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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: Since I reintroduced the Local Improvement Scheme in September 2017, I have allocated over €48 million to the Local Authorities for improvement works on private and non-public roads, including €10 million for 2019. I have secured €10 million in funding under Budget 2020 to continue the scheme next year.  However, I also want to review the scheme to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Community Development Committees (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) were established in mid-2014 to bring about a more joined-up and integrated approach to local service planning and delivery. In August I approved a comprehensive review of the LCDCs which was underpinned by extensive consultation and highlighted the significant progress made since LCDCs were established.  The review also...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Expenditure (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: Total expenditure on the LEADER programme since it commenced - effectively in 2016 - amounts to over €75 million. This comprises: - €1.5 million in costs incurred by the LAGs to develop their Local Development Strategies. - €33.5 million in administration costs of the LAGs and the cost of their engagement with communities to generate...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Authority Facilities (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: My Department provides funding for facilities such as playgrounds through capital grants for the provision of playground infrastructure, including Multi Use Games Areas or MUGAs through schemes such as the Community Enhancement Programme and the CLÁR Programme. I understand also that the Department for Children and Youth Affairs administers a Capital Grant Funding...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme is part of a range of measures to support the revitalisation of rural Ireland under the Government’s Project Ireland 2040 Rural Regeneration and Development Programme.  Since 2016, €68 million has been allocated for more than 830 projects across the country under the scheme. The Local Authorities are already central to the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Enhancement Programme Funding (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: I launched the new Community Enhancement Programme in May 2018.  The Programme builds on and replaces the Communities Facilities Scheme and the recast RAPID programme which operated in 2017. Its development followed a review of those two schemes, and consultation with the 33 LCDCs across the country.  Under the Programme, funding is allocated to each Local Authority area taking...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: The Action Plan for Rural Development was published in January 2017 as a whole-of-Government initiative to support the economic and social progress of rural Ireland.  One of the objectives of the Action Plan is to support enterprise growth and job creation in rural areas.  The coordinated approach of the Action Plan is achieving benefits in terms of increased employment in the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: RAPID Programme (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: Under the original RAPID programme, funding was ring-fenced for areas designated as RAPID.  The key difference with the new Community Enhancement Programmeis that funding is allocated to every Local Authority area, on the basis of population and the deprivation level in each area.   This is done using the Pobal...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Data (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: Since I reintroduced the Local Improvement Scheme, or LIS,  in 2017, I have allocated over €48 million to the scheme, which has resulted in the approval of over 2,000 roads projects.  The LIS is funded by my Department and administered through the Local Authorities. The number and location of roads to benefit from improvement works under the scheme is a matter...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Funding (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: The LEADER programme is administered in County Meath by the Meath Local Action Group (LAG). The total amount of funding allocated to the county for the duration of the 2014-2020 LEADER Programme is in excess of €6.9 million. To date, 69 projects with a combined grant value of over €3.1 million have been approved by the LAG. A further 3 projects, seeking funding...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Administration (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual programme with a budget of €250 million over the period 2014-2020.  €220 million of this funding was allocated to the 29 Local Action Groups (LAGs) who deliver the programme in LEADER areas across the country.  The remaining €30 million was allocated for projects which are approved at a national level. I recently allocated an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Administration (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund seeks to support ambitious and strategic projects which have the potential to transform rural economies and communities. The Government has committed €1 billion over 10 years to the Fund and €315 million is allocated to the Fund for the period 2019-2022.   The first call for applications to the Fund closed in September...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund seeks to support ambitious and strategic projects which have the potential to transform rural economies and communities. The Government has committed €1 billion over 10 years to the Fund and €315 million is allocated to the Fund for the period 2019-2022.   €52 million was allocated to the Fund for 2019. ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Data (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) provides funding to tackle poverty and social exclusion at a local level through local engagement and partnerships between disadvantaged individuals, community organisations and public sector agencies. The current Programme which commenced in 2018 has supported over 43,000 individuals on a one to one basis and over...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: The Action Plan for Rural Development has been the key vehicle for delivery of the Government’s support for rural development over the last three years.   My Department is currently developing the next phase of rural policy for Ireland, to follow on from the Action Plan which reaches the end of its 3-year lifecycle at the end of 2019. The new 5-year policy will be...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Budgets (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: Gross expenditure of €291 million has been provided to my Department under the Further Revised Estimates for 2019 and €308 million is budgeted for 2020. The most recent aggregate expenditure information available relates to payments processed and paid by 27th November. Almost €245 million of my Department's allocation had...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: In August 2019, I launched Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities: A five-year strategy to support the community and voluntary sector in Ireland. The strategy was co-produced by Government and the Community and Voluntary Sector through a Cross Sectoral Group (CSG) established for that purpose.  The sector participated in comprehensive consultation with my Department to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Budgets (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: The Further Revised Estimates for 2019 in respect of the Department of Rural and Community Development provides for gross capital expenditure of €138 million. The most recent aggregate expenditure information available relates to payments processed and paid by 27th November. Almost €104 million of my Department's capital allocation had...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Data (5 Dec 2019)

Michael Ring: The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund seeks to support ambitious and strategic projects which have the potential to transform rural economies and communities. The Government has committed €1 billion over 10 years to the Fund and €315 million is allocated to the Fund for the period 2019-2022.  €52 million was allocated to the Fund for 2019. The...

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

Michael Ring: As advised in previous responses to the Deputy, CLÁR funding has been provided for a range of measures to be delivered by schools and communities, including for the enhancement or development of Play Areas and Multi-Use Games Areas (MUGAs).  The  conditions attached to the CLÁR programme require that such facilities should be available for wider community...