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Rural Social Scheme Applications Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 April 2015

Wednesday, 15 April 2015

Ceisteanna (92)

Tom Fleming

Ceist:

92. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form and by county, the number of recipients of the rural social scheme granted and refused from 1 January 2014 to date in 2015; the average waiting time for decisions on appeals; the number of appeals referred for independent oral appeal; and the percentage of these approved and refused. [14495/15]

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The rural social scheme (RSS) provides income support for low income farmers and those engaged in fishing who have an entitlement to specified social welfare payments. Participants are engaged for 19½ hours per week to provide certain services of benefit to rural communities. The Department has engaged 35 local development companies and Údarás na Gaeltachta, known as implementing bodies, to deliver the scheme.

The scheme currently provides work opportunities for 2,600 participants and 130 supervisory staff. Those interested in participating apply directly to their local implementing body which have overall responsibility for recruiting participants and supervisors, in line with the terms and conditions of the scheme. The Department has no role in the recruitment process.

The table below outlines the allocation of participants and supervisors to each implementing body.

Implementing Body

Participant Quota

Supervisors Quota

Avondhu/Blackwater Partnership Ltd.

17

1

Ballyhoura Development Limited

47

2

Breffni Integrated Ltd.

80

4

Carlow County Development Partnership Ltd.

18

1

Cill Dara ar Aghaidh Teoranta

22

1

Clare Local Development Co. ltd.

117

6

Comhar na nOilean Teoranta

20

0

County Kilkenny LEADER Part. Co. Ltd.

19

1

County Sligo LEADER Partnership Co. Ltd.

124

6

County Wicklow Partnership

20

1

Donegal Local Development Co. Ltd.

76

4

Forum Connemara Ltd.

14

1

Galway Rural Development Co. Ltd.

156

8

Inishowen Development Partnership

30

2

IRD Duhallow Ltd.

58

3

Laois Community & Enerprise Dev. Co. Ltd.

25

1

Leitrim Integrated Development Co. Ltd.

100

5

Longford Community Resources

55

3

Louth LEADER Partnership

10

0

Meath Community Rural & Social Dev. Part.

16

1

Monaghan Integrated Development

40

2

North & East Kerry LEADER Part. Teo.

89

5

Mayo North East LEADER Part. Co. Teo.

221

11

North Tipperary LEADER Partnership

37

2

Offaly Integrated Local Dev. Co. Ltd.

52

3

Roscommon Integrated Dev. Co. Ltd.

149

7

South & East Cork Area Dev.

8

1

South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd.

138

7

South Tipperary Development Co. Ltd.

26

1

South West Mayo Dev. Co. Ltd.

191

10

Údarás na Gaeltachta

437

21

Waterford LEADER Partnership Ltd.

12

0

West Cork Development Partnership Ltd.

68

3

West Limerick Resources

36

2

Westmeath Community Dev. Ltd.

33

2

Wexford Local Development

39

2

Total number of Participants

2600

130

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