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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Heather Humphreys: I am just looking here at some of the projects in Cork city. Ballyphehane Togher Community Development Project got €48,000 to replace a community bus. That should not take them too long. Douglas Street in Cork city got a pocket park development and signage for a historic trail. There is some stuff here and they should be able to do it fairly smartly. Another community bus,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (13 Jun 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...BCPs live across the State. There are BCPs live in every county and in some of the most rural and isolated areas, including a number of our off-shore islands. At present, there are 25 BCPs in Cork with 24 now live and the final site due for completion in the coming weeks. Details of these BCPs are set out below. Broadband Connection Points - Cork Eircode ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (13 Jun 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...scheme. This has upgraded some 3,700 non-public roads and lanes benefiting over 16,000 landowners and residents in these rural areas. Between 2017 and 2022, almost €7.4 million was provided to County Cork which has resulted in improvement works taking place on 186 roads benefitting landowners and residents in these rural areas. Cork was allocated a total of €1,298,240 in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (13 Jun 2023)

Heather Humphreys: There were 14,513 individuals on the Live Register in Cork in May 2023. Of these, 3,842 have been on the Live Register for 2 years or more. The breakdown by Social Welfare Office is shown in Table 1 and Table 2 below. Table 1: May 2023 Live Register in Cork, by Social Welfare Office Bandon 472 Bantry 514 Bantry (SWLO) 119 ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (24 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...202 2 2023 Total Carlow 37 11 48 Cavan 25 6 31 Clare 25 11 36 Cork 22 19 41 Donegal 68 31 99 Galway 50 26 76 Kerry 23 ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (24 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ... 7 2 5 4 3 1 Cavan 12 9 3 15 14 1 Clare 18 9 9 15 14 1 Cork 27 11 16 19 19 0 Donegal 15 8 7 25 23 2 ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (23 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...is an overwhelming consensus among all participants in the evaluation that the school Meals Programme is effective and indicates strong support for extending the School Meals Programme. The number of schools in Cork in receipt of the school meals scheme for the 2022/2023 academic year is 91 which compares with 86 in the 2021/2022 academic year. To facilitate you in identifying the schools...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (23 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...by county and office: County Office No. Of Posts Cavan Cavan 1 Carlow Carlow 1 Cork Mallow 1 Cork Cork City 1 Dublin Coolock 1 Dublin Parnell St 1 ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Data (18 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...Mapped to be invited to join the connectedhubs.ie platform Total Carlow 5 8 13 Cavan 8 7 15 Clare 13 10 23 Cork 31 19 50 Donegal 18 16 34 Dublin 46 37 83 ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Development Plan (17 May 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...’s website. The RRDF is one of the key schemes under the NDP, providing funding for the development and construction of capital projects in towns and villages and rural areas across Ireland. Three projects located in South West Cork have been allocated RRDF funding of €9.6 million for projects worth €22.7million   Cork County Council was awarded...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: If the Deputy had said Kerry and Cork county councils were not working together I might have understood but there is no excuse for two Cork local authorities not working together. The Deputy should tell them to work together and we will work with them if they work together. These boundaries would do your head in. These schemes are community-led. During the Covid pandemic, as we all know,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...acquisitions measure, which is open at present; or it could put together an application under town and village renewal, which will open for applications in June. By the way, in case the Deputy thinks Cork did not do well, it did, as they say up my country, "rightly". It got €34.605 million under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund. That is only one fund in my Department....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: Even though the report was specific to the west Cork islands, much of the findings are applicable to the majority of our islanders, relating to, for example, the quality of existing housing stock, the lack of availability of houses for sale or rent and the challenges of obtaining planning permission. I have spoken to Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann and all the islands have these...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...affecting housing supply are amplified on the islands. These issues are also highlighted in a recent report carried out by a team from UCC, entitled Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is the represented on the interdepartmental committee that has been overseeing the development of the islands policy....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...scheme under CLÁR for islands and ring-fenced funding under the local improvement scheme, which is specifically for the islands. The UCC report on sustainable community and housing on the west Cork islands was very useful. My officials have gone through it in detail and we will take on board some of its recommendations.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...their users. There are currently 315 remote and co-working facilities across the country on-boarded to the platform, including Castlelyons Community Hub, eFermoy Hub and Enterprise Youghal Hub in the Cork East area. A further 20 facilities in County Cork have been mapped and identified to potentially join the Connected Hubs network including Mitchelstown Community Enterprise Centre and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...case for the project and the report will be finalised in Quarter 2 of 2023. A Partner Advisory Group is currently being established to advise on the direction of the project. Earlier this month, the project was granted planning permission by Cork County Council. RRDF funding of €44,052 has been drawn down for the project to date and the lead party is expecting the remainder of the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...604,914 €1,166,268 €1,351,985 €1,597,440 €5,250,607 Clare €581,000 €721,109 €1,215,110 €1,118,860 €1,001,073 €4,637,152 Cork City €0 €264,800 €240,000 €932,853 ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Data (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...No of Projects Approved Total Amount Carlow 3 €86,983.20 Cavan 14 €616,057.78 Clare 14 €679,222.46 Cork 19 €895,982.00 Donegal 23 €943,046.47 Galway 23 ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Heather Humphreys: ...scheme. This has upgraded some 3,700 non-public roads and lanes benefiting over 16,000 landowners and residents in these rural areas. Between 2017 and 2022, almost €7.4 million was provided to County Cork which has resulted in improvement works taking place on 186 roads benefitting landowners and residents in these rural areas. Cork was allocated a total of €1,298,240 in...