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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: As Deputy Ó Cuív knows, that will be a matter for the Department of Finance and the Government to negotiate with Commissioner Hogan. I know that the committee had him in here recently. My own views on it are that the programmes that have come from Europe, the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, programme in particular, have been very good. They are programmes that have kept rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: Of course I will and I will be supporting the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed. He will have my full support. Within Cabinet, as Deputy Ó Cuív knows, my role and brief is to make sure that everything is rural proof and I will be expressing that view in Cabinet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: He does.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: Deputy Ó Cuív knows that in relation to the national plan and our own budget over the next number of years, I am well able to fight my corner and I will be fighting that corner at Cabinet level with the Minister for Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to make sure that the existing programmes we have in my Department on the rural regeneration and urban...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: Yes that is in relation to payments off schemes we administer and whenever Europe decides that it wants to pay us that funding, sometimes they pay us in arrears and sometimes they pay us ahead.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: At least-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: The positive point on that is that it is not many years ago we had the Troika and we were borrowing money from all over Europe. Deputy Ó Cuív is quite correct that we are net contributors to it now and it may stay that way. The Deputy and I, this committee and all at Government level have to make sure that the funding that is in place will be maintained. The €1 billion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: I can say the same from my own Department. I have been critical of the local authorities and the way they have performed but to be fair to them I have to take their side in that they were not sure in the last number of years where there would be schemes the following year and at least now we have given them more clarity. We have written to them for this year's schemes, we have told them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: We need to change that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: The Department of Finance will take everything it can get-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: But we need to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: We need to do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Review of Programmes of the Department of Rural and Community Development: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: My thanks also to the Chairman, the officials and to the members of the committee for their co-operation..

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Scheme to Support National Organisations (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: The Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO) has a primary focus on the provision of core funding to national organisations that demonstrate good governance and deliver services and supports that have a focus on one or more of the following: addressing poverty, social exclusion and promoting equality. The current scheme is due to close in 2019 and my Department has invited submissions...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charities Regulation (16 May 2018)

Michael Ring: Section 75 (1) of the Charities Act 2009 provides for the establishment of the Charities Appeal Tribunal. The role of the Charity Appeals Tribunal is to hear and adjudicate on appeals against certain decisions of the Charities Regulatory Authority (the ‘Charities Regulator’). I have recently consented to the making of the rules for the Appeals Tribunal to conduct future...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts Data (15 May 2018)

Michael Ring: My Department was established in July 2017 and has had no involvement, contractual or otherwise, with the companies in question.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Planning Framework (15 May 2018)

Michael Ring: The Government published Project Ireland 2040 which incorporates the National Planning Framework (NPF) and the 10-year National Development Plan (NDP) in February 2018. Project Ireland prioritises the wellbeing of all of our people, wherever they live and whatever their background. The NPF seeks to ensure that the population and economic growth which will take place in Ireland to 2040 is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (15 May 2018)

Michael Ring: CLÁR is a targeted capital investment programme for rural areas which have experienced significant levels of depopulation. I launched the 2018 CLÁR programme on 15 March last, with an indicative allocation of €5 million for qualifying projects under the following measures: - Measure 1: Support for Schools/Community Safety Measures - Measure 2: Play Areas/Multi-Use Games...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff Data (15 May 2018)

Michael Ring: My Department was established in July 2017 to deliver on the Government’s commitment to bring a greater degree of coordination and cohesion to all of the work of Government insofar as it impacts on rural Ireland and communities. My colleague, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr. Simon Coveney, T.D., has the primary responsibility for leading on North South issues....