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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes Administration (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister for his reply. A total of €11 million has been spent out of €250 million and we are now in year five of a programme that runs from 2014 to 2020. Only €11 million has actually been spent on projects to date. Even if we were to add the €23.4 million to that total it only brings the spend up to approximately €35 million. There is still...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes Administration (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: While there has been some progress in 2018, the Department has still only spent 50% of what was allocated for LEADER this year. That suggests that the Department is not yet up to speed in terms of getting the budgeted amounts out. Is the Department looking at any of the structures involved? Are there LEADER companies or local authorities that are not performing at the level required? Has...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes Administration (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: 35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to date with the roll-out of the LEADER programme 2014 to 2020; the expenditure incurred to date on the programme by administrative, animation and project costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52193/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: LEADER Programmes Administration (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: The LEADER programme continues to be behind budget. The Minister referred to it in the reply to my previous question. He made some changes when he took office. I ask for an update on expenditure on the programme.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committee Meetings (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: This is not the "Late Late Show".

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: 33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated by his Department for current and capital expenditure in 2018 including the capital carry-over from 2017; the amount spent under each category to date in 2018; his plans to ensure full expenditure of funds available by the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52192/18]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: Let battle commence. I am trying to get my head around the funding model of the Minister's Department and the constant underspend in capital. I know it is drawdown but the fact is there is still 30% of the budget unspent after 11 months of the year. What are the Minister's plans to deal with that and to ease the system whereby money is drawn down from his Department?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Minister for his good wishes. Both of us share an interest in and a passion for this area and I look forward to working with him. There is €21 million in capital to be spent between now and the end of the year in three weeks' time, and €8.6 million in current expenditure. Is the Minister confident that he will spend that €21 million, particularly in...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: I am very proud of the Department as well. I am very proud of the fact that my party proposed that it be established. I am delighted we gave the Minister a job. I am proud, too, of the fact that it is in Ballina. That is an example of how decentralisation works. The people who are on the ground, top class civil servants, who are living these programmes are delivering them. Long may it...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Action Plan for Rural Development (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: 46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress on the pilot scheme to encourage residential occupancy in rural towns and villages as committed to under the Action Plan for Rural Development. [51865/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Mobile Telephony Services (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: 52. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeline for the release of information on the mobile coverage blackspots pilot project to encompass all 31 local authority areas expanded in March 2018; if a map of blackspots will be made available; the actions he will take to address these blackspots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51866/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Enterprise Sector (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: 63. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of progress towards completing the development of a national policy on social enterprise following the announcement in September 2017; the month in which the policy will be completed and published in 2018; and the number of stakeholders consulted to date. [51867/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: 65. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated by current and capital expenditure to date in 2018 to schemes (details supplied); and the amount expended on each such scheme to date in tabular form. [51868/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (11 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: 70. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made under the rural regeneration and development fund; the number of applications granted funding; the funding approved in Budget 2019 for the scheme in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51869/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: In this morning's Irish Independent we read the news that Qudos Insurance, an insurance underwriting company which underwrites 50,000 people in this country, has gone into liquidation and may not be in a position to pay out on any existing claims. This is eerily similar to the Setanta story from a number of years ago, which has still not been resolved. Insurance is another matter about...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: We have fantastic people working in our health service and the outcomes for those who access it are generally very positive. The year 2018, however, has been marked by a number of incredibly tragic incidents that are still ongoing. We had CervicalCheck and the implications of that. Deputy Alan Kelly hosted a very powerful meeting last night around some of the women affected there. We...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: Four families have lost their loved ones because of this and we do not know how many more of the other seven may be affected. I join in the expressions of sympathy but it is not good enough. We do this every time we have an incident, and that sympathy is heartfelt but we do not learn from it. We need to learn that this must not happen again in another hospital. We need to have some sort...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (5 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: 53. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated number of persons with Alzheimer's or dementia in County Mayo; the projection for same in 2030; the additional supports that will be provided in the coming years to adapt to the upturn in incidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50727/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (4 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: The reality is that County Mayo is falling behind. We have many excellent companies located in the county and we are proud to host them. Their success has been on the basis of the fantastic labour force we have. However, despite our track record and level of success, only 23 of a total of 3,289 IDA Ireland client visits undertaken between 2011 and 2017 were to County Mayo and the county...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (4 Dec 2018)

Dara Calleary: There has been nothing new in recent years.