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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: My Department's mission is to promote rural and community development and to support vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities throughout Ireland. The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), is our country’s primary social inclusion programme. The current programme began on 1 January 2018 and will run until the end of 2023. The programme provides...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Environmental Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: A vibrant circular economy should be seen as an essential part of developing a sustainable, climate neutral, resource efficient and competitive economy. The Department of Environment, Climate and Communications recently published the first whole-of-Government Circular Economy Strategy and my Department has been playing its part in promoting the opportunities available in the circular economy....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: In 2019, my Department launched Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities, the Strategy to support the community and voluntary sector in Ireland. The Strategy seeks to create a vibrant and active civil society, developing opportunities for all communities to contribute, engage and participate in decision-making and policy implementation. As part of the strategy implementation, in...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 26 and 56 together. On 28 April 2021, my department, in collaboration with the Department of Transport, announced the introduction of a three-year pilot initiative to develop a scheme for the provision of high quality up-cycled bicycles and e-bikes as an alternative to the Cycle to Work Scheme model, for those on low incomes and/or those who are most...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), is our country’s primary social inclusion programme. It provides funding to tackle poverty and social exclusion at a local level through local engagement and partnerships between disadvantaged individuals, community organisations and public sector agencies. The funding for SICAP is subject to the annual budgetary...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: My Department's mission is to promote rural and community development and to support vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communities throughout Ireland. My Department's Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), is our country’s primary social inclusion programme. SICAP seeks to tackle poverty and social exclusion at a local level through local engagement and...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: The Community and Voluntary Energy Support Scheme (CVESS), administered by Pobal on behalf of my Department, is providing once-off support to incorporated organisations and registered charities within the community and voluntary sector which fall outside the parameters of other energy support schemes being delivered by Government. While Phase One of the CVESS closed on 2nd December, I...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Data (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) had provided funding to the company in question, Benefacts. In 2020, in line with best practice, that Department undertook an internal review, which found that the business case for its continued funding of Benefacts was no longer justified. The decision by DPER to cease funding Benefacts followed discussions with a wide range of...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ukraine War (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: My Department is assisting with the humanitarian response to the Ukraine crisis. My officials regularly meet with key national community and voluntary stakeholders, providing information, assisting the co-ordination of supports through the community sector, receiving feedback and enabling flexibility in programme delivery to focus on the response to new arrivals into communities. My...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: In 2019, my Department launched Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities, the Strategy to support the community and voluntary sector. The Strategy seeks to create a vibrant and active civil society, developing opportunities for all communities to contribute, engage and participate in decision-making and policy implementation. As part of the implementation, in November 2022 my...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (21 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: Minister Humphreys has brought this correspondence to my attention as the Minister of State with responsibility for CE within her Department. A substantive reply to your correspondence will issue in the coming days. For the Deputy's information, the following sets out the general position as regards the Department's funding rules for CE schemes and payment for supervisors. Generally, grant...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: Community Employment (CE) is an active labour market programme designed to provide long term unemployed people with an opportunity to engage in useful work within their communities, I am very aware of the important role that CE supervisors, assistant supervisors and participants play in providing valuable and local based community services across the country. As the Deputy will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: The Deputy will be aware that a final settlement was reached with unions at the end of 2021 to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme for CE supervisors and CE assistant supervisors who are employed by CE scheme sponsoring organisations. The settlement resolved the long-standing issue through the payment of a once off ex-gratia payment to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (21 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: The Community and Voluntary Energy Support Scheme (CVESS), administered by Pobal on behalf of my Department, is providing once-off support to incorporated organisations and registered charities within the community and voluntary sector which fall outside the parameters of other energy support schemes being delivered by Government. While Phase One of the CVESS closed on 2nd December, I...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ukraine War (21 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: Since the start of this crisis, flexibility has been offered by my Department for the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) so that its some 600 community development workers across Ireland can contribute locally in responding to the needs of the people from Ukraine to help them settle in and engage with local communities. In 2022, DRCD allocated €10.5 million for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (14 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: 338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts to provide additional primary school places in Lusk, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6776/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: 600. To ask the Minister for Health the process in writing by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban; the reason that the drug cannot be prescribed by a GP on the DPS (details supplied); if he will outline the current standard practice in other EU member states; his Department’s recommendations to help with the extreme nausea and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: 592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of prescriptions for cariban which have been processed by the HSE through the general medical services and drugs payment schemes to date. [6588/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (14 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: My department's Community Services Programme (CSP) supports 420 community-based organisations, to provide local services through a social enterprise model. CSP provides an annual co-funding contribution towards each full-time equivalent (FTE) position being supported, and, where warranted, towards the cost of employing a manager. The CSP contribution is not aligned to the minimum wage and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (9 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: Tús was introduced 2011 as a response to the high level of unemployment and the large numbers of people on the live register at that time. It is a community work placement initiative which aims to provide short-term work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. The duration of each Tús contract is for a maximum of 12 months; a time limit set to ensure that...