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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Louis O'Hara Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Rural
1282. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding schemes available to cover staffing costs for community organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10368/26]
Darren O'Rourke Oral 5 Feb 2026 · to Rural
9. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding available through his Department for community festivals such as a festival (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7869/26]
Matt Carthy Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Rural
30. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received per year 2023-2024, and per county, for funding under the Community Recognition Fund; the number therein that were successful, the number that were unsuccessful, in each county; the allocation that will be provided to each county in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8…
Claire Kerrane Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Rural
1230. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide details of all available grants in 2026 for walkways, in tabular form. [8549/26]
Pat Buckley Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Rural
1232. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the measures in place to support community centres with ongoing operational pressures such as energy, insurance, and staffing costs, beyond one off capital grants. [8737/26]
Michael Cahill Written 28 Jan 2026 · to Rural
229. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to consider additional LEADER Programme funding for County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7042/26]
Michael Cahill Written 28 Jan 2026 · to Rural
232. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if counties such as Kerry will receive additional LEADER funding than those counties that have underspent their allocation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6797/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Rural
555. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if more funding will be made available for the library capital programme. [5334/26]
Brendan Smith Written 22 Jan 2026 · to Rural
556. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided in respect of the provision of services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5373/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Rural
1095. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if CLÁR funding can be drawn down by rural communities to help pay for the extension of a graveyard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4301/26]
Pa Daly Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Rural
799. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of LIS funding that was provided, broken down by county; and LIS funding that was drawn down, broken down by county, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [73785/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Rural
449. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to outline current funding for lakeside recreation projects such as slipways, walking routes, and greenway connections at Lough Ree, Lough Ennell and Lough Owel. [72651/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Rural
450. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether additional funding will be made available to expand outdoor recreation infrastructure at lakes in Longford and Westmeath. [72652/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Rural
455. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he is concerned about the recent report from the GAA’s national demographics committee which highlights that 78% of GAA clubs in rural areas are facing declining populations; his views on how this trend can be reversed given the intrinsic importance of the GAA to rural communities and parishes; if he has met with …
Shay Brennan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Rural
1183. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he plans to have a children's Irish-language publishing fund or a young writers Irish initiative for young Gaeilgeoirí. [71774/25]
Thomas Gould Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Rural
1185. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether there is currently a funding stream for shovel ready community centres.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72059/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Rural
1116. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a schedule of all funding and grant aid provided by heading and subhead to Kildare, Wicklow and Meath local authorities in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the amount returned and or not expended over the same period. [70315/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Rural
48. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason Kildare, which is the fifth most populated county in Ireland, did not receive an adequate amount of funding from his Department in each of the tranches which have been announced in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68427/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Rural
49. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of submissions Kildare County Council have submitted to his Department in 2025; the number of these submissions that have resulted in funding under the different schemes his Department distributes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68426/25]
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Rural
547. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he will announce the grants for community centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68990/25]
Albert Dolan Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Rural
550. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht regarding the future of LEADER funding, if his Department has considered any alternative or complementary funding models to ensure the continued delivery of community-led local development initiatives beyond the current LEADER programme period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62211/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Rural
552. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason a group (details supplied) did not receive funding through the CLÁR Programme recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68654/25]
Aisling Dempsey Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Rural
554. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding his Department has allocated to drug addiction prevention initiatives in 2024, and to date in 2025. [68686/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Rural
730. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht considering the reduction of regeneration funding in Limerick with the completion of the programme and specifically the phasing out of Economic Social Intervention Funding, if he will allocate additional funding for a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68096/25]
Brian Brennan Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Rural
600. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available for a festival (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66762/25]