1682. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide funding for Women's Sheds in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29814/25]
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1683. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide funding to Killarney Women's Shed in County Kerry and to take into consideration that this is a very progressive, active group and assist this group in securing a home for their activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29815/25]
1684. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on a project (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30190/25]
1685. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to support a CLAR grant application for a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30477/25]
1686. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken to fund women’s sheds in counties Carlow and Kilkenny and across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30486/25]
726. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when funding will be made available under the Public Realm Plan programme for an access road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28519/25]
727. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will consider providing funding for the local improvement scheme on a multi annual basis, to ensure local authorities who administer the scheme can deliver them in a more efficient and cost-effective manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28490/25]
728. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to urgently acknowledge the role played by women in the home and in Irish life and society by introducing a funding stream for women’s sheds in County Kerry and across the country as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28502/25]
729. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans to increase the amount of funding an applicant can apply for under the Building Blocks funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28537/25]
730. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to the Building Blocks funding; the amount that was drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28538/25]
443. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to increase the rural regeneration and development fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27921/25]
444. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the specific funding streams and resource allocations are currently being made available to rural communities supporting vulnerable populations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28156/25]
903. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available for men's shed groups from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26780/25]
904. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the operation of the seniors alert scheme which is processed through POBAL; if he has any proposals to disband or change this important scheme for older people; if he is aware that application forms are not available for collection; if he will give priority for the printing and availability of same; and if he will mak…
905. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by his Department versus thos…
906. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and the total number of …
907. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur and the reason. [270…
908. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the action being taken to promote water safety, particularly in light of recent fatalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27132/25]
909. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm that he will work with local authorities to promote water safety by installing signage in public parks and near bodies of water that show the three or four steps of how to raise alarm/throw a lifebelt, as well as providing similar signage on lifebuoy poles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27133/25]
910. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration would be provided to providing funding for training on how to use lifesaving equipment such as raising the alarm, lifebuoys and lifebelts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27134/25]
911. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm that consideration would be given to launching a new water safety campaign, with social media guidelines on actions that members of the public can take if someone is in difficulty and how to do this, in light of recent fatalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27135/25]
912. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the key capital investment made by the Department in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025 in County Roscommon; and the amount of investment in each case and under what scheme, in tabular form. [27165/25]
913. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects that were funded under the town and village renewal scheme in County Roscommon in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [27166/25]
63. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the work he has undertaken to date to address the crisis impacting on rural communities where young families are unable to find a home in the area they were raised in; and if he has met the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to discuss the matter. [26532/25]
64. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his Department’s role in addressing child poverty under the six priority areas identified by the child poverty and well-being unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26343/25]