Parliamentary questions

2308. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to review correspondence (details supplied); if he will assist with the query by way of advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20594/26]

2309. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by him and all members of his staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20614/26]

2310. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by all Junior Ministers in his Department and their members of staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20632/26]

2311. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted due to St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026; and the amount paid. [20651/26]

2312. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of carbon that has been emitted by transport used by him, the Junior Ministers in his Department, and their staff for each of the past five years; if he has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted because of transport; and the amount paid in each year. [20669/26]

2313. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the Inis Oírr Pier Redevelopment project; the progress made to date; the forthcoming stages of the project lifecycle and the expected timelines for their completion; and the estimated cost range for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20673/26]

2314. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the Ionad Oideachais agus Óige Indreabhán; the progress made to date; the forthcoming stages of the project lifecycle and the expected timelines for completion; and the estimated cost range for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20674/26]

2315. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the Islands Minor Capital Works Programme in Galway West constituency; the progress made under the programme; the forthcoming phases and expected timelines for delivery; and the estimated cost range associated with the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …

2316. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding Údarás na Gaeltachta capital works and business supports programme in Galway West constituency; the progress made under the programme; the forthcoming programme stages and expected timelines for delivery; and the estimated cost range associated with the programme; and if he wi…

608. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in his Department during the course of the upcoming EU Presidency term; the terms under which such staff will be engaged; the number of staff his Department plans to hire; the measures p…

609. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to reintroduce Gaeltacht grants for roads in Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18108/26]

610. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to introduce housing incentives for Irish language speakers to live in Gaeltacht regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18109/26]

611. 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 2023 and in 2024 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; and if…

356. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to address concerns regarding the Tidy Towns competition and the apparent structural bias affecting rural communities and smaller settlements (details supplied). [17304/26]

357. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the percentage of rural regeneration and development fund schemes that have made it to completion, by county, since 2020. [17844/26]

358. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on the rural regeneration and development fund schemes, by county, which did not make it to completion. [17846/26]

359. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reasons rural regeneration and development schemes do not make it to completion; the percentage that make it only as far as phase 1; and the percentage that make it only as far as phase 2. [17848/26]

988. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will initiate a review of the salary for community services programme managers, due to their current low level of income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16195/26]

989. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his Department's strategy to expand connected hubs and remote working infrastructure including the potential for new hubs in north Tipperary. [16504/26]

990. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project…

991. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; the date on which this report was published; and if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [16575/26]

992. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to confirm, in respect of his Department’s published quarterly reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (details supplied), where such reports are published in PDF format but originate from an Excel or similar spreadsheet file, that the underlying data was fully expanded…

993. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the up to date position of a new community library in County Kildare (details supplied), the projected cost of the library; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16663/26]

994. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on funding for a new library (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17137/26]

664. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when details of the next CLÁR programme will be announced; the proposed changes to the criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15962/26]