Parliamentary questions

2511. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total level of funding allocated to towns and villages in Longford-Westmeath under the town and village renewal scheme over the past five years; and the projects currently awaiting approval. [42319/26]

2512. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of community centres, sports clubs, and voluntary organisations in Longford and Westmeath that have applied for, but not received funding under recent community grant schemes. [42320/26]

2513. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether additional targeted funding is being considered for rural towns in Longford and Westmeath experiencing vacancy and dereliction. [42321/26]

2514. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the current status of outdoor recreation and greenway projects planned for Longford and Westmeath; and the timelines for delivery. [42322/26]

2515. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department has assessed the impact of bank closures, post office service reductions, and declining public transport connectivity on rural isolation in parts of Longford and Westmeath. [42323/26]

2516. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the supports and incentives available for entrepreneurs and small/medium enterprises to develop business structures operating and serving through the medium of Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42376/26]

2517. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the staff turnover rate in his Department in the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42431/26]

2518. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will outline any grant schemes or funding streams available to support community heritage events and vintage clubs, such as a club (details supplied), which has organised charity fundraising shows for nearly 20 years without prior State funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42…

2519. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will prioritise the development of a national loneliness strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42758/26]

2520. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta maidir leis an sainmhíniú reachtúil leasaithe i mBille Údarás na Gaeltachta, 2024, don sprioc earcaíochta nua in Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021, an bhfuil céatadán oibrithe amach ag an Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe, Pobail agus Gaeltachta ar an méid den 20% a bheidh déanta suas d'earcaigh nua …

2521. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will review the eligibility criteria and terminology used in Departmental funding schemes, such as the Local Enhancement Programme and the Community Recognition Fund; if he is aware of concerns raised by long-established grassroots organisations, such as an organisation (details supplied) regar…

2522. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will consider increasing financial support to an organisation (details supplied); the level of funding provided to the organisation under his Department’s schemes in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43397/26]

2523. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of WTE qualified quantity surveyors employed by his Department as of 1 June 2026, in tabular form. [43846/26]

757. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of RRDF funding allocated that remains unspent and the year that those funds were allocated, by local authority, in tabular form. [40930/26]

758. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of capital projects funded under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund or outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme within Donegal in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41337/26]

759. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a report on the progress made implementing the Programme for Government commitments within his remit and on the achievements since the formation of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41392/26]

760. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department has considered providing for an enhanced PSO to service the island of Arranmore off the coast of Donegal that would allow for a later sailing to accommodate the island community and those visiting the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41414/26]

304. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details supplied) and/or its subsidiaries; the value of each; the type and/or name of each project; if any project has been abandoned, paused, put on hold and completed; if any p…

1514. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the supports for families who wish to raise their children as native Irish speakers from birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40140/26]

1515. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the mechanisms in place in his Department to ensure delivery on the commitments in the Programme for Government; the civil servant specifically responsible for overseeing such delivery; the measures that are used to assess progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38819/26]

1516. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to supporting a CLÁR application submitted by a community-based emergency response and rescue organisation in south Kerry in respect of essential access and safety improvement works associated with its operational base; if he will outline the status of the application…

1517. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the budget allocation for the walks scheme developmental fund in the years 2025 and 2026 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39382/26]

1518. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to projects in County Tipperary under the town and village renewal scheme, the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund and the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39929/26]

1519. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht given the low level of families in the Gaeltacht raising their children in the Irish language, the supports given to families to support and encourage them to raise their children in the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40139/26]

87. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht cad é an dáta faoina ndéanfar na seirbhísí go léir a sholáthraíonn comhlachtaí poiblí sa Ghaeltacht a sholáthar trí mheán na Gaeilge. [38272/26]