Parliamentary questions

2283. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of staff from his Department seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the Department or agency, in tabular form. [18599/26]

2284. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of staff from his Department seconded to a firm in the private sector, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the company, in tabular form. [18617/26]

2285. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of staff from his Department seconded from a firm in the private sector, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the company, in tabular form. [18635/26]

2286. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total anticipated costs associated with his foreign travel for St Patricks Day; the delegation size; and if a breakdown can be provided on these costs including on accommodation and flights. [18898/26]

2287. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the percentage of LEADER funding allocated to projects in the respective LAG areas; the amount drawn down; the amount of funding remaining to the allocated (in tabular form); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18978/26]

2288. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if, through the Pobal , Clár CSP and Dormant Accounts he can provide a list of all non-statutory organisations in County Mayo funded to provide the following services for older people and the amount of funding provided to each organisation for each service: kitchen and food providing facilities; co…

2289. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the take-up of the senior alert scheme for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; if he intends to make any changes to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19230/26]

2290. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when consideration of the review of CLÁR areas nationally, undertaken in 2021 using the 2016 Census of Population data, will be concluded and additional areas added; and if additional areas across County Donegal are being considered. [19400/26]

2291. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total amount of funding allocated to respective local authorities in 2025 for all rural schemes provided by his Department (details supplied), including the town and village renewal scheme, CLÁR, LEADER, LIS, outdoor recreation and rural regeneration, by county, in tabular form. [19460/26]

2292. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department or any body under its aegis made a disclosure under Revenue's recent disclosure opportunity to regularise misclassification of self-employment; if so, to provide details of the numbers of workers affected and the amount paid to Revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […

2293. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department administers any funding schemes which can support provision of Christmas lights in rural towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19548/26]

2294. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the person or body with responsibility for the TidyTowns programme, including oversight and administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19573/26]

2295. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the supports currently available to connected hubs to assist with the employment of hub managers; whether funding is available specifically towards salary and operational costs; the criteria that applies; and the process by which hubs may apply for such supports. [19623/26]

2296. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if the provision of panic alarms for elderly people will still remain under the remit of his Department; if it will continue to be managed by Pobal in collaboration with Age Friendly Ireland who take applications from elderly people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19954/26]

2297. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department has engaged with a commercial service provider (details supplied) regarding their inability to correctly record Irish names containing síneadh fada characters; whether this practice is consistent with State expectations for companies operating in Gaeltacht areas and throughout the S…

2298. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will request from a company (details supplied) the total number and percentage of its customers residing in Gaeltacht regions and in the West of Ireland; and the steps his Department will take to ensure that companies providing essential services in these areas meet minimum Irish language accom…

2299. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his Department's position on telecommunications and broadband companies operating in the State without an Irish language strategy, despite providing essential services in Gaeltacht communities; and whether he intends to raise with a company (details supplied) their reported lack of any policy for ena…

2300. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he considers the failure of major service providers to support Irish language name formatting and customer service pathways to be compatible with the goals of the National Plan for Irish Language Public Services 2024-2030; and the measures that are available to his Department to promote compliance…

2301. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of WTE qualified accountants working within his Department as of 10 March 2026, in tabular form. [20027/26]

2302. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the projects that were funded under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in Longford in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [20028/26]

2303. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of staff recruited to his Department in the grades of Clerical Officer, Executive Officer, and Higher Executive Officer in each of the past five years; and if he will provide the figures in tabular form. [20039/26]

2304. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of staff recruited to his Department in the grades of Clerical Officer, Executive Officer and Higher Executive Officer in the past five years who did not successfully complete their probationary period; and if he will provide the figures broken down by grade and by year. [20040/26]

2305. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if records are maintained regarding the stage of probation at which employment ceased for staff who did not complete probation in the grades of Clerical Officer, Executive Officer and Higher Executive Officer in the past five years; and if so, the number whose employment ceased within the first three …

2306. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of staff in the grades of Clerical Officer, Executive Officer and Higher Executive Officer who transferred to another Department or public body during their probationary period in the past five years. [20042/26]

2307. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of staff in the grades of Clerical Officer, Executive Officer and Higher Executive Officer within his Department whose probationary period was extended in each of the past five years; the reasons such extensions may be applied; and the number of those staff who subsequently successfully com…