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

Michael Ring: My Department operates the following funding programmes and support schemes that are open to applications from relevant parties, including those in Scouting Ireland, who satisfy the relevant eligibility criteria during the application timeframes set for each scheme/programme. The Community Enhancement Programme provides capital grants to community groups to help improve facilities in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Seniors Alert Scheme (26 Mar 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme Funding (27 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 €46m is available under the programme in 2019. The organisation in question receives funding...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Comhairle na Tuaithe (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established on 19th July 2017. Since then, I met with the members of Comhairle na Tuaithe on 13th February 2018, and Comhairle met on two further occasions, 16th May 2018 and 5th July 2018. The group was also due to meet on the 16thOctober 2018. However, due to members' diary commitments, this meeting had to be postponed. My meeting with...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: Early last year, I established a Steering Group to examine the introduction of a pilot scheme to encourage people to return to living in town centres. A lot of consideration was given by the Group to the best approach to developing a model which would deliver on the objective of increasing town centre living. The Steering Group noted that some schemes which have specifically attempted to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Data (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual programme with a total budget of €250 million over the period 2014-2020. €220 million of this funding has been allocated to the Local Action Groups (LAGs) throughout the country who deliver the LEADER programme. This core funding is allocated to the LAGs for the full period of the programme. The remaining €30 million is available for thematic...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Data (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual programme which has a total budget of €250 million over the period to 2020. €220 million of this funding has been allocated to each of the individual Local Action Groups (LAGs) who deliver LEADER. The remaining €30 million is available for schemes to be delivered at a national level and is allocated as projects are approved. Table 1 below...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: As the Deputy will be aware, CLÁR is an important part of the Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development and focuses on areas which have suffered the greatest levels of population decline. The table below details the amount of funding allocated and paid to each Local Authority to date under the CLÁR Scheme in the years 2017 and 2018, and the payments expressed as a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: As the Deputy will be aware, CLÁR is an important part of the Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development and focuses on areas which have suffered the greatest levels of population decline. The programme was effectively closed for new applications in 2010. However, I re-launched CLÁR in 2016, and, since then, more than 1,200 projects have benefitted from funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: As the Deputy will be aware, there was no dedicated funding for the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) or a number of years due to constraints on public expenditure. However, I was very conscious of the underlying demand for the scheme in rural areas throughout the country. I reintroduced the LIS in September 2017 and allocated a total of €17.5 million to Local Authorities for LIS roads...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Data (28 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. As the Deputy may be aware, there was no dedicated funding for this scheme for a number of years due to constraints on public expenditure. However, I was very conscious of the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (28 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 was an excellent response from all across the country, with 280 applications...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme forms an important part of the Action Plan for Rural Development and the Government's Project Ireland 2040 Programme for Rural Regeneration. It has the potential to stimulate economic recovery and job creation in towns and villages across rural Ireland. The tables below detail the funding allocated to each Local Authority under the Town and Village Renewal...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: 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. The table below details the number of applications approved and the number not approved under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018, broken down by...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 193 and 194 together. The question refers to the 2019 figures for a number of schemes funded by my Department. The information requested on these schemes is provided in the table below: Scheme/Programme Number of applications permissible by county and local authority for schemes Amount allocated by current expenditure in 2019 to schemes Amount allocated by...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Walks Scheme (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The Walks Scheme is an innovative response to facilitating the development and maintenance of some of Ireland’s key walking trails. The scheme provides modest payments to landowners to maintain these trails, based on agreed individual work programmes. A current allocation of €2 million per annum was provided for the scheme each year from 2016 to 2018 inclusive to cover these...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (2 Apr 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 contribution to the cost of a manager and an agreed number of full-time equivalent positions. More than €46 million is available to support community organisations under the programme in 2019. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Ring: The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) provides funding for the development of new outdoor recreational infrastructure and for the maintenance and promotion of existing outdoor recreational infrastructure in rural Ireland. Details of all projects approved under the scheme since its inception are available on the Rural Development pages of my Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Ring: The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) provides funding for the development of new outdoor recreational infrastructure and for the maintenance and promotion of existing outdoor recreational infrastructure in rural Ireland. In 2016, the scheme was known as the Rural Recreation Scheme. Details of all projects approved since 2016, including allocations, are available on...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Ring: The CLÁR programme focuses on areas which have suffered the greatest levels of population decline.  The programme was first launched in October 2001 and the areas originally selected for inclusion in the programme were those which suffered the greatest population decline from 1926 to 1996.  The Cooley Peninsula was also included on the basis of the serious...