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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Administration (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: The Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) is a programme for improvement works on small private/non-public roads. The eligibility criteria for the scheme are largely based on the Memorandum governing the scheme which was published in 2002 by the then Department of Environment and Local Government. Eligible roads are non-public roads, often leading to houses and important community amenities such...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charities Regulation (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: Section 39 of the Charities Act 2009, provides the regulatory basis for organisations to register with the Charities Regulator. In order to apply for charitable status an organisation must provide evidence that it; - Operates in the Republic of Ireland - Exists for a charitable purpose(s) as set out in the Charities Act 2009, - Promotes this charitable purpose(s) only, - Carries out all...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector Funding (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: My Department's Community and Voluntary Supports and Programmes provide a cohesive framework of support for the community and voluntary sector. €3.5m is being provided in 2018 under this programme to support 21 Volunteer Centres, 8 Volunteer Information Services and a number of volunteer-supporting organisations, such as Volunteer Ireland. Volunteer Information Services provide...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: The new public library strategy for 2018 to 2022,Our Public Libraries 2022: Inspiring, Connecting and Empowering Communities, has been developed by my Department in partnership with local authorities and the Local Government Management Agency. The Strategy focuses on three thematic programmes - Reading and Literacy Development, Learning and Information, and Community and Culture. These...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local and Community Development Programme Expenditure (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: The Local Development Social Inclusion Programme and the Community Development Programme were superseded by the Local Community Development Programme (LCDP) on 1 January 2010. The following table sets out the funding allocated to each County for the period 2008 to 2009. I would like to refer the Deputy to the reply to PQ11821/18 (Question No 907) of 20 March 2018, which sets out the 2010...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: The Department of Rural and Community Development was established on the 19th July 2017. In that time there have been no invoices received by the Department from this company.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: The Department of Rural and Community Development was established on 19th July 2017. Therefore there is no expenditure in this timeframe.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Training (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: The Department of Rural and Community Development was established on 19th July 2017. There has been no expenditure to date on training on the use of social media.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Security of the Elderly (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: The objective of the Seniors Alert Scheme is to encourage support for vulnerable older people in our communities through the provision of personal monitored alarms to enable them to continue to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. Funding is available under the Scheme towards the purchase by a registered community-based organisation of equipment,...

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: I congratulate the Chairman. This is my first appearance before the committee since he took up his role and I wish him well. I welcome the new committee members and thank previous members for their contribution in the past. I am very pleased, despite some delays, to be able to attend the committee today to discuss the Revised Estimate for the Department for 2018. The Estimate for this...

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: Programme A refers to the town and village scheme, the Leader programme, the rural recreation scheme, the CLÁR programme and the LCDCs. If members have questions on any of these programmes, I will be delighted to answer them, if I can.

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: Deputy Ó Cuív asked a fair question. He identified early last year, when I took over this job, that there would be a shortfall for the Leader programme, and he was correct. I will give some figures on Leader itself and then I will answer the Deputy's question. There was a €908,000 spend in January and one of €330,000 in February. The spend in March rose to...

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: Yes.

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: I accept that. The Deputy has raised an issue with the programme itself previously. We made changes to the schemes. The other figures I want to give are on the amount of schemes that have been approved, the value of them and what is coming down the line. Up to the end of the year, we had 900 schemes approved, to the value of €26,292,771 and we have 285 now waiting to be approved,...

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: That is a fact.

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: The Chairman asked a question about the groups. I hope to have a forum with the local action group, LAG, companies in June or July. I will certainly have discussions with them about what the roadblocks are. Deputy Ó Cuív was being fair when he agreed that we had made changes. The programmes are up and running. I want to spend the money. The Deputy is correct, in that I must be...

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: The Deputy is correct. I have seen a number of grant aid requests from programmes in various counties. In Carlow, for example, requests relating to a number of community halls have come through. In Waterford, funding has been requested for food hubs, which will be long lasting and will create jobs. These will be pilot schemes. Like the Deputy, I would not like to see Leader companies...

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: In terms of the Leader programme, the Deputy's county is a credit. I will cite the figures for Kerry.

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: Kerry has 119 approvals to the value of €2,124,935 and a further 33 projects amounting to almost €1.5 million ready for approval. I am going to visit Kerry to see how it is operating its programme so well. It has almost €3.5 million worth of projects approved. It is ahead of the posse. Once Kerry County Council gets funding under LIS, CLÁR and town and village...

Select Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Revised) (25 Apr 2018)

Michael Ring: I am open to correction, but my understanding is that these figures relate to the Kerry Leader programme. That is the name of it. From my understanding, it is for Kerry only. We can check that, and we will send the information to the Deputy if I am wrong. I think it is for Kerry only, but we will check it for the Deputy.