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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme Expenditure (25 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 positions. More than €46 million is available to support community organisations under the programme in 2018.   The...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: My Department's Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme, or SICAP, is a key priority for Government and aims to address high and persistent levels of deprivation through targeted and innovative, locally led projects in communities. SICAP supports disadvantaged communities and individuals including unemployed people, people living in deprived areas, people with disabilities, single...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Expenditure (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual programme which has a total budget of €250 million over the period to 2020.  The level of project activity under the LEADER programme has increased significantly this year, and 1,300 projects have now been approved for funding of over €39.8 million.  A further 324 project applications, requesting an additional €21.1 million, are at...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Housing Regeneration (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: The primary objective behind the pilot scheme is to encourage people to return to living in town centres as part of the effort to revitalise rural towns and villages. A Steering Group, chaired by my Department, was established to examine the issue. A lot of consideration has been given by the Steering Group to the best approach to developing a model which will deliver on the stated...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: The Local Improvement Scheme, or LIS, is a programme for improvement works on small private or non-public roads in predominantly rural areas. The scheme is funded by my Department and administered through the Local Authorities. Following on from the successful re-launch of the scheme in 2017, I announced details of the 2018 Local Improvement Scheme on 27th February last. I allocated an...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Data (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: LEADER is a multi-annual programme for the period 2014-2020 which has a total budget of €250 million over the programming period. The programme is administered by Local Action Groups (LAGs) which deliver funding in accordance with Local Development Strategies (LDS) that have been agreed for each LEADER sub-regional area. To date, 89 projects with a combined grant amount of over...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: RAPID Programme (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: I launched the new Community Enhancement Programme in May.  The Programme builds on and replaces the Communities Facilities Scheme and the recast RAPID programme. Its development followed a review of those two schemes, and consultation with the 33 Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) across the country.  Under the Programme, funding is allocated to each Local Authority...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Agencies (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: Pobal is a not for profit company limited by guarantee, which was 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...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Policy (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: Responsibility for the development of the rural recreation sector in Ireland cuts across a number of Government Departments and Agencies. Specific information regarding the numbers of jobs created in the sector since 2011 is not available in my Department. However, in 2014, 1.5 million overseas visitors engaged in outdoor activities in Ireland and this market was estimated...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: The CLÁR programme provides funding for small scale infrastructural projects in disadvantaged rural areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation.More than 1,200 projects have been approved for total funding of €25 million since I relaunched the programme in 2016. The 2018 CLÁR programme provided funding under the following measures: Measure 1: Support...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: CLÁR was originally launched in October 2001 to provide for targeted investment in disadvantaged rural areas. 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 difficulties caused in that area by Foot and Mouth disease. The...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector Funding (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: The organisation referred to by the Deputy (Men's Sheds) is a member-based network with affiliated member bodies throughout the country. I am delighted to support the Men's Sheds; the funding provided by my Department is outlined below. In 2017, I provided funding of €14,900, to the central Men's Sheds organisation, to purchase IT equipment. Also in 2017, my Department provided...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Insurance Coverage (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: Policy responsibility for the Financial Services and Insurance sectors lies with my colleague in the Department of Finance, Minister of State Michael D'Arcy, T.D. In January this year, Minister D’Arcy published the Cost of Insurance Working Group’s Report on the "Cost of Employer and Public Liability Insurance". This report is available on the Department of Finance’s...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Budget 2019 (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: The Deputy will be aware that the preparation of the Budget is primarily a matter for the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, who will bring his proposals for Budget 2019 to Government for decision in the coming weeks. It would not be appropriate for me, at this stage, to comment on the issues raised by the Deputy in advance of the Budget being presented to Dáil...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services Funding (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: My Department provides funding to supplement investment by local authorities in their library services. Funding is provided, for example, as a contribution towards the cost of developing library buildings, technological capacity and resources, book-stock and other areas of activity that enhance local library services. In 2017 my Department provided funding of almost €3.5 million to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: The CLÁR programme provides funding for small scale infrastructural projects in disadvantaged rural areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation.  More than 1,200 projects have been approved for total funding of €25 million since I relaunched the programme in 2016. The 2018 CLÁR programme provided funding under the following measures: Measure...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: The Government's Action Plan for Rural Development was published in January 2017.  The Plan includes a range of measures to support the revitalisation of our rural towns and villages.  Progress Reports on each of the measures in the Action Plan are published on my Department's website twice-yearly, with the most recent report published last May. The Town and Village Renewal...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Seniors Alert Scheme (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: The total allocation for the Seniors Alert Scheme (SAS) in 2016 was €2.3m of which €1.8m was spent. Following a review, I launched a new scheme which took effect on 1 November 2017.  A media and information campaign was organised to support the launch.   I am pleased to say that since the launch of the new Seniors Alert Scheme, the demand has been unprecedented....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Seniors Alert Scheme (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: The allocation for the Seniors Alert Scheme in 2016 was €2.3m of which €1.8m was spent. Following a review, I launched a new scheme which took effect on 1 November 2017. A media and information campaign was organised to support the launch. I am pleased to say that since the launch of the new scheme, the demand has been unprecedented. During 2017, spend on the Scheme amounted...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (25 Sep 2018)

Michael Ring: The 2018 Town and Village Renewal Scheme was launched on 27th April last.  The scheme is funded by my Department and administered through the Local Authorities. Under the scheme, Local Authorities were required to seek expressions of interest from communities for project proposals and were invited to select up to 12 proposals for submission to my Department for consideration. ...