3468. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total amount of funding allocated to respective local authorities each year since 2022 for all rural schemes provided by his Department, including town and village renewal, CLÁR, LIS, LAGs, outdoor recreation and rural regeneration, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [424…
Topics / Rural Schemes
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsRural Schemes
336 questions from 80 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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315 written, 21 oral
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 5 |
| March 2025 | 35 |
| April 2025 | 24 |
| May 2025 | 34 |
| June 2025 | 10 |
| July 2025 | 33 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 4 |
| October 2025 | 32 |
| November 2025 | 10 |
| December 2025 | 16 |
| January 2026 | 12 |
| February 2026 | 21 |
| March 2026 | 37 |
| April 2026 | 5 |
| May 2026 | 22 |
| June 2026 | 15 |
| July 2026 | 10 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 6 |
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3471. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on his Department's approval for the regeneration of Ardee Castle, County Louth; if there are approvals pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42887/25]
3482. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of engagement and consultation with fishing communities for the next iteration of Our Rural Future. [43629/25]
3483. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of engagement and consultation with farming communities for the next iteration of Our Rural Future. [43630/25]
3488. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the next Rural Youth Assembly is to take place. [43737/25]
3489. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of Rural Youth Assemblies that have taken place to date; and to share the summary reports. [43738/25]
3490. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if any of the recommendations around housing made during the Rural Youth Assembly 2024 have been acted upon.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43739/25]
3491. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding figures allocated by each fund under his Department's remit to each county since 2015, in tabular form. [43743/25]
600. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the RRDF Newport Regeneration Project in Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40228/25]
601. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the RRDF Ballyhaunis Community Vision Project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40229/25]
603. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if a person with a part-time bed-and-breakfast business would be disqualified from applying for the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40281/25]
608. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the seniors alert scheme, by local authority/ local authority area in each year 2014 to 2024, and year to date, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40573/25]
610. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the town and village renewal scheme, by local authority/local authority area in each year 2014 to 2024, and year to date, in tabular form. [40575/25]
623. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the rural walks scheme, by local authority/local authority area, in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [40589/25]
79. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he has considered the establishment of a community wealth-building fund within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33194/25]
82. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for a breakdown of the total funding awarded and the number of jobs supported through the LEADER programme in the west Cork LEADER footprint area under the current CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38529/25]
97. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he will announce successful projects under the CLÁR 2025 programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38270/25]
109. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to the local improvement scheme since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38069/25]
114. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to consider the provision of additional funding for the local improvement scheme for 2025 in line with the Programme for Government commitment; when he expects the 2026 scheme to be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38160/25]
115. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will commit to continuing the rural regeneration development fund scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38306/25]
117. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will consider including former Cork County Council roads, now under the jurisdiction of Cork City Council, for consideration under any future rounds of the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37185/25]
118. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on funding to help local authorities carry out improvement works on private and non-publicly maintained roads, given the importance of rural infrastructure and connectivity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38239/25]
125. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the local improvement scheme in County Louth in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37552/25]
137. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an up-to-date position regarding the updating of the funding map associated with the Clár Programme, which is recognised of being out of date and in need of updating, as per the Pobal Deprivation Index; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38247/25]
300. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if the local improvement scheme will be open for applications in 2026; if so, when local authorities will be provided with the details of the 2026 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36261/25]