Written answers
Tuesday, 27 February 2007
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Rural Social Scheme
9:00 pm
Tom McEllistrim (Kerry North, Fianna Fail)
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Question 439: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of participants employed on the rural social scheme by either of the LEADER companies operating in County Kerry; and the projects that have involved the development and maintenance of countryside walkways. [7610/07]
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The Rural Social Scheme in County Kerry is implemented by Tuatha Chiarraí Teoranta, South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd, IRD Duhallow Ltd, Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta and Údarás na Gaeltachta. The number of participants on the Scheme in the county currently totals 278 — see details set out in the following table 1.
The projects involved in the development and maintenance of countryside walkways that have been carried out — or are currently on-going — in the county — are set out in the following table 2.
| Table 1 | |
| Group | Number of Participants |
| Tuatha Chiarraí Teoranta | 87 |
| South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd | 137 |
| IRD Duhallow Ltd | 8 |
| Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta | 23 |
| Údarás na Gaeltachta | 23 |
| Total | 278 |
| Table 2 | |||
| Group | Project Name | Description of work | Number of participants on project |
| Tuatha Chiarraí Teoranta | Cordal Community Development Association | Restore and maintain riverside walk | 3 |
| Tuatha Chiarraí Teoranta | Dingle Way Walkway | Maintaining pathway, cutting out drains, erecting signage and wooden stakes | 4 |
| Tuatha Chiarraí Teoranta | Canal Walk, Whitehall walkway | Strimming, cutting back briers, putting down weed killer and collecting litter | 2 |
| South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd | Kerry Way | Cutting back overgrowth, erecting signs and styles, opening drains and laying sleepers | 4 |
| South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd | Cahirciveen Rural 1 Kells to Castlecove | Maintenance of Kerry Way from Kells to Castle Cove | 2 |
| South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd | Kerry Way Committee (Mid-Kerry) | Carrying out work as outlined on report in way marked way | 3* |
| South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd | Inch Community Center (Mid-Kerry) | Working on way marked ways and bog roads | 2** |
| South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd | Cahirciveen Rural 2 | Upgrading & repairing a loop old road | 4 |
| South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd | Cahirciveen Rural 2 | Maintenance from Kells to Castlecove | 4 |
| IRD Duhallow | Way-Walks | Walks and Bog Roads | 3 |
| Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta | Clochán, Dún Chaoin agus An Cham. | Cothabháil / Slí Corca Dhuibhne | 6 |
| Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta | Baile an Fheirtéaraigh | Cothabháil Trá/Taighde | 1 |
| Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta | An Daingean | Taighde | 2 |
| Údarás na Gaeltachta | Comhchoiste Ghaeltacht Uíbh Ráthaigh | Obair chothabhála ar Shlí Chiarraí ag oibrithe ón nDromod, ón gCoireán, ón nGleann Mór agus ó Chathair Dónall | 7 |
| *For part of the year. | |||
| **These participants are also carrying out other work. |
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