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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Initiatives (5 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...development of remote working hubs through schemes like the €1 billion rural regeneration and development fund and the town and village renewal scheme. As I said earlier, we secured an extra €5 million in funding for the town and village scheme and part of that budget, specifically, is for the development of remote working facilities in our town and villages.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Initiatives (5 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...region. The approach to building this network and shared back-office services will serve as a model that can be replicated in other parts of the country. Budget 2021 allocated an additional €5 million to my Department to support the expansion of the AEC hub network model into a national initiative. An interdepartmental working group, chaired by the Secretary General of my...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Initiatives (5 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...with them. If there are other connection points that we need to consider, I will be happy to work with the local authorities in that regard and get feedback from them. Let me state what the €5 million is for. We need a mapping exercise because we need to find out where all the hubs are and account for the broadband connection points. There are all sorts of names in use,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Co-Working Facilities (5 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...connection points, BCPs, initiative, which is now rolling out countrywide. Many of the BCPs will be in a position to provide remote working facilities in isolated rural areas. An additional €5 million was allocated to my Department in budget 2021 to develop a national network of remote working hubs based on the AEC model as well as to upgrade existing facilities and BCPs...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (5 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...internet access. Up to 100 more BCPs will be connected in 2021. Many BCPs have the potential to provide remote working facilities in some of our most remote rural communities. An additional €5 million was allocated under Budget 2021 for investment in digital hubs through the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. Over the last number of years this scheme has supported investment in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme (5 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...through the Local Authorities. The LIS is now a separate standalone scheme and is not delivered through the CLÁR programme. Since the LIS was re-launched in its own right in 2017, over €58 million has been allocated to Local Authorities for improvements to qualifying roads under the scheme. The scheme is important for many people in rural areas, as these roads provide...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (5 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...WDC is to be extended to other parts of the country, as a national initiative which is being overseen by my Department. Under Budget 2021, my Department has been allocated an additional €5 million to further support and develop hubs across the country, including BCPs and the Hub Network. As part of this work, my officials have engaged with the Ludgate Hub to explore possible...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (5 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 28, 29, 353 and 354 together. The increased shift to remote work in the last six months by many employers and employees has highlighted the possibilities for remote working facilities to contribute to a greater regional distribution of jobs and to support a better quality of life for many people who previously spent long hours commuting. Remote working...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (5 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...access. Up to 100 further BCPs will be connected in 2021. Many BCPs have the potential to provide remote working facilities in some of our most remote rural communities. An additional €5 million has been allocated under Budget 2021 for investment in digital hubs through my Department's Town and Village Renewal Scheme. This additional funding will be used to develop a national...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (5 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Revised Estimates 2020 sets out a gross capital expenditure of €168.6 million in respect of my Department. This includes a total of €18.6 million in capital funding on foot of Government’s capital stimulus package in July and the transfer of Island functions to my Department. €81.2 million in capital expenditure has been spent to the end of October. As has...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (5 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...Fund, the LEADER programme, the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme, CLAR and the Local Improvement Scheme. Since the Town and Village Renewal Scheme was introduced in 2016, over €78 million has been allocated to more than 1,000 projects under the scheme. The 2020 scheme was tailored to help rural towns and villages respond to the challenges presented by COVID-19....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (5 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 364, 365 and 366 together. Communities across the country are facing unprecedented challenges posed by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union. I am focused on supporting resilience in communities and the issues arising from Covid-19 and Brexit mean that the funding and supports available from my...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 873 and 875 together. Expenditure of €3,994 million was incurred on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) up to week ending Friday, 6th November 2020. Further expenditure of circa €1.1 billion could be incurred between now and end of year. Level 5 restrictions have given rise to an increase in the weekly numbers receiving PUP. A total of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Benefit (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...in respect of children until their eighteenth birthday who are in full-time education, or who have a disability. Child benefit is currently paid to over 638,800 families in respect of over 1.2 million children with an estimated expenditure of more than €2 billion in 2019. There are no current plans to extend the payment in respect of students over the age of eighteen in second...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Enterprise Centres (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...offering, clientele and mission. This classification model will allow the further development of quality standards and developmental pathways for hubs in the ecosystem. An additional €5 million has been allocated to my Department in Budget 2021 to support the development of this national hubs network, as well as to upgrade existing facilities throughout the country.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (20 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...rural areas across the country over the coming months to provide public access to free high speed broadband services and these BCPs are also being mapped as part of the WDC’s work. More than 50 BCPs are already connected. An Interdepartmental Working Group, chaired by the Secretary General of my Department, has been convened to investigate the feasibility of mapping and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (20 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...the country over the coming months to provide public access to free high speed broadband services. These BCPs will also provide capacity for remote working and students in rural areas. More than 50 BCPs are already operational. My Department has invested significantly in remote working facilities over the last number of years through programmes such as the Town and Village Renewal...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection and Minister for Rural and Community Development. The budget of Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection for 2021 will be €25.1 billion. This is the largest ever annual allocation and is more than €4 billion larger than the Department's allocation in last year's budget. Much of that spending will be...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 42 – Rural and Community Development, and the Islands (Further Revised) (14 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: In 2019, the spend on RRDF was €31 million and the 2020 allocation was €53 million. That €53 million allocation in 2020 is to fund category 1 and category 2 projects. Category 1 relates to projects with a minimum funding of €500,000. Category 2 is aimed at giving the seed money so that organisations are ready to apply for category 1. To date, 63 category 1...

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has spent over €3.68 billion on the Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) since its introduction in March 2020, and that this is expected to increase to some €5.2 billion by April 2021; recognises that the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme (TWSS) and the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) are important supports put in place...