Proinsias De Rossa
Ceist:369 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation when the lessons learned in the first phase of the integrated services project will be extended to the 110 unemployment black spots. [4884/99]
Written Answers. - Integrated Services Project.
Proinsias De Rossa
Ceist:370 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation if the forward development and monitoring officers have been appointed for the integrated services project; and, if so, the names and contact numbers. [4885/99]
Proinsias De Rossa
Ceist:371 Proinsias De Rossa asked the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation if the examination of the suggestions which emerged in the initial stage of the integrated services project have been completed; the decisions made in relation to implementation of these suggestions; and the suggestions which have been accepted and not accepted. [4886/99]
I propose to take Parliamentary Questions Nos. 369, 370 and 371 together.
There is already a National Co-ordinator for the Integrated Services Project who is based in ADM. Interviews for the four development and monitoring officer posts, to assist in advancing the Integrated Services Project in the target areas and report centrally on progress being made, are now complete and successful candidates selected. Formal contracts are being drafted and, when these have been signed, I will provide the Deputy with the information which he has sought regarding the officers' names and contact numbers.
Meanwhile, participating Government Departments and statutory agencies have nominated officials at national and local level to drive the project within their respective Departments and agencies. It is envisaged that officials at local level will work together as a team with development and monitoring officers, in consultation with the local communities in the target areas.
These same Departments and agencies have also been asked to examine more specific proposals for local or sectoral action in the target areas and it is expected that establishment of implementation arrangements on the ground will facilitiate early completion of this examination, and final decisions as to priority actions to be initiated.
It will probably be the end of this year or early next year before the Inter-Departmental Committee on Local Development will be in a position to consider lessons from the first phase of the project, and potential for application of these lessons to other urban areas of extreme disadvantage.