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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (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. Does Deputy O'Rourke want to refer briefly to Question No. 93?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: Question No. 93 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: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (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)
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...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Thomas Gould: Fair Hill is another area in my constituency. The current group of volunteers, because that is what they are, have been doing unbelievable work there for the past ten years. Cork City Council gave them a council house. They have hundreds of children between community groups, youth groups, art groups and counselling. The Minister of State would want to see the work they are doing out of a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Joe O'Brien: I am identifying an immediate need and a long-term need. Building projects take time. If there is a site and the council is engaged with it, we are on for talking to them. We now have the community centre investment fund. It is oversubscribed, but there is an option. There are other options with possible smaller allocations. One thing I will put out there when it comes to immediate...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Martin Kenny: Insurance is the problem.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Joe O'Brien: Yes, that comes up and we can engage with them on it. There are ways around it. A lot of schools open up and some do not, but there is an onus on schools. They are not just education facilities. They are key pieces of infrastructure in the wider community. There may be potential there. I do not know the specifics of the school.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Thomas Gould: There are loads of schools, but how do you get them all the equipment? Where do they put all their equipment?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Oct 2024)
Catherine Connolly: The Deputy will have to put in other supplementary questions.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Rural Schemes
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Pádraig O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for details of the latest local improvement scheme waiting lists in Cork; if she will include the number of roads and estimated costs for Cork; if her Department will engage with private contractors to help local authorities that are struggling with capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40649/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: 79. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the local improvement scheme, LIS; the measures this has supported in Meath; the amount of funding that was allocated to LIS in budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40520/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: Will the Minister of State provide an update on the local improvement scheme, the measures this has supported in County Meath and the amount of funding allocated to the LIS in budget 2025, and will he make a statement on the matter?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 74 and 79 together. The local improvement scheme supports the improvement of rural roads and laneways that are not usually maintained by local authorities. As part of Our Rural Future, the Government is committed to ensuring the LIS is funded into the future. In April of this year, funding of more than €40 million for the 2024 and 2025 schemes...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Oct 2024)
Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The funding is always welcome, but it does not go far enough. If you combine it with other improvement or involvement schemes like CIS, there is significant demand. There are long waiting lists. For those two schemes there is a ten-year waiting list in County Meath alone. In terms of the level of funding, is there a consideration of the...