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Other Questions: Community Services Programme (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I understand Pobal administers a large part of the programme. Is the Minister personally consulted before any scheme is reduced or closed? Pobal has previously made bad recommendations regarding the kinds of service in question. Will the Minister reassure me that no scheme will be reduced or closed without his personal say so? As part of the review, will the Minister consider costing a...

Other Questions: Community Services Programme (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister has to be brave.

Other Questions: Community Services Programme (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 21. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to expand the community services programme over the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19101/18]

Other Questions: Community Services Programme (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am delighted that the Minister has got the community services programme back, although I am very disappointed to hear he did not get the staff. It often seems that Departments run their operations as if they were independent empires rather than part of a collective Government, although that is not the Minister's fault. My question concerns the plans to expand this scheme. There are many...

Other Questions: Community Services Programme (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: From his reply, it would appear that what the Minister is doing is recycling the money. Some schemes get a reduced number of full-time equivalents and he is transferring them. One thing that all of us puzzle about, and we have often talked about it among ourselves, is the fact there are still a large number of people drawing jobseeker's allowance long-term who will never get commercial...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Functions (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 18. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is in discussions with other Departments regarding the transfer of further rural and community functions and schemes to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19155/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Functions (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It is a tragedy that when the Minister's Department was established, it was given so few functions. Some 99% or 99.5% of the functions and spend in rural Ireland do not come within the Department's remit; therefore, despite the Minister's best efforts, his effect on the well-being of rural Ireland is, by definition, limited. Has he asked for more powers and functions? There are functions...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Functions (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Sadly, after a very long reply from the Minister, the answer to my simple question appears to be no. The Minister has not sought further schemes. Previously, when we had a community and rural development policy, it included the rural social scheme, responsibilities for the Gaeltacht and the islands, Waterways Ireland and drugs policy which is tied up with the RAPID programme and social...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Functions (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Please do.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Functions (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: They say that when one cannot answer a question, one should just keep talking. Does the Minister agree with me that issues such as rural transport, responsibility for the greenways which I believe would be far more appropriate to the Minister's Department in the context of rural recreation, marine leisure which, again, is just another form of rural recreation, the farm assist scheme, a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Departmental Functions (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Taoiseach will fix it for the Minister.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans for the roll out of the RAPID programme in the coming years; the method by which he will ensure that RAPID funding is spent for the benefit of the persons living in RAPID areas; the method by which the programme will leverage actions and funding from other Departments towards the RAPID areas; and if he will make a statement...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Contrary to a sometimes popular perception, the reality is that the most deprived communities in the State are in urban areas. Many of them are in this city, even though we are told it is a very successful one, but they are also in towns around the country. How is the Minister going to ensure that the RAPID programme helps the most disadvantaged communities and does not get spread out into...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am concerned by the Minister's answer. By their nature, the LCDCs are going to focus right across the whole local authority area. Taking the Minister's county of Mayo as an example, there is a RAPID area in Ballina but the LCDC represents urban, rural, affluent and not so affluent areas. How is the Minister going to ensure that the focus is on the areas that got the designation? They...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: RAPID Programme (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister is calling this RAPID, which was the name of a previous programme. Under the previous programme, there were geographically defined areas in which we know scientifically from statistics there is the greatest level of deprivation. Can the Minister tell me if the funding is ring-fenced for the benefit of those areas, or have the LCDCs the power to spend it anywhere they want in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Scheme (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans for the development of rural recreation in 2018; his plans to revamp Comhairle na Tuaithe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19102/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dormant Accounts Fund Administration (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 32. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new Dormant Account Fund plan will be published; his plans to increase spending in the coming years under the plan in view of the accumulated funding in the Dormant Account Fund, excluding the reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19103/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Communities Facilities Scheme Applications (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 43. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next request for applications under the community facilities fund will be made; if eligibility for the fund is limited to certain areas; the fund available in 2018 in his Department's estimates for the development of community facilities under the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19100/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Leader Programmes Funding (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the latest date by which all Leader funding will be approved for projects under the Leader Programme 2014 to 2020; the amount available for projects under the programme; the percentage and amount of the project funding allocated to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19099/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (2 May 2018)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a payment under the 2017 GLAS scheme has not issued to a farmer (details supplied) in view of the fact that they have been informed that the GLAS claim is cleared for payment; if his attention has been drawn to the financial burden being placed on farmers as a result of the delay in issuing GLAS payments in a timely...