Parliamentary questions

731. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the current total value of the Dormant Accounts Fund; the projected size of the Dormant Accounts Fund for each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68132/25]

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]

601. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding available through the Rural Development Programme for the years 2023 to 2025, by year; the funding planned for in Budget 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66874/25]

602. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding available through the Community Development Programme for the years 2023 to 2025, by year; the funding planned in Budget 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66875/25]

603. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to list all funding schemes, grant programmes and any other financial supports that are currently administered by his Department and its agencies; the expected launch and closing dates for applications for each scheme in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66935/25]

604. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the progress in emission reduction targets in areas that are the responsibility of his Department; which measures are particularly successful and which measures are underperforming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67055/25]

605. D'fhiafraigh Deputy John Connolly den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sé uasdátú maidir leis an ngá an chéibh ar Inis Mór a fheabhsú do dhaoine a bhfuil deacrachtaí lúith acu; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [67090/25]

606. D'fhiafraigh Deputy John Connolly den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta cad iad na pleananna atá ag an Roinn chun a chinntiú go mbeidh seirbhís aeir go dtí Oileáin Árann ann go fadtéarmach; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [67091/25]

360. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of the funding announced for women’s sheds in Budget 2026; the category of groups that can apply for this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66401/25]

361. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding available to a registered charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66402/25]

362. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of Irish language summer colleges supported in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66504/25]

363. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on funding allocations to the CLÁR and LEADER programmes in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66505/25]

364. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the progress on Gaeltacht language planning area implementation in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66506/25]

365. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided to community and voluntary organisations in Dublin Bay north in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66507/25]

973. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the funding given to each organisation under the NEIC initiative since its formation, in tabular form. [65933/25]

974. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those of a similar grade in his Department that have subsequently served on State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66010/25]

975. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in the years 2020 to 1 November 2025, in tabular form. [66085/25]

976. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in the years 2020 to 1 November 2025, in tabular form. [66103/25]

977. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66365/25]

673. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the measures being considered to ensure that rural and regional projects receive equitable access to capital funding under national investment and enterprise schemes; if his Department has conducted any review into geographic disparities in funding allocation; and if he will make a statement on the mat…

674. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount allocated in Budget 2026 for the financial support and establishment of new sister sheds, by county. [64668/25]

675. D'fhiafraigh Deputy John Connolly den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta cé mhéad folúntas atá ann faoi láthair i róil oifigeach pleanála teanga ar fud na tíre; cé chomh fada is atá na folúntais ann; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [65001/25]

676. D'fhiafraigh Deputy John Connolly den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta a chur i láthair i bhfoirm tháblach cé chomh fada agus atá gach oifigeach pleanála teanga reatha ina ról; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [65002/25]

677. D'fhiafraigh Deputy John Connolly den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta cén stádas reatha atá ag ról an oifigigh pleanála teanga i ngach ceann de na limistéir pleanála teanga sa tír faoi láthair; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [65003/25]

678. D'fhiafraigh Deputy John Connolly den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta a chur in iúl cén uair a thosóidh an chéad chéim eile den phróiseas pleanála teanga i ngach ceann de na limistéir pleanála teanga sa tír; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [65004/25]