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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Initiatives (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I will elaborate on the question of the loss of income suffered by community services programme, CSP, organisations. My Department developed a €1.2 million fund to ensure that such organisations could pay their full-time CSP-supported employees a maximum of €350 per week, with a proportionate amount for part-time CSP-supported employees. Pobal has issued a financial survey...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Initiatives (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Regarding Huntstown specifically, my Department provided €20,000 in January to that community centre. Under the stability fund, €45,000 was approved for the Huntstown family resource centre. I am just putting these figures into the mix. To address the Deputy's question, the Estimates process is ongoing. I am fighting hard for the community service programme across the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Initiatives (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Government's recovery and resilience plan, published on Tuesday, does acknowledge the importance of communities working together at this challenging time. Community centres, as Deputy Paul Donnelly knows, are often the focal point for vital activities that can foster community resilience. The most relevant programme in my Department is the community services programme to community...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Men’s and Women’s Sheds make an invaluable contribution to community life in Ireland. My Department is providing a range of supports in 2020 which Men's and Women's Sheds can avail of, depending on the works being completed.  This can include work relating to the COVID-19 pandemic. In June, I launched the 2020 Community Enhancement Programmewith funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I presume the Deputy is referring to my Department's Community Services Programme, or CSP, which supports over 400 community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model. Funding is provided as a contribution towards the cost of an agreed number of full-time equivalent positions (FTEs) and a manager, where warranted. Currently there are over 1,700...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: Through our ongoing engagement with the Community and Voluntary sector, my Department is keenly aware of the challenges faced by the sector whilst meeting increased demands on many of their services. My Department is providing additional vital supports to rural and community organisations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is supporting the following initiatives: On...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: This year’s Town and Village Renewal Scheme has been tailored to focus on interventions that can assist our rural towns and villages to respond to the challenges presented by COVID-19.  The scheme includes an Accelerated Measure which will enable towns and villages to introduce initiatives immediately to support increased footfall and enable people to shop and socialise...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Development Programme(CDP) was established in 1990.  It sought to challenge the underlying causes of disadvantage resulting from the effects of poverty and exclusion.  Up to 200 Projects and organisations were funded under the Programme. These projects had an anti-poverty, anti-exclusion focus and were managed by a voluntary board of management drawn from the local...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Community Services Programme, or CSP, supports more than 400 community organisations, to provide local services through a social enterprise model with funding provided as a contribution to the cost of an agreed number of full-time equivalent positions (FTEs) and a manager, where warranted.   In 2019, Indecon International Economic Consultants were...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (15 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 306. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 9 September 2020, the membership of the interdepartmental group on managing coastal change; when it met first; the regularity with which it proposes to meet; when it expects to have a strategy published; and if the group will consider the way in which to offer families alternative homes or...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (15 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 374. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to assist refugees affected by the fire in the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, Greece; and if he will raise the issue at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 21 September 2020. [23991/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the instructions provided by her Department to schools in respect of outdoor breaks for students under the Covid-19 response plan for safe reopening of primary and special schools particularly in the event of inclement weather; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24057/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (15 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 672. To ask the Minister for Health if all new diagnoses of hepatitis C here are immediately being referred to the highly successful treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23402/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (15 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 673. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether Ireland is on track to eliminate hepatitis C by 2030 as per the WHO commitment given by Ireland. [23403/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 766. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of an independent inquiry to investigate the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23872/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (15 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 767. To ask the Minister for Health the number of families that have received consultations with the genetics service in Our Lady’s Hospital, Crumlin, to establish if their child or children have been affected by exposure to sodium valproate in utero; the number of diagnoses of foetal anticonvulsant syndrome, foetal valproate spectrum disorder and foetal valproate syndrome that have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (15 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: 768. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for families with a positive diagnosis of foetal anticonvulsant syndrome to access care pathways and community supports that were developed by the valproate response project team by the HSE in 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23874/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Grant Payments (15 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and is committed to working closely with the sector in managing through these, recognising that it will require a whole of Government approach. The Community and Voluntary Sector Covid-19 Stability Fund was intended to be a targeted once-off cash injection for organisations and groups delivering critical...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and is committed to working closely with the sector in managing through these, recognising that it will require a whole of Government approach. The Community and Voluntary Sector Covid-19 Stability Fund was intended to be a targeted once-off cash injection for organisations and groups currently delivering...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dog Breeding Industry (15 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 917 and 918 together. It is the responsibility of each local authority to maintain the register of dog breeding establishments in its administrative area. However, my Department does publish annual statistics on a range of local authority dog control responsibilities, including in relation to dog breeding establishments. This information is collated from...