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]
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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 months, six months, …
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 completed probation or …
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. [20675/26]
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 will make a statement …
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 planned to guard agai…
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 he will make a stat…
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]