Departmental Funding

2130. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the costs from the Budget 2026 €426 million investment under the Research, Innovation and Science Programme to support fundamental research through the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies; the investment towards Ireland's associate membership of CERN; and if he will make a statemen…

2131. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the costs from the Budget 2026 €426 million investment under the Research, Innovation and Science Programme supporting Ireland's high-performance computing capacity to compete in future research, specifically in artificial intelligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …

2132. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the costs from the Budget 2026 €426 million investment under the Research, Innovation and Science Programme for research infrastructure specifically for the renewing of outdated and basic equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58724/25]

2165. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if additional financial support will be made available to community development organisations, in terms of their core funding under various Department-supported funding streams, to assist them in meeting their obligations as employers under the new pension auto-enrolment obligations from 2026; and if he …

2169. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his views on correspondence regarding funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58238/25]

2174. 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. [58375/25]

2178. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department has any suitable funding streams for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58626/25]

2180. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the actual funding versus the targeted funding allocated to the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030, each year since its inception. [58640/25]

2181. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if voluntary organisations and community groups in receipt of State funding will receive an incremental budget to allow for the additional cost of auto-enrolment and minimum wage increases that come into effect from January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58752/25]

2184. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the next round of funding for the Community Centres Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59322/25]

2186. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the way in which community groups and charitable organisations can seek funding through the dormant accounts fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59413/25]

91. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the merits of providing grant funding to encourage the use of water butts; if he will consider this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57558/25]

221. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the details of the funding that has been provided to Wexford County Council in the past five years to implement local climate action plans, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57208/25]

274. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport In view of the renewed consultation on Cork light rail proposals, if he will release the costed feasibility and ridership study, commit to fast-tracking funding and planning approval for example, statutory orders for the Cork route with defined milestones; and if central Government will underwrite cost overruns or reduce risk for the local a…

282. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for the provision of a cantilever footbridge alongside the river bridge over the Shannon at Rooskey, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57338/25]

418. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 482 of 14 October 2025, if she will provide a breakdown of the capital funding for youth affairs under Project Ireland 2040, where €7.55 billion will be invested in the education and youth sector over the period 2026 to 2030; if she will provide an annual breakdown of funding going to youth …

432. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 9 October 2025, and the fourth Topical Issue selected of 9 October, if she has reviewed this issue with regards to the shortfall in ancillary grant funding for a school (details supplied) following the move to paying the school secretary through the Department of Education; the actions sh…

435. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the name and location of UBU-funded youth services, per constituency, and the funding provided to each service in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026; as well as the number of staff and number of young people engaged in the service for each of those years, in tabular form. [57348/25]

451. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether there are any funding streams available to young people playing darts on the world stage. [57252/25]

572. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to increase the CCTV fund to enable local authorities to install new CCTV schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56651/25]

886. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the detailed breakdown of funding allocations for the Higher Education Authority for 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56830/25]

887. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the detailed breakdown of funding allocations for Hear and Dare for 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56831/25]

888. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the detailed breakdown of funding allocations for SUSI for 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56832/25]

889. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the detailed breakdown of funding allocations for Youthreach for 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56833/25]

890. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the detailed breakdown of funding allocations for Springboard for 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56834/25]