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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (20 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: This question concerns the establishment and work of community councils throughout the country. I am sure the Minister of State will agree that these are a very valuable and important resource, which are very often administered under the umbrella of Muintir na Tíre. What are his plans to support the establishment and continue the work of these bodies, especially if they are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (20 Jun 2024)

Joe O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for his question relating to plans to support the establishment and continued support of community councils throughout the country. A number of community council groups are established across the country. My Department has provided support to these organisations under a number of schemes. A range of other community development entities are also in place right across the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 39 , 41 and 46 together. My Department's CLÁR scheme is a targeted investment programme that provides funding for small-scale infrastructural projects in rural areas that experience disadvantage and significant levels of depopulation. This scheme has gone from strength to strength in recent years. Under the 2023 scheme, I approved over €13...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (20 Jun 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: The CLÁR scheme, without doubt, has been a successful scheme. It is giving real meaningful assistance to so many community groups. There are difficulties with the application process. As it is 15 applications per county, irrespective of how many CLÁR communities one's country covers, it means that the larger counties feel disadvantaged in it. If one takes a snapshot of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: The CLÁR scheme works extremely well. It depends on how much of one's country is allocated in CLÁR as well. We can compare one set of figures with different county sizes. I appreciate Cork is a big county. The number of projects approved in Cork since 2016 was 130 and they got funding of €4.184 million. I do not have the map of what areas in Cork are designated as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (20 Jun 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: Capping the application numbers at 15 per county irrespective of the size of the CLÁR area in the county is not equitable right across the country. There are large counties. I gave the example of County Cork. County Mayo, for example, which would have a very large CLÁR area, with four applications approved, got €177,000 in contrast to its neighbours, counties Leitrim,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Vacant Properties (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy. There is co-ordination and it is being done through the town regeneration officers. It is their job to work together through the local authority and to identify funding schemes. Offaly has not been doing too badly. I remember being up in the supermarket I visited in Edenderry and €12.25 million was provided for that. That is a wonderful project. I visited...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Jun 2024)

Health Services

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 9 May 2024, the status of the transfer to her Department of land on Inishbofin on which the airstrip is situated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26981/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Téim ar ais arís go cúrsaí na n-oileán leis an Aire agus go háirithe an t-ionad cúraim phríomhúil atá beartaithe ar Inis Bó Finne le 21 bhliain anois, ag dul siar go dtí 2003. I am hoping that the Minister might be telling me that she might be giving me a day for cutting a ribbon on the primary care centre on Inishbofin, just to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank Deputy Connolly also for raising this issue. As the Deputy is aware, the land on which the Inishbofin airstrip is located is currently owned by Galway County Council. These lands were acquired by way of a compulsory purchase order, CPO, by Galway County Council on behalf of the Department. Part of the site is intended for use by the HSE for a primary care centre. The transfer of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister and I appreciate her hands-on approach in this matter but it is also important always to point out that the CLÁR programme in 2003 identified the need for health centre. That is 21 years ago. Then we had the national primary care island services review in 2017, which again absolutely highlighted the need for a primary care centre. We are talking about Inishbofin,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I am glad that the Deputy put in the questions because I think if she or I were doing this, we would have it done more quickly, to be honest with the Deputy. When I started looking at this, it has been going on since 9 September 2003. That is when the Department requested Galway County Council to purchase the land. This went through a CPO process. I will not go into it but the Deputy...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: A health centre on an island is a most basic requirement. I take heart in what the Minister has said but I have done that before foolishly. I take heart, however, from the fact that we are being told that a design team would be appointed in quarter 3. I note that that is not in the Minister's answer anywhere. We are getting certain information like a jigsaw puzzle. I welcome that a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Jun 2024)

Cathal Berry: I leave the last word to the Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Health Services (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy. There is no doubt about it but that we need the primary care centre on the island. My Department intends to transfer a section of the land to the HSE and we have given the Deputy a timeframe on that. I will ask my officials to respond to the Deputy with an answer on the design team as I do not have that to hand and I will not give the Deputy wrong information. I know...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (20 Jun 2024)

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (20 Jun 2024)

Departmental Programmes

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (20 Jun 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan: 39. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider changing the application process under CLÁR, measure 1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26534/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (20 Jun 2024)

Brendan Smith: 41. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the outcome of the review into CLÁR areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26540/24]