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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns Committees Funding (5 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The TidyTowns competition was originally launched by Fáilte Ireland over 60 years ago.  Since its inception, the competition has grown from 52 entrants in 1958, to 883 entrants in 2018.  As Minister for Rural and Community Development, I was delighted to be in a position to announce grant funding to TidyTowns Committees of €1.4 million for each of the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (5 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The CLÁR programme provides funding for small scale projects in rural areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation.  The programme has been very successful since I reintroduced it in 2016, following a number of years when it was closed for new applications.  It now forms part of my Department's Project Ireland 2040 Programme for Rural Regeneration....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 281 and 282 together. My Department did not engage with or consult any agency or other body regarding social media advertising or online promoted content in 2018 and has not done so to date in 2019. Furthermore, my Department did not incur any expenditure on social media advertising or online promoted content, as per the details supplied in the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (6 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: Funding may be available through my Department’s Town & Village Renewal Scheme or the LEADER Programme for the type of project referred to by the Deputy. The Town and Village Renewal Scheme was introduced in the second half of 2016 and, to date, almost €53 million has been approved under the scheme for more than 670 projects across the country.  These projects...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (6 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The first call for applications for the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund closed at the end of September.  €1 billion is committed to the Fund over a 10 year period to support rural economic development and help build strong communities. €315m is allocated to the Fund for 2019-2022. There were 280 applications received to the first call under the Fund.126 applications...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (7 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The Local Improvement Scheme, or LIS, is a programme for improvement works on small private or non-public roads in rural areas. The scheme is funded by my Department and is administered through the Local Authorities.  On 7 February last, I announced a sum of €10 million for this year's round of LIS.  The allocations for each county were published on my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (7 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: CLÁR is a programme that provides funding for small scale projects in rural areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation.  The programme is part of the Government’s Project Ireland 2040 Rural Regeneration Programme. Following a number of years when the programme was closed for new applications, I reintroduced it in 2016.  Since then, CLÁR...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Data (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual EU co-funded programme to support rural development. The 2007-2013 LEADER programme was delivered by the Local Development Companies who were the Local Action Groups (LAGs) for each LEADER area. Total project and administration expenditure, which included engagement with potential promoters (known as "animation"), under the 2007-2013 LEADER programme amounted to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Expenditure (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 619 and 620 together. The LEADER programme has a total budget of €250 million over the period to 2020. €220 million of this funding has been allocated to the Local Action Groups (LAGs) throughout the country who deliver the LEADER programme. The remaining €30 million is available for schemes which will be overseen at a national level....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Grant Payments (12 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The provision the items referred to by the Deputy may be eligible for funding under a number of my Department's programmes, including LEADER, the Community Enhancement Programme and CLÁR. LEADER is a multi-annual programme covering the period 2014-2020 which is delivered through Local Action Groups in each of the 28 LEADER sub-regional areas around the country. Funding can be provided...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: My Department administers a range of programmes and schemes to support rural and community development. The Department has provided funding to projects under the following programmes in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date 2019 in County Galway. We are currently collating information relating to individual projects and draw downs and will forward this to the Deputy in due course. ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: My Department administers a range of programmes and schemes to support rural and community development. The Department has provided funding to projects under the following programmes in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date 2019 in County Roscommon. We are currently collating information relating to individual projects and draw downs and will forward this to the Deputy. Roscommon 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The first call for applications for the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund closed at the end of September. €1 billion is committed to the Fund over a 10 year period to support rural economic development and help build strong communities. €315 million is allocated to the Fund for 2019-2022. There was an excellent response from all across the country, with 280...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Cycling Facilities Funding (13 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The development of cycle paths may be eligible for funding under a number of my Department's programmes, including the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme and LEADER. The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme is part of the Government’s Project Ireland 2040 Rural Regeneration Programme. The objective of the scheme is to support the development and promotion of new outdoor...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: There are a lot of people involved in this and a lot of fishermen. It is not just-----

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The CSP supports around 400 community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model with funding provided as a fixed annual contribution to the cost of a manager and an agreed number of full-time equivalent positions. This contribution must be co-funded by the organisations concerned from other sources, for example, from income received from the public use of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The Community Services Programme (CSP) supports around 400 community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model, with funding provided as a fixed annual contribution to the cost of a manager and an agreed number of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions. Some €46 million is available under the programme in 2019. I have no plans to make changes to, or...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Interdepartmental Working Groups (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: Working Group(s) currently established Focus of work Membership/Composition Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce Working Group on State and Publicly owned Assets The Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce Working Group on State and publicly-owned Assets, a sub-group of the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce, was established in 2018 as a direct response to Action 19 of the Mobile Phone and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Data (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: My Department was established on 19 July 2017. It has received one complaint under formal complaints procedures since then. The complaint arose on the 27 August 2018 when a member of the public who corresponded with the Department in Irish was responded to in English, in error. The member of the public also contacted An Coimisinéir Teanga in relation to the matter. Following an...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (26 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: Pobal is a not-for-profit company that manages programmes on behalf of the Irish Government and the EU. The Company operates under the aegis of my Department, which has an oversight and governance role. The governance arrangements are set out in an Oversight Agreement with programme specific Performance Delivery Agreements in place for each individual programme that Pobal operates. ...