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Colm Burke Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
76. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who were awarded SUSI grants in the current academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55461/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
77. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta an féidir leis a dheimhniú nach bhfuil sé beartaithe aon airgead breise caipitiúil a dheonú do Rannóg na Gaeltachta anuas ar an airgead a bhí socraithe cheana féin faoin bPlean Forbartha Náisiúnta.. [56049/25]
Liam Quaide Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
78. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if additional funding will be provided in Budget 2026 under the Tidy Town grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56044/25]
Conor D McGuinness Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
79. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to detail his formal engagements with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage; and the outcomes of those engagements. [56317/25]
Mark Wall Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
80. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the new RAPID programme announced in budget 2026; and when he expects the programme to be operational by. [55400/25]
Keira Keogh Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
81. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if there are plans to move panic alarms administered by Pobal under the seniors alert scheme from copper phone lines to more robust broadband lines and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55509/25]
Brendan Smith Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
82. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding available for the CLÁR programme in 2026, the funding available for each measure under the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55960/25]
Liam Quaide Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
83. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on plans to expand the provision of free-to-use wireless internet connectivity in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56046/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
84. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the future funding plans for the community recognition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55894/25]
Peadar Tóibín Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
85. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the steps his Department is taking to promote the Irish language in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51547/25]
Noel McCarthy Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
86. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the supports made available by his Department to address rural vacancy and dereliction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55943/25]
Louis O'Hara Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
87. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will consider increasing the LEADER allocation for County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54825/25]
Martin Daly Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
88. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the steps his Department is taking to ensure equitable investment in towns such as Ballinasloe that experience multiple forms of disadvantage despite strong community capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56024/25]
Peter Roche Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
89. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on his Department’s plans to streamline and accelerate the approval process for local improvement scheme and outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme applications, particularly in areas such as Galway east, where shovel-ready projects with local match funding are awaiting sanction; and if he wi…
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
90. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding available for primary school children to attend the Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55893/25]
Micheál Carrigy Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
91. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the announcement of allocation of funding under the LEADER programme will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55609/25]
Mark Wall Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
92. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if new funding has been allocated to the development of additional public libraries as part of Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55407/25]
Brendan Smith Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
93. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the progress to date in the roll-out of the PEACEPLUS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55959/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
94. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the delayed national hub network strategy is expected to be published; the reason for the delays to its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55767/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
95. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding has been given to areas in Louth under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55826/25]
Barry Ward Oral 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
96. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his views on the merits of providing multi-annual funding for men’s and women’s sheds to allow them to plan longer term projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54869/25]
Liam Quaide Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
97. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the actions taken under Embracing Ireland’s Outdoors - National Outdoor Recreation Strategy 2023-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56047/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
98. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the next meeting is scheduled between his Department, the Department of Health and representatives of Women’s Sheds regarding the development of a national governing body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55997/25]
Grace Boland Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
99. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the implementation of the town and village renewal scheme; the way in which the impact of this scheme is being measured in terms of community wellbeing and economic activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54981/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
100. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the absence of updated language planning guidelines; and the timeline for the publication of the draft Gaeltacht planning guidelines. [55823/25]