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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: Given Fine Gael's newfound interest in addressing insurance costs and introducing insurance reforms, can the Minister commit that by the time we break for the summer recess in July, the Dáil will have passed all Stages of the Judicial Council Bill 2017 and that the Government will issue a money message in respect of the Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2018? As he prepares to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: The Minister, Deputy Bruton, is taking over today for the Tánaiste who is in Belfast at the latest stage of the talks about the future of the Northern Ireland Assembly. It is now two and a half years since the assembly collapsed, effectively leaving the people of the North voiceless in terms of the challenge of Brexit, which has hung over the entire island over those three years and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: I was not inviting the Minister rather I was asking him to comment on a deadline set by the Tánaiste to have the assembly up and running in July. Is that still a realistic perspective? The Minister spoke of fault lines. Those fault lines are weakening. The voting trends in the North in the local and European elections, and similar votes here last Friday, suggest a demand by voters on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (30 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: 122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the mobile phone and broadband taskforce report published in December 2016 in which his Department has lead or joint responsibility for implementing; if each such action point has been completed, not completed or is ongoing, respectively; and the revised...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Mobile Telephony Services (30 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: 135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the mobile phone and broadband taskforce report published in December 2016 in which his Department has lead or joint responsibility for implementing; if each such action point has been completed, not completed or is ongoing, respectively; and the revised deadlines for action...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (30 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: 140. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital spend to date in 2019 including the capital carry-over from 2018, by subhead; the provision under each subhead including the capital carry-over from 2018 provided for in the Revised Estimates Volume for 2019; the details of the significant overspends or underspends under each subhead; the action to be taken to deal with...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Mobile Telephony Services (30 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: 141. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date for each of the 41 action points made in the mobile phone and broadband taskforce report published in December 2016 in which his Department has lead or joint responsibility for implementing; if each such action point has been completed, not completed or is ongoing, respectively; and the revised deadlines for...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Mobile Telephony Services (30 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: 142. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the local authorities supported in applications for WiFi4EU funding; the local authorities that have and have not been successful in their applications to date; and the amount of funding to each local authority that has been successfully approved in tabular form. [23063/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (29 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: 40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made under the rural regeneration and development fund to date per category; the number of applications granted funding per category; the funding approved for the scheme in 2019; the number and value of payments made to date for approved projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22891/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (29 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: I will not burst the Minister's bubble but I refer to the rural regeneration and development fund. The Minister and Deputy Michael Collins had an interaction, rather than a discussion, on this earlier. The reality is that only 38 of 280 applications were deemed successful for project funding. The Minister has a concept of a project being shovel ready, and I welcome that, but is the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (29 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: The Minister indicated that €24.4 million in expenditure was approved but when does he expect this to be drawn down? What is the timeline in the Department for that money to be drawn down? Like many funds in his Department, there are many announcements but they are not matched by the drawdown and the expenditure does not seem to match the hype. Is the Minister monitoring the scheme...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (29 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: Ready to turn the sod.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Men's Sheds (29 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: I endorse everything that has been said. During the election campaign, the Minister and I were in Kiltimagh and Ballina with men's sheds. The local sheds are doing phenomenal work but the national organisation is struggling with success. The national organisation is an incredibly hard working team which is trying to co-ordinate all this activity. Some time ago, when Deputy Ó Cuív...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: LEADER Programmes Data (29 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: Funding of €69 million is approved and €26 million is in the process, yet only €21 million has been paid out. What is the Minister's anticipated figure for the amount that will actually be paid out by the end of 2019? We had a discussion previously about inconsistencies among LAGs nationally in terms of spend and performance. Following that discussion, the Minister was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: LEADER Programmes Data (29 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: The Minister will receive support from the House to get those companies that are not performing up to speed. I ask him again for the likely expenditure figure in money paid out by the end of 2019. Have there been any discussions between the Department and the European Commission on the slow expenditure profile? How does our expenditure profile compare with the expenditure profiles of other...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development Funding (29 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: I ask the Minister to address the issue of the downgrading of the BMW region. When was he informed of that and what consequences will it have? I agree with what the Minister just said but the fact remains that the funds to which he refers are under threat. Decisions on these funds will be made and the groundwork for the next EU budget will be done during the summer period. We need to know...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development Funding (29 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: Will the Government renominate him?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Development Funding (29 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: Will the Minister write him a reference?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: LEADER Programmes Data (29 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: 35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent to date under the 2014-2020 LEADER programme by project and administration costs, respectively; the amount expended to date on project costs by each local action group, LAG; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22890/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: LEADER Programmes Data (29 May 2019)

Dara Calleary: Here we are again with my usual question on the LEADER programme. I know that the Minister is going to give me all sorts of figures, tell me that everything is hunky-dory and that he is spending money like it is going out of fashion this year. However, the reality is that we are still way behind in LEADER spending this year. Has there been any discussion between the Department of Rural and...