Departmental Funding

729. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans to increase the amount of funding an applicant can apply for under the Building Blocks funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28537/25]

730. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to the Building Blocks funding; the amount that was drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28538/25]

99. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the annual budget his Department allocated to organisations that save lives, for example, the Irish Coast Guard and the Naval Service and search and rescue services, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27929/25]

173. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2023 and 2024 and the projected funding for 2025. [28377/25]

275. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding that was allocated to local authorities to conduct hedgerow surveys in the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive, and the amount that was drawn down in each of those years. [28283/25]

276. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total cost of funds provided to complete hedgerow surveys in 2023; the average and median cost per successful applicant to complete a hedgerow survey in in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form, under the local biodiversity action fund. [28286/25]

808. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding allocated to the inclusive environment fund, in each year since its establishment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26743/25]

832. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on when he expects the next round of the ALL collaboration and innovation fund to open. [27265/25]

82. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to detail the funding provided to County Meath in 2024 and to date in 2025; the schedule of funding calls for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25740/25]

199. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will confirm the reason there has been a reduction in the funding allocated for a Town Centre First Master Plan in County Kerry (details supplied); if he will confirm the amount drawn down to date by Kerry County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26370/25]

522. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a community group in County Kildare (details supplied) have failed in a number of applications for Community Monument funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25215/25]

538. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason an application from South Dublin County Council for community monuments funding for 2025 for a sum of €130,000 was refused, from a fund totalling over €7 million nationally; how this will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25204/25]

572. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full-time equivalent staff funded by his Department in planning authorities, broken down by local authority and An Bord Pleanála, in tabular form; and whether all of these posts are currently filled, and where not, the number of vacancies that exist in each planning authority where funding has been…

338. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for a county-by-county breakdown of the level of funding provided for the present LEADER programme; the funding provided for the previous LEADER programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25048/25]

339. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams and grants that may be available for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25051/25]

165. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider providing a transport allowance for members of an organisation (details supplied) to access sport and physical activity opportunities in their communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24519/25]

235. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24699/25]

235. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to clarify the scale of the financial deficit that each level four hospital is operating under and her plans to gap this funding in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24017/25]

280. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to identify any existing oversight mechanisms or audits that are conducted to assess the effectiveness of funding allocated to non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department (details supplied). [23888/25]

281. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to state whether any review or audit has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness, redundancy, and administrative costs of state funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the aegis of his Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for impleme…

282. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, eliminate redundancies, and prevent the duplication of services where organisations may be competing for similar grants or operating in the same areas with little coordination (details …

284. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a full and detailed explanation of how his Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under his aegis. (details supplied). [23960/25]

351. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under his Department’s aegis over the past five years, broken down by State funding directly administered through central government agencies, departments, or any other public bodies; grants provided by local authoritie…

352. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown of the number of non-governmental organisations under his Department’s aegis that charge fees for their services, including membership fees, participation fees, or any other forms of charge to the public; to specify which of these organisations charge fees while also receiving public funding, and how this pr…

353. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to identify any existing oversight mechanisms or audits that are conducted to assess the effectiveness of funding allocated to non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department (details supplied). [23883/25]