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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Post Office Network (2 Mar 2017)

Michael Ring: The report in question was published in January 2016 and made a number of recommendations to support the future sustainability of post offices. Two Working Groups were established to progress the recommendations. The first Group examined issues such as the number and spatial distribution of post offices, branch modernisation, the streamlining of products and services, postmaster payments...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks (2 Mar 2017)

Michael Ring: I am advised that my Department is currently working with the Public Appointments Service (PAS) to create a Conservation Ranger panel. The campaign was advertised by PAS on 11 November 2016, on www.publicjobs.ie, and was open for applications until 1 December. I expect that a panel will be available shortly from which appointments will be made across the country, taking account of available...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Michael Ring: I will address the hedge-cutting issue. I am glad that Senator Warfield said he was not from rural Ireland, because if he was, he would understand it. If one is elected-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Michael Ring: The situation is simply that if the Senator lived in rural Ireland, he would know that the biggest problem that people have is travelling on by-roads, including to their houses. The biggest problem that they and councillors have at the moment is providing funding to cut edges in various areas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Michael Ring: Without the legislation, the councils will not cut the hedges. When I was Minister for State with responsibility for tourism, the biggest complaint that we got every year was about the conditions of rural roads, and hedges causing damage to people's cars every year. Something has to be done. The Chairman raised an issue earlier as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Michael Ring: Did I interrupt the Senator when he was speaking? Yes, that is what the Bill is for. It needs to be understood that we have to live down there. If others want to visit, they are very welcome, but they do not understand the problems that we have when we have to live there for 52 weeks of the year. If the Senator came down-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Michael Ring: I listened to the debate in the Seanad. It was interesting that most of the people that spoke and were critical of the Bill never lived in rural Ireland. We are all for heritage and protecting the environment, but we have to live there as well. I live in a place where the biggest complaint I have all summer is that people will not be able to get up and down their roads as a consequence of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Michael Ring: I will be brief. The last issue regarding planning is something about which we need to talk to the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. There is no question about it. Something has to be done and the national plan will have to be looked at again. The reason the previous Minister dropped the funding for local improvement scheme, LIS, roads is because there was...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Deer Culls (1 Mar 2017)

Michael Ring: That is the first thing Kerry ever wanted to share with Mayo. A colleague of the Senator from County Kerry wants to bring in the Army to deal with other problems there.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Deer Culls (1 Mar 2017)

Michael Ring: The Senator does not want the Army to be brought in to deal with this problem.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Deer Culls (1 Mar 2017)

Michael Ring: That is fine. I thank the Senator for raising this matter. There is a significant challenge in attempting to balance the demands of agriculture, forestry and conservation with the need to ensure deer populations occupying the same land resources are managed at sustainable levels and in a responsible and ethical manner. It should be noted that while the National Parks and Wildlife Service...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Ring: The CLÁR programme, which provides funding for small scale infrastructural projects in rural areas which have suffered the greatest levels of population decline, was closed for new applications in 2009. In October 2016, I reopened the programme and invited all Local Authorities with designated CLÁR areas to make submissions under the scheme under the following measures: - Measure 1:...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Policy (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Ring: As part of the Government’s programme to support rural development, a number of initiatives including CLÁR, the Rural Recreation Scheme, the Town and Village Renewal Scheme, and REDZ (Rural Economic Development Zones) were launched by my Department during 2016. In general, these initiatives were implemented through the Local Authorities. All funding was made available in line...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Ring: 671. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; when payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9766/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Ring: 679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; when payment will be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9881/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Ring: 682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); when the application will proceed to pre-payment validation stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10058/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Ring: 684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; when payment will be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10084/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Ring: 685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received an AEOS 2 payment; when payment will be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10085/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Ring: 686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; when payment will be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10086/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (28 Feb 2017)

Michael Ring: 688. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a GLAS payment; when payment will be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10088/17]