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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (3 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: 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 process. 55 applications were approved for funding for the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (3 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: 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 process. 55 applications were approved for funding for the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (3 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: My Department recently completed a review of the project referred to and has forwarded its findings to Mayo North East Leader Partnership. I am advised that Mayo North East Leader Partnership will be in contact with the project in relation to its application in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Applications (3 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 554 to 556, inclusive, together. In line with agreed procedures, the applications referred to in the Questions have been submitted to my Department for review by Mayo North East Leader Partnership. I expect that the reviews in question will be completed by my Department shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Seniors Alert Scheme (3 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: Rights of Way Provision (3 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: The majority of Ireland’s trails and walking routes are “permissive access routes” that have been developed with the agreement of private landowners, both public and private. This consensus approach is underpinned by the principle of mutual respect between landowners and recreation users, with the acceptance of the rights of landowners regarding access to their land and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (3 Mar 2015)

Ann Phelan: It is the function of Rural Transport Programme (RTP), under which the Transport Co-ordination Units manage rural transport services on behalf of the National Transport Authority (NTA), to address social exclusion in rural areas arising from unmet public transport needs. While it is envisaged that the newly established TCUs will play an important role in embedding...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (26 Feb 2015)

Ann Phelan: 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 process. 55 applications were approved for funding for the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Offshore Islands (26 Feb 2015)

Ann Phelan: Under the LEADER element of the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, my Department contracts Local Development Companies to deliver the programme locally in line with the ‘bottom-up’ approach to rural development. Comhar na nOilean is the Local Development Company which is responsible for delivery of the programme on Inishbofin Island, and it provided funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (26 Feb 2015)

Ann Phelan: 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 process. 55 applications were approved for funding for the...

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

Ann Phelan: I assume the Question refers to my Department’s Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP). My Department’s Local and Community Development Programme (LCDP) superseded the Local Development Social Inclusion and the Community Development Programmes in 2010. LCDP is the largest social inclusion intervention of its kind in the State and is being implemented on a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Sector Funding (25 Feb 2015)

Ann Phelan: 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 process. 55 applications were approved for funding for the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Trails Office (25 Feb 2015)

Ann Phelan: My Department has been in contact with the Local Development Company administering the Walks Scheme referred to in the Question. I am advised that the Local Development Company are examining the matter further and subject to ownership and entitlement being verified, it may be possible to facilitate this landowner.

Income and Living Conditions: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2015)

Ann Phelan: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “acknowledges that the consolidation effort necessary to correct what had become an unsustainable fiscal position has necessarily led to a reduction in incomes and living standards for all groups in society; notes that: — the Budgets 2009-2015 had the greatest...

Topical Issues: Fishing Industry (24 Feb 2015)

Ann Phelan: I thank the Deputy for raising this very important issue. I understand it is a huge local issue for him and I undertake to speak to the Minister, Deputy Coveney, and ask him to refer to the Deputy directly on what plans he has for the compensation scheme. He has not closed the door and I encourage the Deputy to pursue it.

Topical Issues: Fishing Industry (24 Feb 2015)

Ann Phelan: I am responding to this Topical Issue on behalf of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney. I thank the Deputy for raising this very important issue. Scientists from the Marine Institute carry out weekly testing of shellfish under the national shellfish biotoxin monitoring programme on behalf of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority and the Food Safety...

Topical Issues: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (24 Feb 2015)

Ann Phelan: I thank the Deputies for raising this very serious and important issue. The private rental sector is regulated by the Residential Tenancies Act which sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants, including relating to rent, security of tenure and the termination of tenancies. The Act was passed in 2004 and represented the most significant legislative reform in the private...

Topical Issues: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (24 Feb 2015)

Ann Phelan: I thank the Deputies for raising this very important issue. I take on board the issue of rent and instability in the rental market. I would have spoken at great length about the need for stability in the rental market citing France, Germany and Italy, which has a very stable rental market, as examples. We should look at carrying out some research on this because we need to address this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Rural Communities: Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Feb 2015)

Ann Phelan: I am delighted to be here to inform the joint committee about my work areas and future plans to support the sustainable development of rural communities throughout Ireland. As committee members will appreciate, the issues concerning rural areas are many and diverse and I will oultine briefly the main areas of focus. As committee members are aware, I have responsibility for managing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Rural Communities: Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (24 Feb 2015)

Ann Phelan: The Government has recently commenced a public consultation on a proposed framework policy for local and community development. The purpose of the policy is to underpin a whole-of-government approach to the planning, oversight and delivery of local and community development programmes at national or local level. When approved, it will provide a framework for supporting and investing in...