Questions

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]

120. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding available to communities that wish to encourage the Irish language, particularly in the east coast’s lost Gaeltacht of Omeath, County Louth. [55825/25]

133. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the proposal submitted to Roinn na Gaeltachta (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55766/25]

927. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department has an official policy on the use of the fada in Irish names from official State sources; his views on whether citizens whose names contain a fada should be properly addressed in official communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54917/25]

754. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his views on the vital work that Cuntóir Teanga do within the education system under the Cúntóirí Teanga scheme; and if he has plans to ensure that these staff are paid during mid-term and all other school holidays as well as access to a pension. [52987/25]

755. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of providing payment to Cuntóir Teanga during the school holidays including mid-term, Easter, summer, Halloween and Christmas breaks. [52988/25]

719. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he or any member of Government plans on attending a protest (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49681/25]

2745. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if funding will be made available to support and strengthen the Irish language in non-Gaeltacht communities that have a number of Gaelscoileanna and a significant number of Irish speakers, such as Ballymun; the work being done at a national level in this respect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44442/25]

3439. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta cén uair a fhoilseoidh sé na caighdeáin teanga nua ionas gur féidir le obair leanacht ar aghaidh chun an sprioc 20% d'earcaigh inniúil sa Ghaeilge a bhaint amach. [40862/25]

3443. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department intends to carry out a feasibility study or impact assessment on a voluntary code for bilingual labelling and packaging, as committed to in the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010–2030; if a lead official has been appointed to oversee this work; and whether the Minister will now i…

3444. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of whole-time equivalent staff in his Department, and at what grade, which have been dedicated to overseeing the roll out of bilingual labelling and packaging, as committed to in the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010–2030. [41281/25]

3497. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the plans that are in place to ensure additional funding for mná tí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44398/25]

598. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding given to each county as part of the scéim na bhfoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40516/25]

599. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding given to each county as part of the clár aclaíocht/clár na ngcluichí Gaelacha in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40518/25]

1062. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding for current and capital grant support available for development of Irish language and cultural centres; and the process by which interested parties can apply for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39168/25]

1064. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his views on the adequacy of the existing budget to support the Irish language and Gaeltacht communities; if an increase in this budget can be considered in the context of forthcoming Budget negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39385/25]

103. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the steps he is taking to address the shortage of staff in the public sector with a high enough proficiency to provide telephone information, helpdesk and web chat services in Irish, as identified in the 2024 Annual Report of An Coimisinéir Teanga. [38071/25]

112. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the action being taken to support young people who want to pursue a career in the EU institutions in an Irish language role. [38076/25]

127. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the action he is taking to support the teaching of Irish in universities outside the island of Ireland. [37915/25]

270. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason the funding for the Pacáiste Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh initiative cancelled for families living outside of the Gaeltacht (details supplied); and if the Minister will reverse this decision. [38176/25]

393. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the total annual expenditure on promoting the Irish language, by year, since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36768/25]

356. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken by his Department to encourage Irish businesses to provide bilingual labelling on product packaging, which would promote the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35168/25]

593. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the measures he is taking to encourage Irish businesses to provide food information bilingually to promote the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31625/25]