Showing results 1 - 10 of 48 for the category: Community development.
Partnerships: ‘2,000 fear for their jobs’
Paschal Mooney (FF, agricultural) again expressed his concern as to the future of the local development partnerships (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 13th March 2013, 49). There was very little clarity about the new structures and he asked the Minister for the…
Administrative costs of the partnerships
Meantime, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, published details of the administrative costs of the partnerships, giving details of the allocation (first table) and the administrative costs (second table) (Dail Eireann, Debates, 12th March 2013,…
Implementing alignment, transport
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan, announced that nominations had been sought from parties invited to participate in the Alignment Implementation Group (Dail Eireann, Debates, 5th February 2013, 17). He told Willie O’Dea (FF, Limerick…
RAPID in 2013
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan informed Eamon O Cuiv (FF, Galway W) of the progress of the RAPID programme of urban local development (Dail Eireann, Debates, 5th February 2013, 9-10). There were 51 RAPID…
1 Debates: Future of local development companies
The future of local development companies or partnerships in the alignment process was, as flagged earlier, discussed in the Seanad (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 22nd January 2013, 245-280). Paschal Mooney (FF, agriculture) warned of the storm clouds gathering on this…
Local development and alignment
Several members raised the future of local development partnerships. Paschal Mooney (FF, agricultural) asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government would he come to the Seanad to discuss his proposals for the abolition of local development companies…
Family Resource Centres in the new Child Family Support Agency, aftercare service
Several deputies raised the future of the Family Resource Centres (FRCs) in the new Child and Family Support Agency (Dail Eireann, Debates, 18th December 2012, 138-140; 142-4; 270-1). The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald, told Seamus Healy…
Focussed Policy Assessment of Rural Social Scheme. Numbers on Community Employment, Tús up
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, told Dara Calleary (FF, Mayo) that the Central Evaluation Unit of his department was expected to provide ealy in the new year a draft of its Focussed Policy Assessment of the…
Funding community fora, women’s council
Sen. David Cullinane (SF, labour) raised the issue of the funding of community fora, notably Waterford Community Forum (Seanad Eireann, Debates, 14th November 2012, 501-3). 220 organizations belonged to the community forum, but its budget had fallen from €25,925 in…
Healy-Rae challenges alignment
Michael Healy-Rae (ind, Kerry S) raised, during topical debates, the alignment report on local government and development published by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (Dail Eireann, Debates, 20th November 2012, 299-302). This was the third attempt,…
