Written Answers Nos. 147 - 154
149. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to ensure that unemployed construction workers will be able to access the jobs that will be created as a result of the new water metering scheme that is being introduced nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13392/13]
View answerI refer to the reply to Question Nos. 346 and 355 of 5 March 2013 which sets out the position in relation to employment opportunities arising from the metering programme.
150. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list the estates taken in charge in each local authority area during the period 1992 to 2012; and if he will list the estates that have been constructed since 1992 that have not been taken in charge. [13400/13]
View answer151. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list the foul effluent pumping stations in each local authority that have been taken in charge singe 1992; and if he will list those that have not been taken in charge. [13401/13]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 151 together.
The information sought is not available in my Department.
152. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will list the communities outside urban centres for which a feasibility study had been completed or other planning has been initiated for a waste water treatment plant. [13402/13]
View answerThe Water Services Investment Programme 2010 - 2013, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas Library, contains a comprehensive list of all proposed new wastewater services infrastructure throughout the country. As part of the development of the Programme, local authorities carried out assessments of needs in 2009, to review and prioritise their proposals for new capital works, including wastewater treatment requirements, in their areas.
The feasibility of, and other planning decisions for, the construction of wastewater treatment plants other than those listed in the current programme are matters for the relevant local authority.
153. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the tendering process for the installation of water meters to residential properties; his views on whether the work is suited to smaller contractors rather than the larger construction firms who are more focused on projects that require high capital investment in plant and so on; his views on whether, by altering the tender entry criteria, one must have a turnover of at least €400,000 for the last three years, to suit the smaller contractor or trades man, the work could be made available to those who have been hardest hit from the downturn in construction; if he will review the situation regarding a small contractor (details supplied) in County Roscommon and use his situation as a template for hundreds of other similar contractors who would benefit from an adjustment in the entry criteria for tendering for the work of water meter installation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13408/13]
View answerI refer to the reply to Question No. 219 of 27 February 2013, which sets out the position in relation to the tender criteria for the procurement process for the metering programme.
154. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the will list the number of Leader programmes both at group level and national level; the cost involved in operating each programme; the number of staff involved in administering each programme; the total aggregated spend on salaries; the total number of staff earning more than €80,000 per annum broken down by each programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13410/13]
View answerThere is one single Rural Development Programme (RDP) at a national level for the period 2007 – 2013 . My Department is the responsible Department for the delivery of the Axes 3 and 4 elements (LEADER) and , in line with the ‘bottom-up’ approach to rural development, there are 35 Local Action Groups (LAGs) contracted by my Department to deliver the LEADER elements throughout the eligible rural areas of the country.
The 35 LAGs are the principal decision-makers in relation to the allocation of project funding and such decisions are made in the context of the local development strategy of the individual groups in line with Departmental operating rules and EU regulations. There is a total fund of €314m available for allocation to qualifying projects up to the end of 2013.
Under the regulatory framework of the RDP a maximum of 20% of the fund can be spent to support the administration and running costs of the LAGs in implementing the RDP measures over the life of the programme. In addition funding is also available to the LAGs to carry out animation activities which can also involve the payment of staff salaries and other ancillary costs.
The nature of the RDP requires more intensive expenditure in the early part of the programming period on the running cost and animation elements of the programme. This is primarily due to the intensive efforts that are required by LAGs in order to support the capacity building and development of communities to avail of project funding. This type of support tends to decrease significantly as the programme matures.
Again in line with the ‘bottom-up’ approach my Department has no remit in relation to LAG staff salaries or numbers. It is a matter for the Board of each LAG, based on its Local Development Strategy, to deliver the Programme within the limits allowed.
The table sets out the amounts claimed by each LAG in relation to administration and animation funding up to 31 December 2012 and includes all salary and overhead costs that are relevant to the RDP.
|
Name |
Administration Funding |
Animation Funding |
Total |
|
Avondhu Blackwater Partnership Ltd. |
€823,552 |
€346,491 |
€1,170,043 |
|
Ballyhoura Development Ltd. |
€1,430,373 |
€477,762 |
€1,908,136 |
|
Carlow County Development Partnership Ltd |
€1,035,339 |
€190,595 |
€1,225,934 |
|
Cavan-Monaghan LEADER |
€1,303,454 |
€199,700 |
€1,503,154 |
|
Cill Dara Ar Aghaidh Teo |
€1,189,090 |
€439,647 |
€1,628,737 |
|
Clare Local Development Company Ltd. |
€1,397,988 |
€481,496 |
€1,879,485 |
|
Co Kilkenny LEADER Partnership |
€1,133,516 |
€457,813 |
€1,591,329 |
|
Co Wicklow Community Partnership |
€1,049,466 |
€226,253 |
€1,275,719 |
|
Co. Sligo LEADER Partnership Company Ltd |
€843,777 |
€405,391 |
€1,249,169 |
|
Comhar na nOileáin Teoranta |
€573,554 |
€209,806 |
€783,360 |
|
Donegal Local Development Company Ltd. |
€1,280,997 |
€404,223 |
€1,685,220 |
|
Fingal LEADER Partnership Co. |
€731,214 |
€132,247 |
€863,461 |
|
FORUM Connemara Ltd. |
€948,263 |
€13,109 |
€961,372 |
|
Galway Rural Development Company |
€1,353,406 |
€236,615 |
€1,590,021 |
|
Inishowen Development Partnership |
€827,619 |
€151,098 |
€978,717 |
|
IRD Duhallow Ltd. |
€986,041 |
€369,750 |
€1,355,791 |
|
Laois Community and Enterprise Dev |
€1,109,637 |
€60,111 |
€1,169,748 |
|
Leitrim Integrated Development Co Ltd |
€1,160,411 |
€196,957 |
€1,357,368 |
|
Longford Community Resources Ltd |
€758,721 |
€189,591 |
€948,313 |
|
Louth LEADER Partnership |
€1,061,157 |
€79,650 |
€1,140,806 |
|
Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Co. |
€1,133,719 |
€124,490 |
€1,258,208 |
|
Meath Community Rural and Social Dev. |
€1,462,190 |
€365,518 |
€1,827,708 |
|
Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta |
€1,284,089 |
€119,619 |
€1,403,709 |
|
North East Kerry LEADER Partnership Teo |
€1,201,802 |
€216,087 |
€1,417,889 |
|
North Tipperary LEADER Partnership |
€1,079,520 |
€108,987 |
€1,188,508 |
|
Offaly Integrated Local Dev Co. Ltd. |
€904,263 |
€440,198 |
€1,344,462 |
|
Roscommon Integrated Development Company |
€1,064,942 |
€562,693 |
€1,627,635 |
|
South and East Cork Area Dev Ltd. |
€936,820 |
€357,466 |
€1,294,286 |
|
South Kerry Development Ltd. |
€1,509,072 |
€180,797 |
€1,689,869 |
|
South Tipperary Local Development Co Ltd |
€1,134,686 |
€110,715 |
€1,245,400 |
|
South West Mayo Development Company Ltd |
€1,054,302 |
€501,455 |
€1,555,758 |
|
Waterford LEADER Partnership Ltd. |
€1,253,769 |
€153,759 |
€1,407,528 |
|
West Cork Development Partnership Ltd. |
€1,374,847 |
€526,127 |
€1,900,974 |
|
West Limerick Resources Ltd |
€1,158,994 |
€206,464 |
€1,365,458 |
|
Westmeath Community Development Ltd |
€871,280 |
€475,425 |
€1,346,705 |
|
Wexford Local Development |
€1,098,398 |
€301,673 |
€1,400,071 |
|
Total |
|
|
€49,540,049 |
