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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Initiatives (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am stunned that the Minister says he could not, if he wanted to, roll out the RAPID scheme in the way it used to be done. The Government could certainly have made a decision to do that so it is an extraordinary statement. I do not think a fly goes up a wall in Mayo without the Minister knowing about it. Can he tell me where the money was allocated under the RAPID or community enhancement...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Initiatives (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Can the Minister send me the details?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: RAPID Programme (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We will not delay too long on this. The question relates to County Wexford and the areas that can apply for funding under the new community enhancement scheme. The Minister might give me the details of the amount allocated in 2019.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: RAPID Programme (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Would the Minister agree that the most deprived communities in the country are all urban communities, and tend to be urban communities with a high percentage of social housing?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: RAPID Programme (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is the Minister saying the sociologists got it wrong when they did their detailed analysis of the census figures, which showed the most concentrated deprivation at community level was exclusively in urban communities? It reminds me of a visit I paid to Wexford town, where I said to the RAPID team there that I had never seen the level of disadvantage and deprivation in rural areas that I saw...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Leader Programmes Expenditure (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 20. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent to date under the present LEADER programme on projects; the amount spent to date in 2018 on projects by local action groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45956/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Leader Programmes Expenditure (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: This question relates to the LEADER programme, which the Minister covered comprehensively in response to Question No. 12, in the name of my colleague, Deputy Brendan Smith. How much money has been spent on LEADER projects so far in 2018?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Leader Programmes Expenditure (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister should take his time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Leader Programmes Expenditure (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister can just give me the figures.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Leader Programmes Expenditure (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: My question sought the figure after administrative costs are excluded. How much has been spent on the projects?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Leader Programmes Expenditure (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How much has been spent on projects so far this year, when expenditure on administration is discounted?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Leader Programmes Expenditure (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is the figure I wanted.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Leader Programmes Expenditure (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister. I do not wish to ask any supplementary questions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dormant Accounts Fund Management (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 21. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the net amount of funding that has come into the dormant account funds in 2018 after repayments to the banks of reclaimed funds; the amount it is proposed to spend on projects from the fund in 2018; the spend to date; the amount of uncommitted funds on hand, not including the statutory reserve; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dormant Accounts Fund Management (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister of State tell the House how much money has gone into the dormant accounts fund in 2018, net of repayments made to people who have claimed back the money? Will he tell the House how much of the money the Department intends to spend this year? What is the total amount of uncommitted funds in the account?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dormant Accounts Fund Management (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It seems that the inflows are very healthy. Every year there is an inflow. In the new year the outflows exceed the inflows. The dormant accounts fund has received €49 million, of which €30 million has been committed. Therefore, the value of uncommitted funds this year has increased by €19 million. Is that a fair summary? The money was intended to be spent on people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dormant Accounts Fund Management (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: On arriving in the Department the Minister of State must have been puzzled to find that he had a fund of around €200 million of uncommitted funds. There is more money coming into the fund than going out and it is growing every year. The money was supposed to be used to tackle disadvantage and for people with a disability. All of the reports recommend caution and state we should not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Dormant Accounts Fund Management (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is a way of throwing caution to the wind without being irresponsible. The Minister of State knows that there is €200 million lying there, which is no good for anybody. It could be spent to undertake important work, if only the Minister of State would not allow himself to be ruled by an overcautious approach in the belief that doing nothing is safer than doing something. Is he...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 24. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when decisions will be made on applications made under the rural regeneration and development fund; the number of applications received to date; the funding approved in budget 2019 for the scheme in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45955/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (8 Nov 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Does the Minister agree that it is absolutely vital that approval be given in the near future? In most cases, it takes well over a year for projects to spend. Is the Minister concerned, given the slow rate of approval, that the €55 million will not be spent in 2019 and that there will be a replication of what has happened under the LEADER programme, with money being returned to the...