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]
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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 site, to group thes…
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 and validated prior…
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]
665. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when an opportunity might next exist for organisations to apply for funding under the outdoor recreational investment scheme; the categories of schemes which might apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16063/26]
666. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when an opportunity might next exist for organisations to apply for funding under the CLÁR scheme; the categories of schemes which might apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16064/26]
667. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when an opportunity might next exist for organisations to apply for funding under the town and village renewal scheme; the categories of schemes which might apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16065/26]
668. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the list of projects in County Galway funded under the town and village renewal scheme in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16066/26]
669. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the list of projects in County Galway funded under the CLÁR scheme in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16067/26]
670. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the list of projects in County Galway funded under the outdoor recreation investment scheme in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16068/26]
285. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act (2015), which states that ‘the relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to adopt such measu…
286. Deputy David Maxwell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will consider extending eligibility for the personal alarm scheme, which is currently provided free of charge to persons aged 65 years and over, to include persons under the age of 65 who are in receipt of disability-related social welfare payments, including disability allowance and invalidity pension, and who ar…
287. Deputy David Maxwell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht , if he will consider introducing financial supports or waiving the monitoring and associated costs for personal alarm systems for persons under 65 years of age who are in receipt of disability-related social welfare payments, in light of the current costs of approximately €66 per year for landline monitoring and €144 p…
288. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15624/26]
1142. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount each local authority is receiving in local improvement scheme funding, by county; the kilometres being covered under this funding; and the number of applications that have been received by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14938/26]
1143. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid under these leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14026/26]
1144. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14397/26]
1145. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14415/26]
1146. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to outline the process by which nine organisations were added to a wait list following the 2023 open call for the Community Services Programme; the way these organisations were selected; what their inclusion on the wait list means for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14443/26]
1147. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will outline any process by which applicants to the 2023 Community Services Programme who were not successful can receive feedback on their applications from his Department; whether they are able to apply for the 2026 round of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14444/26]
1148. D'fhiafraigh Deputy John Connolly den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta cén uair a bheidh an Clár Seirbhísí Pobail (Community Services Programme) oscailte arís le haghaidh iarratas, cén uair a bheidh foirmeacha iarratais agus sonraí an Chláir nua ar fáil; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [14992/26]
1149. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of all clubs and groups awarded a payment through the community recognition fund since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14994/26]