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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (22 Jan 2025)

Heather Humphreys: My Department's CLÁR programme provides targeted investment funding for small scale infrastructural projects in designated rural areas. The areas originally selected for inclusion in the programme in 2001 were those which suffered the greatest level of population decline from 1926 to 1996. The average population loss in the original CLÁR areas over the period 1926 to 1996 was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Expenditure Programme (6 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ....ie/en/collection/3a8bd-community-centre-investment-f und-successful-projects/. ).The LEADER programme is based on a community-led approach to rural development and plays an important role in supporting communities and enterprises in progressing job creation, social inclusion and environmental projects at local level. Details in relation to projects funded under LEADER is available at the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (5 Nov 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Programme aims to deliver a range of actions to rural communities over the lifetime of the policy. Support under the LEADER programme is provided under a broad range of themes, including Rural Infrastructure and Social Inclusion. Funding for improvement works to playgrounds may be provided under this theme, and prospective applicants are advised to contact their Local Action Group, through...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (24 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...Programme aims to deliver a range of actions to rural communities over the lifetime of the policy. Support under the LEADER programme is provided under a broad range of themes, including Rural Infrastructure and Social Inclusion. Funding for improvement works to playgrounds may be provided under this theme, and prospective applicants are advised to contact their Local Action Group, through...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (23 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...has put in place a range of supports and schemes, which focus on rural towns. Towns such as Portlaoise and Newbridge which have a population of over 10,000, are not generally eligible for inclusion in such schemes. For example, the Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) is part of a range of measures designed to support these objectives. Since the launch of the TVRS in 2016 over...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (22 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 865 to 867, inclusive, together. My Department administers a range of measures to support the revitalisation and regeneration of rural towns and villages including the Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) and the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF). The Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) was introduced in 2016 and is one of a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...programme. The LEADER programme is based on a community-led approach to rural development and plays an important role in supporting communities and enterprises in progressing job creation, social inclusion and environmental projects at local level. The new LEADER programme for the period 2023-2027 has now commenced across the country. A strong focus of this new programme, which builds...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...aim to respond to the diversity of the local needs of our rural areas. The programme includes specific funding themes to support Economic Development and Job Creation, Rural Infrastructure and Social Inclusion, and Sustainable Development of Rural Environment, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. Community groups and rural-based businesses can apply for funding under these themes. ...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (10 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...library vehicles. The previous Libraries Capital Programme invested approximately €29m to support 17 infrastructure projects, the My Open Library service and a Small Scale Capital Works programme from 2016 to 2022. In May of this year, I announced Rural Regeneration Development Funding of €164m to support 30 regeneration projects in rural towns and villages. This funding...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...amendments and some of them are very significant. I will speak specifically to amendment No. 2. This relates to the Minister’s remarks on LNG pertinent to the grouping consisting of amendments Nos. 78 to 90, inclusive. This Bill was meant to put in place a plan-led approach to our planning system. Fundamental to that is the participation of the public, as required under the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (8 Oct 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: ...are entirely or at least partly within farmland habitats. Formerly a bird of deciduous woodland, Woodpigeon is now found in any habitat with sufficient vegetation for nesting, including hedgerows, tall heather and garden shrubs. As per published 2019 figures (Lewis et al. 2019), the Woodpigeon has increased by 37.4% during CBS (1998-2016), with an estimated population of >2,500,000...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (3 Oct 2024)

Heather Humphreys: My Department's CLÁR programme provides targeted investment funding for small scale infrastructural projects in designated rural areas. The areas originally selected for inclusion in the programme in 2001 were those which suffered the greatest level of population decline from 1926 to 1996. The average population loss in the original CLÁR areas over the period 1926 to 1996 was...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...communities over the lifetime of the policy. It supports a broad range of activities which aim to respond to the diversity of the local needs of our rural areas. Funding is focused on a thematic approach to rural development under the headings of Economic Development and Job Creation, Rural Infrastructure and Social Inclusion, Sustainable Development of the Rural Environment and Climate...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (9 Sep 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...in designated rural areas. This scheme has gone from strength to strength in recent years. Under the 2023 scheme I approved over €13 million for 303 projects. The areas originally selected for inclusion in the programme in 2001 were those which suffered the greatest level of population decline from 1926 to 1996. The average population loss in the original CLÁR areas over the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (9 Sep 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...services and capital works.There are also a range of other smaller supports including the Walks Scheme, Connected Hubs and Broadband Connection Points. Key community development schemes include:Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP),Community Services Programme (CSP),Community Centre Investment Fund (CCIF),Community Recognition Fund (CRF),Libraries Development,...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (9 Sep 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...in designated rural areas. This scheme has gone from strength to strength in recent years. Under the 2023 scheme I approved over €13 million for 303 projects. The areas originally selected for inclusion in the programme in 2001 were those which suffered the greatest level of population decline from 1926 to 1996. The average population loss in the original CLÁR areas over the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Capital Expenditure Programme (23 Jul 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...gardens, outdoor cinemas, walking tracks, and community gyms. CLáR 2024 was launched in April with funding of €8.7 million available and applications are currently being assessed. Town and Village Renewal Scheme The Town and Village Renewal Scheme was launched in 2016 and is one of a number of measures designated to rejuvenate rural towns and villages throughout Ireland. The...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (2 Jul 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...provided will improve and enhance the standard of living for persons in rural Ireland. Support under the LEADER programme is provided under a broad range of themes, including Rural Infrastructure & Social Inclusion. Funding for playgrounds may be provided under this theme, and prospective applicants are advised to contact their Local Action Group in the first instance. ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Programmes (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...has gone from strength to strength in recent years. Under the 2023 scheme, I approved over €13 million for 303 projects. This is the largest allocation under the scheme since it was reintroduced in 2016. The 2024 CLÁR programme was launched on 12 April last. There are three separate measures being funded this year. Measure 1 of the scheme will fund the development...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (20 Jun 2024)

Heather Humphreys: ...mobile library vehicles. The previous Libraries Capital Programme invested approximately €29m to support 17 infrastructure projects, the My Open Library service and Small Scale Capital Works programme from 2016 to 2022. In May of this year I announced Rural Regeneration Development Funding of €164m in funding for 30 regeneration projects in rural towns and villages. This...