Parliamentary questions

3453. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether any legal engagements have exceeded their initial estimated or approved cost in the past three years; if so, the number of such cases and total overrun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41618/25]

3454. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will support the ringfencing of funding for rural development within the overall EU budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41678/25]

3455. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the criteria used for selecting successful applicants to receive funding from the community recognition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42054/25]

3456. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the details of the projects that were awarded funding in 2024 and to date in 2025 in Wicklow from the community development fund; to provide a breakdown of these projects, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42055/25]

3457. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if a group (details supplied) has received funding from the community development fund this year; when the funding was awarded and if not when this will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42056/25]

3458. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason a group (details supplied) was not successful in their application for funding from the community development fund despite being told orally that their application was successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42057/25]

3459. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he uses personal emails for his Government business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42154/25]

3460. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the details of the messaging providers downloaded on his Ministerial phone; the details of any provider downloaded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42169/25]

3461. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to examine the case for approval of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42311/25]

3462. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if there will be a call issued in 2025 for the Community Centre Development Fund; if so, if it will be for both strand 1 and strand 2; when it will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42375/25]

3463. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the up-to-date position with his Department in dealing with rural isolation and loneliness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42416/25]

3464. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for his consideration in reviewing the application process under CLÁR to provide different measures when the scheme is open next for application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42417/25]

3465. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the new initiatives under rural connectivity created by the National Broadband Plan are being considered to deliver new services remotely and support new activity in rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42418/25]

3466. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken to address the backlog in local improvement scheme applications for the mid-Cork region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42419/25]

3467. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number and details of funding drawn down for projects awarded under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme for the past three years in County Cork, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42420/25]

3468. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total amount of funding allocated to respective local authorities each year since 2022 for all rural schemes provided by his Department, including town and village renewal, CLÁR, LIS, LAGs, outdoor recreation and rural regeneration, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement…

3469. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42471/25]

3470. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department or any agency operating under the aegis of his Department have used reserved contracts or social clauses in their public procurement tenders in the past five years; if so the nature of the reserved contract or social clause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42518…

3471. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on his Department's approval for the regeneration of Ardee Castle, County Louth; if there are approvals pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42887/25]

3472. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the details of the capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility, for which sporting organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date when a subsequent prospective fu…

3473. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the details of capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility, for which community organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date of when a subsequent prospective fu…

3474. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether there will be a strand of the Community Centre Development Fund that will provide funding for new community centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43279/25]

3475. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on future plans for the community recognition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43510/25]

3476. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to outline the funding streams that will be available for community gardens or allotment projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43511/25]

3477. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to outline the funding streams that will be available for social enterprise projects in Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43512/25]