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Responding to the personal, social, cultural and educational needs of young travellers. Targeting young people to participate in training with the intention of breaking the cycle of educational disadvantage. Building a structure which will provide additional space and enhance existing use of premises and services. Employing project workers to monitor attendance and track potential early school leavers at primary and post primary level. Maintaining and developing a hospitality information support and referral service.

Extension of support programme for 12 to 15 year olds who have left, or are at risk of leaving, formal education. Providing support, guidance and structured interventions for young early school leavers. Providing training in all aspects of IT, from basic computer skills to web design. Developing outreach action aimed at seeking the participation of the most marginalised group including potential and early school-leavers, travellers, young people with disabilities, and young people at risk within the West Tallaght area using horse care as the medium.

Developing a project which focuses on two areas of assessed need for young people, IT training and sessional counselling. Developing and implementing needs based programmes, in the North Inner City of Dublin.

Providing an issue-based sports youth programme for young females age between years in an after school environment in the North Inner City area of Dublin.

To employ a full-time youth worker to work directly with Collinstown Park Community College to implement school-based youth work activities. To provide a salary for one counsellor for two years to counsel young people under 18 and their parents. Recruiting a community youth worker to work with young people at risk of early school leaving in the Curragh. Providing homework support for primary and post primary students who live in the Dundrum area of Dublin.

Implementing an integrated, community-based programme to tackle three specific aspects of educational disadvantage in Taghmon. Expansion of an awareness programme about depression and suicide to both non-mainstream and mainstream schools. To provide a special educational unit with equipment for autistic children and children with special needs within the Co. Tipperary area. Provision of breakfast for school children and cooking facilities for after school clubs.

Purchasing a bus to collect targeted students who have very high rates of absenteeism. Establishing the current educational disadvantage project in two other key locations in the catchment area. Development of a coordinated and integrated youth service for all, particularly those classified as difficult to reach.

Provision of notice boards to enable communities access to information about service provision, community activity and training and other opportunities. To develop the foreshore area, for recreational and amenity purposes around a large local authority estate on the northern suburb of Sligo town. Employing a family counsellor to work with the children and the families attending the eight primary schools on the North side of Drogheda town.

To establish a service that will enable greater co-ordination and integration of educational service provision in Tuam and Ballinasloe. Pilot project to increase awareness of health issues, deliver health programmes, train local people as trainers and develop a local health alliance.

Developing a project addressing educational disadvantage which includes the employment of a Parent Resource worker. Developing a tracking system for young people at risk of dropping out of the education system. Employing a youth worker to develop a new after-school club in Kilbarron and extend existing club in Borrisokane. The creation of a therapeutic room to provide more therapeutic support for children and as a place in which to carry out assessments. Providing a further 5 schools in disadvantaged areas with a high quality school library, staffed by a full-time professional librarian.

Sherlock asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will elaborate on his comments in his letter in a newspaper details supplied on 31 October , that people often profess to love the Irish language, yet at the same time object to money being spent to provide equality of service in the Irish language to Irish speakers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

The Deputy will appreciate that I was pointing out the inconsistency by those articulating a love of the language on the one hand, while objecting to money being spent to provide equality of service in Irish. Stanton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which he supports the work of community councils; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

My Department does not fund community councils. However, we fund the community development programme, CDP. The CDP supports locally-based groups involved in anti-poverty and social inclusion initiatives in their communities so that they can contribute to a process of change in their areas and improve the quality of life of their communities.

The CDP remit is to maintain an anti-poverty-anti-exclusion-anti-discrimination focus and to promote the participation of people experiencing poverty, exclusion and discrimination at all levels within the programme. A total of projects are participating in the programme in urban and rural areas with a further 15 in the process of establishment. Crawford asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on his efforts to provide funding for the reopening of the Ulster Canal on either a phased or total basis; his views on whether this is a truly cross-Border project with the full support of all politicians and communities North and South; and his further views on whether this project would be of major benefit towards a proper tourism structure and therefore of major economic benefit to this hard-pressed Border area.

One of the functions of Waterways Ireland, one of the six North-South implementation bodies established under the British-Irish Agreement Act , is to examine the possible restoration of the Ulster Canal. No decision has been taken to proceed with the restoration of the Ulster Canal. The issues arising in regard to the Ulster Canal, including the question of whether a phased or partial approach to the matter might be feasible, are being considered by my Department and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in the North.

The Deputy will appreciate that the question of allocating funding does not arise at this time. Areas in 18 counties, amounting to a total population of ,, are included in the programme. These investments are made through a series of more than 20 measures, which support physical, economic and social infrastructure such as electricity conversion, roads, water and sewerage, village, housing and schools enhancement, health, broadband and sports and community projects.

The measures reflect the priorities identified by the communities in the selected areas whom I consulted at the start of the programme. The measures were agreed with and are operated in tandem with the lead Departments, State agencies or public utilities, as appropriate. I intend to continue this practice for new measures I may introduce, depending on identified needs. Equally, I will keep the operation of existing measures under review.

The merits of this practice are reflected in the successful delivery of the programme. A number of measures operate on a two-year cycle, and , and this is reflected in the funding allocated. The bulk of the approved funding in for other areas will not fall for payment in the same year, for example, top-up funding under the sports capital programme.

Upton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if his Department has a strategy to promote agri-tourism; the value to the economy annually of agri-tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. This funding is made available to rural communities through their local Leader companies. My Department also provides a number of other supports to rural or agri-tourism including sponsorship of the national rural tourism awards, funding the western development tourism programme aimed at developing areas in the western counties which are underperforming in terms of tourism and the work of Comhairle na Tuaithe in relation to the development of a countryside recreation strategy.

Agri-tourism plays an important role in the development and maintenance of the rural economy. Work is under way on advancing performance indicators for various areas relating to the work of my Department. Matters such as the value to the economy of agri-tourism will be considered. Cuffe asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding work being funded through his Department on the refurbishment of the old courthouse at Clifden, County Galway.

The refurbishment works cover replacing windows and doors, painting, repairs to footpaths, general clean-up of grounds and minor improvements. Works being carried out by the OPW are expected to be completed by end Howlin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which grants under the language planning initiative were allocated to the five successful applicant groups; the way in which the spending of these grants will be monitored by his Department; when the next tranche of money will be allocated under the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Applications received under the scheme were assessed according to the following criteria: the fulfilment of the various conditions outlined in the application procedure; the manner in which the applicant intended to pursue and achieve the objectives of the project; the capacity and suitability of the organisation to carry out the project; the experience and competence of the organisation in the preparation and implementation of an appropriate language plan in the Gaeltacht; the level and appropriateness of the resources available for the project; value for money and overall cost to the Department on an annual basis.

With regard to monitoring, it is intended that a language manager will be recruited in each case who will be responsible in the first instance to a local steering committee. The provision of further funding will depend on the success of this initiative in meeting the goals set out in the various plans. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made on the decentralisation of his Department to Knock; the number of applications or expressions of interest which have been made to the central applications facility in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

As I indicated in reply to Questions Nos. In that context, the following steps have been taken by my Department to advance the decentralisation process: a dedicated decentralisation unit was set up to manage the programme.

The unit is staffed by a higher executive officer and a clerical officer, who report to the personnel officer. This unit has prepared and distributed to staff an information pack which includes a wide range of information on decentralisation areas relating to my Department’s remit. The unit issues regular bulletins to staff with the most up to date information available on decentralisation and all documentation relating to the issue is made available on the public folders of my Department’s e-mail system.

A departmental decentralisation committee has been established to steer the decentralisation process within the Department. Membership of the committee is made up of senior management and staff. A liaison officer has been appointed to facilitate communication between the Department of Finance and my Department. Special meetings of my Department’s partnership committee are held to specifically address issues arising from decentralisation and use is made of such meetings to ensure staff are kept informed on all aspects of the decentralisation process.

There is regular communication between my Department and staff associations through the departmental council process. In addition, work is in hand regarding the establishment of systems for job analysis and process mapping for each function within my Department to facilitate effective transfers of staff in the future. An initial decentralisation implementation plan for my Department has been prepared and submitted to the decentralisation implementation group.

The September data obtained from the CAF system indicates that civil servants and nine public servants have lodged applications for or expressed an interest in decentralisation to Knock Airport. The number of staff required by my Department for that location is Penrose asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has finished the preparation of regulations in respect of formal contracts with ferry operators providing services, which incorporate road transport links, to the islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

My Department is preparing regulations in respect of formal contracts with ferry operators providing services, which incorporate road transport links. It is hoped to have these regulations published at an early date.

These regulations, which will be subject to the consent of the Ministers for Finance and Transport, will set down the agreed destinations for connecting bus passenger services and will form the basis for entering into formal contracts in these cases. Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he has had discussions with the Department of Finance in regard to seeking increased funding for local drugs task forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Costello asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which community research is contributing to efforts to combat drug abuse here; the support that he is giving to community-based organisations working on drug use; if he has asked the Department of Finance for more funds for these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the extent to which he has offered assistance to communities involved in the fight against drugs in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of urban and rural community groups to which he has awarded grant aid or other assistance in the fight against drugs; if he has proposals to increase activity in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. My Department has overall responsibility for co-ordinating the implementation of the National Drugs Strategy The strategy contains individual actions, under the four pillars of supply reduction, prevention, treatment and research, to be implemented by a range of Departments and agencies.

My Department also has responsibility for the work of 14 local drugs task forces, LDTFs, which were established in the areas experiencing the highest levels of drug misuse, particularly heroin.

A broad range of community-based projects are being supported in areas such as treatment, prevention, education etc. The main aim of the fund is to attract “at risk” young people in disadvantaged areas into recreational facilities and activities and divert them away from the dangers of substance misuse. My Department also has responsibility for the national advisory committee on drugs, NACD, which was established in July to advise the Government on the prevalence, prevention, treatment and consequences of problem drug use in Ireland based on the analysis of research findings and information available to it.

The NACD launched a community-voluntary sector research grant scheme to generate innovative, community-based drugs research in December Arising from this scheme, four research studies were published in September last. Ballymun youth action project undertook a study on the role of benzodiazepines in the development of substance misuse problems in Ballymun Kilbarrack coast community programme examined the issue of drug misuse among ten to 17 year olds in the Kilbarrack area.

Merchants Quay Ireland examined drug use among new communities in Ireland. Tallaght homeless advice unit explored the links between homelessness and drug use. The findings of these studies are being examined by various Departments and will also be considered by my Department in the context of the mid-term review of the national drugs strategy.

I refer to funding for drugs work. The Estimates process for is ongoing and my Department has been in discussions with the Department of Finance in this regard.

While the Deputies will appreciate that the allocations for my Department for next year have not been finalised, I assure them that tackling drug misuse remains a priority for this Government and it is my intention that significant resources will continue to be targeted at this problem. Stanton asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the initiatives he has taken to support rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

I have undertaken a wide range of initiatives in support of rural communities. In addition, my Department continues to oversee the delivery of programmes which support rural communities. These investments are made through a series of more than 20 measures that support physical, economic and social infrastructure such as electricity conversion, roads, water and sewerage, village, housing and schools enhancement, health, broadband and sports and community projects.

The measures reflect the priorities identified by the communities in the selected areas whom I consulted at the start of the programme and were agreed with and are operated in tandem with the lead Departments, State agencies or public utilities, as appropriate.

I launched the rural social scheme in May of this year. The aims of the scheme are to provide services of benefit to rural communities by harnessing the skills and talents available among low income farmers and fishermen and income support to low income farmers and fishermen who are in receipt of specified, primarily long-term, social welfare payments.

I hosted a small food producers forum in Maynooth in November to support small food producers and those working with them. A number of topics were raised at this forum, including co-ordination between small food producers and statutory agencies, training bodies etc. David Byrne, spoke at the forum. I established Comhairle na Tuaithe in February It includes representatives of farmer, recreational users, tourism marketing bodies and other interested groups. Comhairle na Tuaithe is working on conflict resolution on access to the countryside, the development of a countryside code and a countryside recreation strategy.

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A black marble column stands at each corner of the sculpture which supports the ceiling. Two lead coffins rest in the crypt of the mausoleum, reached by the winding stone staircase to the left of the altar. You may also climb upstairs from where there is a lovely view of the surrounding woodlands. Mass is said once a year in the Mausoleum. While Kathleen spent much of her life away, her cousin Rosamund stayed in the house and remained there until she died.

A rift developed between the women in later years. Rosamund may have thought that Kathleen ignored Monivea and stopped financing the house and was leading the high life abroad. Communications at that time were difficult and letters took a long time to arrive.

After the Bolshevik revolution in , all her lands were confiscated. Having lost all her Russian wealth she was imprisoned and released in She fled Russia via Finland. She settled in Harbin, Manchuria, China. She died in Harbin 1st January Her body was brought back to Monivea, a distance of four thousand miles.

Kathleen left nothing in her Will to her cousin Rosamund but Rosamund inherited the estate following a legal problem – but had died 2 days previously so she never knew. The terms of the Will were never honoured and the house was knocked down.

They were written in Russian, English and French. A posting to Russia by the author Jean and her husband John helped to research the history of Kathleen Ffrench. The book was published and launched in Rosamund Ffrench died in was the last resident of Monivea Castle. She was laid to rest outside the Mausoleum.

Broomville Lodge. Broomville Lodge is in the townland of Cloonmweelaun and in the civil parish of Moylough. Both of these latter area names, sadly, were ignored during the formalisation of townlands in the s though they were widely used prior to that.

This is a protected structure and very rare in this part one the country. In fact only seven are recorded south of an imaginary line from Galway City to Dublin.

Later records of show the area to be known as Coylemoylan and its ruler being Laurence Bodkin, a Catholic, and later in it was part of the vast estate of the Protestant Earl of Clanricard. A Johnston family from Fermanagh purchased this land in Leitrim in the early 18th century and in the midth century Robert St George Johnston, third son of Robert Johnston of Kinlough House, owned a townland in each of the civil parishes of Killoscobe and Moylough. Ballaghnagrosheen, in the parish of Killoscobe was bought in addition from the sale of the estate of George Ruttledge in Kinlough House was originally known as Oakfield House and was the seat of the Johnston family from the early eighteenth century.

It was remodelled in the s by Robert Johnston and renamed Kinlough House. In the Tuam Herald of Feb. George Robert Johnston is notes as selling his lands to the Estates Commissioners at Cloonmweelaun and Ballaghnagrosheen. The house and lands of Broomville Lodge are owned by the Keary family Derryglassaun.

Colmanstown Quaker Model Farm. Following on from the Cromwellian conquest it is recorded as being owned by William Brabazon, a Protestant, in who also acquired nearby townlands of Clough and Ballyglass.

They acquired this property in county Galway in the 19th century and by the s owned 4, acres in county Galway and acres in county Louth. In the s Myles W. O’Reilly held this land, some of which he leased to the Quakers in to set up a model farm centred on Colmanstown. He also held land in the parish of Dunmore, barony of Ballymoe. In the s he is recorded as owning acres in county Galway and in county Louth.

Colmanstown, originally a French property, was to become a Quaker settlement. Buildings on both sides of the road mark the site of Colmanstown. Only the walls remain of some of these buildings, others, however, are still in use. A group of Quakers Society of Friends formed a relief Committee in to distribute aid to the suffering people during the Great Famine. In they leased acres of land which was completely walled with high double doors at front and back entrances, having three avenues with gate houses at each entrance.

The house was a two storey structure over a basement and a ten roomed dwelling. The land was originally acquired on a year lease from Myles W. The intention was to establish the Model Farm as a teaching institute and the farm was to be self-sufficient.

A proposal was put forward to the central relief committee Dublin that it should establish a model farm for the more effective teaching of methods of growing crops and to act as an example of how a well-run farm should operate.

Nevertheless the work went on at pace in the spring of and an extensive range of farm buildings was constructed. Before the farm could be fully operational a considerable amount of land reclamation was required and this involved the removal of ditches to create larger fields and the laying of land drains.

Some people were employed on the Colmanstown model farm and a variety of crops was grown including grain and green crops, while there was also a wide range of farm animals such as cattle, sheep and pigs. When the Central Relief Committee arrived to inspect in they found a flourishing farm operating in what, three years earlier, had been among the most desolate wastes in Ireland.

The farm had a well-built stone wall along the road, a driveway to the residence and buildings. Facilities included stables for 18 horses, a piggery for 60 hogs, stalls and yards for cattle and granaries for barrels of oats. A stream which had been diverted to run along the farm buildings provided power for threshing and winnowing machines.

About acres had been drained and were under cultivation with acres awaiting drainage. A printed report dated 5th of 8th month from the farm superintendent was pasted into the committee minute book showing acres under cultivation including oats, barley, turnips, mangolds, rape carrots, potatoes, silage and land devoted to grazing and fallow. The benefit afforded the Irish farmer by the instruction in modern methods was immeasurable.

Year after year until the work continued. Colmanstown never made a profit, but each year it turned out young farmers well trained in agricultural methods applicable to the particular Irish conditions. Local labour was employed and learned to make the best of small holdings.

It would be impossible to estimate how many farmers remained in Ireland and resisted emigration because of the grounding they had received at Colmanstown. When the famine struck again in the Friends debated the future of the farm. As the distress continued the CRC decided in mid-summer to disband the farm and use the funds for the relief of distress.

Colmanstown gave one last service to Ireland when the remainder of the money realised from its sale was given to the Hospital for Incurables, the only institution of its kind in Ireland and one which accepted patients of all faiths and positions in society. The project was unprofitable and the farm was eventually sold to J. Smith, from Co. Cavan, and his wife who operated the farm of acres and employed many local people.

Smith died in and the couple had no children. Cows, calves, pigs, fowl as well as sheep were kept in the enterprise with crops of potatoes, barley and oats cultivated. Foul was also kept. The family kept 5 horses. A staff of five people worked on the farm, a housemaid was also employed. Families lived in the gatehouses and the including the Connolly, Doyle and Browne families. Many of the buildings erected by the Quakers have since been knocked down but some walls remain.

It was conceived, sketched, planned, constructed and painted in three days – quite remarkable! The largest amount of good: Quaker relief in Ireland, Abbert House.

Robert Blakeney, a member of a family of Elizabethan settlers, was granted lands at Castle Blakeney, parish of Killosolan, by the Cromwellian Commissioners. This grant was confirmed by royal patent dated 27 Nov , when Thomas Lovelace and Ralph Fenwick, the executors of the will of Major Robert Blakeney of Gallagh, were granted over 2, acres in the baronies of Tiaquin and Kilconnell, and in Abbert House counties Mayo and Kilkenny.

Castle Blakeney was burnt in the s and the Blakeneys went to live at Abbert, which they bought from the Ffrenchs and where they continued to reside until the beginning of the 20th century. Fee simple estates of John Henry Blakeney in the parish of Kilbride and at Caherateige, parish of Ardrahan, were advertised for sale in Limerick, and R. The Blakeneys owned an estate of 7, acres situated in the parishes of Ballymacward, Killosolan and Monivea, as well as lands in the parish of Ardrahan and in the parishes of Drumatemple, barony of Ballymoe, Kilglass, barony of Ballintober North, and Kilbride, barony of Ballintober South, Co.

In Terence Lynam advertised for sale acres at Corgowan in the parish of Kilbride, formerly part of the Blakeney estate. In he is listed as a Blakeney Tomb resident proprietor in county Galway. In , Wilson refers to Abbert as the seat of Mr. Slater refers to Abbert as the seat of John Blakeney in Many members of the Blakeney family are laid to rest in the Moor Cemetery which is located in the Demesne. A new house has been built at the site but the ruins of the original outbuildings still exist.

Blakeney would scatter a bucket of oats for the birds in the front lawn of Abbert House. Belleville House. The Mahons bought the Belleville estate in the parish of Monivea, from the Brownes of Coolarne in the early s. His son General Sir Bryan Mahon had a distinguished military career in the late 19th century.

It was later sold to the Daly family of Corofin. About 1, acres of Bryan T. Mahon’s estate was vested in the Congested Districts’ Board in March Mahon, like the Lamberts, bought other land from the Brownes which formed the basis of the estate of the Mahons of Belleville. The history of the Mahons of Belleville provides an interesting example of how a family without an original fixed estate succeeded in amassing wealth.

Both families had a common origin and ancestry in Co. Clare and both illustrate the same interesting historical features. The Mahons were originally O’Briens and were driven into Galway from Clare during the late 16th century. The ancestors of the Castlegar branch became based in Loughrea and rose to fortune through the patronage of the Earls of Clanricarde.

The ancestors of the Belleville branch resided in Gort and enjoyed the patronage and protection of the O’Shaughnessy chiefs of Gort and of their successors the Prendergasts of Lough Cutra. The Mahons leased land from the Prendergasts as well as the mansion of Rindifin where they resided at that time. They were prosperous by the time Thomas Mahon married Peter Lambert’s daughter.

Bryan Mahon, Thomas’s father, is described in deeds as “possessed of a large fortune, stock, wool, leases, etc. Thomas Mahon bought the lands of Belleville from the Brownes of Kilskeagh in In not until that Thomas moved from Rindifin near Gort to this area. He, we are told, lived in Cossaun Castle until and then moved to Belleville, probably when the new house was built. The Mahons had something of a military tradition.

Seven brothers are said to have fought at the Battle of Waterloo, and the last of the family, General Sir Bryan Mahon, was a distinguished soldier and later a member of the Irish Senate.

 
 

 

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A group of Quakers Society of Friends formed a relief Committee in to distribute aid to the suffering people during the Great Famine. In they leased acres of land which was completely walled with high double doors at front and back entrances, having three avenues with gate houses at each entrance. The house was a two storey structure over a basement and a ten roomed dwelling. The land was originally acquired on a year lease from Myles W.

The intention was to establish the Model Farm as a teaching institute and the farm was to be self-sufficient. A proposal was put forward to the central relief committee Dublin that it should establish a model farm for the more effective teaching of methods of growing crops and to act as an example of how a well-run farm should operate.

Nevertheless the work went on at pace in the spring of and an extensive range of farm buildings was constructed. Before the farm could be fully operational a considerable amount of land reclamation was required and this involved the removal of ditches to create larger fields and the laying of land drains. Some people were employed on the Colmanstown model farm and a variety of crops was grown including grain and green crops, while there was also a wide range of farm animals such as cattle, sheep and pigs.

When the Central Relief Committee arrived to inspect in they found a flourishing farm operating in what, three years earlier, had been among the most desolate wastes in Ireland.

The farm had a well-built stone wall along the road, a driveway to the residence and buildings. Facilities included stables for 18 horses, a piggery for 60 hogs, stalls and yards for cattle and granaries for barrels of oats. A stream which had been diverted to run along the farm buildings provided power for threshing and winnowing machines. About acres had been drained and were under cultivation with acres awaiting drainage.

A printed report dated 5th of 8th month from the farm superintendent was pasted into the committee minute book showing acres under cultivation including oats, barley, turnips, mangolds, rape carrots, potatoes, silage and land devoted to grazing and fallow. The benefit afforded the Irish farmer by the instruction in modern methods was immeasurable. Year after year until the work continued. Colmanstown never made a profit, but each year it turned out young farmers well trained in agricultural methods applicable to the particular Irish conditions.

Local labour was employed and learned to make the best of small holdings. It would be impossible to estimate how many farmers remained in Ireland and resisted emigration because of the grounding they had received at Colmanstown.

When the famine struck again in the Friends debated the future of the farm. As the distress continued the CRC decided in mid-summer to disband the farm and use the funds for the relief of distress. Colmanstown gave one last service to Ireland when the remainder of the money realised from its sale was given to the Hospital for Incurables, the only institution of its kind in Ireland and one which accepted patients of all faiths and positions in society.

The project was unprofitable and the farm was eventually sold to J. Smith, from Co. Cavan, and his wife who operated the farm of acres and employed many local people. Smith died in and the couple had no children. Cows, calves, pigs, fowl as well as sheep were kept in the enterprise with crops of potatoes, barley and oats cultivated. Foul was also kept. The family kept 5 horses. A staff of five people worked on the farm, a housemaid was also employed.

Families lived in the gatehouses and the including the Connolly, Doyle and Browne families. Many of the buildings erected by the Quakers have since been knocked down but some walls remain.

It was conceived, sketched, planned, constructed and painted in three days – quite remarkable! The largest amount of good: Quaker relief in Ireland, Abbert House. Robert Blakeney, a member of a family of Elizabethan settlers, was granted lands at Castle Blakeney, parish of Killosolan, by the Cromwellian Commissioners.

This grant was confirmed by royal patent dated 27 Nov , when Thomas Lovelace and Ralph Fenwick, the executors of the will of Major Robert Blakeney of Gallagh, were granted over 2, acres in the baronies of Tiaquin and Kilconnell, and in Abbert House counties Mayo and Kilkenny. Castle Blakeney was burnt in the s and the Blakeneys went to live at Abbert, which they bought from the Ffrenchs and where they continued to reside until the beginning of the 20th century.

Fee simple estates of John Henry Blakeney in the parish of Kilbride and at Caherateige, parish of Ardrahan, were advertised for sale in Limerick, and R. The Blakeneys owned an estate of 7, acres situated in the parishes of Ballymacward, Killosolan and Monivea, as well as lands in the parish of Ardrahan and in the parishes of Drumatemple, barony of Ballymoe, Kilglass, barony of Ballintober North, and Kilbride, barony of Ballintober South, Co.

In Terence Lynam advertised for sale acres at Corgowan in the parish of Kilbride, formerly part of the Blakeney estate.

In he is listed as a Blakeney Tomb resident proprietor in county Galway. In , Wilson refers to Abbert as the seat of Mr. Slater refers to Abbert as the seat of John Blakeney in Many members of the Blakeney family are laid to rest in the Moor Cemetery which is located in the Demesne. A new house has been built at the site but the ruins of the original outbuildings still exist.

Blakeney would scatter a bucket of oats for the birds in the front lawn of Abbert House. Belleville House. The Mahons bought the Belleville estate in the parish of Monivea, from the Brownes of Coolarne in the early s. His son General Sir Bryan Mahon had a distinguished military career in the late 19th century.

It was later sold to the Daly family of Corofin. About 1, acres of Bryan T. Mahon’s estate was vested in the Congested Districts’ Board in March Mahon, like the Lamberts, bought other land from the Brownes which formed the basis of the estate of the Mahons of Belleville.

The history of the Mahons of Belleville provides an interesting example of how a family without an original fixed estate succeeded in amassing wealth. Both families had a common origin and ancestry in Co. Clare and both illustrate the same interesting historical features. The Mahons were originally O’Briens and were driven into Galway from Clare during the late 16th century.

The ancestors of the Castlegar branch became based in Loughrea and rose to fortune through the patronage of the Earls of Clanricarde. The ancestors of the Belleville branch resided in Gort and enjoyed the patronage and protection of the O’Shaughnessy chiefs of Gort and of their successors the Prendergasts of Lough Cutra. The Mahons leased land from the Prendergasts as well as the mansion of Rindifin where they resided at that time.

They were prosperous by the time Thomas Mahon married Peter Lambert’s daughter. Bryan Mahon, Thomas’s father, is described in deeds as “possessed of a large fortune, stock, wool, leases, etc.

Thomas Mahon bought the lands of Belleville from the Brownes of Kilskeagh in In not until that Thomas moved from Rindifin near Gort to this area. He, we are told, lived in Cossaun Castle until and then moved to Belleville, probably when the new house was built.

The Mahons had something of a military tradition. Seven brothers are said to have fought at the Battle of Waterloo, and the last of the family, General Sir Bryan Mahon, was a distinguished soldier and later a member of the Irish Senate. Perrse of Moyode. He was appointed to command the 10th Irish division of the new armies in at Gallipoli. General Sir Bryan had been guilty of desertion in the face of the Turkish enemy in August On that occasion, in a fit of pique at not receiving an anticipated promotion, he abandoned his 10th division and took himself off to a distant island.

There he nurtured and cultivated his wounded pride. It was reported that his actions contributed to the decimation of the 7th Dublin Fusiliers on the slopes of Kiretch Tepe Sert overlooking Suvla Bay. But no one was prepared to give such an order in the absence of the divisional commander. The 7th Dublins did not have the option of taking umbrage at Turkish grenades. Mahon un-resigned within a week and his career — whatever about his reputation — did not suffer greatly.

In May , after accomplishing all that was possible in most difficult circumstances, Mahon was succeeded as British commander-in-chief by Sir George Milne. Once more Mahon went to Egypt, and there commanded for a month the Western Frontier. He then returned England, and towards the end was sent to Ireland as commander-in-chief. This appointment was made in the hope that Mahon’s knowledge of his fellow countrymen and his long established popularity would help to relieve the situation in Ireland after the bitterness around the Easter Rebellion.

The appointment was fully justified and a most prominent instance was his tactful action, in the many difficult situations of the Irish trouble, was his decision to withdraw the military from the streets of Dublin on the day appointed for the funeral of Thomas Ashe, who had died while on hunger strike in Mountjoy Jail.

Mahon was not destined to hold it long, for when Lord French was appointed Viceroy of Ireland in May ; he requested that Sir Frederick Shaw should be appointed. Mahon therefore returned to England, and in the following October took over the duties of military commander at Lille. Here he remained in what proved to be his last active appointment, until March Retiring in , Mahon went to live in Ireland, and in the following year became a senator of the newly formed Irish Free State.

Cosgrave, in This though did not prevent him suffering during the Irish Civil War as his County Kildare property was burned down by anti-Treaty forces in February He was elected to the Seanad in , and served until his death in He was sworn of the Privy Council of Ireland in , became colonel of his own regiment, and received the K. B in He was a grand officer of the legion of honour, and held the grand cross of the white eagle of Serbia.

Mahon married in Amelia died , daughter of the Hon. He had no children. Mahon was essentially a Cavalry leader. He was fond of shooting, hunting, pig sticking and polo and was a fine steeplechase rider. In he took over the management of the Punchestown race meeting, and showed himself a very efficient administrator of turf affairs.

He also became chairman of the committee for the control of mechanical betting in Ireland. He died in Dublin the 24th of September , at Earlsfort Mansions, and is buried in Mullaboden cemetery. General Cary Bernard and they had two children Melanie and Dudley. Dudley, also known as Burton, died in an accident in Ballydavid. Bowes-Daly of Dunsandle. Mary Gilhooley, Belleville Demesne, and also for all of the documentation and pictures that she made available to us for the compilation of this article.

Vermount House. Vermount House was situated in the Vermount House townland of Moneen in the civil parish of Killoscobe. In Matthew French was granted over 4, acres in the barony of Tiaquin, including the commons of Menlough and nearly a thousand acres in the barony of Clanmorris, county Mayo. Gregory Anthony French of Moneen, later known as Vermount, sold a portion of his estate of acres in the parish of Ballymacward, to James Blake of Waterdale in James died in , leaving his estates to his nephew, another James Blake.

At the time of Griffith’s Valuation Theobald Michael Blake held townlands in the parishes of Ballymacward and Killoscobe, barony of Tiaquin and a townland in each of the parishes of Oranmore and St Nicholas, barony of Galway.

In the early s he owned over 5, acres in county Galway. The estate at Vermount was bought by the Land Commission in the early 20th century and the house was burned down in Members of the Blake family are buried in a burial house on the estate. Extensive outbuildings are still in use and part of the yard is now a residence. In , Wilson refers to a house called “Munnine” as a seat of Mr.

Cross House. Cross House is located in the townland of Cross Oughter in the civil parish of Killoscobe. The house itself was constructed in the shape of a cross and this is evident today from what remains of the structure. While there are claims that the shape was actually Cross House based on an historical ecclesiastical function, connected to the Cistercians, there does not appear to be any hard evidence or documentation to support this so perhaps it was given its shape rather from the name of the area.

Cross house has always been closely associated with the Evans family who had a very substantial presence in the more general Ballymacward area. Much of the history relating to the Evans family has been compiled by Herbert Parker, Ballymacward, who is a direct descendant of the Evans family.

Extracts from that detailed family history are included in the remainder of this article. The Evans family settled, in the 18th century, at Carrowmore, a townland near Woodlawn Station, which also became known as Mount Evans.

The family bible of John Cannon Evans in provides a wonderful and detailed history of the Evans family and its long history as well as some other early details along with the relationships to other branches of the family in nearby counties. John Cannon Evans great grandfather Samuel Evans was one of seven brothers. Their father was a nephew of and gunman to the then Lord Carbery but prior to this he amassed considerable wealth in Kilkenny West, County Westmeath, was foolish and extravagant and ran through property before seeing out his final days with Lord Carbery.

His sons scattered to various Mount Evans – Built in s locations but two, Frank and the above mentioned Samuel came to Woodlawn. Westmeath with the Parkers. Mayo on May 15th and afterwards they resided at Cross House in the parish of Killoscobe. Having purchased a portion of the Ballinrooaun townland, from George Porter, in under the Encumbered Estates Court he continued to lease the major portion of the townland to his tenants but retained the original Porter farm for his own use.

Lord Clonbrock was the chairman. The Board acquired the site from Michael D. The workhouse was built in Two famine pots were found on the Cross estate.

John Robert Parker came to work there prior to and there he met his future wife Susanna Evans. They were married on May 19th , in Kilconnell, by Revd. Daly, Dean of Clonfert and Rector of Gort. They later moved to reside in Church Grove, Ballymacward. John Robert Parker did not expect the main inheritance but he inherited the Woods lands at Keave when the family died out. Westmeath in Their son John married Bridget Forde and the Herbert family line continued in the Ballymacward area with their children Siobhan and William and Herbert.

Much of the information in this article was extracted from a detailed family history made available by Herbert Parker and his wife Noreen formerly Noreen Coppinger from Corrandoo to Jimmy Laffey in April At the time, it was in the possession of Ulick Derry Lynch, a wealthy Galway merchant who served a sub-sheriff of County Galway in and mayor of Galway town in It was owned by the descendants of Michael Redington, a younger son of Thomas Redington died and his wife Margaret Lynch.

There was a long legal dispute over ownership of the estate with the Kilcornan branch of the family. Thomas Redington, son of Michael, died in without a male heir and his estate passed to his daughter Eleanor, who had married Stephen Roche of Granagh Castle, county Ryehill House Kilkenny in Over acres of the Ryehill estate, in which Mrs Eleanor Redington had a life interest, were advertised for sale by James Balfe or his assignee Patrick Dignan in Limerick and it was from the O’Briens that the Roches obtained their Limerick estate.

In the s the Redington Roches owned 3, acres in county Galway, 88 acres in county Mayo, 1, acres in county Limerick and an estate in county Kilkenny. About 4, acres of their county Galway estate was vested in the Congested Districts’ Board in The house, built the early s, is no longer extant as it was unroofed in the s, and the Killarney family are its current owners. Joseph P.

Newtown House, which stands in the townland of Newtown, dates back to the s, when it was built by the Browne family. In the early 19th century Cloonkeely or Cloonkeelwy in the townland of Ballyboy, parish of Kilbennan, belonged to John Browne Lynch, a member of the Lynch of Lowberry family, who had married a Browne of Cloonkeely.

Previously he had acquired the Rockfield or Rockville estate from the Burkes but it was soon taken over by the Court of Chancery. A family with county Roscommon origins, members of 18th century generations of the Kellys served in the Austrian Army and were prominent landowners in Jamaica.

When, in , John Kelly bought the Newtown estate from the Brownes of Moyne three generations of the Kelly family would reside there in the 19th century. In the midth century the estate amounted to nine townlands in the parish of Abbeyknockmoy. Kelly had two plantations in Jamaica. Green Castle today is a hotel on a 1,acre estate.

By a conservative estimate, based on historical standards of living, that’s worth almost a million euros in today’s money. Charles Kelly, a county court judge and vice-president of the RDS, is recorded as the owner of over 2, acres in county Galway in the s. In June a Charles Kelly was advertising the sale of over 1, acres in the parish of Kilkerrin and lands in Leitrim and in Roscommon.

It is not entirely clear, however, if this is Charles Kelly of Newtown. The lands in the parish of Kilkerrin were leased to William Parke Cullen.

The extracts deal with her life and visits to Ireland, and are translated from the French by her grandson Jacques Dumont de Montroy. It deals with her growing up in Dublin and Newtown, as well as social visits to the landed families in County Galway. Her father Charles Kelly died in Newtown changed hands again in when it was purchased by Major Carr, of Carr’s water biscuits fame.

It remained in his family until when it was sold to Lord Wrottesely. Today the property is approached via a sweeping, established tree-lined avenue adding to the privacy of the estate. Behind the solid-wood front door is a magnificent hallway that leads to superbly proportioned reception rooms.

The drawing room is an enticing masterpiece, from its cornice work to the beautiful oak floorboards. Your eye is drawn to the original fireplace and the detailed architrave above each door. The main staircase in the hall leads to two fine bedrooms, both with en suite bathrooms and walk – in dressing rooms. Scenic views over the surrounding countryside can be seen from each window. Further bedrooms and bathrooms are accessed via the back staircase. There is also a self-contained apartment on the ground floor.

The house boasts refurbished original sash windows throughout and, because of the south facing aspect, natural light radiates through each room. Through the huge ornate arch to the rear of the house is the original courtyard that has been re- slated and re-mortared in keeping with the period and three quaint cottages are contained within the courtyard along with six stables, a tack room and a sand arena.

In it was sold to Lord Richard Wrottesley, who was killed three years later in a car crash on his way home from Dublin airport having reportedly made a bet that he could complete the journey in less than two hours. Wrottesley left a wife and one child: a two-year-old son, Clifton Hugh Lancelot de Verdon Wrottesley, who grew up to be a fund manager, British peer and skeleton racer, and competed for Ireland at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Later, Newtown House was owned by a German film producer and then by a Dutch psychiatrist.

The owners, who had been in place for 17 years, completely restored it between and under the guidance of the Irish Georgian Society.

We also acknowledge the generous support of Galway County Council for the printing and provision of materials associated with its publication. August Lord Wallscourt of Ardfry : an early Irish socialist. Cross-cultural occurrences of mutations in tower house architecture: evidence for cultural homogeneity in late medieval Ireland?

I believe it would be inappropriate to provide further details in advance of the completion of this process. With regard to establishing the extent of the total surplus properties available to the health services, it will be necessary to carry out a professional assessment or evaluation of the entire health estate.

This issue will be addressed by a group of senior officials in my Department in the near future. With regard to Newcastle Hospital, I am informed by the East Coast Area Health Board that consideration is being given to the development of a number of new health service facilities on the lands of Newcastle Hospital. Technical staff have been asked to formulate an overall development plan for the site. Subsequent to the production of this overall plan, the question of residual property will be reviewed in the context of health services priorities for the region.

My Department has written to the regional chief executive of the Eastern Regional Health Authority requesting him to investigate the matter raised and to reply to the Deputy directly. In , as part of the national emergency plan for nuclear accidents, approximately Each household received a packet containing six potassium iodate tablets BP85mg, which is sufficient to provide a single dose for each member of an average sized household.

The tablets were aluminium foil blister packed and sealed in a carton containing an information and instruction leaflet.

Each carton delivered by An Post was in a sealed firm envelope labelled with appropriate warning statements and the name and address of the recipient. A public notice was placed in national newspapers at the time advising persons that these tablets were medicinal products and that they should be stored in a cool dry place, in their original sealed container and out of reach of children. While all medicines should be stored safely, I am advised that there is no significant risk from these tablets given that the average household will only hold one carton containing six tablets.

A further 1. Persons who do not have a supply of tablets for any reason should contact their local health board and arrange for the collection of the tablets required. The following table sets out relevant contact details. My Department is considering what further steps may be necessary regarding the use of iodine tablets as a counter- measure under the national emergency plan for nuclear accidents. My Department has again made inquiries of the relevant health board in respect of this matter.

The health board has informed my officials that the preferred option referred to by the Deputy in his question is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Education and Science, and therefore does not come within my remit.

My Department has been in touch with the Department of Education and Science and understands that it will contact the Deputy concerning this matter. Information from the Western Health Board indicates that of the 8, deletions from medical card databases for County Mayo from 1 January to 31 October , 8, were due to deletion of deceased cardholders while were for other reasons, including duplication.

The Government is fully committed to the extension of medical card coverage as set out in the programme for Government. This will focus on people on low incomes. The timing of the introduction of the extension will be decided having regard to the prevailing budgetary position. The provision of health services in the Kildare area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the South Western Area Health Board acting under the aegis of the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the authority to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply direct to him as a matter of urgency.

I have had inquiries made from the health boards and the Eastern Regional Health Authority and have been informed that arrangements for payment are made for services provided when the board or authority receives the invoice, provided details are in order.

This is done in a timely fashion and the boards or authority are not aware of any difficulties arising from late payments. If, however, the Deputy has a specific case in mind, he should take this up with the appropriate health board. One of the key priorities of my Department is to progress as quickly as possible the development of purpose built residential and day facilities on the campus referred to by the Deputy. The suitability of the person referred to by the Deputy for transfer to an alternative facility would be a decision taken by her medical team in consultation with the relevant health board.

Responsibility for the provision of a medical card is, by legislation, a matter for the chief executive officer of the relevant health board or authority. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the North Eastern Health Board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply to him directly. Responsibility for the provision of services for residents of County Wexford is, in the first instance, a matter for the South Eastern Health Board.

My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the South Eastern Health Board to investigate the matter and reply to the Deputy directly. I am familiar with the work carried out by the north-west alcohol forum and I welcome its recent report.

The pilot project proposed by the forum will be considered as part of the implementation of the recommendations of the reports of the strategic task force on alcohol. My Department has not received a proposal from the South Eastern Health Board for the provision of new accommodation at the community welfare office in Dungarvan.

The question of providing new community care facilities in Dungarvan would, in the first instance, be a matter for the South Eastern Health Board. A bursary model for supporting postgraduate clinical psychology training was adopted to underpin the implementation of a key recommendation of the union-management joint review group on psychological services in the health services to substantially increase the number of training places in clinical psychology from 30 to 50 and support the establishment of new courses at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and the University of Limerick.

This increase in training places will help meet the long-term human resource needs of the health service for clinical psychologists and is, therefore, of significant benefit to those who need to avail of psychological services.

The bursary model is also intended to secure the best return on the significant resources invested in the training of clinical psychologists.

The terms of the bursary model were agreed jointly by my Department with the health boards’ directors of human resources group in August I understand this level of financial support compares favourably to that available to postgraduate students generally.

In the absence of a national plan for postgraduate clinical psychology training, some students were previously employed as trainee clinical psychologists on a salary scale with a multiplicity of arrangements in place to fund course fees ranging from the deduction of fees from the pre-tax salary to payment of full fees. These arrangements were put in place at a time when the limited number of training places severely restricted access to postgraduate courses in clinical psychology.

The introduction of the bursary model is, therefore, facilitating a substantial improvement in access to training through the development of new courses to the benefit of prospective students.

It is also intended to contribute to a significant improvement in the volume of psychological services provided to the public by training the increased personnel required to reduce the current high level of vacancies for clinical psychologists in the health service. The Deputy may wish to note that discussions have taken place with representatives of the IMPACT national vocational group and the professional body regarding the introduction of the new model.

However, it has not proved possible to reach agreement and, following a conciliation conference held by the Labour Relations Commission, the matter has now been referred to the Labour Court. Information is provided by the health boards or Eastern Regional Health Authority on a quarterly basis for the health service personnel census.

The following table provides a breakdown of the employment status of nurses on 30 June Note: Columns A and B are permanent employees. Column C are temporary employees. A breakdown between permanent and temporary is not available for columns D to G. The chief executive officer of each health board or authority is responsible for the management of the workforce in his or her region, including decisions on the type of contract, permanent or temporary, under which staff are employed.

Temporary nurses have always been a feature of the health service and the employment of such qualified staff is not considered detrimental to service delivery. There are a number of reasons that some nurses are employed on a temporary basis in the public health service.

Temporary nurses may replace permanent nurses who are absent from their post while on career break, maternity leave, adoptive leave, parental leave and so forth; overseas nurses may initially be employed on temporary contracts; recent nursing graduates are usually employed in a temporary capacity for the first 12 months of employment; and some nurses choose to remain on temporary contracts rather than apply for permanent positions.

Temporary nurses are eligible to apply for permanent posts as they arise. The Protection of Employees Fixed-Term Work Act ensures that temporary employees are not treated less favourably than colleagues who have permanent appointments. The Act also provides that temporary employees in their fourth or subsequent year of continuous employment are in most cases entitled to permanent status. Entitlement to health services in Ireland is primarily based on residency and means.

Under the Health Act , determination of eligibility for medical cards is the responsibility of the chief executive officer of the appropriate health board or authority other than for persons aged 70 years and over, who are automatically eligible for a medical card. Medical cards are issued to persons who, in the opinion of the chief executive officer, are unable to provide general practitioner medical and surgical services for themselves and their dependants without undue hardship.

Income guidelines are drawn up each year by the health board or authority chief executive officers to assist in the determination of a person’s eligibility for a medical card and these are revised annually in line with the consumer price index, CPI.

The last such increase was notified in January Health board or authority chief executive officers have discretion in issuing medical cards and a range of income sources are excluded by the health boards when assessing medical card eligibility.

Despite someone having an income that exceeds the guidelines, a medical card may still be awarded if the chief executive officer considers that a person’s medical needs or other circumstances would justify this. It is open to all persons to apply to the chief executive officer of the appropriate health board for health services if they are unable to provide these services for themselves or their dependants without hardship.

With regard to investment income and capital generally, health board staff take interest from savings and the amount of capital available into consideration in the assessment of means for a medical card, which is routinely carried out by a community welfare officer, CWO.

Additionally the issue of the treatment of SSIA proceeds in the assessment of means for a medical card is under consideration with a view to ensuring that nobody is disadvantaged under the scheme. The chief executive officers of the boards-authority are reviewing numerous issues regarding the administration of the medical card scheme and I understand that their findings and recommendations will be available in the near future.

The Government is fully committed to the extension of medical card coverage as set out in the health strategy. In line with the health strategy, my Department is committed to the preparation of new legislation to update and codify the legal framework for eligibility and entitlements in regard to health services. The Deputy will appreciate that I cannot at this stage give specific commitments about levels of expenditure in for any particular service as these matters will be decided as part of the discussions on the Estimates and budget for the year between my Department and the Department of Finance.

The report on the review of the Child Care Pre-School Services Regulations and amended regulations of has not as yet been finalised. I understand that training issues for pre-school inspection staff which may arise as a result of the requirements of the revised regulations will be considered as part of the implementation of the revised regulations. Responsibility for the provision of orthodontic treatment to eligible persons in County Mayo rests with the Western Health Board.

My Department has asked the chief executive officer to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply to him directly. McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the incapacitated child allowance prior to budget and double the tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

It has been the practice of successive Ministers for Finance not to comment on what may or may not be contained in upcoming budgets and I do not intend to depart from that approach. Ferris asked the Minister for Finance the range of tax breaks and relief available to smaller operators in the tourism sector.

I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that there are no specific tax breaks or reliefs for smaller operators in the tourism sector. The general position is that expenses incurred wholly and exclusively for the purposes of a trade are deductible in arriving at taxable profits. Tax relief is available in the form of capital allowances for capital expenditure incurred on certain buildings, such as hotels, holiday cottages and holiday camps. Relief is also available for capital expenditure on plant and machinery used for the purposes of a trade.

In addition, tax relief for certain tourist facilities is available under certain of the property-based incentive schemes and the business expansion and seed capital schemes. Full details on the rural renewal, urban renewal and town renewal schemes, business expansion scheme, seed capital scheme and the relief for significant buildings are available from the Revenue Commissioners website at www.

McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the amount of rent paid to date for a green field at a location details supplied in County Kilkenny on foot of an agreement signed in March ; if he intends to withdraw from this agreement; if he intends to develop the field for use by a Department or to house asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

This case is before the courts and is scheduled for mention on 30 November to allow time for formal correspondence between the parties about settlement proposals and to allow time for implementation of terms of settlement. In the circumstances, it would be inappropriate to comment further on the licence agreement at this stage. Stagg asked the Minister for Finance the action he intends to take regarding the endowment mortgage scandal as detailed in a television programme details attached ; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

The Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority, IFSRA, is studying the situation with regard to endowment loan shortfalls, having commenced a survey earlier this year, to determine whether and to what extent there will be difficulties for customers. It would be inappropriate to reach any conclusions on this issue in advance of IFSRA’s consideration of the outcome of the survey.

I will continue to review the adequacy of the relevant legislative framework as information from IFSRA becomes available. There are no reliable data on the overall number of cases where there may be a shortfall. These types of mortgages operate on the basis that instead of making capital payments on a mortgage, the client pays only the interest on the mortgage — therefore the capital amount owed does not decrease. However, the client also makes an investment with a life assurance company, the aim of which is to cover the mortgage and, possibly, provide some additional benefit beyond that.

The products provided additional benefits, for example, in the form of higher tax relief, which were attractive to borrowers. These products inherently require customers to take some risk. They are exposed to market fluctuations, just like any market based life assurance investments. The fact that a person does not gain as much as expected is not in itself an indication of any inappropriate practices on the part of the bank or insurance company concerned.

The consumer director of IFSRA, Mary O’Dea, has encouraged people to come forward if they are worried about the possibility of having been mis-sold an endowment mortgage.

They should complain in the first instance to the company from whom they bought the policy. As regards the legal framework, there is already a substantial volume of legislation in place relating to these financial products. Following the enactment of the Insurance Act , a code of conduct for insurance intermediaries and guidelines were drawn up by the industry in consultation with the then Department of Industry and Commerce.

Key requirements of the code were that the intermediary should know the client and give best advice. The Consumer Credit Act , which commenced in May , contains specific provisions relating to endowment loans and, in particular, prescribes certain information which must be included in any application form or information document issued to consumers applying for such loans. Since the commencement of the Act, for example, all endowment loan application forms must contain a prominent notice to the effect that: “There is no guarantee that the proceeds of the insurance policy will be sufficient to repay the loan in full when it becomes due for payment.

Similarly, obligations apply where a policy is surrendered early resulting in a net loss to the consumer. The Act also places an obligation upon insurers underwriting policies relating to endowment loans to issue a statement to the consumer every five years setting out not only the value of the policy at the time of issue but also a comparison of this valuation to the valuation at such date projected at the time the policy was first written and a revised estimate of the valuation at maturity.

In addition to the provisions of the Consumer Credit Act, the Life Assurance Provision of Information Regulations, which came into being in , obliges insurers to provide policy holders, including holders of policies relating to endowment mortgages, with an annual written statement containing inter alia information on the current surrender or maturity value of the policy. More recently, this Government has already considerably enhanced the regulatory and supervisory regime governing the financial services industry, primarily through the enactment of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act , which established the Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority or IFSRA.

This Act will provide for an enhanced structure for dealing with consumers who have complaints about financial institutions and also provides consumer and industry consultative panels for the financial regulator. The consumer panel will have an important role in ensuring that the regulator is correctly reflecting the interests of consumers in its protective — issue of codes of conduct — and educational-information pamphlets and so forth — roles.

The disabled drivers’ and disabled passengers’ tax concessions scheme, which applies to certain persons with severe physical disabilities has been in operation since Its benefits have been considerably enhanced over the period and now involve the following.

Relief is available for a vehicle which has been specially constructed or adapted for use by a person with a disability and which has an engine size of less than 2,cc in the case of a driver and 4,cc in the case of a passenger or an organisation which represents persons with disabilities. There is repayment of excise duty on fuel used in a vehicle for the transport of a person with a disability up to a maximum of gallons or 2, litres per year.

These limits are increased to gallons and 4, litres for an organisation which represents persons with disabilities. There is exemption from annual road tax. The scheme is not means-tested and the scale of benefits involved has created demand for the scheme to be extended to cover a much broader range of physical impairments.

An interdepartmental review group was convened to review the operation of the scheme. The terms of reference of the group were to examine the operation of the existing scheme, including the difficulties experienced by the various groups and individuals involved with it both on an administrative and user level, and to consider the feasibility of alternative schemes, with a view to assisting the Minister for Finance in determining the future direction of the scheme.

The report of the interdepartmental review group on the disabled drivers’ and disabled passengers’, tax concessions, scheme made a number of recommendations for consideration by the Minister for Finance.

In respect of the minimum period of retention of a vehicle, the report recommends that the minimum limits on the period of retention of a vehicle purchased under the scheme, and the frequency of renewal of a subsequent vehicle also purchased under the scheme, should be extended from two years to three years or, alternatively, the level of tax relief should be reduced in the case of second or subsequent applicants. The basis for this recommendation is that the frequency of vehicle change is contributing to the ongoing steep rise in the cost of the scheme.

The report highlights that the review group was not convinced by any evidence that vehicles used by persons with disabilities depreciate at a faster rate than other vehicles to the extent that they need to be replaced every two years. Moreover, the report highlights that a three-year warranty is standard for many makes of cars. Schemes in other countries were examined by the review group and indicate that tax relief or assistance on the purchase of a car is only available after three to seven years use of a vehicle.

Given the scale and scope of the scheme, changes can only be made after very careful consideration. For this reason, the Government decided in June this year that the Minister for Finance will consider the recommendations contained in the report of the interdepartmental review group in the context of the annual budgetary process having regard to the existing and prospective cost of the scheme.

I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that under section of the Taxes Consolidation Act , relief from capital gains tax applies on the transfer of “chargeable business assets” from parent to child. The provision of private residential accommodation is not regarded as a trade or profession for tax purposes.

Consequently, gains arising on the transfer, during the lifetime of the parent, of property used for that purpose are chargeable to capital gains tax. Section 2 of the Taxes Consolidation Act provides that the assets of a deceased person are not deemed to be disposed of by him or her on death. This provision ensures that assets passing from parent to child, on the death of the parent, are not subject to capital gains tax.

Relief from capital acquisitions tax for all gifts and inheritances taken on or after 11 April of relevant business property was introduced in the Finance Act However, section 93 3 of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act specifically excludes certain types of business, including businesses which consist wholly or mainly of making or holding investments. The letting of accommodation, whether on a long or short-term basis, is generally regarded as a business of making or holding investments and is therefore excluded from capital acquisitions tax business relief under section 93 3 of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act It is not the practice to comment in the lead up to the annual budget and Finance Bill on the intention or otherwise to make changes in taxation.

Perry asked the Minister for Finance when work will commence on the refurbishment of Tubbercurry Garda station, County Sligo, in view of the inadequate conditions that exist: the progress made; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

I am advised by the Commissioners of Public Works that tender documents for improvement works at Tubbercurry Garda station are currently being prepared with a view to invitation of tenders early in the New Year.

The Government is committed to significant expenditure on infrastructure in the BMW region and I anticipate that this will continue to occur over the remainder of the NDP. The Office of Public Works recently completed a major works programme of re-roofing at Kilcrea Friary to house the extensive carved stone collection.

A continued maintenance programme is planned to include improved access, resurfacing, cleaning of vegetation and some consolidation of wall tops. While the area adjoining the friary is used as a car park, this is not in State ownership and the question of the Office of Public Works maintaining it does not arise.

A pre-budget submission from the Irish Craft Brewers Network has been received. This submission, as with all other pre-budget submissions, will be considered in the context of preparations for the forthcoming budget and Finance Bill.

McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the purchase price of properties details supplied in County Wexford; the selling price, if sold, and the date of sale; and the cost of maintenance and security while the property was in State ownership. McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the cost of a property details supplied in Dublin 4; if the property has been disposed of; the cost to the State of the judicial review proceedings; the cost of security and maintenance of the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

The property has not been disposed of but negotiations are in hand regarding its future use. The court judgment in this case did not include an order for costs.

The State used the services of the Chief State Solicitor’s Office who also retained one senior and junior counsel. The costs of counsel are not readily available but on receipt of the information it will be communicated directly to the Deputy.

McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the purchase price of a hotel details supplied in County Cork; the cost of the judicial review proceedings; the cost of security and maintenance; if the property was sold and the selling price; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Judicial review proceedings are still ongoing and costs are not available. McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance further to correspondence details supplied the projects he envisaged that might use the system built accommodation held in storage arising from the inability of his Department to use the structures in Kilkenny; if the buildings are in use or still in storage; if the units can be sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Two accommodation units have been allocated to other Departments. A second unit is in use at the Medialab Europe headquarters, the old Guinness hop store, Dublin 8 as an information technology suite for children.

The remaining units are being allocated to the Department of Education and Science for use at various schools and as staff accommodation at Kilkenny Castle. The Department of Education and Science is examining layouts for the schools at present. McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in issuing a tax clearance certificate to a person details supplied in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the certificate referred to by the Deputy is a certificate of discharge from capital acquisition tax and this was issued on 4 November Documents submitted in connection with this matter were received on 11 October Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans to introduce early retirement schemes in the context of decentralisation or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. As the Deputy may be aware the Government decided in September , to implement a number of further key recommendations of the Commission on Public Service Pensions.

These included a cost neutral early retirement facility which will allow public servants to retire early with actuarially reduced superannuation benefits. Under this arrangement, workers whose current minimum pension age is 60 years will be able to avail of the facility from age 50 years and upwards. Those whose minimum pension age is 65 years will be eligible from age 55 years and upwards. The facility is being made available to serving staff and the option will be extended to staff who resigned on or after 1 April , with an entitlement to preserved superannuation benefits.

Superannuation benefits in such cases will be based on pensionable service at the time of resignation reduced, on an actuarial basis, to take account of early payment. Implementation of this and the other changes announced in September will commence as soon as detailed guidelines have been prepared and circulated by my Department. My officials are completing work on this aspect, at present.

From time to time, early retirement schemes form part of broader policy measures aimed at achieving improvements in efficiency and effectiveness in areas of the public service or in specific public service bodies. However, no such proposals are under consideration at this time. With reference to the decentralisation programme as announced in the budget for , the programme will be implemented on a voluntary basis.

There will be no redundancies, nor is any scheme of early retirement envisaged as part of the programme. As on previous occasions, the payment of removal or relocation expenses will not arise. Bruton asked the Minister for Finance if the implementation of decentralisation will affect the ceiling on public service numbers which he imposed in budget ; and if this ceiling applies to promotion and grades. I accept that there may be pressure for temporary increases in numbers during the training of staff that are decentralising.

However, the process is not intended to create extra costs for the Exchequer. Overall public service numbers will not increase as a result of decentralisation. From the start, the policy of capping and reducing public service numbers was to be implemented by natural wastage and without impacting on front line services to the public as far as possible and this remains the case.

No specific grades were targeted but it was intended that there would be an even distribution across grades rather than a concentration on lower grades. Healy asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the proposal to invite tenders to provide the public service with space and services in two world-class data centres; the proposed location of these centres; the security and sovereignty issues involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

The first report of the decentralisation implementation group sets out a rationale and a recommendation for the public service acquiring space in private sector world- class data centres. It also recommended the establishment of an inter-agency group to progress such a procurement.

My Department has established and chairs this group. It comprises senior IT representatives from the large Civil Service Departments and offices and from the justice, health and local authority sectors. It also includes project management experts from the Office of Public Works. The group is considering all issues associated with such a procurement, including the most appropriate procurement approach, the type of facilities and services required, the technology and telecommunications issues involved, possible contract types, potential location options, ownership, management and operation requirements, and any possible security and sovereignty issues that may arise.

These are complex issues by their nature and will take some time to work out in detail. The group is working to reach conclusions by the first quarter of A flood relief scheme for John’s River, Waterford city, was placed on public exhibition in March-April Certain revisions were subsequently made to the proposed works and OPW officials are in discussions with officials from Waterford City Council in relation to progressing the scheme. There are no other proposals at this time for the implementation of flood relief works elsewhere in Waterford.

McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if plans exist for alleviation measures in respect of serious flooding of the River Nore at Thomastown, County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. The OPW has no proposals at present in respect of flood alleviation measures in Thomastown.

The possibility of devising flood relief measures and the priority to be accorded to any such measures may have to be examined in the light of the recent flood event. Existing OPW resources are heavily committed to dealing with areas, which are already in the OPW programme and which were also affected by the recent flooding. When it rains gold, put out the bucket, not the thimble. And in the near future, you will be glad you took that step. Start that journey today by registering with SafeTrust Innovations at www.

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