Parliamentary questions

Regeneration Projects

Catherine Connolly

813. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 14 October 2021, the status of the report on the town centre first approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61131/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Steven Matthews

814. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding developing and expanding of enterprise hubs remote working hub infrastructure in rural Ireland, particularly in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61142/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Alan Dillon

815. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of her Department’s engagement with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in finalising funding for LEADER; the efforts being to maximise the budget for LEADER as part of the CAP strategic plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61155/21]

Industrial Relations

Cian O'Callaghan

816. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will establish a collective bargaining forum to negotiate pay and conditions of employment across the community and voluntary sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61170/21]

Community Development Projects

Catherine Murphy

817. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocation for the community enhancement programme for 2020 and 2021; and the budget allocation for same in 2022, in tabular form. [61278/21]

Rural Schemes

Matt Carthy

818. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 9, 15 and 21 of 14 April 2011 and 1267 of 2 November 2021, the funding for the LEADER programme during the 2007 to 2013 period; the reason for the discrepancy between the replies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61476/21]

Tionscadail Fhorbartha Pobail

Éamon Ó Cuív

819. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail cén dul chun cinn atá déanta le measúnú a dhéanamh ar iarratas faoin gClár Seirbhísí Pobail (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [61510/21]

Departmental Budgets

Éamon Ó Cuív

820. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 7 December 2021, the implications for her Department of the plan to use deferred surrender of funds; if the funds surrendered will be lost permanently to her Department; the amount that is likely to be involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61599/21]

Rural Schemes

Michael Ring

821. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received a full written report in relation to a matter (details supplied); the up-to-date position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61632/21]

Community Employment Drug Rehabilitation Projects

Francis Noel Duffy

822. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of responses from her Department to the issues faced by areas of Tallaght, Dublin 24 that have been adversely impacted by the growth in crack cocaine usage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61857/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

365. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount expended by her Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on electricity costs in tabular form; and if she will provide an additional schedule that sets out all energy costs associated with their ICT hardware, that is, servers and so on in tabular form. [60944/21]

Regional Development

Bernard Durkan

366. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has directly assisted urban and rural communities in the course of the past two years; the extent to which she proposes to continue in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61042/21]

Digital Hubs

Bernard Durkan

367. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department propose to encourage the creation of digital hubs outside of the main areas of investment with a view to lowering the pressure on transport and communications in those areas most densely populated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61043/21]

Digital Hubs

Bernard Durkan

368. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she continues to interact with large employers in the more densely populated areas of Ireland with a view to the development of digital hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61044/21]

Departmental Programmes

Bernard Durkan

369. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to encourage investment in the manufacturing and services sectors in areas of social and economic deprivation with particular reference to the use of digital hubs thus alleviating traffic congestion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61045/21]

Departmental Programmes

Bernard Durkan

370. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications on hand in respect of the community enhancement programme; the extent to which she expects to be in a position to respond positively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61046/21]

Departmental Programmes

Bernard Durkan

371. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department continues to monitor urban and rural community activity with a view to addressing issues arising from Covid-19, Brexit or other reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61047/21]

Departmental Programmes

Bernard Durkan

372. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she anticipates the creation of suitable locations for investment in jobs through the various schemes available through her Department with particular reference to the need to address areas of social or economic deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61048/21]

Community Development Projects

Bernard Durkan

373. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her proposals for the funding of projects nationwide through the LEADER programme in the forthcoming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61049/21]

Departmental Programmes

Bernard Durkan

374. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects to be able to assist those suffering from social isolation in urban or rural settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61050/21]

Regional Development

Bernard Durkan

375. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has directly assisted regional development throughout Ireland in the past 12 months under the various schemes sponsored by her Department; the extent to which she expects to be in a position to continue in this direction in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61051/21]

Departmental Programmes

Bernard Durkan

376. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community development initiatives funded by her Department throughout Ireland in the past 12 months; her expectations in this regard in the forthcoming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61052/21]

Community Development Projects

Bernard Durkan

377. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community development initiatives funded by her Department in County Kildare in the past 12 months; her expectations in this regard in the forthcoming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61053/21]

Departmental Schemes

Bernard Durkan

378. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full extent of awards made by her Department under the town and village renewal scheme throughout Ireland; her expectations in respect of this or similar schemes in the next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61054/21]

Departmental Schemes

Bernard Durkan

379. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full extent of awards made by her Department under the town and village renewal scheme in County Kildare; her expectations in respect of this or similar schemes in the next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61055/21]

Community Development Projects

Bernard Durkan

380. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects to be in a position to offer grant assistance to appropriately qualified groups throughout County Kildare in 2019 with particular reference to the community and voluntary sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61056/21]

Voluntary Sector

Bernard Durkan

381. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her proposals for the development of a national volunteering strategy and for the drawing up of a national social enterprise policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61057/21]

Library Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

382. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on whether public lending right payments to writers for loans of their books through the library system should be made on the loans of ebooks; and if she will amend Statutory Instrument 597 of 2008 accordingly. [61092/21]

Departmental Programmes

Bernard Durkan

383. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she expects her Department to be in a position to offer specific help to urban and rural communities which may have been particularly affected by Covid-19-related issues; if she expects to be in a position to examine circumstances applicable in urban and rural settings by which existing or new schemes may be of particular assistance notwithstanding the work to date in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61114/21]

Departmental Programmes

Bernard Durkan

384. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has directly or indirectly assisted persons throughout urban and rural Ireland in the course of the past year; the degree to which particular issues may have arisen; her plans to address outstanding issues by way of extension to existing schemes or the introduction of new provisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61115/21]

Defibrillators Provision

Denise Mitchell

194. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if grants are available to resident's associations seeking to have a defibrillator installed in their community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60583/21]

Departmental Funding

Matt Carthy

195. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated to the LEADER programme; the amount that was provided through Pillar 2 of the Common Agricultural Policy; the amount provided from Exchequer funds in each of the years 2007 to 2021 inclusive; the anticipated corresponding figures for 2022 to 2027 inclusive in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60645/21]

Community Development Projects

Michael Ring

196. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a project (details supplied); when the work commenced; when the work will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60833/21]

EU Funding

Claire Kerrane

48. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider allocating additional funding to the LEADER programme for 2023 to 2027, given the recently announced indicative allocation of €180 million for this period and in consideration of the fact that LEADER funding has stagnated since the previous period and has dropped significantly since the period from 2007 to 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60565/21]

Community Development Projects

Paul Donnelly

49. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the new round of funding will start to be allocated to community centres; and if the amount announced will be sufficient to cover the needs of all local authority and non-local authority-run centres. [60157/21]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Denis Naughten

50. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce will meet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60471/21]

Departmental Programmes

Marian Harkin

51. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the arrangements that are being put in place to ensure an effective LEADER programme from 2023. [60566/21]

Digital Hubs

Aindrias Moynihan

52. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position on advancing remote working hubs across County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60198/21]

Flexible Work Practices

David Stanton

53. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the connected hubs network to provide remote or hybrid work arrangements for employees is available to businesses of different sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60193/21]

Rural Schemes

Cathal Crowe

54. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects to approve applications made to her Department in respect of the town and village renewal scheme 2021 and the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund 2021. [60155/21]

Community Development Projects

Colm Burke

55. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support available to communities to help with the upkeep and enhancement of community centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60132/21]

Rural Schemes

Christopher O'Sullivan

56. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will consider the Dursey cable car project for funding under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund in view of An Bord Pleanála's decision to grant planning permission for the upgrade of the cable car; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60192/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Joe Carey

57. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of hubs identified by her Department as part of the mapping exercise for the Connected Hubs Programme; and the steps taken to encourage hubs to join the programme. [60016/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

58. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the efforts to support remote and hybrid working in urban areas such as suburban villages of Dublin given the positive impact for communities and the reduction in commuter traffic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60043/21]

Community Development Projects

Emer Higgins

59. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the fund for the upgrade of community centres that was announced as part of budget 2022 will be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60005/21]

Local Authorities

Niamh Smyth

60. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current backlog of local improvement scheme applications that have yet to be processed in each local authority by year in tabular form; if her attention has been drawn to the current number in each county that are waiting on improvement works to be carried out at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60243/21]

EU Programmes

Peadar Tóibín

61. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated to projects in Ireland under the Leader programme from 2015 to 2021; the number and details of projects that were at least funded in part by the Leader programme broken down by county from 2015 to 2021, in tabular form. [60163/21]

Harbours and Piers

Catherine Connolly

62. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 14 October 2021, the status of the development of Caladh Mór pier on Inis Meáin; the status of the development of the updated simulation by the National Maritime College of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60119/21]

Digital Hubs

Brian Leddin

63. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to examine the potential to introduce specific incentives to encourage remote workers to relocate to rural towns as outlined in Our Rural Future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60220/21]

Rural Schemes

Martin Kenny

64. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is considering plans to incentivise the owners of derelict properties in rural Ireland to refurbish and redevelop these buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60079/21]