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Community Development Projects

257 questions from 89 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.

257
questions
236 written, 21 oral
89
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
8
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20256
February 202517
March 202525
April 202511
May 202513
June 20254
July 202527
August 20250
September 202511
October 20255
November 20255
December 202536
January 20262
February 202616
March 20267
April 20266
May 202617
June 20261
July 202618
August 20260
September 202611
October 202619

Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • 100% RDR1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú1 from 1 TD · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil64 from 21 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael66 from 17 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party3 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent7 from 5 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland1 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party16 from 5 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity5 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin77 from 26 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 10
  2. 10
  3. 10
  4. 10
  5. 8
  6. 7
  7. 6
  8. 6

The questions

Joe Neville Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Rural
1088. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to Kildare in r 2024 under community grants, in tabular form. [16730/25]
Joe Neville Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Rural
1089. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding allocated to Kildare to date in 2025 under community grants, in tabular form. [16731/25]
John Connolly Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Rural
1095. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the programmes within his Department that support community groups to employ staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17524/25]
John Connolly Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
447. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports his Department has provided towards the establishment of community hotels in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15811/25]
Danny Healy-Rae Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Rural
857. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to examine the case of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15008/25]
Albert Dolan Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Rural
870. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if and when an appeals process for unsuccessful CCIF applications under measure 2 will commence; the guidelines for the appeals of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15464/25]
John Connolly Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Rural
872. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports his Department has provided towards the establishment of community hotels in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15810/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Rural
873. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason a community centre and astro pitch (details supplied) was unsuccessful in the recent Community Centre Investment Fund allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15846/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Rural
874. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is further aware that a service run by an organisation (details supplied) does not cover all of County Dublin [15869/25]
Liam Quaide Oral 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
76. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to establish a dedicated grant scheme for the maintenance and upgrading of community playgrounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14526/25]
Liam Quaide Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
100. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to establish a community ownership fund to help community groups and social enterprises to buy or take over local community assets at risk of being lost, to be run as community-owned businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14529/25]
Emer Currie Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
111. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to progress work on a strategy for suburban Dublin villages including schemes that are similar to those available for rural Dublin villages. [13721/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
112. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will outline the applications process, assessment criteria and total funding allocated to date this year under the current community recognition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13986/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
117. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will outline the future funding plans for the community recognition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13987/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
119. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the allocation of funding for the local enhancement programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14380/25]
James Geoghegan Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
131. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be another round of funding for a new tranche of the community recognition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14539/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
134. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will consider an initiative to enhance skill building in communities without a community association or centre. [14507/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
135. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the local enhancement programme will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14378/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Rural
891. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the discussions or communications had between his Department and Dublin City Council regarding the lack of community halls in Dublin's Liberties, given that one hall has been a homeless shelter for nearly ten years and another has sat vacant since a fire damaged it nearly five years ago. [13433/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Rural
892. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports offered for upgrading and maintenance of playground facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13438/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Rural
894. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding available for the maintenance of community halls and theatres. [13459/25]
Colm Burke Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Rural
1945. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful projects under category 2 of the Community Centres Investment Fund 2024 will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10830/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Rural
1950. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department will engage with a community services group (details supplied) regarding its application to the community services programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11149/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Rural
1952. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide an update on an application by a community (details supplied) for the community centres investment fund grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11380/25]
Brian Brennan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Rural
1953. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on an application by a company (details supplied) for funding under the Community Centre Investment Fund for Shillelagh Courthouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11416/25]