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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Íocaíochtaí Deontas (16 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport cén uair a bheidh na deontais faoi scéim na nDeontas Caipitil Spóirt do 2017 á bhfógairt aige; cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh i dtaobh an iarratais atá déanta ag Club Iomartha Choláiste na Coiribe, Co na Gaillimhe faoin scéim sin (sonraí leis seo); agus an ndéanfaidh...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I am sure the Minister of State was.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I thank the Minister and Ministers of State for the comprehensive outline of the events and the money available. Getting the money is one thing, spending it is another. As I believe the Department will be aware through parliamentary questions etc., I am very concerned that the money the Department has will not be spent. On what do I base this? At the end of last year €28 million...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: To go back to the Minister. Local authorities, in my experience, are great at coming up with projects, but they have no concept of time and delivery. I saw some paperwork relating to the town renewal programme that the Minister announced. Is the funding for that programme €20 million?

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The local authorities have until the middle of next year to finish the work, according to the documentation. In other words, they do not have to have it done by 31 December. My understanding is that last year there was still a small provision in the Estimates for legacy expenditure under the RAPID programme, which closed down when I left the Department. That is how slow the local...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I always thought that the Leader programme was democratic. It is a constant fight to try to get the money out. The situation now is that we have 15 steps, with the addition of this expression of interest. I am absolutely surprised that the Minister has not received €183 billion in expressions of interest because every community is saying they have to get something in; some will be...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I wish to return to North-South issues. I may have missed the second topic when I was out of the room but will the Minister indicate if a good section of the Ulster Canal will really be dealt with? There was a recommendation in the Moore Street campaign report to include a flagship Irish language project as part of the overall project. I was a little surprised to discover in recent days...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I do not want to be too argumentative but if anybody advising the Minister goes back and checks the pattern of spend in respect of the previous Leader programme, which was far less bureaucratic, and any of these capital grants, such as the sports capital grant, they will tell her that it is not a question of if at this stage; it is definitely going to happen. Every piece of evidence-based...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It did not. There is €40 million-----

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: It was too late. They did not spend it. It has not even been spent.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Will the Minister arrange with her officials to give me the management expenditure figures every month so that we can monitor whether-----

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: No, they are not. All I get is one line.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is a hope.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We are very conscious of the position regarding State money. The vast majority of the group relating to Moore Street is also conscious of this. One of the cost-effective ways of using some of the space we are looking to preserve involved putting in State agencies that are now in expensive rented properties. It is a win-win situation because if we have to put an agency somewhere, why not...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: We have not even started. We have not covered CLÁR, the Gaeltacht or the islands. I will be very quick. If the rest of the members and witnesses are all tired out, that will make it even quicker. I spent a lot of time last night going through all this. I always think that one waits nine months for a chance to go through the Estimates and the next thing, everyone says "Will you hurry...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I do. Let us begin. I will start with the CLÁR programme, about which I have some questions. When it was constructed initially, it was fundamentally a leverage scheme. In other words, I had about €20 million available and the idea was to leverage another €20 million to €30 million from other authorities in order that there would a drawing of money into rural areas...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The Minister referred to the LIS. Did he go to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and tell them that if they were willing to put €3 million or €4 million into the LIS, he would put in the same amount? These bodies could undertake certain road projects and the Minister of State could undertake others. That is the way we...

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I agree.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I used to say I had a module of money. I made up my mind on how much I was going to put aside for certain areas such as health and then met the agency involved, saying: "If I do this, will you do that?" Inevitably, when it smelled the money, it opened the door.

Select Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Revised) (11 May 2017)

Éamon Ó Cuív: That is not-----