Community Welfare Services

350. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total allocation to and draw-down figures from the community centre investment fund over the past five budgets, in tabular form. [49990/26]

351. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide the total allocation spent by the community centre investment fund on new community centres over the past five years, in tabular form. [49991/26]

352. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the community services programme, by local authority/local authority area, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [50000/26]

15. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the supports available to community organisations in rural areas working to promote equality and inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13285/26]

20. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the grants and funding streams that are available for community centres from his Department. [22976/26]

50. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review changes made to access to community welfare officers in light of the difficulties being experienced in accessing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14227/26]

52. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the need for set clinic times for the community welfare officer in Tubbercurry, County Sligo, given the difficulties faced by people seeking urgent assistance; if he will consider establishing a community welfare office in Ballymote, County Sligo, to ensure local access to supports for those without transport, fin…

77. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection regarding access to community welfare officers and offices, the average waiting time for appointments; if there is a shortage of office locations; and whether opening times are an issue for those who need to access community welfare services. [15633/26]

714. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of calls received by the national community welfare scheme in each month of 2025, in tabular form. [7379/26]

696. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers based in Kildare as of 19 January 2026, in tabular form. [5839/26]

699. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of an older woman in Dublin 11 (details supplied) who has been without heating for many months; if he will respond to the details of the case; to outline the steps that will be taken to assist the woman in question and the additional supports available to her; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …

2638. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he is aware of an organisation (details supplied) that is on the brink of closure; if he will seek emergency funding within his Department to keep the organisation open given the supports it provides in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74362/25]

61. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the achievements of the Community Services Programme last year; the outlook for next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68147/25]

135. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding supports provided at a local level in community centres targeted at addressing social exclusion; if he will consider increasing funding in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54870/25]

79. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will overhaul the modus operandi of community welfare officers in order that they revert to holding assistance clinics in local communities, rather than being centrally based in Department offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50519/25]

891. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken to prohibit attacks on minority communities; and the progress that has been made in relation to the vicious and unprovoked attack on an Indian person in Kilnamanagh, Dublin 24. [48425/25]

1873. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of every additional ten community welfare officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44034/25]

666. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers based in Donegal in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39657/25]

702. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a community neurological rehabilitation team will be put in place for the southeast, as promised in 2019, considering four units have been created nationally, yet the southeast remains overlooked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33867/25]

711. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to funding a community neuro-rehabilitation team for the south east in Budget 2026 in line with the commitment in the current Programme for Government to complete the nationwide rollout of community neuro-rehabilitation teams (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [337…

772. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been denied support from community occupational therapy services in Crumlin, on the grounds that such assessments are only conducted after a hip replacement has taken place. [33752/25]

399. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department spent €1.6 million or recouped €1.6 million in relation to the community car initiative (CCI) (details supplied); if all 23 local development companies accepted the full allocation of €118,500 made available to each; his views on the funding arrangements and financial oversight of the CCI; and i…

622. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated first year and full year cost to recruit and pay an annual salary to a single welfare officer. [25911/25]

325. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the supports in place for Community Service Supervisor to replace essential equipment required to carry out their role and work within the community service sector; how community service supervisors are funded to replace essential equipment for their role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22393/25]

348. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if additional funding for increased GP, dental, education, creche, and other community services will be provided with respect to a specific site (details supplied); whether a Department liaison officer will be appointed to communicate with the local community; and if she will make a statement on t…