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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Ring: The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) provides funding for the development of new outdoor recreational infrastructure and for the maintenance and promotion of existing outdoor recreational infrastructure in rural Ireland. Details of all projects approved under the scheme since its inception are available on the Rural Development pages of my Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Ring: The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) provides funding for the development of new outdoor recreational infrastructure and for the maintenance and promotion of existing outdoor recreational infrastructure in rural Ireland. In 2016, the scheme was known as the Rural Recreation Scheme. Details of all projects approved since 2016, including allocations, are available on...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Ring: The CLÁR programme focuses on areas which have suffered the greatest levels of population decline.  The programme was first launched in October 2001 and the areas originally selected for inclusion in the programme were those which suffered the greatest population decline from 1926 to 1996.  The Cooley Peninsula was also included on the basis of the serious...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Ring: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme forms an important part of the Action Plan for Rural Development and has the potential to stimulate economic recovery and job creation in towns and villages across rural Ireland. The scheme is specifically focused on rural towns and villages with a population of less than 10,000 people. The Town and Village Renewal Scheme was introduced in the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Ring: In terms of social media channels, my Department maintains a single Twitter account and generally manages this on an ongoing basis without input or assistance from consultancies or other agencies. My Department has two initiatives currently ongoing which have availed of professional assistance in terms of social media and video production. The planned National Community...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Ring: My Department delivers its own public interest content through social media and on occasion helps to promote relevant messages and campaigns led by other Government Departments, for example, Brexit preparedness information and Project Ireland 2040 progress updates of interest. My Department also shares relevant items featured on the MerrionStreet.ie website and Government or...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Data (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual programme with a total budget of €250 million over the period 2014-2020.  €220 million of this funding has been allocated to the Local Action Groups (LAGs) throughout the country who deliver the LEADER programme. This funding is allocated to the LAGs for the full period of the programme. The remaining €30 million is available for thematic...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Ring: Progress Reports on the implementation of the Action Plan for Rural Development are published twice a year on my Department's website, www.drcd.gov.ie. The most recent, Third Progress Report, was published in November 2018 and outlines the progress which took place in relation to all actions due for delivery between January and June 2018, or which are being implemented on an ongoing basis...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Irish Language (2 Apr 2019)

Michael Ring: My Department was established on 19 July 2017 and has recently completed work on its first Irish Language Scheme, which will be in effect for the period of 2019-2021 in accordance with the Guidelines outlined under Section 12 of the Official Languages Act 2003. I am pleased to confirm that the draft scheme has now been approved by the Minister of State, Seán Kyne, at the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Comhairle na Tuaithe (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: As the Deputy will be aware, my Department was established on 19th July 2017. Since then, I met with the members of Comhairle na Tuaithe on 13th February 2018, and Comhairle met on two further occasions, 16th May 2018 and 5th July 2018. The group was also due to meet on the 16thOctober 2018. However, due to members' diary commitments, this meeting had to be postponed. My meeting with...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: Early last year, I established a Steering Group to examine the introduction of a pilot scheme to encourage people to return to living in town centres. A lot of consideration was given by the Group to the best approach to developing a model which would deliver on the objective of increasing town centre living. The Steering Group noted that some schemes which have specifically attempted to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Data (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual programme with a total budget of €250 million over the period 2014-2020. €220 million of this funding has been allocated to the Local Action Groups (LAGs) throughout the country who deliver the LEADER programme. This core funding is allocated to the LAGs for the full period of the programme. The remaining €30 million is available for thematic...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Data (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual programme which has a total budget of €250 million over the period to 2020. €220 million of this funding has been allocated to each of the individual Local Action Groups (LAGs) who deliver LEADER. The remaining €30 million is available for schemes to be delivered at a national level and is allocated as projects are approved. Table 1 below...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: As the Deputy will be aware, CLÁR is an important part of the Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development and focuses on areas which have suffered the greatest levels of population decline. The table below details the amount of funding allocated and paid to each Local Authority to date under the CLÁR Scheme in the years 2017 and 2018, and the payments expressed as a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: As the Deputy will be aware, CLÁR is an important part of the Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development and focuses on areas which have suffered the greatest levels of population decline. The programme was effectively closed for new applications in 2010. However, I re-launched CLÁR in 2016, and, since then, more than 1,200 projects have benefitted from funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: As the Deputy will be aware, there was no dedicated funding for the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS) or a number of years due to constraints on public expenditure. However, I was very conscious of the underlying demand for the scheme in rural areas throughout the country. I reintroduced the LIS in September 2017 and allocated a total of €17.5 million to Local Authorities for LIS roads...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Data (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The Local Improvement Scheme, or LIS, is a programme for improvement works on small private or non-public roads in rural areas. The scheme is funded by my Department and is administered through the Local Authorities. As the Deputy may be aware, there was no dedicated funding for this scheme for a number of years due to constraints on public expenditure. However, I was very conscious of the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The first call for applications for the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund closed at the end of September. €1 billion is committed to the Fund over a 10 year period to support rural economic development and help build strong communities. €315m is allocated to the Fund for 2019-2022. There was an excellent response from all across the country, with 280 applications...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme forms an important part of the Action Plan for Rural Development and the Government's Project Ireland 2040 Programme for Rural Regeneration. It has the potential to stimulate economic recovery and job creation in towns and villages across rural Ireland. The tables below detail the funding allocated to each Local Authority under the Town and Village Renewal...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (28 Mar 2019)

Michael Ring: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme was introduced in the second half of 2016 and, to date, almost €53 million has been approved under the scheme for more than 670 projects across the country. The table below details the number of applications approved and the number not approved under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018, broken down by...