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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed): European Council Meetings (23 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: I reiterate the Taoiseach's remarks about Presidents Tusk and Juncker and the High Representative, Ms Mogherini, and thank them for their work. I wish to raise a couple of points about the budget discussions. Ireland was reported as blocking the development of an EU rainy day fund for countries in crisis. Were there discussions about such a fund and what is the Irish position on it?...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects Funding (23 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 192. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the annual allocations over the 2016 to 2020 period to fund initiatives (details supplied) in each scheme; the other schemes under his remit; and the budget 2020 funding allocations to the initiative in each respective scheme. [43791/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Scheme to Support National Organisations (23 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 193. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the 2019 to 2022 scheme to support national organisations; and the annual funding to this three year programme in tabular form. [43792/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (23 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 194. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the findings emanating from the review of local community development committees; the actions he is considering arising from the review; if the review makes observations on the role of committees and the operation of the LEADER programme. [43799/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (23 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 195. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the review of local community development committees that stated that the prevailing view, particularly from non-State respondents, that community interests are not adequately considered or represented at committee level suggests these mechanisms are not as effectively or as widely used as they should be (details...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and value of approved projects being funded under the rural regeneration and development fund; the funding allocated for the scheme in 2019; the value of the total amount of payments made for approved projects to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43881/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: The rural regeneration and development fund is another of the Minister's big ticket items that is struggling to spend its funding. Only €14 million of the €52 million fund for this year has been drawn down. This points to a difficulty whereby the Minister has the money but the partners do not appear to have it or seem to be very slow in spending it. It is a constant theme and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: Some €52 million is allocated for 2019 and €16 million of that has been drawn down to date. Is the Minister confident that the full €52 million will be drawn down? With regard to the most recent call for applications, which closed in August, when will the Minister announce the successful applicants? One assumes that if the category 1 projects were ready to roll that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: We were right.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: We were right; the Minister has just admitted he is not going to spend all of the money under the rural regeneration and development fund in 2019.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: He is going to move money from this fund into the LEADER programme. We will have a discussion about the programme later. The Minister has allocated €350 million for the period from 2019 to 2021 under the rural regeneration and development fund. He is not going to reach that target in the first year, so is that figure of €350 million going to change? It is unbelievable that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: Yes. The RAPID programme devised by Deputy Ó Cuív during his time in the Department was a very focused plan, especially with regard to urban disadvantage. There were 51 areas in it and it was beginning to achieve some success until funding was cut. The Minister, Deputy Ring, has now reviewed it and has come up with a new programme that takes in RAPID and extends it out. What...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: The original remit of RAPID was to address the way we do silo government in this country. I do not mean politically, it was to do with Departments doing their own thing. RAPID was supposed to bring everybody together, and specifically in the most disadvantaged areas, to agree on programmes and invest accordingly in a very targeted way. This new way loses that targeting and the focus. I am...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: What measurement is in place in the Department to ensure the consistency of the LCDCs across the country? Can we look at a comparison between the 51 areas that were in the original RAPID programme and which were getting places, to see how they are faring under the new model of the community enhancement programme? Has there been a loss of investment or a loss of improvement in those areas as...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the Ceann Comhairle's remarks. He has this party's full support in the work ahead. I thank the Clerk of the Dáil and everyone involved in the work this week. There will be time this afternoon to reflect further on that report. The report issued overnight by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, shows that Ireland will exceed its climate change emissions targets by up...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Tánaiste. The Minister, Deputy Bruton, has been in office 2011 in various Departments, a period during which a lot of the targets were missed. The Government has my party's support. It was my party that proposed that the carbon tax funding be ring-fenced for initiatives such as increasing the quality of our housing supply and a just transition for the midlands in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: To continue the debate, when is it proposed to introduce the legislation to ring-fence the revenues raised from the carbon tax?

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Service Provision (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of discussions he has had with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with regard to broadband provision in rural areas; the progress of the provision of a map of black spots in mobile coverage undertaken by the mobile telephone and broadband task force; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a final decision will be made on applications under the 2019 town and village renewal scheme in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43787/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Brexit Supports (24 Oct 2019)

Dara Calleary: 30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget 2020 supports for the community and voluntary sector to deal with all Brexit scenarios. [43788/19]