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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Community centres are the cornerstone of community life in many towns, villages and urban areas around the country. 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 this in mind, my Department has put in place an integrated programme of supports for the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund provides funding for the development and construction of capital projects in towns and villages and rural areas across Ireland. To date, 215 projects have been approved for funding of €395 million for projects costing €542 million. Calls for applications to the Fund are sought under two categories – Category 1 and Category 2....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department's mission is to promote rural and community development and to support vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities throughout Ireland. We do this by delivering a wide range of strategic interventions and investments throughout the country. In 2022 my Department had a budget allocation of €379 million which supported rural and community development, including...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Economic Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: As the deputy is aware, the concept of Community Wealth Building refers to a range of approaches to local economic development, including community-led local development. The report has been considered by officials in my department and I am pleased to confirm that my department has in place a wide range of policies and programmes which support local economic development and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Cybersecurity Policy (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: IT security measures, including installation of software to protect against ransomware attacks, is generally a matter for not-for-profit organisations themselves to ensure are in place. Some programmes and schemes managed by my Department allow for indirect costs to be included in the administration fees. This may include, as part of IT requirements, anti-virus software or security...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I have been informed by my officials that there has been correspondence between my Department and Galway County Council in relation to this issue in the past number of weeks. I understand that Galway County Council had to address the registration of ownership and boundary matters in order to progress the transfer of the land in question on Inishbofin. I understand that a final survey is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Data (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund provides funding for the development and construction of capital projects in towns and villages and rural areas across Ireland. The Fund is central to achieving the objectives and key deliverables of "Our Rural Future" – the Government's five year policy for Rural Ireland. The projects supported by the Fund assist in the regeneration of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) was introduced in 2016 and is one of a number of measures designed to rejuvenate rural towns and villages throughout Ireland. Since the launch of the scheme over €149 million has been allocated to more than 1,600 projects across Ireland. The Scheme has supported towns and villages the length and breadth of the country. In line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Centres (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Community centres are the cornerstone of community life in many towns, villages and urban areas around the country. 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. In 2021, the Drogheda Report Implementation Plan was published and the Drogheda Implementation...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Telecommunications Infrastructure (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce was re-established in December 2021 with an inaugural meeting co-chaired by myself and Minister of State Ossian Smyth TD, involving participation from all key State stakeholders. In April 2022 we held a full meeting of the Taskforce with both State and Industry representatives. After this meeting the Terms of Reference and Work Programme for 2022-2023...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Our Rural Future, is the whole-of-Government policy for the sustainable development of rural Ireland. Policy measure 73 of the plan commits to ‘Establish an annual Rural Youth Assembly to allow young people living in rural Ireland to make an on-going contribution to identifying and influencing policy issues that impact on them and their future.’ My Department holds lead...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Our Rural Future is the whole of Government policy for sustainable rural development in Ireland. It was published in March 2021 and is the most ambitious rural development policy for Ireland in decades. It contains more than 150 measures intended to support the post–covid recovery in the short-term, economic and social development in the longer terms as well as environmental and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Data (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: My Department delivers a wide range of strategic interventions, funding programmes, policies and initiatives to support urban and rural communities throughout the country. Since 2020 my Department has allocated funding of some €25m to Sligo and some €42m to Leitrim. The table below sets out the total funding allocated by my Department to counties Sligo and Leitrim under the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The CLÁR Programme provides funding under a number of different measures for small-scale infrastructural projects in designated rural areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation over a defined period. Since the CLÁR Programme was relaunched in 2016, it has supported a wide range of measures. Funding of over €57 million has been approved for almost 2,100...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The National Public Library Strategy 2023-2027 has been developed jointly by my department, the Libraries Development Unit in the Local Government Management Agency, the County and City Management Association and local authorities. The strategy has been shaped by an extensive five week public consultation that opened on the 8thof June 2022. This consultation received an extremely high number...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The SuperValu TidyTowns competition is a unique community movement which has a huge impact on our communities throughout Ireland. It is an effective and important sustainability initiative in Ireland, both from an environmental and community perspective. It encourages communities to improve their local environment and make their area a better place to live, work and visit in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Embracing Ireland’s Outdoors, the new National Outdoor Recreation Strategy 2023-2027,was launched last November. The Strategy was developed in collaboration with Comhairle na Tuaithe and is a collaborative cross-Government, stakeholder-led strategy. It reflects the views of stakeholders, the public and the whole of Government and it sets the stage to strengthen and support the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) was introduced in 2016 and is one of a number of measures designed to rejuvenate rural towns and villages throughout Ireland. Over €149 million has been allocated to more than 1,600 projects across Ireland to date. The Scheme is primarily targeted at towns and villages with a population of 10,000 or less. In line with the commitment in Our...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Data (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: The CLÁR Programme provides funding under a number of different measures for small-scale infrastructural projects in designated rural areas that have experienced significant levels of depopulation over a defined period. Since the CLÁR Programme was relaunched in 2016, it has supported a wide range of measures. Funding of over €57 million has been approved for almost 2,100...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: On the 9th of November 2022, the Government agreed to rescind the original Right to Request Remote Working Bill and integrate the right to request remote work into the Work Life Balance Bill, which was led by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth (DCEDIY). On the 29th March 2023, the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 successfully...