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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme (5 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: My Department manages the Seniors Alert Scheme which encourages community support for vulnerable older people in our communities by providing grant assistance towards the purchase and installation of personal monitored alarms to enable older persons, of limited means, to continue to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. The scheme is administered by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (10 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: The LEADER elements of the 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme are now closed and not taking any further applications for funding. The LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 will provide a total of €250 million to support the development of sustainable rural communities. LEADER is delivered through the medium of Local Development Strategies (LDS) by Local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (10 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: The project file concerned was recently referred to my Department by Mayo North East Leader Partnership for review. I understand this review has now been completed and the findings were forwarded to Mayo North East Leader Partnership on 3 March 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (10 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 534 and 551 together. My Department’s Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) is the largest social inclusion intervention of its kind in the State and is being implemented on a transitional basis until the end of March 2015, pending the roll out of the new Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) on 1 April 2015. In...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (10 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: The project in question was submitted to my Department by Mayo North East Leader Partnership requesting written approval, which is a requirement for projects seeking funding in excess of €150,000 under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2014. This written approval has now been issued to Mayo North East Leader Partnership.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (10 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: I understand that Mayo North East Leader Partnership did receive an application for funding under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2014 from the promoter concerned. I am advised that contracts were signed between Mayo North East Leader Partnership and the promoter in question on 2 October 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (10 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: This project was submitted to my Department by Mayo North East Leader Partnership requesting written approval, which is a requirement for projects seeking funding in excess of €150,000 under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2014. This written approval has now been issued to Mayo North East Leader Partnership.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (10 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: I am advised that Mayo North East LEADER Partnership contacted the project in October 2014 with a view to advancing the application. They were advised at that time that the project promoter was withdrawing the project application.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (10 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: Under the scheme covering trail maintenance on National Way Marked Ways, an amount of €42,643 was granted to the organisation referred to.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Redundancy Payments (10 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: My Department’s Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) is the largest social inclusion intervention of its kind in the State and is being implemented on a transitional basis until the end of March 2015, pending the roll out of the new Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) on 1 April 2015. In accordance with the Public Spending Code, legal advice,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (10 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 553 to 555 together . My Department’s Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) is the largest social inclusion intervention of its kind in the State and is being implemented on a transitional basis until the end of March 2015, pending the roll out of the new Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) on 1 April 2015. In...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (10 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: The Rural Transport Programme (RTP) was created to address social exclusion in rural areas arising from unmet public transport needs. In April 2012 responsibility for managing the RTP was assigned to the National Transport Authority (NTA). This role for the NTA, coupled with its national remit for securing the provision of public transport passenger services, enables the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme (11 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: My Department manages the Seniors Alert Scheme which encourages community support for vulnerable older people in our communities by providing grant assistance towards the purchase and installation of personal monitored alarms to enable older persons, of limited means, to continue to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. The scheme is administered by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme (12 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: Following the review of the Community Support for Older People (CSOP - the forerunner for the Seniors Alert Scheme) in 2009, which involved extensive consultation with all stakeholders, one of the key recommendations was that a centralised procurement process would simplify the scheme. By decreasing the level of administration for groups, this would allow them to spend more time on the key...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Expenditure (12 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 to 252, inclusive, together. Public Procurement Guidelines require that contracts awarded by any private entity, which are subsidised 50% or more by a public body, must be subject to public procurement and where the value exceeds certain thresholds,must be used. Projects subsidised less than 50% are not subject to full public procurement; however, the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (12 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: In line with the ‘bottom-up’ approach to rural development under the Leader elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, Local Action Groups (LAGs), in this case Mayo North East Leader Partnership, are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Such decisions are made in the context of the LAG’s local development strategy...

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (24 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: I never campaigned against water charges.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: My Department continues to administer the Walks Scheme, which was launched in 2008 on the recommendation of Comhairle na Tuaithe (The Countryside Council). This Scheme provides for landholders to be key participants in the provision of high quality walking trails, by contracting them to undertake maintenance work on the trails in line with agreed work plans. The Walks Scheme is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 842, 843, 873, 905 and 923 to 925, inclusive, together. The funding Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO) in the community and voluntary sector aims to provide multi-annual funding to national organisations towards core costs associated with the provision of services. Applications for a new round of funding, which commenced on 1 July 2014, were...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 868, 884 and 900 together. Under the EU regulatory framework governing the LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, each EU Member State must conduct an open and transparent process to select both the Local Development Strategies and the Local Action Group for each sub-regional area. Accordingly, my Department is conducting a two stage...