Parliamentary questions

2653. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the date on which a supplementary estimate or supplementary estimates was sought in respect of his Department’s Vote for each of the past ten years, and to the date in 2026; the gross and net amount involved in each case; and the Vote subheads to which each supplementary estimate related. [1801/26]

2654. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the value of expenditure originally allocated in the Estimates to specific programmes or staffing measures that could not be spent as planned within the year for each of the past five years; and whether such underspends were surrendered, carried forward, or reallocated to other areas within the Vote.…

2655. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1987/26]

2656. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department, or any body under its aegis, has funded, or is funding, other than where legal costs were awarded against the employer by a court or tribunal, the legal costs of any current or concluded litigation taken by an employee or former employee against that Department or body, in eac…

2657. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the basis on which his Department, or a body under its aegis, may fund the legal costs of an employee or former employee in litigation where that employee is in dispute with, or taking proceedings against, the same body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2045/26]

2658. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether the funding of employee legal costs in disputes against his Department, or a body under its aegis, is standard practice; if not, the circumstances in which such funding may be permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2063/26]

2659. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to outline the guidance, codes, circulars or directions that govern the payment of legal costs by his Department, and bodies under its aegis, in employment-related disputes, including any requirements under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies or Departmental sanction arrangements;…

2660. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether the funding of employee legal costs in litigation against the employing body could give rise to governance, accountability, or value for money concerns; whether his Department has issued any guidance in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2099/26]

2661. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department has reviewed, or intends to review, the practice of Departments, and bodies under their aegis, funding legal costs in employment disputes involving those same bodies; and if so, the outcome or timeline for such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2117/26]

2662. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether arrangements to fund legal costs in employment disputes involving his Department, or bodies under its aegis, require the prior approval of his Department or the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the m…

2663. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department is using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the Department are affected. [2253/26]

2664. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether any agencies or other bodies under his remit are using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the organisation are affected. [2271/26]

2665. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to investigate and give a full explanation as to the reason the Charity Regulator has not produced the documentation (details supplied) within the legal timeframe of ten months of the organisations financial year end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2283/26]

2666. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if any public monies and or land is being given to a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2284/26]

2667. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if the charitable objectives and-or purpose of a charity (details supplied) changed in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2285/26]

2668. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the person or body in charge of the day-to-day running of a charity (details supplied); the number of employees working in the charity; the number of people on the board of the charity; who appointed them; when were they appointed; the rationale for their appointment; and if he will make a statement …

2669. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the last audit or review into the running of a charity (details supplied) was completed; what the review highlighted; if there are plans to conduct a follow-up review to ensure protocols are followed through on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2287/26]

2670. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of the top ten capital or programme projects delivered by his Department or its agencies over the past three years which were completed on time and within the originally approved budget; the project name, location, delivery timeframe, original approved budget, final outturn cost,…

2671. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to detail the annual spend on external consultants by his Department and its agencies in each of the past three years; the number of consultancy contracts, the largest individual consultancy engagements by value, and whether internal capacity-building or cost-benefit assessments were undertaken pr…

2672. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a list, for each of the past three years of the top ten projects per annum delivered by his Department or its agencies which were completed late and over the originally approved budget; the project name, location, original approved completion date, actual completion date, original appro…

791. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if grant funding can be provided to an applicant under the town and village renewal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73303/25]

792. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if grant funding can be provided to an applicant under the town and village renewal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73304/25]

793. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if grant funding can be provided to an applicant under the town and village renewal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73305/25]

794. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if grant funding can be provided to an applicant under the town and village renewal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73306/25]

795. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if grant funding can be provided to an applicant under the town and village renewal scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73308/25]