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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: It was three hours later.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: It is €450,000.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: Last April and May, the CervicalCheck controversy shook our nation's faith in our health service right to core. The heartbreaking stories of the families, and their courage and dignity in the face of what was facing them was seared on all our minds at the time. The Government and the Minister for Health made many promises in the immediate days and weeks after the controversy broke. It...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: The Tánaiste spoke about reassurance and about providing full transparency. These are essential to rebuilding trust and confidence in this necessary programme. This information, however, has had to be dragged out yet again. It was not provided through the HSE or primary care practitioners but on “Morning Ireland”. Surely the first port of contact should not have been...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: That was a once in a century event.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: LEADER Programmes Expenditure (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: 11. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent to date under the present LEADER programme on projects; the amount spent in 2018 on projects by local action groups, LAGs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3029/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: LEADER Programmes Expenditure (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: It is time to sound the emergency bells on LEADER funding. The programme was supposed to end at the end of 2020, which is next year. It is a €250 million programme but the figures for the end of 2018 show that while €38 million was spent, only €13.6 million of that was on natural projects. Will the Minister provide the Department's most up-to-date figures on LEADER...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: LEADER Programmes Expenditure (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: While I welcome the increase in expenditure on projects during 2018, we have had these assurances before. The Minister said 1,644 projects are worth €55.8 million. When is that money anticipated to be drawn down? Will it be during 2019 or 2020? With only two years remaining, does he envisage an extension to the LEADER programme? What is the final date on which he expects LAGs to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: LEADER Programmes Expenditure (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: The team is doing its best but it can deal only with what is coming into it. The Minister again referred to approvals, which are super, but the funding needs to be drawn down. What changes will he make? I welcome his plans to have a seamless transition to the new LEADER programme, which is essential, but what changes will he make to a new programme to ensure we do not have difficulty in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: I agree with the Minister about Ballycastle, but that has been led by the community and not by the local authority. Out of €53 million drawn down, €13 million has been spent. The Minister needs to start kicking heads. Local authorities are great at showing up for openings but there is no sense in the Minister allocating money that is not being drawn down and spent in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timetable for the roll-out of the town and village renewal scheme in 2019 in terms of the applications process; when project funding approvals will issue; and the timetable for implementation of the scheme to encourage residential occupancy in rural towns and villages as committed to in the Action Plan for Rural Development. [3395/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: The Minister does not need to be told that towns and villages are under significant pressure in facing not just the challenge of depopulation but also online trading. For those who do not understand that challenge, I encourage them to listen back to the recent "Drivetime" reports by John Cooke who gave views from the ground. I want to discuss with the Minister how the town and village...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: The Minister has said funding of €53 million has been approved for the town and village renewal scheme. Will he confirm for the House how much of that sum has been drawn down? The replies to parliamentary questions to the Minister indicated that there had been a €2.5 million underspend under the programme in 2018. Will he confirm whether the money has been spent since and if...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Improvement Scheme Data (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: 21. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of rural roads that have received funding under the LIS in each of the years 2016 to 2018, by local authority in tabular form; and the projected number of road projects to be completed in 2019. [3028/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: 22. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date on transport initiatives and proposals under the action plan for rural development; and the input has he has had with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in this regard in relation to road projects and maintenance works to be carried out. [3027/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: 26. 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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3030/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Budgets (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: 36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the final capital spend in 2018, including the capital carry over from 2017, by subhead; the provision under each subhead, including the capital carry over from 2017 provided for in the revised estimates volume for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3031/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes Data (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: 221. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure by project and administration expenditure incurred under the 2007-2013 LEADER programme as at 31 December in each year over this period; the value of projects approved under this programme at this date annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3288/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: 222. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grant expenditure incurred by each local authority as at 31 December 2018 for the town and village renewal scheme with respect to moneys allocated in 2017 to each local authority under this scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3289/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: CLÁR Programme (23 Jan 2019)

Dara Calleary: 223. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated first year cost and annual cost of a proposal (details supplied). [3290/19]