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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Estimates For Public Services 2017: Vote 33 - Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (4 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: No, they are not. The Creative Ireland initiative received €5 million. The Arts Council got an additional €5 million last year, which increased its funding to €65 million. The Irish Film Board received an extra €2 million.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (18 May 2021)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. The pandemic unemployment payment, PUP, was introduced on 13 March 2020 in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Since its introduction, in excess of 23 million payments have been made, with 14.7 million payments made in 2020 and 8.4 million payments in the first four months of 2021. Last week, my Department issued payments to more than 376,000 people...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2017 (29 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: The total funding allocated to my Department in the Budget Estimates 2017 is €368.106 million. This provision allows for increases in funding across a range of arts and heritage bodies under my remit, as well as increases in a number of rural schemes. Key initiatives for 2017 include: - An additional €5 million for the Arts Council, an 8% increase in its annual budget; -...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (2 May 2017)

Heather Humphreys: In 2016, once off funding of approximately €49 million was allocated to the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme under my Department comprising , approximately €18 million in current funding and €31 million in capital. I have retained the majority of the €18 million current funding for 2017 which is now part of the baseline for the Arts division of the Department,...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (10 May 2022)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 544 and 554 together. The estimated full year cost of a €5, €10 and €15 increase to the Disability Allowance payment is as shown in the table below. These costings are based on the estimated number of recipients in 2022 and are subject to change in the context of emerging trends and associated revision of the estimated numbers of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data (17 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Government’s €60 million Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF), administered by Enterprise Ireland, has the objective of supporting every region to build on its unique strengths and ultimately create sustainable jobs.  Administered via two competitive calls, a total of 42 projects were approved funding totaling €59.5 million.  The budget for this fund...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (3 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 873 and 875 together. Expenditure of €3,994 million was incurred on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) up to week ending Friday, 6th November 2020. Further expenditure of circa €1.1 billion could be incurred between now and end of year. Level 5 restrictions have given rise to an increase in the weekly numbers receiving PUP. A total of...

Other Questions: Rural Development Plan (20 Oct 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Funding for rural development programmes within my Department's Estimate for 2017 will amount to €79.27 million. This represents an increase of €18 million or 29% compared to the 2016 baseline of €61.2 million. This will allow for increased activity on key rural development schemes administered by the Department and will also complement the broader work of the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Job Creation (2 May 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...in funding across a range of arts and heritage bodies under my Department’s remit, as well as increases in a number of rural schemes under Budget 2017. These included: - An additional €5 million for the Arts Council, an 8% increase in its annual budget; - Boosts in funding for all of the National Cultural Institutions; - €2 million to allow for the opening of the newly...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Since level 5 restrictions were introduced, there has been increased expenditure on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), the Employee Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) and COVID-19 Illness Benefit. The 2020 Further Revised Estimate voted on by the Dáil on Wednesday, 18th November 2020 provided for an allocation of €5,094.4 million for the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP). The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (16 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: As announced last Tuesday as part of Budget 2020 my Department will have immediate access to €110 million of the Brexit contingency fund in the event of a no-deal Brexit scenario. A suite of measures will be activated to support businesses that are most affected. Importantly, this package is an initial tranche, which will be built upon as required. There are currently a range of grant...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Staff (10 Nov 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...Assistant Principal 20 16 4 Higher Executive Officer 29 28 1 Administrative Officer 6 5 1 Executive Officer 27 26 1 Clerical Officer 49 46 3 Service Officer 0 Technical...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Arising from the first and second calls under the Rural Regeneration scheme, 63 Category 1 projects have been approved for funding of €131 million and 76 Category 2 projects have been approved for funding of €35 million. Category 1 relates to major projects that can drive sustainable rural regeneration and development, while Category 2 supports projects that require development...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The total gross allocation provided to my Department in 2022 is €378.5 million. This total allocation is split across three programme areas, with €202.3 million allocated to the Rural Development, Regional Affairs and the Islands programme area. The full year cost of increasing funding for this programme area by 5%, 10% and 20% is outlined in the below table. Funding for this...

Priority Questions: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: Regarding the Leader funding, there was €40 million in the budget. I have just reallocated under €35 million. That was made up of €22 million from the Leader rural sub-economy programme; that is, €22 million out of the €40 million. The balance of almost €13 million came from the arts programme, which mainly related to allocations originally made in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council Grants (19 Oct 2017)

Heather Humphreys: ...understand from the Arts Council however, that there has been an overall increase in funding to regularly funded organisations in 2017 over 2016. In Budget 2018 I secured an additional €3 million for the Arts Council, a 5% increase in its annual budget bringing it to €68 million. This is in addition to the €5 million increase which I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Heritage Schemes (11 Mar 2015)

Heather Humphreys: In 2014, my Department was provided with a special allocation of €5 million from capital stimulus funding for a new built heritage jobs leverage scheme to assist with works to safeguard structures, in private and civic ownership, protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended. This scheme was administered directly through the local authorities and sought to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (26 Jul 2017)

Heather Humphreys: The 2017 CLÁR programme was launched on 31st March last with a closing date of 5th May. Funding for the programme this year was available under four separate Measures: Measure 1: Support for School and Community Safety Measures Measure 2: Play Areas Measure 3: Targeted Community Infrastructure Measure 4: First Responder Supports Over 500 applications were received across the four...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (17 Dec 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The regeneration and revitalisation of our rural towns and villages is a key priority for my Department. Since 2016, my Department has invested €78 million in approximately 1,200 projects under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. The Programme for Government includes a commitment to bring forward an expanded Town and Village Renewal Scheme to bring vacant and derelict buildings...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data (18 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Government’s €60 million Regional Enterprise Development Fund, administered by Enterprise Ireland, has the objective ofsupporting every region to build on its unique strengths and ultimately create sustainable jobs.  Administered via two competitive calls, 42 projects were approved funding totalling €59.5 million.  The budget for this fund is part of...