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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: As the Deputy will be aware, the provision of transport services is the responsibility of the Minister of Transport, Tourism and Sport. There are several actions in the Action Plan for Rural Development in relation to transport services that are delivered by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and agencies under that Department's remit. These actions include progressing major...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: My Department had a current expenditure allocation of €144.02 million in 2018. The provisional current expenditure outturn is €142.36 million. The capital allocation for my Department in 2018 was €95.21 million, which includes a capital carryover of €7.7 million from 2017. The provisional outturn for capital expenditure stands at €95.12 million. Therefore,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: My Department delivers funding and a broad range of supports to Cork City and County which promote rural and community development and support vibrant inclusive and sustainable communities. The projects funded also provide for enhanced connectivity and improved amenities and promote tourism and job-creation initiatives. I am satisfied that the funding allocated by my Department is having a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Irish Language (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: Section 15 of the Official Languages Act 2003 provides for the preparation by Public Bodies of a statutory scheme detailing the services they will provide through the medium of Irish. I can confirm that my Department's first Language Scheme which will be effective for the period of three years from 2019 to 2021, has recently been approved by my Department, and has been forwarded to my...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 26, 30, 38 and 39 together. 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 with €55 million allocated to the fund in Budget 2019. 280 applications to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Enhancement Programme Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: I launched the Community Enhancement Programme (CEP) in 2018. The Programme provides grants to community groups to enhance facilities in order to address disadvantage as identified in each local authority's Local Economic and Community Plan. Last year I allocated CEP funding to local authorities taking into account the level of disadvantage and population in each area with an initial...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 29 and 231 together. The CLÁR programme is an important part of the Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development and provides funding for small infrastructural projects in rural areas which have suffered high levels of population decline. The programme was first launched in October 2001. The areas originally selected for inclusion in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: I propose to take Questions Nos. 34, 49 and 50 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (formerly known as the Rural Recreation Scheme) is part of the Government’s Action Plan for Rural Development and provides funding for the development of new outdoor recreational infrastructure or the necessary maintenance, enhancement or promotion of existing outdoor recreational infrastructure in Ireland. Last May last, I launched the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Budgets (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: The total capital allocation for my Department in 2018 was €95.208 million, inclusive of €7.7 million capital carryover from 2017. The provisional capital outturn for 2018 is €95.115 million. Therefore, there has been virtually a full spend on the capital programme, with 99.9% of the capital allocation utilised. This has ensured investment right across the policy areas of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: Pobal is a not for profitcompany 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 Act, 2009, Pobal was entered onto the Register of Charitable Organisations on 16...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Expenditure (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: €37.8 million was provided by my Department for the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) in 2018.The programme runs for five years from 2018 to 2022 with the key objective of assisting the most marginalised in our society. The programme is locally managed by Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) and is delivered across 51 separate areas by Local...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Administration (23 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 funded by my Department and is administered through the Local Authorities. I reintroduced the LIS in September 2017, after several years when no funding was ring-fenced for the scheme. I allocated a total of €17.4 million to Local Authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: The CLÁR programme provides funding for small scale infrastructural projects in disadvantaged rural areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation. The aim of CLÁR is to support the sustainable development of designated CLÁR areas with the aim of encouraging people to continue to live and work in those areas. The funding provided under CLÁR works in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Agencies Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: Pobal is an agency of my Department which works on behalf of Government to manage and implement a number of publicly-funded programmes designed to improve outcomes for local communities, particularly those encountering social and economic disadvantage. Pobal operates on the basis of a framework agreement with my Department and programme-specific service level agreements with individual...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: In December 2017, I announced financial support of €812,000 for Agricultural Shows to be held during 2018, to help alleviate financial difficulties suffered by a number of these shows in recent years, primarily due to adverse weather conditions. This allocation was made in coordination with the Irish Shows Association (ISA) and resulted in approximately 120 shows under the umbrella of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: My Department provided a range of supports for Men’s Sheds in 2018, and many of these will continue to be available in 2019. Last year I provided a special Men's Shed Fund under the Community Enhancement Programme. This made €0.5 million of ring-fenced funding available to Men’s Sheds groups to carry out minor capital works or to purchase equipment. Men's Sheds...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Data (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual programme for the period 2014-2020 and has a total budget of €250 million over that period, including both national and EU funding. 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. To date 1,644 projects with a grant value of over...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns Committees Funding (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: The TidyTowns competition was originally launched by Fáilte Ireland over 60 years ago.  Since its inception, the competition has grown from 52 entrants in 1958, to 883 entrants in 2018.  The continued success of the competition is due to the countless hours of effort from TidyTowns Committees the length and breadth of the country. As Minister for Rural and Community...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Data (23 Jan 2019)

Michael Ring: Table 1 below provides a breakdown of the expenditure by project and administration costs under the 2007-2013 LEADER programme for each of the years 2007-2013, as of 31st December each year.  Table 2 below provides the number and value of project approvals under the 2007-2013 LEADER programme for each of the years 2007-2013, as of 31st December each year. It will be noted that...