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Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (21 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: 35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to announce a new local improvement scheme in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8514/18]

Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (21 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: When does the Minister intend to introduce a new local improvement scheme for this year? He knows that last year, up to €17 million was allocated for what is one of the most important schemes in rural Ireland. We regularly hear about the demise of rural Ireland but the local improvement scheme is one of the most important initiatives that have been resurrected in the past number of years.

Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (21 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: I thank the Minister for the answer and welcome his indication that he will announce the allocation for this year later this month. I have a minor criticism, which is that last year, he announced the allocations in September and December, which is very late in the year to get work done. There is bad weather etc. so councils are rushing to get work done at the end of the year. It is welcome...

Other Questions: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (21 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: It is very welcome that the scheme will be announced early in the year. One big problem for local authorities in the past was they were unsure whether funding would be available. Having a funding stream on a continuous basis is very welcome. The authorities will be able to plan for the future and in Carlow's case, there has been a programme in place for a number of years. From four years...

Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (21 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: Hear, hear.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: In relation to the programme for Government commitment to strengthen community supports, what plans does to the Government have to increase community supports in the coming year?

Supporting the Suckling Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak about this issue. We do not often get an opportunity to speak about agricultural issues0 and I believe we should have more opportunities to do so. The livestock census figures for the years 2010 to 2017, inclusive, show that the number of suckler cows in the national herd has reduced from approximately 1.15 million to 1.08 million, a...

Supporting the Suckling Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: I was speaking facts.

Supporting the Suckling Sector: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: It must be realistic.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (21 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: 46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of underspent funds that were allocated to the towns and villages schemes; and if there will be a similar type of scheme in 2018. [8513/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (22 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance if HRI tax relief can be claimed for work carried out five years ago in circumstances in which the person was unemployed at the time and not paying income tax but has returned to work in 2017 and is paying tax again. [9050/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Eligibility (27 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: 678. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has a right to apply for a disability allowance in their own right. [9509/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: I thank Mr. Murphy. I apologise for being unavoidably absent for the first part of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: I ask Mr. Stanley to start by clarifying KPMG's role in the process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: Are the dissatisfied partners equally spread around the country or are they in one particular cluster?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: With regard to the communications process in terms of the 630 partners that Mr. Stanley has written to, when would he have communicated with all those 630 partners previously?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: I asked that question because Mr. Stanley said some letters were returned marked "return to sender".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: The fact that they were returned marked "return to sender" indicates that Coillte had not been communicating when them for a while.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: It is about ten years since Coillte would have communicated in any meaningful way with the vast majority of the partners.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Foresty Partnership Agreements: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Pat Deering: I am trying to tease this out.