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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Walks Scheme (5 Feb 2019)

Michael Ring: The Walks Scheme currently covers 39 trails, with payments made to approximately 1,900 private land-holders to maintain those trails. The Programme for a Partnership Government includes a commitment to increase the number of walks covered by the scheme. In line with this commitment, funding for the scheme was doubled in Budget 2019 - from €2 million to €4 million - to allow...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff Data (30 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: Capital spend within my Department occurs across a wide range of schemes, including the town and village renewal scheme, outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, the local improvement scheme, the rural regeneration development fund, and libraries investment. Each of these schemes fund small and medium size capital projects to support rural and community development objectives. For...

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

Michael Ring: I understand the Deputy is referring to the Community Services Programme (CSP) and, in particular, to the eligibility of a participant in a specific CSP supported organisation who has reached 66 years of age. The CSP supports around 400 community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model with funding provided as a fixed annual contribution to the cost of a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Walks Scheme (29 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 529 and 530 together. The Walks Scheme currently covers 39 trails, with payments made to approximately 1,900 private land-holders to maintain those trails. The Programme for a Partnership Government includes a commitment to increase the number of walks covered by the scheme. In line with this commitment, funding for the scheme was doubled in Budget 2019 -...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (29 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: The first call for applications for the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund closed in September 2018. €1 billion is committed to the Fund over a 10 year period to support rural economic development and help build strong communities with €55 million allocated to the fund in Budget 2019. Applications made for the Fund are currently being examined by the Project Advisory...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (29 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: Under Project Ireland 2040, the Government has committed €1 billion to the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund over a 10 year period to support rural economic development and help build strong communities. The Fund has been allocated €315m over the period 2019 to 2022, with €55m set aside in my Department's budget for successful projects in 2019. The first call...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Policy (29 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: The introduction of a National Indemnity Scheme is a key priority for my Department to support the continued provision of access to the countryside for recreational users on a permissive access basis. My Department has been working to develop a scheme to indemnify private land owners with regard to the use of their lands for recreational purposes. In this context, my officials have been...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (29 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: The partnership company referred to by the Deputy delivers a range of funding streams on behalf of a number of different organisations, including my Department. My Department does not have information in respect of all of these funding streams or of the specific projects that may have been funded. In respect of my own Department, the partnership company is the Programme Implementer for the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (29 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: The partnership company referred to by the Deputy delivers a range of funding streams on behalf of a number of different organisations, including my Department. My Department does not have information in respect of all of these funding streams or of the specific projects that may have been funded. In respect of my own Department, the partnership company is the Programme Implementer for the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (29 Jan 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 now funded by my Department and is administered through the Local Authorities. It is a matter for the Local Authorities to prioritise the roads to be completed under the scheme. As the Deputy may be aware, there was no dedicated funding for this scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Seniors Alert Scheme (29 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: My Department is responsible for the Seniors Alert Scheme which encourages community support for vulnerable older people in our communities through the provision of personal monitored alarms to enable them to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. Funding is available under the scheme towards the purchase by a registered community-based organisation of a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Expenditure (29 Jan 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 schemes to be...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (29 Jan 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 for more than 670 projects across the country. The following tables detail the funding allocated to each local authority under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme in each of the years 2016, 2017 and 2018, and the cumulative amount paid by my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (29 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: The figures requested by the Deputy for my Department have been collated in the following table. Where fields have been left blank this indicates that the scheme in question was not in operation in that particular year. For 2019, funding allocations have yet to be confirmed for the majority of schemes administered by my Department. Scheme Sligo 2016 € Sligo 2017 € Sligo...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Legislative Process (29 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: I can confirm that my Department has not sent any pieces of legislation to EU institutions for the period in question. In relation to the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019, and Brexit Preparedness and Contingency planning more generally, the Government continues to engage with the EU institutions and other Member...

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

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 544 and 545 together. LEADER is a multi-annual programme for the period 2014-2020 and has a total budget of €250 million over that period. The programme is administered by Local Action Groups (LAGs) which deliver funding in accordance with Local Development Strategies that have been agreed for each LAG area. The Local Action Group in Donegal has an...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Projects (24 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: My Department funds a Libraries Capital Programme that will invest €29m in 19 projects, as well as the My Open Library service, between 2016 and 2022.  The programme was developed on the basis of priority proposals submitted by local authorities in 2015.  Blackrock Mahon Library was not submitted as a priority by Cork City Council at that time...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Brexit Issues (24 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: I have met with my officials on numerous occasions in the period outlined by the Deputy, and the issue of Brexit has been discussed frequently as it pertains to the ongoing work of my Department. Additionally, as we draw closer to the Brexit date of 29 March, Brexit preparatory planning has become a standing agenda item at my monthly meetings with the Management Board of my Department.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: LEADER Programmes Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: On requests from people like the Deputy and others, I have reviewed the LEADER programme. We have made approximately 32 changes regarding the programme, especially to the administration of it. I changed many actions to make it easier with respect to applications, groups and the administration of the LEADER programme. I want to see it working. I want to see the money spent. I want to see...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: LEADER Programmes Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: The LEADER programme is administered in County Meath by the Meath local community development committee, LCDC, which acts as the local action group for the subregion in partnership with Meath County Council and Meath Partnership. The total amount of funding allocated to the county for the duration of the 2014-2020 LEADER programme is in excess of €6.9 million, which includes...