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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. It is ironic that we are here while a discussion on the systematic destruction of the community development and anti-poverty and equality movement is ongoing upstairs in the AV room. They are discussing community development and how it has been destroyed during the years. I do not mean to take from the various schemes, grants and moneys that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister might deal with the social inclusion units.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Some 50% of the costs are paid and the local authorities also have their own resources.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The local authorities are struggling to meet the matching funding required from their resources. That could be an explanation as to why the spend in many areas is not what it needs to be, but do not know how that can be addressed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Will further local improvement scheme funding be allocated before the end of the year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: In fairness, the Minister mentioned that scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I was to get in on the previous programme. I had a few short questions about LEADER. The Minister has almost answered one of them but I still have a couple of technical questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Sorry, I thought the Chairman had seen me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Did the Minister say that €5 million would be re-allocated? I think that is the right thing to do with regard to the ten best-performing companies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Is that being sourced out of the rural economic development funding that was not spent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: So it has just moved from rural economic development funding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is €5 million and the Minister says it will be done in the next couple of weeks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is good. Heading into the last year of the allocations in the last programme, is there any mechanism in the IT system to handle or manage decommitments because the local action groups need to know about them and what will happen to them? Is there any mechanism in the IT system so that it becomes available to them for other commitments they have within their programme? The contracts...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The Minister said he would increase the rural regeneration commitment from €2 million to €4 million over the lifetime of the Government. That has been done. However, submissions were asked for last year, but I understand the funding has not yet been allocated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: This is under the rural regeneration and development fund. It is a different programme but under the same area. Does the Minister know what I am talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The rural regeneration and development fund.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: The applications were asked for last year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I would appreciate it if the Minister could do that. Obviously, I am interested in Mayo.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We would not want the Minister to get into trouble. When are the decisions going to be made around the category 2 projects for the rural regeneration development fund? Will there be a further round of funding for category 1 projects?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Rural and Community Development: Departmental Outputs and Expenditure - Vote 42: Minister for Rural and Community Development (16 Oct 2019)

Rose Conway-Walsh: That is important.