Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 October 2009
397 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will communicate with Pobal to establish if a company (details supplied) in County Donegal will continue to receive its grants beyond 31 December 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36942/09]
View answer405 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 813 of 16 September 2009, the position regarding the future of a company (details supplied) in County Clare; if plans to axe this service have been abandoned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37287/09]
View answer410 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position in relation to an application for funding from an organisation (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37343/09]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 397, 405 and 410 together.
The position regarding the renewal of contracts under the Community Services Programme remains as stated in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 813 of 16 September 2009. I do not expect the funding position under the Programme to be finalised until Budget day.
398 Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the reason community groups which have previously offered security alarms for older people have been excluded from the extra funding made available for the scheme until 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36785/09]
View answerThe Scheme is open to all community groups who are eligible under the existing criteria. In the interest of ensuring an equitable distribution of support nationwide I am prioritising support for those groups that have not received funding so far in 2009 and have fulfilled the administrative criteria attaching to the Scheme. Applications from groups that have received funding already in 2009 will be considered in the context of available funds.
399 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs his proposals for funding community development plan over the next 12 months in order that the community development projects can survive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36836/09]
View answer400 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will ensure that community development projects are not closed due to cut backs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36837/09]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 399 and 400 together.
I refer the Deputy to my responses to Question Nos. 153 and 790 on 6 October 2009 in which I indicated my view that there should be a single focussed social inclusion/community development programme with a single delivery structure.
In relation to services provided by Community Development Projects, it is my intention that my Department will continue to support, subject to available resources, the provision of tangible supports to communities within the context of a single focussed programme. Funding in respect of such services generally will, subject to 2010 Estimates decisions, be channelled through local integrated development companies and urban partnerships.
