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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I ask the Minister when Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme, SICAP, funding will be restored to its 2008 level of €84 million, given that current funding is at 50% of this amount and given that this affects the most disadvantaged people within our communities.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. The funding over the five years of €197 million, if it was at the 2008 level, should be approximately €470 million. There is a massive difference between what people are getting now in SICAP funding and what they were getting 13 years ago. There is strong evidence that we are not all in this together. The Covid crisis has shown...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: At the Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands meeting last week, the chair and the CEO of the Irish Local Development Network, ILDN, stated clearly that SICAP providers have played a central role in communities across the country in responding to the needs which emerged during the Covid lockdown and beyond. As the Minister of State stated, they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 7. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there has been progress in relation to the multi-annual funding of community projects. [27959/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: The Covid crisis has shown us all clearly that the digital divide is as wide as every other divide in our society. If you are from a disadvantaged community then due to digital poverty your opportunities for education and work are limited. Will the Minister detail the provisions being implemented to deal with digital poverty in our communities?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I have it here.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: That was not the one I referred to.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: Okay, go ahead.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the fact that there are moves in regard to multi-annual funding and the response from the Minister of State. It is critically important for community organisations to be able to plan, strategise and keep staff, which is one of the major issues in some projects that are running on year-to-year funding. It is very difficult to maintain the continuity of staff required. Funding...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate his reply. As a voluntary member of many boards, and a current board member of the Dublin 15 community drug team, it is something that we have recognised in terms of our risk analysis of the project. In a review, we identified that training for volunteers and voluntary board members and staff and how we retain and maintain continuity is something...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I think this must be-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: We have done that one.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: There must be a mistake because the question on SICAP funding is the one we have already gone through. There is a mix-up in the order. That has already been answered.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there has been funding implemented solely to cover the cost of funding and upskilling within community projects. [27960/21]

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: There is no doubt these laws are absolutely draconian, that is recognised by everyone. In any normal society the laws we have been living under would never be contemplated nor would society ever have approved of their being brought in. However, the majority of people have believed and indeed agree that in a pandemic, they were needed to control the virus. Many people still believe some of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 May 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I raise the issue of community policing. First, I wish the two injured gardaí from our area all the best in their recovery and I thank the gardaí in Dublin West who dealt with such a difficult situation. Dublin West has grown massively in the 25 years that I have lived there. Recently, as the Tánaiste will know, there have been developments in Pelletstown, Phoenix Park,...

Situation in Belarus: Motion (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: I support the motion and call for an end to the repression in Belarus. Hijacking and piracy have no place in today's society regardless of who may be on board or their political persuasion. This was an Irish-operated flight with innocent passengers and flight staff on board. The grounding of this plane by this repressive regime is wrong and caused great fear, endangering innocent...

Judicial Council (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: The citizens of Ireland must be living in a different place from this Government. The young people of Ireland are definitely living in a different place because what the Minister of State explained in his statement to us bears no resemblance to what is happening on the ground. We have to end the insurance rip-off and reduce premiums for consumers. The personal injuries guidelines which...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (1 Jun 2021)

Paul Donnelly: 143. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018. [29332/21]