Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 October 2017
638. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the powers he has delegated to the Ministers of State in his Department; the date on which such delegation was made; if there were changes in powers delegated relative to the situation in place prior to 14 June 2017; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42786/17]
View answerThe Rural and Community Development (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order (S.I. No 432 of 2017) of 3 October 2017 delegates the following functions to my colleague, Mr. Sean Kyne, T.D., Minister of State:
- in the area of Rural Development, responsibility for the oversight of the work of the Western Development Commission and the Atlantic Economic Corridor Taskforce;
- functions related to the Department’s inputs on Rural Broadband and the National Planning Framework;
- overview of the following funding schemes – (i) Dormant Accounts Fund/statutory responsibility for Disbursement Scheme as well as for the administration of certain Dormant Account funded measures, (ii) the programme of Support National Organisations (SSNO), and (iii) Community & Voluntary Funding Schemes (CFS);
- the development of the Public Participation Networks, PPNs, and Citizen Engagement policy, the Forum on Philanthropy and the Social Innovation Fund Ireland;
- responsibility for the Charities Regulatory Authority (excluding the appointment of members to the Board of the Authority); and
- the responsibility for the Control of Dogs Acts.
The Minister of State will also be responsible for identifying and advising on issues affecting rural communities including the business community, arising from Britain’s exit from the European Union.
