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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (22 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I launchedthe Community Support Fund (CSF)on the 18th November with funding of €10m available to support groups with their energy costs who may not have been deemed eligible under previous Government schemes. The CSFwill provide small grants to a wide and diverse range of local community groups to assist with their energy and running costs. Groups can also use the funding to carry out...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Grant Payments (22 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and the charities sector in meeting the high cost of energy currently and is committed to supporting the sector in meeting these costs. Not-for-profit and voluntary organisations in the Community and Voluntary sector are woven into the fabric of community life across Ireland, but they are vulnerable to the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (22 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The Charities Regulatory Authority (the ‘Charities Regulator’) was established in October 2014 pursuant to the Charities Act 2009. The Authority is the State organisation responsible for registering and regulating all of Ireland’s charities, with the mandate to promote good governance practice. My Department has been assigned responsibility for the Charities...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Approved Housing Bodies (22 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and the charities sector in meeting the high cost of energy currently and is committed to supporting the sector in meeting these costs. Not-for-profit and voluntary organisations in the Community and Voluntary sector are woven into the fabric of community life across Ireland, but they are vulnerable to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Cost of Living Issues (22 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and the charities sector in meeting the high cost of energy currently and is committed to supporting the sector in meeting these costs. Not-for-profit and voluntary organisations in the Community and Voluntary sector are woven into the fabric of community life across Ireland, but they are vulnerable to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: We are all very conscious of the important role that Community Employment (CE) and other programmes play in our communities. In addition to providing valuable occupational experience and training as a stepping-stone to employment for people who are long term unemployed, schemes such as CE also provide important and, in many cases essential, services to their local communities. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (16 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: As the Deputy is aware, Community Employment (CE) supervisors and CE assistant supervisors sought for several years through their union representatives, SIPTU and Forsa, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme for CE supervisors and CE assistant supervisors who are employed by CE scheme sponsoring...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (16 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: We are all very conscious of the important role that Community Employment (CE) and other programmes play in our communities. In addition to providing valuable occupational experience and training as a stepping-stone to employment for people who are long term unemployed, schemes such as CE also provide important and, in many cases essential, services to their local communities. The...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The Department of Social Protections operates a number of employment support schemes for long term unemployed persons which also assist communities across the country in the provision of vital services. Currently, there are some 24,000 participants engaged on the two schemes supporting long term unemployed persons back to work; Community Employment and Tús, with a further 2,873 on the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (16 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and the charities sector in meeting the high cost of energy currently and is committed to supporting the sector in meeting these costs. Not-for-profit and voluntary organisations in the Community and Voluntary sector are woven into the fabric of community life across Ireland, but they are vulnerable to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 369 to 371, inclusive, together. We are all very conscious of the important role that Community Employment (CE) and other programmes play in our communities. In addition to providing valuable occupational experience and training as a stepping-stone to employment for people who are unemployed, schemes such as CE also provide important and, in many cases...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: As the Deputy is aware, Community Employment (CE) supervisors and CE assistant supervisors sought for several years through their union representatives, SIPTU and Forsa, the allocation of Exchequer funding to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme for CE supervisors and CE assistant supervisors who are employed by CE scheme sponsoring...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The aim of Community Employment (CE) is to enhance the employability of disadvantaged and long term unemployed persons by providing work experience and training opportunities within their communities. CE schemes provide long-term unemployed and other groups, such as eligible persons in receipt of a disability allowance opportunities to provide vital services within local communities...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (15 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 628 and 629 together. My Department has provided a range of supports which both Men's and Women’s Sheds have availed of, depending on the works being completed. For example, In 2018 the Community Enhancement Programme (CEP)provided capital funding for community groups which included €0.5m that was ring-fenced for Men's Sheds and again in 2019,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 630 and 631 together. My department's Community Services Programme (CSP) supports over 430 community-based organisations, to provide local services through a social enterprise model. CSP funding is provided as a fixed annual contribution towards the cost of supporting an agreed number of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions including a manager, where...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Business Supports (15 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The Government is aware of the challenges facing community and voluntary organisations and the charities sector in meeting the high cost of energy currently and is committed to supporting the sector in meeting these costs. Not-for-profit and voluntary organisations in the Community and Voluntary sector are woven into the fabric of community life across Ireland, but they are vulnerable to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (10 Nov 2022)

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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (10 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: The Department of Transport has responsibility for overall policy on Exchequer funding regarding the national roads programme. Once funding arrangements have been put in place with TII under the Roads Act and in line with the national development plan, NDP, the planning, design, improvement and upgrading of individual national roads will be a matter for TII in conjunction with the local...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (10 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: Approximately €616 million of Exchequer capital funds have been provided to TII for national roads in 2022. In line with the NDP and Government policy, TII is allocating national road funding for local authorities for 2022 in a manner which seeks to achieve the following key outcomes: the protection and renewal of the existing national road network; progressing major projects in or...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (10 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I would like to thank Senator O'Loughlin for her question on this very important issue for the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. Apprenticeship is a demand-driven educational and training programme, which aims to develop the skills of an apprentice in order to meet the needs of industry and the labour market. Apprenticeship has undergone...