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- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: The carryover from last year is all spent.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: Some €67 million has been spent out of the €97 million, which was the first amount the Deputy mentioned.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: Yes.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: Yes.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: We cannot carry over some.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy. As I said in my opening comment, we are keeping the pressure on the various local authorities to make sure the money is spent and the projects are delivered. We want delivery on the ground. We expect there will be a good deal of spend at the end of the year. As the Deputy knows, as he has been in the Department with responsibility for community and rural development...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: There is no bluff.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: I am telling the Deputy. I am out all the time giving out to them.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: I assure the Deputy we are keeping the pressure on. I have laid it on as hard as I can to make sure about delivery. Announcements are no good without delivery. This is what I am focused on. The Deputy can rest assured we are doing all that we can. It does not affect the level of inspections or governance if it is paid in December. Inspectors are still out there checking. As the Deputy...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: Yes. We will have funded 77% of what local authorities could deliver before the year ends. We asked them all what they could do. They sent us in our list and got 77% of what they could deliver. That is what we have done. A question was asked about community centres. Requests for funding of less than €25,000 are for unincorporated community centres. In other words support of up...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: I apologise. I thought the Deputy was speaking about the community hot spots.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: That is the one done through Pobal. A registered organisation applies through Pobal. If it is not registered it goes to the local authority and applies through the local community development committee, LCDC.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: It is through the local authorities. It is administered and the LCDC approves it. We have distributed €10 million across all local authorities for applications from unincorporated charitable bodies or organisations that want a bit of support. The local authorities will take the applications and pay out the money. The local knowledge is there. They have paid out money previously on...
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: Yes, it is. Pobal is already open for applications. If an application does not qualify for the scheme for which we have given Pobal the money to administer, it will refer it to the local authority.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: It will explain that it is to be sent to the local authority.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: Yes, but the other scheme is not open yet.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: No.
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: No it is not caught because the local authority scheme is not yet open. The Pobal scheme is open. I take the Deputy's point. If Pobal gets an application that should-----
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: You see-----
- Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022) Heather Humphreys: No, we are not trying to make it complicated. The local authorities will be flexible.