724. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if changes can be made to the payment for Mná Tí to expand to other items as required by Mná Tí rather than only those outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67444/25]
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725. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the type of training provided to staff within his Department in the use of, or understanding of artificial intelligence; if a programme is planned for all staff on their obligations under the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67469/25]
726. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if Ros Muc and Ceantar na nOileáin will be considered for funding through the empowering communities programme, given that they are both categorised as 'disadvantaged' or 'very disadvantaged' by the Pobal HP Deprivation Index; if the Minister will outline when decisions will be made on funding for the upcoming year; a…
727. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the capital funding programmes under his Department, including the Community Centres Investment Fund, the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund and the LEADER Programme, that are open to applications from family resource centres seeking to acquire, construct, or refurbish permanent buildings; the typical levels of…
728. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the interim review of the current LEADER programme cycle will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67596/25]
729. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will clarify whether any conditions under the community centres investment fund restrict a successful applicant group from applying for other funding streams, including LEADER, within a two-year period; if he will confirm whether any such restriction applies only to reapplying to the community centres investment…
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]
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]