Written Answers Nos. 1825-1846
1825. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount being made available to local authorities in 2018 for rental property inspections; the percentage of rental properties that will be inspected in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1896/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Strategy for the Rental Sector, published in December 2016, set out a series of measures to be introduced to ensure the quality of private rental accommodation by strengthening the applicable standards and improving the inspection and enforcement systems.
Since the establishment of the RTB, over €34 million has been paid to local authorities to assist them in the performance of their functions under the Housing Acts, including the inspection of rented accommodation. Over 185,000 inspections were carried out during this period.
However, the Rental Strategy recognises the need for additional resources to be provided to local authorities to facilitate increased inspections of properties and ensure greater compliance with the Regulations. Provision has been made for an allocation of €2.5 million in 2018, with the intention of providing further increases each year in the period to 2021 to enable targeted inspection coverage of 25% of rental properties annually.
The Working Group on Rental Standards, comprising representatives of my Department, local authorities and the Residential Tenancies Board, will be examining resource and performance management issues including budget allocation, target setting and performance monitoring and reporting as part of its work programme for the first half of 2018.
1826. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of rapid build houses that have been built and occupied to the end of 2017; the rapid build schemes and number of houses in each scheme he expects to be completed during 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1897/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder Rebuilding Ireland, a total of 208 rapid delivery homes were completed by end 2017. There are currently some 20 further rapid delivery projects, yielding in excess of 470 social homes, at various stages of advancement, the vast majority of which are scheduled for delivery in 2018. Under my Department’s current funding programmes, approved housing bodies (AHB) are also being asked to consider delivering schemes using rapid build methodologies and a number of them have or will transfer schemes from traditional construction to rapid delivery over the coming months. Figures on numbers of AHB schemes and units involved will be collected during the year.
All local authorities have been asked to review the social housing projects in their areas and in the interest of achieving earliest delivery, requested to consider their suitability for Design and Build contracts under the Rapid Delivery Framework set up by the Office of Government Procurement. They were asked to consider, in particular, schemes which are amenable to early commencement, particularly in terms of their approved planning status. In response, some authorities have indicated that a number of both approved schemes and additional schemes under consideration may be suitable and my Department is following up with relevant Local Authorities. Where new schemes are proposed under both Capital and Current programmes, my Department will engage with the Local Authorities to establish if they are suitable for design and build and the OGP Rapid Delivery contractor framework.
Updated details in relation to the Programme of Rapid Build projects will be included in each Social Housing Construction Projects Status Report, which are published on a quarterly basis on the Rebuilding Ireland website, www.rebuildingireland.ie . The next Status Report, which will set out the position as at end Q4 2017, will be published later in Q1 2018.
1828. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an expert group to examine the issue of a cost rental model for housing has been established; if so, the membership of the group; the terms of reference; when it is expected to report and make recommendations on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1899/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraDelivering cost rental will be an important part of the overall solution to the affordability challenge and work is under way to identify potential local authority sites that can be developed for cost rental projects, particularly in areas of high housing demand and high accommodation costs. In this regard, the Housing Agency and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, in conjunction with Approved Housing Bodies, are bringing forward a pilot cost-rental project on a Land Aggregation Scheme site on the Enniskerry Road. Full details of the project will be announced in the near future, along with other affordability measures.
In terms of broader research and discussions on developing a cost rental model as part of an evolving and more sustainable rental sector in Ireland, I plan to form an Expert Group to examine the issues and provide advice on the most appropriate way forward. I am currently considering the terms of reference, formation and composition of the Group with a view to establishing it later this quarter.
1829. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social housing completions for each local authority in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1900/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThrough the supports made available from my Department, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects, through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments and through working with approved housing bodies under a range of delivery options.
Details on the number of properties purchased and built in each local authority area, for letting to those on the social housing waiting lists, are available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordable/overall-social-housing-provision. Information on quarter four of 2017 will be published once finalised.
1831. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the housing list for one, two, three and four bedroom housing units, respectively, by local authority; the way in which the announced new builds match the needs by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1913/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraSection 63(3) of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that, subject to law, a local authority is independent in the performance of its functions. The allocation of social housing support to qualified households is a matter for the local authority concerned in accordance with the authority’s allocation scheme made under section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated Social Housing Allocation Regulations 2011.
An allocation scheme is solely a matter for the local authority concerned to make and implement, as it is a reserved function of the housing authority. Section 22(17) of the 2009 Act provides that the Minister’s power to direct a housing authority regarding the operation of its allocation scheme shall not be construed or operate to enable the Minister to direct the allocation of a dwelling to a particular household.
Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are provided in the statutory summary of social housing assessments, which are now being carried out on an annual basis.
The most recently published statutory summary of social housing assessments relates to the assessment carried out in 2016. This records the number of households on all local authority waiting lists, as at 21 September 2016. The results of the 2016 summary show that there were 91,600 households deemed qualified for, and in need of social housing support. The 2016 results provide a breakdown by each local authority across a range of categories, including by household composition and age profile.
Full details in relation to the 2016 assessment are available on my Department's website, at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/summary_of_social_housing_assessments_2016.pdf
An increased national social housing target of 50,000 homes has been set under Rebuilding Ireland and I will be discussing this heightened target at a Housing Summit I am holding with the local authority Chief Executives next week. I recently wrote to each local authority setting out their respective social housing delivery targets out to 2021. These targets are based on their housing need, as identified through the 2017 assessment, which I expect to be published shortly. This is the fairest and most objective basis for target setting.
1832. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on a recently published report (details supplied); his plans to make changes to the HAP scheme; the categories that will be changed; the way in which they will be changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1915/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is now available to all eligible households throughout the State. HAP plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals. There are currently more than 31,000 households having their housing needs met via HAP including over 8,500 households that were previously supported by Rent Supplement and over 20,000 landlords and agents in receipt of HAP payments.
Budget 2018 has increased the Exchequer funding for the HAP scheme by €149m to €301 million in order to meet the continuing costs of existing households and the costs of meeting the additional 17,000 households, targeted under Rebuilding Ireland, to be supported by HAP in 2018.
The increased rent limits introduced by this Government in 2016, together with the additional discretion available to local authorities to exceed the maximum rent limit where necessary, are allowing HAP households to find suitable accommodation and willing landlords.
From available data, at the end of Q3 2017, approximately 20% of the total number of households being supported by HAP were benefitting from the additional flexibility that was provided to local authorities to exceed the maximum rent limits. When the additional discretion available to homeless households in the Dublin Region is removed, 14.4% of households nationally were benefitting from the additional flexibility. In those cases, the average rate of discretionary payment being used was 14.9% above rent limits provided.
My Department monitors HAP data on an ongoing basis, as well as other key information relating to the private rental market. Indications are that the current HAP rent limits and the flexibility to exceed those rent limits provide local authorities with sufficient capacity to assist households in securing rented accommodation that meets their needs. Increasing the HAP rent limits in particular local authority areas could have further inflationary effects on the private rented sector, which could have a detrimental impact on the wider rental market, including for those households who are not receiving HAP support. Based on the data outlined above, I am currently satisfied that the maximum rent limits, together with the additional flexibility available to local authorities, are generally sufficient to meet the demand of the rental market in these areas.
The Strategy for the Rental Sector, published in December 2016, recommended the introduction of a Rent Predictability Measure to moderate rent increases in those parts of the country where rents are highest and rising - where households have greatest difficulties in finding accommodation they can afford. The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 provided for the Rent Predictability Measure and for areas, called Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs), where rents can now only rise by a maximum of 4% annually for a period of three years.
This measure was implemented immediately in the four Dublin local authority areas and in Cork City as these areas already met the criteria for a Rent Pressure Zone in December 2016. A further 12 Local Electoral Areas (LEAs) were designated in January 2017, with the measure further extended to Maynooth and Cobh LEAs in March 2017 and to Drogheda and Greystones LEAs in September 2017.
On 19 September 2017, I announced a number of improvements to the rental market as part of the rolling review of Rebuilding Ireland. One such change is that the RTB will be given additional powers and resources to take on a regulatory responsibility in the rental sector over the next two years. The changes needed in legislation and in the Board’s financing arrangements will be explored and a two-year change management plan will be prepared that will see the RTB become the sector’s regulator in that period. It will be an offence to implement rent increases that contravene the law and the RTB will be given the powers to investigate and prosecute landlords who implement such increases. The onus will no longer be exclusively on the tenant.
HAP is one of a suite of Social Housing Supports available to Local Authorities and is also an essential component of our suite of homelessness prevention and supports. The Homeless HAP scheme has been operational since February 2015 across the four housing authorities in the Dublin Region, and is being implemented through the Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE). The focus of this scheme is to transition qualified households from emergency accommodation, including hotels, into private rented tenancies. A Place Finder service, similar to the service available in Dublin, became operational in Cork City Council in 2017 and provides a dedicated resource that operates together with the established HAP delivery team in the local authority.
I announced recently that the Place Finder support is to be rolled out nationally providing homeless support staff in each of the 31 local authorities with the tools to target HAP supported rental properties for homeless households, with a particular focus of moving families out of emergency accommodation. This means that every local authority will be able to pay deposits and advance rental payment on behalf of homeless households in order to secure accommodation. The existing Place Finder service in Dublin is also being enhanced, with additional staff being assigned to provide on the ground support in each of the relevant local authority areas. Arrangements for the provision of these supports are currently being progressed by my Department together with the local authorities.
The flexibility of HAP as a social housing support is one of the scheme's key characteristics and was one of the primary benefits envisaged at the outset of the scheme. With this in mind, early last year direction and guidance was provided to all local authorities related to the operation of HAP cases whereby a tenant, currently on a local authority waiting list, wishes to access rented accommodation with HAP support in another local authority area.
I have directed local authorities to provide that HAP tenants continue to be dealt with by their originating local authority. However, the rent limits will be those that apply in the local authority where the property is situated. The originating local authority will engage with the relevant new local authority to facilitate eligible requests for inter-authority movement. Where homeless households have sourced or been assisted by the Place Finder Service in sourcing accommodation outside the Dublin area, the relevant rate of support is based on the rent limits that apply in the local authority where the property is situated. The DRHE have been advised to consult with the new local authority in relation to the appropriate level of support that should be provided. However, the Place Finder Service can still pay a deposit and rent in advance on behalf of the tenant.
In order to maintain the equitable treatment of all housing applicants, inter-authority movement for HAP applicants is based on the current Social Housing Eligibility Income Bands, i.e. movement will only be facilitated across local authorities with Income Bands that are equal or higher; or where shared areas of choice are already operated.
The following table provides details of the inter-authority movement since April, when the option was made available:
|
Summer of Inter-LA Movement (as at 19 Jul 2017) |
|
|
Intra Dublin |
583 |
|
Dublin to other LA's |
55 |
|
All other inter-LA movement |
322 |
|
|
960 |
I am satisfied with how the HAP scheme is currently operating and I consider it to be a key vehicle for meeting housing need and fulfilling the ambitious programme under Rebuilding Ireland. My Department will, of course, continue to keep the operation of the HAP scheme under review.
Rent Supplement is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection.
1833. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the commercial rates charge as levied on commercial businesses and companies for each county council or local authority district as of 1 January 2018, in tabular form; his plans for reviewing the current commercial rates system in view of the fact the present system is archaic and unfair; the possible timeframe for reform of the rates system; his plans to implement the necessary changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2030/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraLocal authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation pursuant to the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority.
The annual rate on valuation (ARV), which is applied to the valuation of each property determined by the Valuation Office, to obtain the amount payable in rates, is decided by the elected members of each local authority in the annual budget and its determination is a reserved function.
My Department is collating the ARVs adopted by local authorities for 2018; however, the full list is not available at this time as the formal publication process for all adopted 2018 local authority budgets has not yet been completed. A full list will be provided to the Deputy as soon as it is available.
Commercial rates form an important element of the funding of all local authorities. However, the legislative basis for the levying of rates consists of over 20 separate pieces of legislation, some dating back to the 19th century. My Department has developed legislative proposals to modernise and consolidate the legislation governing commercial rates into a single enactment.
In this regard, the Government last year approved the drafting of a Rates Bill. The General Scheme of the Bill is currently with the Attorney General’s office for drafting, with a view to its introduction as soon as possible.
1834. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department uses anti-profanity software on its email systems and online contact forms; if so, the level of human oversight that is applied to the monitoring of these software and their effectiveness; his views on whether persons' legitimate right to petition Government may be blocked unintentionally by errors in the use of such software in determining that which qualifies as profanity being communicated in email and or online contact forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2089/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department does not have any anti profanity software in use on its email systems or online contact forms.
1835. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applications made to An Bord Pleanála under the new fast track process for developments in excess of 100 homes since its inception in July 2017; the number of applications at each stage of the process; the number of these applications that have been refused; the reasons for which they were refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2104/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra1837. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the density of each development approved in applications made to An Bord Pleanála under the new fast-track process for developments in excess of 100 homes since its inception in July 2017; the density of each development rejected under this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2106/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1835 and 1837 together.
The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 provides for new streamlined arrangements to enable planning applications for strategic housing developments, of 100 housing units or more or student accommodation developments of 200 bed spaces or more, to be made directly to An Bord Pleanála (the Board) for determination.
As part of the new arrangements and prior to making a planning application, a prospective applicant must make a request to the Board to enter into mandatory pre-application consultation regarding a proposed strategic housing development. At the end of the consultation, which also involves the local planning authority concerned, the Board issues its opinion as to whether the documents submitted with the consultation request constitute a reasonable basis for a planning application to be submitted or alternatively require further consideration and amendment in order to constitute a reasonable basis for an application.
Further to the submission of a planning application to the Board for a proposed strategic housing development, the Board is required to make a determination on such application within a period of 16 weeks of the lodgement of the application.
In the six months since the new arrangements came into operation, i.e. from 3 July 2017 up until 31 December 2017, the Board received 36 valid pre-application consultation requests in respect of which 25 opinions have already issued, with further opinions to issue in 2018.
Up until 11 January, 14 planning applications for strategic housing developments have been made to the Board. The Board issued a decision on the first strategic housing development application on 11 January 2018, granting, in part and subject to conditions, an application for student accommodation at University College Dublin. The Board made a decision earlier this week to refuse a second application for residential development at Clay Farm, Ballyogan Road, Dublin 18. A notice of these decisions, along with information on other applications received and to be determined in 2018 which includes web links to access full details of each application, is available on An Bord Pleanála’s website at the following link: http://www.pleanala.ie/news/index.htm. Decisions by the Board on the other 12 strategic housing development applications currently before the Board are expected to be made between now and end-April 2018.
Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (the Act), I am specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any case with which a planning authority or the Board is or may be involved. Therefore, I cannot comment on an individual planning case or any aspect thereof.
However, a detailed and national level policy approach in relation to residential densities in urban areas is set out in my Department’s 2009 Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Sustainable Residential Development in Urban Areas, issued under section 28 of the Act. The objective of these Guidelines is to ensure planning authorities bring about high quality and sustainable urban development by balancing the need to ensure the highest standards of residential design which encompasses building lay-out, design and heights and the need to ensure efficient use of scarce land and infrastructural resources and the avoidance of urban sprawl.
Planning authorities, and, where applicable, the Board, must have regard to guidelines issued under section 28 in the performance of their functions generally under the Planning Acts.
1836. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of Part V units agreed under the new fast track process for developments in excess of100 homes since its inception in July 2017; the number of developments and units across which these Part V units have been agreed for; if these units have been agreed for purchase or rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2105/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information my Department collects on units delivered under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, does not distinguish between whether the relevant planning permission (pursuant to which the Part V agreement was made) was granted by a planning authority, An Bord Pleanála on appeal, or by An Bord Pleanála under the new strategic housing infrastructure process, which commenced last July.
In any event, final Part V statistics for 2017 are not yet available.
1839. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the lands owned by local authorities; the amount of land which is zoned residential in the ownership of each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2108/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn terms of lands owned by local authorities, all local authorities are required to record assets, including all land assets, in the Statement of Financial Position (Balance Sheet), in accordance with the Local Authority Accounting in Ireland Code of Practice and Accounting Regulations, which is available on my Department's website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/accounting_code_of_practice_january_2017_final.pdf.
The active management of the publicly-owned housing land bank is part of a range of complementary actions being progressed under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, designed to accelerate and increase housing output. To this end, details of some 1,700 hectares of land in local authority and Housing Agency ownership were published on the Rebuilding Ireland Housing Land Map, with the potential to deliver some 42,500 homes nationally. These mapped sites can be viewed at the following link: http://rebuildingireland.ie/news/rebuilding-ireland-land-map/. Local authorities are also required to confirm and update the data on a quarterly basis to ensure that the information held on this mapping database is fully up to date.
In addition to this mapping exercise, all local authorities have been requested to prepare Strategic Development and Management Plans for housing lands in their ownership, with particular emphasis on prioritising those sites with the greatest potential to deliver housing at scale, in the short to medium term.
In the context of his new role in driving and co-ordinating housing delivery, my colleague Minister of State Damien English will chair the State Land Management and Development Group which will convene in the coming weeks to, inter alia, oversee delivery of housing from the local authority and broader State land bank. In this regard, my Department will continue to engage with local authorities, other Government Departments, and State and semi-State bodies to pursue the long-term optimal use of appropriate sites for residential purposes.
1840. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the Government's initiatives in his Department in 2017 that promoted State services or welfare payments, public awareness on regulatory changes and public consultations that involved advertising and promotion on television, radio, newspapers and online, in tabular form; and the level of expenditure for each such initiative. [2265/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraDetails of expenditure in 2017 on advertising and information in relation to government initiatives is set out in the following tables:
|
Cost |
Campaign |
|
€2,657.00 |
Official Notices of Statutory Instruments |
|
€3,462.00 |
Rebuilding Ireland Rental Market & AHB Reg Section |
|
€4,881.86 |
Water Quality - Nitrates Regulations |
|
€6,468.80 |
Water Quality- River Basin Management |
|
€3,715.10 |
Marine Planning & Foreshore - Microbeads |
|
€2,707.48 |
Housing Assistance Payment & Current Programme - Repair & Leasing |
|
€8,438.65 |
Nitrates Action Programme |
|
€430.50 |
Met Éireann – Ad in National Ploughing Championships catalogue |
|
€305,423.41 |
Provision of Media Buying Services for 2017/2018 National Fire Safety campaign |
|
€28,572.08 |
2017/2018 National Fire Safety campaign |
|
€395.58 |
2017/2018 National Fire Safety campaign |
|
€7,479.05 |
Register of Electors Awareness Campaign |
|
€22,572.48 |
Radio Adverts Ireland 2040 (NPF) |
|
€22,747.36 |
Newspaper Adverts Ireland 2040 |
|
€20,405.55 |
Newspaper Adverts Ireland 2040 - Sept 2017 |
|
€4,747.70 |
Irish Farmer Journal & Seachtain Adverts Ireland 2040 |
|
Cost |
Campaign |
|
€10,783.23 |
Social media advertising for Repair & Leasing scheme |
|
€8,487.00 |
2017/2018 National Fire Safety campaign |
|
€10,325.00 |
Electors Awareness Campaign on social media |
|
€2,460.00 |
Housing Assistance Payment – Facebook and Twitter |
|
€8,265.00 |
Housing Assistance Payment- Daft.ie and thejournal.ie |
1841. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the land for Clifden airport was purchased; the person or body the land was purchased from; the amount paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54741/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra1842. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount her Department has spent on developing Clifden airport to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54742/17]
Amharc ar fhreagra1843. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her future plans for Clifden airport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54743/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 1841 to 1843, inclusive, together.
My Department purchased the land for Clifden airport from Clifden and West Connemara Airport PLC in 2007 at a cost of €474,112.84.
The Department has spent the following amounts from 2007 to date on the development of Clifden airport:
|
- |
Amount |
|
Construction Works |
€4,610,495.37 |
|
Consultants and Engineers |
€232,494.76 |
|
Design of Aerodromes* |
€21,241.65 |
|
Total |
€4,864,231.78 |
In 2017, my Department undertook a public consultation process whereby it sought submissions from interested parties in relation to the future use of both Clifden and Inishbofin airstrips. A large number of submissions were received and these are currently being reviewed by my Department. The submissions received will inform my Department in its deliberations regarding the future of these facilities.
1844. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cathain a fhoilseofar torthaí an athbhreithnithe a rinne an Rialtas ar éifeachtacht scéim na gcúntóirí teanga chun fiosrú a dhéanamh ar an bhféidearthacht atá ann do leathnú agus do sheirbhís ar chaighdeán níos airde, a bhí le tosú ó Ráithe 4 2017 de réir an pholasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [54819/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraD’fhonn Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga a threisiú i gcomhthéacs chur bhfeidhm an Pholasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta agus an phróisis pleanála teanga mar atá leagtha amach faoi Acht na Gaeltachta, 2012, tá mo Roinn chun tabhairt faoi Athbhreithniú ar an scéim.
Tá bailchríoch á cur i láthair na huaire leis an obair chun Iarratas ar Thairiscintí a réiteach, i gcomhar leis an Oifig um Sholáthar Rialtais, ar mhaithe le sainchomhairleoirí a fhostú chun tabhairt faoi athbhreithniú cuimsitheach ar an Scéim. Táthar ag súil go bhfoilseofar an tIarratas ar Thairiscintí sna seachtainí amach romhainn.
1845. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta maidir leis an aighneacht atá curtha faoina bhráid ag eagraíochtaí éagsúla, lena n-áirítear Comhar na nOileán Teo. agus Bord Oideachais agus Oiliúna na Gaillimhe agus Ros Comáin (GRETB), maidir le cur leis an 30 scoláireacht chónaithe do scoláirí ó cheantair lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht a chuirtear ar fáil sa chóras iar-bhunoideachais ar Oileáin Árann faoi láthair; soiléiriú ar stádas na haighneachta sin; go háirithe, an bhfuil cinneadh déanta ina taobh; mura bhfuil cinneadh déanta, cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [55055/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraLe deich mbliana anuas, tá mo Roinn, faoi réir na gcoinníollacha a bhaineann le Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge, ag íoc deontas ar fiú €27 in aghaidh an scoláire in aghaidh an lae le teaghlaigh atá cáilithe go cuí a chuireann lóistín ar fáil do scoláirí ón mórthír a dhéanann freastal ar feadh scoilbhliana iomlán ar cheann amháin den trí iar-bhunscoil ar na hOileáin Árann. Faoin socrú reatha, tá uasmhéid de 30 scoláire ceadaithe agus is ionann sin agus uasmhéid de dheichniúr in aghaidh an trí iar-bhunscoil faoi seach.
Is ar mhaithe le cur le hinmharthanacht na scoileanna agus dá réir le hinmharthanacht na n-oileán atá an beart seo á mhaoiniú go príomha ag mo Roinn. Caithfear a chur san áireamh chomh maith, áfach, an tionchar a d'fhéadfadh a bheith ag an iomarca scoláirí ón mórthír ar iompar teanga na scoláirí de bhunadh na n-oileáin.
Tá an aighneacht a bhfuil an Teachta ag tagairt di faighte ag mo Roinn. Déanfar í a bhreithniú i gcomhar leis na páirtithe leasmhara agus eiseofar cinneadh faoi in am trátha.
1846. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cá mhéad airgid atá caite ag Rannán na Gaeltachta i ngach contae le cúig bliana anuas. [54357/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraI dtús báire, is mian liom a chur in iúl don Teachta nach de réir chontae a coinnítear taifid faoi gach mhír caiteachais atá ag mo Roinn. É sin ráite, tá iarracht déanta agam Ceist an Teachta a fhreagairt.
Ag glacadh leis gur faoin gClár Tacaíochtaí Pobail agus Teanga de chuid na Roinne atá an cheist - clár faoina gcuirtear cúnamh ar fáil chun tacú le bonneagar Gaeilge agus pobail na Gaeltachta threisiú - leagtar amach sa tábla a leanas an dáileadh airgid atá déanta faoin gclár idir 2013 agus 2017, idir chúnamh caipitil agus reatha.
|
Contae |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
|
Dún na nGall |
€476,215 |
€471,323 |
€705,050 |
€865,857 |
€1,144,767 |
|
Maigh Eo |
€67,789 |
€62,256 |
€99,729 |
€90,104 |
€213,369 |
|
Gaillimh |
€2,225,491 |
€1,476,598 |
€1,432,240 |
€2,123,426 |
€1,737,064 |
|
Ciarraí |
€1,097,552 |
€1,519,464 |
€894,970 |
€728,424 |
€555,139 |
|
Corcaigh |
€95,866 |
€94,090 |
€225,926 |
€79,689 |
€172,438 |
|
Port Láirge |
€5,706 |
€8,197 |
€17,006 |
€6,117 |
€11,537 |
|
Co na Mí |
€22,629 |
€26,796 |
€18,722 |
€25,450 |
€18,838 |
|
Ilghnéitheach* |
€441,256 |
€277,489 |
€362,070 |
€304,000 |
€345,500 |
|
Iomlán |
€4,432,504 |
€3,936,213 |
€3,755,713 |
€4,223,067 |
€4,198,652 |
*Nótáil led thoil go gcuimsítear san eolas thuasluaite íocaíochtaí le heagraíochtaí ar leith a riarann cláir éagsúla oibre thar ceann na Roinne i gceantair Ghaeltachta éagsúla nach féidir a shonrú chomh éasca sin de réir contae. San áireamh anseo, tá Scéim na gCampaí Samhraidh agus Scéim na gCuntóirí Teanga.
Anuas air an gcaiteachas thuasluaite, leagtar amach sa table thíos an caiteachas a rinneadh le teaghlaigh Gaeltachta go príomhá faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge ó 2013 go 2017:
|
|
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
|
Co. Dhún na nGall |
€629,770 |
€624,682 |
€698,015 |
€790,821 |
€808,400 |
|
Co. Mhaigh Eo |
€311,050 |
€267,793 |
€289,900 |
€278,909 |
€279,125 |
|
Co. na Gaillimhe |
€2,199,580 |
€2,023,208 |
€2,182,879 |
€2,283,357 |
€2,281,167.50 |
|
Co. Chiarraí |
€365,220 |
€290,635 |
€321,807 |
€412,957 |
€396,852.50 |
|
Co. Chorcaí |
€106,337 |
€89,255 |
€81,638 |
€83,833 |
€76,860 |
|
Co. Phort Láirge |
€83,021 |
€76,097 |
€85,577 |
€105,604 |
€124,075 |
|
Co. na Mí |
€62,092 |
€56,924 |
€57,617 |
€49,400 |
€50,600 |
|
Co. an Chláir |
€15,685 |
€16,480 |
€9,997 |
€8,925 |
€4,340 |
|
IOMLÁN |
€3,772,755 |
€3,445,074 |
€3,727,430 |
€4,013,806 |
€4,021,420 |
Maidir leis an an gcóras pleanála teanga, íocadh na suimeanna sa table thíos le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta le dáileadh mar ba chuí sna contaetha éagsúla:
|
Bliain |
Údarás na Gaeltachta |
|
2014 |
€20,000 |
|
2015 |
€259,875 |
|
2016 |
€340,125 |
|
2017 |
€735,000 |
|
Iomlán |
€1,355,000 |
