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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Walks Scheme (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: 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 Way Marked Ways and other priority walks that traverse their lands. The...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Administration (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: The SICAP programme to which the Deputy refers is the largest social inclusion programme in the State and is a key priority for Government.  The programme is implemented by 46 Programme Implementers in 51 geographic areas (known as Lots).  These Lots were determined by the Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) in 2014, prior to the commencement of the original programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Public Private Partnerships Data (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: I can confirm that my Department is not currently engaged in any public private partnerships.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: The Community Services Programme (CSP) supports community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model.  Around 425 organisations are supported under the CSP, with funding provided as a contribution to the cost of a manager and an agreed number of full-time equivalent positions.  The CSP contribution must be co-funded by the organisation concerned from...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff Retirements (30 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: I wish to confirm, with regard to my Department, that there are no Assistant Principal Officers in Counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon or Clare, expected to retire in the next six months, due to having reached retirement age.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: Under section 80 of the Local Government Act 2001, the cost of purchasing, managing and maintaining local records and archives is a matter for local authorities. My Department has no role in this regard, nor does it have funding available to provide to Kerry County Council for the purchase of the archival material in question.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Communities Facilities Scheme Funding (25 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: My Department oversees the national €2 million Communities Facilities Scheme. The Communities Facilities Scheme is targeted at both urban and rural areas and funds projects that seek to enhance communities, address disadvantage and improve social cohesion at a local level. It can potentially fund capital purchases such as that outlined in the Deputy’s question. ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (24 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: The Community Services Programme (CSP) supports community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model. Around 425 organisations are supported under the CSP, with funding provided as a contribution to the cost of a manager and an agreed number of full-time equivalent positions. The CSP contribution must be co-funded by the organisation concerned from other...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: The Community Services Programme supports community organisations to provide local services through a social enterprise model.  Around 425 organisations are supported under the CSP, with funding provided as a contribution to the cost of a manager and an agreed number of full-time equivalent positions.  The organisation in question submitted a business plan to Pobal during 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Authority Staff (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: My Department provides funding to support the employment of a Broadband & Telecommunications Officer in each Local Authority. Broadband & Telecommunications Officers are currently employed in all 31 Local Authorities and have a remit in relation to both broadband and mobile phone access. These Officers play an important role as the dedicated local point of contact for...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: The Action Plan for Rural Development contains a number of measures which have the objective of rejuvenating Ireland’s rural towns and villages to make them more attractive places in which to live and work, and to increase their tourism potential. The 2017 Town and Village Renewal Scheme was launched in April 2017 and, in October, I announced the allocation of €21.6 million...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts Data (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: Four state bodies fall under the remit of my Department, Pobal, Irish Water Safety, the Western Development Commission and the Charities Regulatory Authority. Neither my Department or any of the above agencies have any contracts with the company in question.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charities Regulation (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: Pobal was established by the Irish Government in 1992 as Area Development Management Ltd. (ADM) with the agreement of and as a requirement of the European Commission to manage a Global Grant.  In its initial form it was an intermediary company working on behalf of Government to support social and economic development within Ireland.  Between 1992 and 2005, the company expanded its...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Banking (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: The Programme for a Partnership Government envisaged that An Post, the Irish League of Credit Unions and other interested stakeholders would be asked to investigate and propose a new model of community banking, such as the Kiwibank model in New Zealand. The Programme for Government also includes a commitment to investigate the German Sparkassen model for the development of local public banks....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies Data (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: Four state bodies fall under the remit of my Department, Pobal, Irish Water Safety, the Western Development Commission and the Charities Regulatory Authority. The audited accounts and annual report in respect of 2016, for the Western Development Commission (WDC), have not yet been published.  The WDC 2016 accounts have been submitted to the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Western Development Commission Funding (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: The Western Development Commission was established in 1999 to promote, foster and encourage economic and social development in the Western Region, defined as the counties of Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Galway and Clare. The Western Development Commission operates the Western Investment Fund (WIF) which contributes to the development of the region by investing through...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies Data (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: Responsibility for four state bodies was transferred to my Department when it was established on 19th July 2017, under the Statutory Instruments listed below.  No agency, board or body has been disbanded or been amalgamated, or its functions subsumed back into this department since that date. S.I. No. 348 of 2017 - Charities (Transfer of Departmental Administration And Ministerial...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Personal Injury Claims (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: The information sought by the Deputy is not available within the timeframe to respond to this question.However I have asked my officials, and the organisations under the aegis of my Department, to provide me with the information requested and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Authority Expenditure (23 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: My Department has not to date received any funding back from Local Authorities as a result of allocations made in 2017.  My Department will revert to the Deputy if any returns are made by the month end. It is important to note that apart from the Local Improvement Scheme , the 2017 rural development schemes are expected to operate over a 12-15 month period.  Therefore, it...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Funding (18 Jan 2018)

Michael Ring: The Local Improvement Scheme supports improvement works on private, non-public roads, to improve access for people who live or work along those roads. There has been very little funding available for this scheme in recent years due to constraints on public expenditure.  However, I was very conscious of the underlying demand for the scheme in rural areas throughout the country....