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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Carer's Allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that, as a result, they require that level of care. My Department received an application for Carer's Allowance (CA) from the person concerned on 22 February 2023. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Disability Allowance (DA) is a weekly allowance paid to people with a specified disability who are aged 16 or over and under the age of 66. This disability must be expected to last for at least one year and the allowance is subject to a medical assessment, means test and Habitual Residency conditions. My Department received an application for DA in respect of the person concerned on 22...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Disability Allowance is a means-tested social assistance scheme, which is also subject to a medical assessment and habitual residency requirement. Where a person makes an application for Disability Allowance, the means assessment includes income from employment or self-employment, income from a social security pension from another country and maintenance payments. If a claimant is married,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (26 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: On 4th March 2022, the Council of the European Union unanimously adopted the Temporary Protection Directive in respect of people fleeing the war in the Ukraine. This means that people arriving from Ukraine under the Temporary Protection Directive can move through the EU on the same basis as EU citizens. Businesses that employ jobseekers who have temporary protection are entitled to the same...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Water Safety (26 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has governance responsibility for Water Safety Ireland (WSI). WSI has statutory responsibility for the promotion of public awareness of water safety; advancement of education related to the prevention of accidents in water; instruction in water safety; and the establishment of national standards for lifeguards. I am pleased to confirm that Water Safety Ireland will continue...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Sport and Recreational Development (26 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has governance responsibility for Water Safety Ireland (WSI). WSI has statutory responsibility for the promotion of public awareness of water safety; advancement of education related to the prevention of accidents in water; instruction in water safety; and the establishment of national standards for lifeguards. WSI has informed me that swimming instructor courses are held in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (26 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The LEADER Programme is a key intervention of Our Rural Future, the Government’s Policy for rural development launched in 2021 which aims to deliver a range of actions to rural communities over the lifetime of the policy. It is a multi-annual programme for rural development co-funded by the EU through the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The programme is based on a community-led...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (26 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: In January I launched the Community Recognition Fund which aims to support the development of community infrastructure and facilities in recognition of the contribution being made by communities across the country in welcoming and hosting significant numbers of arrivals from Ukraine and other countries. The funding is specifically targeted at projects that are located in communities,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. This fund came about because it was raised with me. There were a lot of new communities around the country and I met with a number of Deputies from County Galway. There was one particular area with a lot of new houses and no community centre. They had a lovely plan, in fairness to them, but they had no money. I said to myself that this was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: There is time. I will be quick.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I thank Deputy Gould for raising this matter. Community centres are the cornerstone of community life in many towns, villages and urban areas across the country, and this Government recognises the important role they play in community life in Ireland, bringing people together and engaging with those who may be marginalised or disadvantaged. With that in mind, my Department has put in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: If the Deputy had said Kerry and Cork county councils were not working together I might have understood but there is no excuse for two Cork local authorities not working together. The Deputy should tell them to work together and we will work with them if they work together. These boundaries would do your head in. These schemes are community-led. During the Covid pandemic, as we all know,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Control of Dogs (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy is correct; sometimes the training means training the dog owners. They would want to be under control sometimes too. If they are treated properly and well, dogs are a wonderful companion for anybody. We all have our own dogs of whom we are very fond. However, not to take care of dogs and let them out of control and allow them to worry sheep or chase after livestock is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59 and 60 together. The ORIS is funded by my Department under Our Rural Future. The scheme provides funding for the development and enhancement of outdoor infrastructure such as trails, walkways, cycleways, blueways and bridleways throughout rural Ireland. The scheme is central to embracing Ireland outdoors, the new national outdoor recreation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Plus they said they could not spend it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Meath could not spend it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: In fairness, the funding was not there to deliver these projects in the past. We now have the rural regeneration fund. When Deputy Ring was Minister, he set up that fund. He fought for €1 billion. I can honestly tell Deputy Tóibín that he fought for it because I watched him and he did a good job.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: It is a €1 billion fund.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Deputy Tóibín would want to get up now and go around the country, even around County Meath where he lives. I am going there in the next few weeks. There is a new library and cultural centre in Trim.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: There is a new community hub in Enfield and many remote working hubs that allow people to live and work in their communities. Deputy English is a big supporter of those projects. I will visit them shortly. They are making a difference. I am going around rural areas and talking to people. I can tell the Deputy that if he had been with me in Abbeyshrule, County Longford, last week, he...