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

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for her response. I am glad this project is moving forward. If funding was granted in 2021 and it will not be ready until 2026, that is quite a while to wait. I understand that there are structural issues. The second question I asked was whether there are many other such projects in the Department where funding was granted quite a considerable while ago but where...

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

Heather Humphreys: When I allocate money to projects, the one thing I want to see is that it is spent. We engage regularly with the local authorities. I have to be honest here; some local authorities are excellent at getting funding, drawing it down and delivering projects and some are not quite as efficient with that process. We speak to local authorities regularly. I will tell any Deputies here who know...

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

Heather Humphreys: People get caught up on certain schemes. Substantial funding is also being provided to County Cork under a range of other schemes operated by my Department. Since 2020, €5.7 million has gone to Cork under the town and village scheme, and €32.3 million has been allocated to Cork under the rural regeneration scheme in the same period. Cork was allocated €3.4 million in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (20 Jun 2024)

Harbours and Piers

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 818 of 5 March 2024, for an update on the work of the steering committee tasked with monitoring progress on the development of the piers on Inis Oírr and Inis Meáin; the date of the next meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26519/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Tá mé ag dul ar ais arís go cúrsaí na n-oileán. An uair seo, is mian liom tagairt a dhéanamh d’Inis Oírr agus Inis Meáin. Tá mé ag lorg eolais faoin choiste monatóireachta atá ann chun a chinntiú go mbeidh an obair atá ag teastáil déanta. I return to the issue of the islands. It is Inis Oírr...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter again. As the Deputy is aware, Galway County Council is the responsible authority for the maintenance and development of pier infrastructure on the Aran Islands, including on Inis Oírr and Inis Meáin. There are regular meetings between officials from my Department and Galway County Council to discuss and monitor the pier development on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister for her answer and the clarification that the steering committee is meeting regularly, including that it met on 18 June and will meet again on 16 July. I know the Minister realises why we needed an islands policy and an implementation plan. We also urgently need legislation ensuring that rights given to the islanders are all based on legislation. We are left with - I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I visited the pier at Caladh Mór and saw the issues there. People tried to fix it years ago but trying to find the right solution has been difficult. We have gone through a long process. I am happy to try to do what I can on my side but Galway County Council also has a responsibility. My officials and Galway County Council officials continue to liaise and meet regularly on this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (20 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: The work was stopped for economic reasons. The briefing given by the Department in 2020 was that phase 3 did not go ahead due to the economic downturn. We are now looking again at phase 3. There was a delay because it had to go to the National Maritime College of Ireland and all of that. If the Minister thinks my frustration is bad, she should be at some of the meetings where there is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: Regarding Inis Oírr, in July I gave approval to issue a request for tender. The first stage has been completed. Stage 2 of the tender process was posted on 8 April. The closing date for receipt of all documentation is set for 12 July. However, Galway County Council has advised my Department that a four-week extension has been given, meaning the new date is 9 August. The assessment...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Harbours and Piers (20 Jun 2024)

Question No. 41 taken with Question No. 39.

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

Community Development Projects

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

David Stanton: 42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her Department’s plans, if any, to support the establishment and continued work of community councils across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26446/24]

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,...