Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Programmes

Dara Calleary

1012. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications made by each local authority to the digital innovation programme since established on an annual basis in tabular form; the number of applications made by each local authority to the programme that were approved and not approved by his Department; the amount of funding allocated to approved applications in each local authority annually; and the amount of approved funding that has been expended in each year. [54287/18]

Mobile Telephony Services

Dara Calleary

1013. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of each local authority that has and has not, respectively, mapped local mobile phone blackspots to date in tabular form; the number of blackspots identified by local authority; and the funding and guidance supports available by his Department to local authorities to map these blackspots. [54288/18]

Local and Community Development Programme

Dara Calleary

1014. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to update the Framework Policy for Local and Community Development in Ireland published in 2015. [54289/18]

Peace and Reconciliation Programme

Dara Calleary

1015. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funds allocated here over the 2014 to 2020 period and expended in each year to date in tabular form by Exchequer and EU funding to the PEACE IV 2014-2020 Programme for Peace and Reconciliation. [54290/18]

Voluntary Sector Funding

Dara Calleary

1016. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the volunteer centres in each county and local authority; the annual funding allocated to each over the period 2016 to 2018, in tabular form; the allocations for 2019; and the amount of funds expended in each year. [54291/18]

Security of the Elderly

Dara Calleary

1017. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received to the seniors alert scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018, by county; the number of applications approved and not approved respectively, by county in tabular form; and the number of completed alarm installations. [54292/18]

Security of the Elderly

Dara Calleary

1018. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of capital and current funding respectively, allocated to the seniors alert scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2018, in tabular form; the 2019 allocation; and the amount expended in each year to date. [54293/18]

Scheme to Support National Organisations

Dara Calleary

1019. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of current and capital funding respectively, allocated to the scheme to support national organisations in each of the years 2015 to 2019, in tabular form; and the amount expended in each year to date. [54294/18]

Public Participation Networks

Dara Calleary

1020. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of current and capital funding respectively, allocated to the public participation networks in each of the years 2015 to 2018, in tabular form; the 2019 allocation by local authority; and the amount expended in each year to date by local authority. [54295/18]

Charities Regulation

Dara Calleary

1021. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of current and capital funding allocated to the Charities Regulatory Authority in each of the years 2014 to 2018, in tabular form; the 2019 allocation; and the amount expended in each year to date. [54296/18]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Dara Calleary

1022. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of organisations on the Charities Register as at 31 December in each of the years 2014 to 2018, in tabular form; the number of organisations that were taken off the register as at 31 December in each year, in tabular form; the number of investigations carried out in each year in accordance with the Charities Act 2009; the number of imposed intermediate sanctions annually; the number of prosecutions annually in the period; the number of fines imposed annually; and the value of all penalties in each of the years 2014 to 2018. [54297/18]

Charities Regulation

Dara Calleary

1023. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of appeals made to the Charity Appeals Tribunal under section 45 of the Charities Act 2009 in each year since being established; the number of cases heard and adjudicated on; and the number of cases in which an appeal was successful and not successful in each year. [54298/18]

Údarás na Gaeltachta Data

Dara Calleary

1207. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of Údarás na Gaeltachta supported jobs at 31 December in each of the years 2016 to 2018, inclusive, by county and in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54278/18]

Caiteachas Ranna

Dara Calleary

1212. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Dara Calleary den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé mhéad airgid breise atá curtha ar fáil don Ghaeilge agus don Ghaeltacht ó bunaíodh an Rialtas seo; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [54276/18]

Maoiniú Údarás na Gaeltachta

Dara Calleary

1213. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Dara Calleary den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén soláthar airgid a cuireadh ar fáil i meastacháin 2018 agus i meastacháin 2019 d’Údarás na Gaeltachta, agus an méid sin briste síos idir soláthar caipitil agus reatha; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [54277/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Dara Calleary

1227. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital funding allocation for each item (details supplied) on an annual basis over the period from 2016 to 2018, inclusive; and the funding allocations for 2019 following the completion of the 2019 Estimates in tabular form. [1783/19]

Civil Service Staff Data

Dara Calleary

207. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants that applied to transfer from Dublin zone 46 to another county in Munster, Leinster, Connacht and Ulster, respectively, according to grade in each Department under the service-wide mobility scheme launched on 13 November 2017; the number of civil servants that requested a transfer to Dublin zone 46 by grade based in each province and county outside Dublin in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53934/18]

Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation

Dara Calleary

510. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason nine actions (details supplied) under the Action Plan for Rural Development were not delivered by the timeline committed to in the first half of 2018; the revised timeline by quarter and year for delivery of each such action in tabular form; if no revised timeline has been set to date, the reason therefore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53921/18]

Departmental Budgets

Dara Calleary

511. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the 2019 allocation broken down by current and capital funding for his Department and each body under the remit of his Department; and the corresponding 2018 allocation for each such body and department. [53922/18]

RAPID Programme

Dara Calleary

512. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the disadvantaged areas identified that are eligible for funding under the community enhancement programme by local authority; the areas in each local authority that were eligible under RAPID that are not eligible under the community enhancement programme; and the new areas that were not eligible under RAPID that are now eligible under the community enhancement programme in tabular form. [53924/18]

RAPID Programme

Dara Calleary

513. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current and capital funding under the RAPID programme, community facilities scheme and community enhancement programme in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the amount expended in each such year; and the 2019 allocation in tabular form. [53925/18]

RAPID Programme

Dara Calleary

514. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current and capital funding under the RAPID programme, community facilities scheme and community enhancement programme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 to the Dublin north east inner city; the amount expended in each such year; and the 2019 allocation to the Dublin north east inner city in tabular form. [53926/18]

Local Improvement Scheme Data

Dara Calleary

515. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of rural roads that have received funding under the local improvement scheme in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by local authority in tabular form. [53928/18]

Library Services Funding

Dara Calleary

516. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated by local authority under the libraries capital programme in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the amount expended in each such year per local authority; and the 2019 allocation in tabular form. [53929/18]

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund

Dara Calleary

517. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications by category 1 and 2 projects made under the rural regeneration and development fund by county to date; the number of successful and unsuccessful project applications, respectively, per category that applied for funding per county; the successful projects by county that have been approved for funding per category; the value of funding approved for each such project; when successful applicants will receive funding in 2019; the amount allocated for the fund in 2019 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53930/18]

Rural Regeneration and Development Fund

Dara Calleary

518. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the annual breakdown in funding in each of the years 2019 to 2022 following the confirmation of initial funding of €315 million allocated to the fund on a phased basis over the period 2019 to 2022; and when the second call will open for applications in tabular form [53931/18]

Rural Development Programme

Dara Calleary

519. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 623 and 625 of 4 December 2018, if the data has been collated for both questions. [53932/18]

Dormant Accounts Fund

Dara Calleary

520. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the net amount of funding that has come into the dormant account funds to date in 2018 after repayments to the banks of reclaimed funds; the amount it is proposed to spend on projects out of the fund in 2018; the spend to date; the amount of uncommitted funds on hand not including the statutory reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53933/18]

LEADER Programmes Data

Dara Calleary

521. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expenditure by project and administration expenditure incurred under the 2007 to 2013 LEADER programme in each year and as of 30 November 2011; the value of projects that had been approved under this programme at this date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53935/18]

Mountain Rescue Service

Dara Calleary

522. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to provide ongoing current and capital funding for mountain rescue to the mountain rescue teams nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53936/18]

Comhairle na Tuaithe

Dara Calleary

523. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of meetings held of Comhairle na Tuaithe in 2017 and to date in 2018; the progress made in the development of rural and outdoor recreation in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53937/18]

Local Improvement Scheme Data

Dara Calleary

524. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of expenditure that has been incurred to date under the local improvement scheme allocation of almost €10 million to local authorities announced on 26 October 2018 to local authorities sanctioned by each local authority on the scheme in tabular form. [53938/18]

CLÁR Programme

Dara Calleary

525. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration is being given to reintroducing the group water and group sewerage top-up leverage schemes under CLÁR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53939/18]

Departmental Schemes

Dara Calleary

526. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on a proposal by a person (details supplied). [53943/18]

Departmental Agencies Funding

Dara Calleary

592. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the 2019 allocation by between current and capital funding for her Department and each body under the remit of her Department; and the corresponding 2018 allocation for each such body and Department in tabular form. [53923/18]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Dara Calleary

593. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Dara Calleary den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé mhéad airgid breise a bheartaítear a chur ar fáil chun an Straitéis Fiche Bliain don Ghaeilge a chur i ngníomh in 2019; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [53940/18]

An Foras Teanga

Dara Calleary

594. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Dara Calleary den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé mhéad airgid atá curtha ar fáil i meastacháin 2019 don Fhoras Teanga, agus é briste síos idir Foras na Gaeilge agus Gníomhaireacht na hUltaise; an bhfuil sí sásta leis an maoiniú atá á chur ar fáil don dá ghníomhaireacht sin; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [53941/18]

Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla

Dara Calleary

595. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Dara Calleary den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén uair atá sé i gceist Bille nua na dTeangacha Oifigiúla a fhoilsiú; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [53942/18]

School Accommodation Provision

Dara Calleary

230. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the need for a new permanent building at a school (details supplied); if the school will be assisted in securing extra ground; the progress of the divestment of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53118/18]

Health Services Staff

Dara Calleary

416. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with a union (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that it represents over 500 medical professionals in the health service; the efforts he has made to avert industrial action proposed for later in December 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53119/18]

Commercial Rates

Dara Calleary

650. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of proposals to cut the cost of commercial rates for childcare providers; the type of operator that is required to pay commercial rates; if this policy is applicable in each local authority area; if local discretion applies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53117/18]

Departmental Funding

Dara Calleary

241. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current and capital funding allocated for each scheme and programme in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 under his Department and bodies under the remit of his Department; and the amount expended in each such year to date in 2018 for each scheme, in tabular form. [52396/18]

Departmental Budgets

Dara Calleary

242. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has sought permission from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to carry over unspent capital to 2019; if so, the amount sought as a carryover; the reason this was necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52397/18]

Departmental Budgets

Dara Calleary

269. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has sought permission from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to carry over unspent capital to 2019; if so, the amount sought as a carryover; the reason this was necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52398/18]

Departmental Budgets

Dara Calleary

270. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of capital allocated to her Department in 2018; the amount spent to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52399/18]

Departmental Budgets

Dara Calleary

271. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and capital funding allocated for each scheme and programme in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 under her Department or the bodies under the remit of her Department; and the amount expended in each such year to date in 2018 for each scheme in tabular form. [52400/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Dara Calleary

33. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated by his Department for current and capital expenditure in 2018 including the capital carry-over from 2017; the amount spent under each category to date in 2018; his plans to ensure full expenditure of funds available by the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52192/18]

LEADER Programmes Administration

Dara Calleary

35. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to date with the roll-out of the LEADER programme 2014 to 2020; the expenditure incurred to date on the programme by administrative, animation and project costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52193/18]

Action Plan for Rural Development

Dara Calleary

46. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress on the pilot scheme to encourage residential occupancy in rural towns and villages as committed to under the Action Plan for Rural Development. [51865/18]

Mobile Telephony Services

Dara Calleary

52. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeline for the release of information on the mobile coverage blackspots pilot project to encompass all 31 local authority areas expanded in March 2018; if a map of blackspots will be made available; the actions he will take to address these blackspots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51866/18]