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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: EU Programmes (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 79 together. LEADER is a rural development programme co-funded by the EU that operates a locally-led, bottom-up approach to meeting the needs of local communities and businesses. The programme supports private enterprises and community groups in rural areas. From 2007 to 2020, LEADER was included in the suite of measures that constituted...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 72 and 92 together. ‘Our Rural Future – Rural Development Policy 2021-2025’ is the most ambitious development policy for rural Ireland in decades. It was published on 29 March and contains more than 150 commitments across the whole-of-Government, for both short-term recovery and longer-term development. Updates on the delivery of the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Greenways Provision (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme provides funding for the development of new outdoor recreational infrastructure and for the maintenance and promotion of existing infrastructure. Louth County Council were approved funding of €200,000 under the Scheme for the development and enhancement of the Boyne Greenway. Earlier this year, Louth County Council requested...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) are among the first premises for delivery under the National Broadband Plan. They are publicly accessible sites that serve areas without reliable high-speed broadband, including isolated communities in rural areas and on many of our offshore islands. Sites are provided with a high-speed broadband connection which they make available for onsite community use,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Commissions of Investigation (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm, that my Department, which was established on 19 July 2017, did not have any commissions of investigation conducted in the timeframe in question.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department operates a number of schemes that focus on projects supporting the development of remote working hubs as outlined in Our Rural Future–Ireland’s Rural Development Policy 2021-2025. To date, over €83m has been provided by my Department through various funding streams to support the development of digital hubs and remote working facilities across Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: My Department operates a number of schemes that focus on projects supporting the development of remote working hubs as outlined in Our Rural Future–Ireland’s Rural Development Policy 2021-2025. The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) and the Town and Village Renewal Scheme both support the establishment of digital hubs. Under this year's schemes, projects that bring...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Our Rural Future, Ireland’s Rural Development Policy 2021-2025, recognises the opportunity for rural rejuvenation that remote working presents and commits to establishing a comprehensive and integrated network of remote working hubs over the lifetime of the policy to 2025. In May I launched the National Connected Hubs network together with the connectedhubs.ie platform. The platform...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: EU Programmes (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 and 97 together. LEADER is a rural development programme co-funded by the EU that operates a locally-led, bottom-up approach to meeting the needs of local communities and businesses. The programme supports private enterprises and community groups in rural areas. For the period 2014- 2020 LEADER was included in the suite of measures that constituted...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The revitalisation of vacant and derelict properties is being addressed by a number of initiatives delivered by my Department in line with the commitments contained in Our Rural Future and by colleagues across Government as part of the Government's Housing for All. The new Croí Cónaithe (Towns) fund, as outlined in Housing for All, will provide a grant to support the refurbishment...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: EU Programmes (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The LEADER Programme is one of the key interventions of Our Rural Future, the Government’s Policy for rural development launched earlier this year. An indicative budget of €180 million was recently announced for the LEADER programme for the period 2023-2027. When taken together with the €70 million already provided for 2021 and 2022 under the Transitional LEADER...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The revitalisation of vacant and derelict properties is being addressed by a number of initiatives delivered by my Department in line with the commitments contained in Our Rural Future and as part of the Government's Housing for All. In April, I announced investment of €81 million for 25 landmark projects under Category 1 of the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund. These projects...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Our Rural Future, Ireland’s Rural Development Policy 2021-2025, recognises the opportunity for rural rejuvenation that remote working presents and commits to establishing a comprehensive and integrated network of remote working hubs over the lifetime of the policy to 2025. In May I launched the National Connected Hubs network together with the connectedhubs.ie platform. The platform...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Isolation (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 102 together. In delivering on its mission, my Department provides a wide range of strategic interventions, funding programmes and policies to support communities, including helping to address the issue of isolation for rural dwellers, older people and people with disabilities. Addressing the issue of individual isolation in communities has become more...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Our Rural Future’ is the most ambitious and transformational policy for rural development in Ireland for decades. The policy contains 152 measures for delivery across the whole-of-Government, with the underlying theme of economic, environmental and societal sustainability. The policy has a vision of ensuring vibrant and thriving rural towns and villages, with a key objective of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The Government’s ambitious new five year policy for rural Ireland, Our Rural Future, commits to the development of a pilot scheme to support the use of rural pubs as community spaces and hubs for local services. The Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) have submitted an application for funding to develop a pilot project. Through the pilot, it is envisaged that a small number of pubs...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: EU Programmes (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: The LEADER programme is a key intervention implemented by my Department, which will help to underpin the Government's rural development goals as outlined in Our Rural Future. I announced details of a €70 million Transitional LEADER Programme which came into effect last April and will cover the period 2021-2022. €65 million of this budget has been allocated to the LAGs who...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Our Rural Future 2021-2025 is the government's national rural development policy. It sets out an ambitious blueprint for the development of, and investment in, rural Ireland over a five-year period. It is a whole-of-Government policy, and the more than 150 measures set out within it are being delivered by the Departments with responsibility for the relevant policy areas, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Seirbhísí Farantóireachta (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: Mar is eol don Teachta tá dearadh agus coimisiúnú an bháid fharantóireachta nua do Oileán Thoraí ag braith ar cíbé forbairt a dhéantar ar an chéibh ag Machaire Rabhartaigh ar an mórthír as a dheantar freastal ar Oileán Thoraí. Tá dlúth nasc idir an dá thionscadal agus tá siad beirt liostáilte...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Expenditure (7 Dec 2021)

Heather Humphreys: For 2021 my Department was provided with a total allocation of €351 million, of which €182m is for current expenditure and €169 million is for capital expenditure. The Department also had a deferred surrender of €13.2 million in 2020, to be utilized in 2021. Total expenditure to date, including expenditure of the deferred surrender, stands at €329 million....