the meeting at which Ms McGuinness was present. She and the managerial staff were genuine in their belief that the original model is the way to go. However, the practical...