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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Disability Services Funding (1 Apr 2015)

Ann Phelan: I am pleased to have an opportunity to address the Seanad on the funding scheme to support national organisations in the community and voluntary sector and thank the Senator for raising this important issue. The scheme aims to provide multi-annual funding for national organisations towards core costs associated with the provision of services. During 2013 a review of the scheme was...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Disability Services Funding (1 Apr 2015)

Ann Phelan: I draw the Senator's attention to the fact that 55 applications were approved for funding in the two-year period from 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2016. The level of funding was increased to over €8 million, an increase of 10% in comparison with the allocation for the previous scheme. I undertake to bring the Senator's concerns back to the Department and discuss them with my officials. We...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (1 Apr 2015)

Ann Phelan: The proposals outlined in Putting People First: Action Programme for Effective Local Government seek to position local government as the primary vehicle of governance and public service at local level leading economic, social and community development, delivering efficient and good value services, and representing citizens and local communities effectively and accountably. This is not only...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (1 Apr 2015)

Ann Phelan: These committees, comprising public-private socio-economic interests, will have responsibility for local and community development programmes on an area basis including the social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP, to which the Senator refers. They will develop, co-ordinate and implement a more coherent and integrated approach to local and community development than existed...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (1 Apr 2015)

Ann Phelan: It is not the intention of the Minister to micromanage the LCDCs. I again draw the Senator's attention to the fact that in some areas the decision was taken by the LCDC to divide the lot into smaller units. The LCDC is independent and the decision remained with the LCDC.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (1 Apr 2015)

Ann Phelan: The Senator will have to take up that issue with the LCDC. It is not my intention to micromanage them. As I have already mentioned, their independence is provided for explicitly in the Local Government Act 2001. Councillors throughout the country wanted this situation. They wanted more power and they wanted devolved power. They wanted to be independent in making decisions about their issues.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (1 Apr 2015)

Ann Phelan: We cannot decide that we are going to make them independent and then attempt to micromanage them.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Scheme to Support National Organisations (1 Apr 2015)

Ann Phelan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173, 181 and 191 together. The funding Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO) in the community and voluntary sector aims to provide multi-annual funding to national organisations towards core costs associated with the provision of services. Applications for a new round of funding, which commenced on 1 July 2014, were subject to an appraisal...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme (1 Apr 2015)

Ann Phelan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176, 178 to 180, inclusive, and 182 together. My Department manages the Seniors Alert Scheme which encourages community support for vulnerable older people in our communities by providing grant assistance towards the purchase and installation of personal monitored alarms to enable older persons, of limited means, to continue to live securely in their...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (1 Apr 2015)

Ann Phelan: I am advised that Mayo North East LEADER Partnershipis awaiting the return of a signed contract from the organisation in question and once received will be in a position to finalise the project and relevant claims for payment.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 614 to 616, inclusive, 619, 622, 630, 631, 634, 637 and 683 together. The LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme 2014–2020, will provide €250 million in financial resources to support the development of sustainable rural communities. Ireland is reconfiguring the way in which local and rural development interventions are implemented....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 617, 618, 620, 632, 633 and 635 together. The LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme 2014 - 2020 will provide €250 million in financial resources to rural communities over the next 5 - 6 years. Ireland is reconfiguring the way in which local and rural development interventions are implemented. This is in line with Government policy to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 621, 623, 636 and 638 together. Ireland is reconfiguring the way in which local and rural development interventions are implemented. This is in line with Government policy to ensure that local government is well positioned to support the effective and efficient delivery of local and rural development. In this context €220m of the overall programme...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (31 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: My Department’s Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) is the largest social inclusion intervention of its kind in the State and is being implemented on a transitional basis until the end of March 2015, pending the roll out of the new Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) on 1 April 2015. In accordance with the Public Spending Code, legal advice,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme (31 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: My Department manages the Seniors Alert Scheme which encourages community support for vulnerable older people in our communities by providing grant assistance towards the purchase and installation of personal monitored alarms to enable older persons, of limited means, to continue to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. The scheme is administered by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (31 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: In line with the ‘bottom-up’ approach to rural development under the LEADER elements of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, the Local Action Groups (LAGs) are the principal decision makers in relation to the allocation of project funding. Such decisions are made in the context of the Local Development Strategy of the LAG and in line with the operating rules and EU...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Administration (31 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: My Department’s Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) is the largest social inclusion intervention of its kind in the State and is being implemented on a transitional basis until the end of March 2015, pending the roll out of the new Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) on 1 April 2015. In accordance with the Public Spending Code, legal advice,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (26 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: My Department's Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) is the largest social inclusion intervention of its kind in the State and is being implemented on a transitional basis until the end of March 2015, pending the roll out of the new Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) on 1 April 2015. In accordance with the Public Spending Code, legal advice, good...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding (26 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: My Department's Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) is the largest social inclusion intervention of its kind in the State and is being implemented on a transitional basis until the end of March 2015, pending the roll out of the new Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) on 1 April 2015. In accordance with the Public Spending Code, legal advice, good practice...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas (26 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: Rural Economic Development Zones (REDZ) are defined as functional rather than administrative geographic areas that reflect the spatial patterns of local economic activities and development processes, i.e. they are the sub-county zones within which most people live and work. Research surrounding this element of the CEDRA report identified potential REDZ in all areas of Ireland and recommended...