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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (10 Oct 2024)
Martin Kenny: My question relates to participation in libraries around the country, the number of people who are members of our libraries and how much they are used. What can be done to get more people to use our library facilities, which in many areas are excellent? We spoke earlier about needing more investment. I take it that the Minister of State was not expecting this question. We never thought...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (10 Oct 2024)
Joe O'Brien: I have an issue in that I do not have a prepared response for Question No. 91.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (10 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Okay. We are in the same position regarding all the questions after that. We have Deputy O'Rourke and Deputy O'Sullivan in the Chamber. I understand the Minister of State's dilemma. We will move on to Question No. 93. Deputy O'Rourke might outline the question.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Library Services (10 Oct 2024)
Question No. 92 taken with Written Answers.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (10 Oct 2024)
Climate Change Policy
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (10 Oct 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: 93. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the LEADER programme; the measures that have been funded for climate change mitigation and adaptation; the amount of funding that was allocated to LEADER in budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40519/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (10 Oct 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: This question seeks an update on the LEADER programme. What measures have been funded for climate change mitigation and adaptation? What amount of funding was allocated to the programme in budget 2025? Will the Minister of State make a statement on the matter?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (10 Oct 2024)
Joe O'Brien: The best I can do is to tell the Deputy that we will get back to him with some detail on that. I simply do not have the information available.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (10 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: We will move on to Question No. 98, in the name of Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan, which by any stretch of the imagination was not expected to be reached.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (10 Oct 2024)
Questions Nos. 94 to 97, inclusive, taken with Written Answers.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Community Development Projects
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: 98. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received to date from Cork city and Cork county for the 2024 community centre investment fund; the amount of money that has been allocated; when an announcement is likely to be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40648/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: I did not expect this question to be reached. Nationally, €30 million was allocated for greenfield sites for new community centres in the last round of the community centre investment fund. I am aware of four projects in Cork, two of which were mentioned by Deputy Gould earlier. I am advocating for a significant upward review of that €30 million in light of the significant...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Joe O'Brien: The expectation is that decisions will be made on the community centre investment fund by the end of the year. That is as much information as I have on it. I have nothing here to support that.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Is féidir teacht ar Cheisteanna Scríofa ar www.oireachtas.ie. Written Answers are published on the Oireachtas website.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I take the opportunity to welcome the students in the Public Gallery. Cuirim céad míle fáilte roimh na daltaí óga atá thuas staighre ag breathnú anuas orainn. Tá fáilte rompu.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Joe O'Brien: Given that it is World Mental Health Day, maybe we could take a 20-minute mental health break.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 11.40 a.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 12.01 p.m. Sitting suspended at 11.40 a.m. and resumed at 12.01 p.m.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Thomas Gould: The Minister of State spoke about capacity and funding being in place. I represent an area in Cork called Ballyvolane. It is now a massive area with a lot of privately built houses but also social housing. There is a mixture. There is no community centre. Right now, there is a plan to build 1,000 more houses, and in the wider Ballyvolane area there is the possibility of 2,000 houses and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Joe O'Brien: A couple of points occur to me. If I do not get to them all, I will do it in follow-up. There is a responsibility, if the Deputy is talking specifically about community centres, on the local authority which needs to engage with its local community. I know there is a good community department in Cork and I know a few of the people in there who would be committed. I also know the area of...