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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: Data on funding allocated to SICAP since it began in April 2015 was provided to the Deputy in Parliamentary Question No. 279 tabled on 18 April. The allocation shows an increase to €38.03 million in 2018, up from €37.44 million in 2017. The 2019 allocation remains the same as in 2018. Funding for SICAP from 2020 onwards is subject to the budgetary process. I assure the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: Funding of €119 million has been provided over three years, including €38 million this year. That is a substantial amount. I would not like the Deputy to think that it is not. My capital budget is €80 million. A total of €38 million is going into SICAP. I agree with Deputy Curran because he is talking my language. I would like to see the figure doubled if I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: Deputy Curran speaks about this every time he is in the House and he is right about inner city Dublin. We have put €5.5 million this year on top of other funding as part of SICAP. That is joined-up thinking because there was a specific problem there that we dealt with. I hope we can run other pilot schemes. There is no doubt that the funding we put in place for inner city Dublin...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: The rural regeneration fund seeks to support ambitious and strategic projects that have the potential to transform rural economies and communities. The Government has committed €1 billion over ten years to the fund. A total of €315 million is allocated to the fund for the period 2019-22. The first call for applications to the fund closed in September 2018. There was a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: Sport Ireland Trails, formally the National Trails Office, holds an insurance policy covering approved national way-marked ways and looped walks to protect landowners against claims for loss or damage from recreational users of those trails. The insurance policy covers trails that meet a specified standard and includes all trails currently included in my Department's walks scheme. As the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: I am keen to introduce some form of protection for landowners. Like me, however, every Deputy across the floor knows that that must be done through legislation. Let us not pretend that a scheme can simply be introduced. If it were that easy-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: I did not interrupt the Deputy. If it were that simple, it would have been in place for the past 20 years, but it is not that easy or simple. We must introduce legislation. We are holding discussions with the Attorney General. We are also examining other ways of doing this. This is a significant decision. We are trying to protect the landowners and I want to ensure that we get this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Indemnity Scheme for Landowners (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: The Countryside Council has representatives of landowners and a number of organisations, including farming organisations. It will meet again next week. I expect that it will assist me on the question of legislation in whatever way is necessary. My first priority is the landowners. They must be protected. The Deputy was right to raise the example of people letting out their Labradors...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: Communities across the country can access many different sources of funding and supports and I am delighted that many of these are delivered by my Department.  The recent series of regional Rural Opportunity events highlighted the funding opportunities available to those in rural communities across Government. It was inspiring at these events to hear from people who have used...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: The CLÁR programme provides funding for small scale infrastructural projects in disadvantaged rural areas that have experienced significant levels of de-population. Since I relaunched the programme in 2016, more than 1,200 projects have been approved funding of almost €27 million. I launched the 2019 CLÁR programme on the 28thof February last, and invited applications...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Enhancement Programme Funding (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: In 2018, I launched the Community Enhancement Programme with initial funding of €4.5m. The programme helps community groups to improve facilities in their area. It supports a range of investment in all areas of communities, such as childcare facilities, playgrounds, recreational facilities, sports grounds, landscaping projects, and supports for the elderly.  in 2018, there was a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Capital Expenditure Programme (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: As the Deputy is aware, the Government has agreed to the re-allocation of €99 million in capital funding to accommodate the additional 2019 capital costs associated with the National Children’s Hospital Project. In this context, it has been agreed to re-schedule €3 million in capital expenditure in relation to the  Rural Regeneration and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme is a key initiative under the Action Plan for Rural Development and forms part of a range of measures to support rural Ireland under the Government’s Project Ireland 2040 Rural Regeneration Programme. Since the scheme was introduced in 2016, almost €53 million has been approved for more than 670 projects across the country.  I launched...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: The Government's Action Plan for Rural Development was published in January 2017 as a three-year plan to support the economic and social development of rural Ireland.  The Action Plan runs to the end of 2019, and my Department has now commenced work on developing the next phase of rural policy, from 2020 onwards.  As part of this process, my Department is holding a series of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Greenways Funding (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: Since I introduced funding for Outdoor Recreation infrastructure developments in 2016, I have approved almost 600 projects for funding of over €41 million.  This funding has gone to walkways, blueways, greenways, trails and other outdoor infrastructure projects around the country. In 2016, Leitrim County Council received €401,354 in funding for 3 projects under the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: The CLÁR programme provides funding for small scale infrastructure projects in rural areas that have experienced significant levels of de-population.  I launched the 2019 CLÁR programme on 28thFebruary last, with a closing date of 25thApril for applications.   Almost 500 applications were received by my Department and my officials are currently assessing all of these...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual programme with a budget of €250 million for the period 2014-2020.  The current LEADER programme effectively became operational in the second half of 2016, following the signing of Funding Agreements with most of the Local Action Groups who deliver the programme. The volume of LEADER project approvals has increased substantially since the beginning of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Western Development Commission Remit (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: The Programme for a Partnership Government committed to both strengthening the role of the Western Development Commission (WDC) and to developing the Atlantic Economic Corridor initiative.  As the Programme for Government has been implemented, my Department has built on the synergies between these two objectives. My Department has been working with Board and Chief Executive of the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Administration (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: Earlier this year, I received an invitation from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to input into the Office of Government Procurement’s (OGP’s) review of the Public Procurement Programme. My Department wrote to the OGP in response to this request to suggest that consideration should be given to adopting a more simplified process under procurement rules for...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (29 May 2019)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 57 together. Pobal is a not for profit company which was originally established by Government in 1992 as Area Development Management (ADM) Ltd.  Charitable status was granted to the company by the Revenue Commissioners on the 20th November 1996.  In 2005 ADM was re-named Pobal.  In accordance with Section 40 of the Charities...