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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)
David Stanton: I welcome the Minister's choosing of Kanturk but we have had this debate before. Cork is about three times the size of other counties but it had just one town included. Every other county had one town included also. In future, the Minister might regard Cork as having three divisions, which it has, and include three towns rather than one, thereby ensuring funding equality based on...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the Government's Town Centre First plan. As the Minister knows, Tullow, County Carlow, now has a town regeneration officer who will manage the implementation of the plan locally and work with the town team but to me the really good thing is that work is being done with the community representatives. That is the game-changer and I really welcome it. It was announced that...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)
Heather Humphreys: The towns recently announced - Bagenalstown, County Carlow, was mentioned - will all get funding of €30,000 to work on their plans, and they can also get money to support their town teams and build capacity within communities. You have to encourage people to become engaged, speak up, make their views known and get the applications in. My focus is on utilising the buildings that...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: The Minister's response is very positive and the figure of €156 million for 1,700 projects is impressive. I am glad she mentioned the requirement for buy-in from local communities. Going through that participative process is key to success. I am sure if she had time she would have mentioned Blessington in my constituency. It has a beautiful wide main street, a beautiful square and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)
David Stanton: The work the Minister is doing in this area is extraordinary and really important. In the town of Youghal in my constituency, which she knows well, I am told there are 102 vacant properties on the main street. I am not aware of any town team being established there. We probably need to accelerate the great work the Minister is doing to bring more towns up to speed. I agree with my...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputies for the issues they raised. Under the second measure in the town centre first suite of supports, Newtownmountkennedy is the designated town in County Wicklow and Kanturk is the town in County Cork. It is very much about supporting these towns. The town centre first officer who will be appointed for each county can work with towns that need that support. Youghal is...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: I am delighted the Minister mentioned Newtownmountkennedy, which is the home town of my father-in-law, Noel Doyle. He is a very proud resident, as are all the other residents. There is a scheme to rejuvenate the main street, which is another example of a wide street. The town has seen considerable population growth, which is a good thing. Many houses have been built throughout north...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)
Departmental Schemes
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)
Brian Leddin: 47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the analysis her Department is conducting on investments made under the town and village renewal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10456/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)
Brian Leddin: 60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on developing town teams in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10455/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)
David Stanton: 67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports made available by her Department to address vacancy and dereliction in rural towns and villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10459/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)
Steven Matthews: The town and village renewal scheme under the Minister's Department is a fantastic scheme to invest in our rural towns and villages. I was delighted to see the Minister's announcement last month of a €4.5 million package for our rural towns and villages. Will the Minster outline any analysis her Department is conducting on those investments to ensure we are achieving what we set out...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2024)
Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47, 60 and 67 together. The town and village renewal scheme is one of a number of measures designed to rejuvenate rural towns and villages throughout Ireland. It is a key driver of the national rural development policy, Our Rural Future, and the town centre first policy. Since the launch of the scheme in 2016, more than €156 million has been...