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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Community Development Initiatives (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: ...is the community services programme to community centres. Overall, the community services programme funds approximately 400 community organisations and earlier this year a support fund of €1.2 million was put in place, providing additional funding to many of these organisations, many of which suffered loss of income due to Covid-19, as they are partially dependent on...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: ...provide support for volunteering, funding to ALONE for their crisis telephone support line, and an email helpdesk facility to assist smaller community groups with their queries. On 9 April 2020, an initial €2.5 million COVID-19 Emergency Fund was introduced to provide immediate and urgently needed funding to community and voluntary groups that are participating in the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (17 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: ...Measure which places a focus on the recovery of towns and villages from the impact of COVID-19 in the medium-term. When the 2020 Town and Village Renewal Scheme was launched in May, it had a budget of €15 million, with an indicative budget of €5 million for the Accelerated Measure.  The Government’s July Stimulus Package provided an additional €10 million...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Sep 2020)

Joe O'Brien: ...for volunteering, funding to ALONE for their crisis telephone support line, and an email helpdesk facility to assist smaller community groups with their queries. On 9 April last, an initial €2.5 million COVID-19 Emergency Fund was introduced to provide immediate and urgently needed funding to community and voluntary groups that are participating in the Government’s...

Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (13 May 2020)

Joe O'Brien: ...Minister to answer my questions. The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted travel patterns across the world in a profound way. In a variety of ways, transport will never be the same again. The 2 km and 5 km restrictions coupled with economic shutdown and the requirement to socially distance have pushed us to walk and cycle more. We need to do all we can to retain as much as possible of the...