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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Ring: My Department operates a suite of programmes designed to support rural communities. These include the Town and Village Renewal Scheme, the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme, the CLÁR programme, the Local Improvement Scheme and the Walks Scheme. Town and Village Renewal Scheme 2018: Under the 2018 Town and Village Renewal Scheme, Local Authorities were required to advertise for...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ministerial Communications (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Ring: My Department’s ICT User Policy provides for access to the Department's e-mail system and its authorised internet services, as the only methods approved for the issue or publication of official Department information in electronic format. The policy is made available to all staff and is published on the Department's Intranet site. Official email business, in my role as Minister,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Official Engagements (9 Oct 2018)

Michael Ring: Neither I nor any officials in my Department attended the 2018 Ryder Cup.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Innovation Fund Ireland (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Ring: The Social Innovation Fund Ireland (SIFI) was established in 2013 following on from the recommendations of a 2012 report of the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising. Its mission is to provide growth capital to Ireland's best social innovations, investing in solutions to social problems and creating jobs. SIFI finds and backs innovative solutions to critical social issues in Ireland and is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Development Policy (3 Oct 2018)

Michael Ring: In my role as Minister for Rural and Community Development I am absolutely clear on the importance of ensuring that rural communities can access the services they need so that they remain vibrant places in which to live and work. As the Deputy is aware, the Minister for Finance has responsibility for banking and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment has policy...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Walks Scheme (2 Oct 2018)

Michael Ring: As the Deputy is aware, my Department administers the Walks Scheme which facilitates the development and maintenance of many of Ireland’s walking trails. The scheme involves landholders as key participants in the provision of high quality walking trails, by contracting them to undertake maintenance work on sections of National Waymarked Ways and other priority walks that traverse...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (2 Oct 2018)

Michael Ring: The Press and Communications Office of the Department liaises with the media on behalf of the Department and does not use the services of public relations firms. The Department of Rural and Community Development allocate spend relating to communications and press to the Administration programme "Training and Development and Incidental Expenses" which has an overall budget of €539k...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Expenditure (2 Oct 2018)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual programme for the period 2014-2020 and has a total budget of €250 million over that period. Tables 1-3 below detail the expenditure incurred in each of the years 2015 to 2017, and to date in 2018 per each Local Action Group (LAG) area. The expenditure relates to: - the costs incurred in each LAG area in relation to development of the Local Development...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Applications (2 Oct 2018)

Michael Ring: Funding under the LEADER Programme is targeted at innovative approaches to addressing the needs of rural areas as identified in the Local Development Strategies prepared for each sub-regional area. The funding can be provided under a broad range of themes, including enterprise development and social inclusion. It is important, however, to ensure that the available funding is targeted at...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure (2 Oct 2018)

Michael Ring: My colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and I hosted a Special Forum attended by over 220 stakeholders on the theme of Creating Stronger Rural Economies and Communities, in the Town Hall Theatre in Westport on 13 July 2018. This was part of the Government’s engagement with the public on Project Ireland 2040. €11,704 in costs has paid out to date in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (2 Oct 2018)

Michael Ring: A total of €7,492 has been expended to date by my Department in relation to online advertising and public awareness campaigns. This expenditure related to a call for proposals in respect of the Project Ireland 2040 Rural Regeneration and Development Fund which was placed in the national press as well as consultation on the drafting of the Department's Irish language Scheme which was...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Michael Ring: The period referred to by the Deputy includes both the LEADER 2007–2013 and the LEADER 2014-2020 programmes. For the LEADER 2007–2013 programme, two Local Action Groups (LAGs) delivered the programme in County Tipperary - North Tipperary LEADER Partnership Company and South Tipperary Local Development Company Limited. For the LEADER 2014–2020 programme, Tipperary Local...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (2 Oct 2018)

Michael Ring: The National Ploughing Championships (NPC) is one of the largest public outdoor events in Europe, and can see attendances of close to 300,000 each year. It provided the Department of Rural and Community Development in particular, as a Department which was only established in July 2017, with a unique opportunity to communicate with the general public and to let them know who we are as a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme Funding (27 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: The Community Services Programme (CSP) supports around 400 community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model. Funding is provided as a contribution to the cost of a manager and an agreed number of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions. More than €46 million is available to support community organisations under the programme in 2018. The CSP provides a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Applications (26 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual programme covering the period 2014-2020. It is co-funded by the EU and funding is delivered through Local Action Groups (LAGs) in each of the 28 LEADER sub-regional areas around the country.  In order for a project to be eligible for LEADER funding, it must be compatible with the actions outlined in the approved Local Development Strategy in the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Applications (26 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual programme covering the period 2014-2020. It is co-funded by the EU and funding is delivered through Local Action Groups (LAGs) in each of the 28 LEADER sub-regional areas around the country. In order for a project to be eligible for LEADER funding, it must be compatible with the actions outlined in the approved Local Development Strategy in the sub-regional area...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: I will try not to upset them on this side of the House because I know they are very sensitive and they do not like to be criticised. I stand here tonight as someone who came from a social house. I came from a place called Fr. Angelus Park and am very proud of it. I was the first child born in it. There were 40 houses in that estate, out of which came the finest quality of people. I...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: Dessie, we will have no bullying now from you.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: Sinn Féin has an answer for everything but no solutions. They collapsed their Government in Northern Ireland. They would not go into government in the South. The will not represent the people who want them to represent them in the House of Commons regarding Brexit. What are they elected for at all? They do not want to take part in any conversation. They do not want to take part in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Initiatives (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: My Department's mission is to support viable, inclusive and sustainable communities throughout Ireland. In that context, it has a central role in tackling social exclusion and addressing deprivation in all communities, both urban and rural. The Framework Policy for Local and Community Development in Ireland, published in 2015, focuses on tackling poverty, disadvantage and social...