Parliamentary questions

1741. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if invitations remain open for local authorities to seek capital funding for libraries under the Libraries Capital Programme 2023-2027. [46334/24]

1742. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the Empowering Communities Programme; if the programme is being extended; if funding for the programme is being increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46379/24]

1743. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacancies, by grade, currently within her Department; and the estimated timeframe for filling each of the vacancies, in tabular form. [46387/24]

1744. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will allocate a major increase in local improvement scheme funding to County Kerry and indeed all other Local Authorities who operate local improvement schemes to address issues (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46647/24]

1745. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for a long-awaited library project (details supplied). [46868/24]

1746. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under her remit since 1 November 2024. [46934/24]

1747. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a full detailed update on the current status of the Ardee Castle project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1010/25]

1748. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects to announce the awards for the community centres investment fund 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1175/25]

1749. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the senior's alert scheme; when a decision will be made on the inclusion for new technology for the next iteration scheme being considered by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1328/25]

1750. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total funding made available to a project (details supplied); the amount of funding drawn down to date; the current status of the project; the works conducted to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1345/25]

1751. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of two grants applied for by a club (details supplied); the timeframe for a decision on both; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1379/25]

1752. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when works will commence on the redevelopment of Inis Oírr Pier. [1513/25]

1753. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department and agencies under the aegis of her Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department and those agencies; whether training has been provided to staff on the use of AI; if her Department has used AI, including large language models, in the preparation of legisl…

1754. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason the €1,150,000 funding scheme specifically allocated for Men’s Sheds, enabling each shed to apply for grants of up to €3,000 for their running costs, was discontinued; if Men’s Sheds will receive the same level of funding through the Local Enhancement Programme 2025; and if she will make a statement on the …

1755. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by her Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1770/25]

1756. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by her and their accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1867/25]

1757. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding provided for the present Leader programme; the funding provided for the previous programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1946/25]

1758. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding provided for the present Cavan Leader programme; the funding provided for the previous programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1947/25]

1759. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding provided for the present Monaghan Leader programme; the funding provided for the previous programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1948/25]

1760. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the provision of community recognition fund to Louth County Council; when a decision on applications will be made; when the funds will be provided for distribution by Louth County Council to successful groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1986/25]

1761. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the towns within Kerry that were funded for works under the rural regeneration and development fund in the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1997/25]

1762. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of any public contracts in her Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2041/25]

1763. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last ten years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2059/25]

1764. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress to date in finalising the review of the CLÁR areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2071/25]