Results 3,901-3,920 of 15,805 for speaker:Michael Ring
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: I thank Senator Coffey for his remarks. He is quite correct that rural Ireland is alive and well. Admittedly there are difficulties, and that is why my Department was set up. It was set up to determine what schemes would support rural areas. The Senator is quite correct about the town and village renewal scheme. This year alone, €21 million was made available to support 224...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: I do not have primary responsibility for post offices but I am concerned about the issue. I would like as many post offices as possible to stay open. Some 950 post offices will remain open. As the Deputy is aware, I have provided €80,000 to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment to establish a pilot scheme of ten digital assist post offices. I had no input...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: I had a tremendous day in County Leitrim where there is fantastic community spirit. Rossinver, a small community in a very rural area, has put in place facilities that are a credit to the people living there. One can feel the community spirit in the area. As the Deputy knows, the community works together. Rossinver faced many challenges but kept going, put a project together and secured...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: An Post needs to consider new approaches. The company has been talking about providing banking services for a long time. The company needs to get into that business and other areas. The first time I met An Post it was not involved in the parcel business. Online shopping is increasing, with €6 billion worth of goods bought online last year. An Post had the infrastructure in place...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: I will give the spend first. The spend to September 2018 was €28.064 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: The figure for dormant accounts until October was €182,000.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: The national rural development schemes was €3.491 million to October. There was €5.570 million-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: The full year allocation for rural development is €5.570 million. The other figure the Deputy is looking for was for Leader. Expenditure on LEADER up to October was €1.364 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: The amount spent to date for the year is €15.778 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: To date in October, expenditure on the scheme was €2.162 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: Up to 18 October, the figure is €8.338 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: Expenditure on the LIS up to the end of October was €4.858 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: To date, on the community development-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: To date, expenditure on community development stands at €8.438 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: It is €12 million.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: Deputy Ó Cuív asked three questions and I will answer them as best I can. On the spend, I am confident that we will have this funding spent by the end of the year. I may have to reallocate some funding. I am monitoring this, not from week to week but on a day-to-day basis. I will give the Deputy one commitment today. The money will be spent this year. I am confident, in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: Senator Grace O'Sullivan asked a very good question. I will go through a few things. The whole point of setting up the Department related to regional development. That is why the Taoiseach, in particular, and the Government made the decision, which involved trying to rebalance what was happening in Dublin and rural Ireland. Dublin has a problem with capacity, housing and overpopulation,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: I will answer that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 42- Department of Rural and Community Development (17 Oct 2018) Michael Ring: That is true.