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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes Data (3 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: There are a number of difficulties. First, there are changes to this particular roll-out of LEADER which the feedback from the ground suggests are making it harder to draw down project expenditure. The Minister made some changes when he came into office. Have those changes made any difference with regard to expenditure? Second, the area I want to focus on is the inconsistency in LEADER...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes Data (3 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: We are in year six of a seven-year programme and I know there will be an extension at the end of it to draw down funding. However, the reality is that €10 million more is spent on administration than on project expenditure, which is a figure that has to be kept in mind. As we go into the renegotiation of a new Common Agricultural Policy programme, along with a new LEADER programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (3 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the review of the CLÁR programme; the take-up and drawdown in funding to date since it was re-established; and the status of the drawdown in funding to date of the town and village renewal scheme since established. [15472/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (3 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 100. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund to date by category; the number of applications granted funding by category; the funding approved for the scheme in 2019; the number of payments made to date for approved projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15473/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Broadband Scheme (3 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 86. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the discussions he has had with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment with regard to broadband provision in rural areas; the progress of the provision of a map of blackspots in mobile coverage undertaken by the mobile phone and broadband taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15471/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Broadband Scheme (3 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 94. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role of the regional telecommunications development unit in his Department with regard to the national broadband plan. [15470/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: This morning's The Irish Timescontains a frightening report by Mr. Paul Cullen relating to an audit report into orthodontic treatment in Dublin between 1999 and 2002. The report was completed in 2015 but has still not been published. Its findings may lead to 7,500 people having their treatments checked. Some may even be recalled up to ten years after their treatments. All sorts of damage...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: Every part of this House wants to work with the Government in preparation for a hard Brexit but we need information.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: We need to see the details of the plan so that we can share it and get it out there. Hope is no longer a strategy. The Tánaiste has hoped for a long time but, whether by accident or design, it seems we are moving towards a hard Brexit. The Tánaiste spoke of the challenge of protecting the Single Market while maintaining an all-island economy and said the Government was discussing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: Since the House last sat on Thursday, there has been a series of deadlocked votes at Westminster which led this morning to Michel Barnier stating, "Over the last days a no-deal scenario has become more likely, but we still can hope to avoid it." The European Parliament Brexit co-ordinator, Guy Verhofstadt, tweeted last night that, following those votes, a hard Brexit becomes nearly...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Irish Language (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 75. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has an operating language scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003; and the date when such a scheme was introduced. [15488/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Language (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has an operating language scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003; and the date when such a scheme was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15492/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Official Languages Act (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has an operating language scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003; and the date when such a scheme was introduced. [15491/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Official Languages Act (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has an operating language scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003; and the date when such a scheme was introduced. [15496/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and capital allocation to An Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and the 2019 allocation in tabular form. [14780/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has an operating language scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003; and the date when such a scheme was introduced. [15489/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Language (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has an operating language scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003; and the date on which such a scheme was introduced. [15495/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Language (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 241. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has an operating language scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003; and the date when such a scheme was introduced. [15484/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 361. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has an operating language scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003; and the date when such a scheme was introduced. [15493/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Language (2 Apr 2019)

Dara Calleary: 397. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has an operating language scheme in accordance with the Official Languages Act 2003; and the date when such a scheme was introduced. [15483/19]