Parliamentary questions

Departmental Policies

David Stanton

21. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department encourages and supports the development of community representative organisations, especially in areas where none currently exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9019/23]

Rural Schemes

Brian Stanley

22. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to implement a community wealth building strategy in rural Ireland similar to that of Preston City Council and Ayrshire County Council. [8945/23]

Flexible Work Practices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

23. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will give an update on the work being carried out on remote working hubs and broadband connection points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8153/23]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

24. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the works on a building (details supplied) in Kilrush, to be funded by the building acquisition measure of the town and village renewal scheme. [9042/23]

Official Engagements

Peadar Tóibín

25. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on her recent attendance at the Future Forum on Rural Development in Berlin. [8424/23]

Departmental Schemes

Brian Leddin

26. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the outcomes of the pilot bike and e-bike upcycling initiative; her plans to bring additional organisations into the initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9229/23]

Library Services

Rose Conway-Walsh

27. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to address the growing challenges libraries face in affording e-books and the increasingly restrictive terms applied by publishers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9275/23]

Departmental Programmes

Paul McAuliffe

28. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to increase funding for the social inclusion and community activation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9240/23]

National Broadband Plan

Denis Naughten

29. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the high-speed internet hubs announced under the National Broadband Plan will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2039/23]

Departmental Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

30. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the mechanism open to local authorities who wish to provide seating and viewpoints on mountains enjoyed by walkers such as the Cooley Mountains in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8154/23]

Departmental Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

31. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the public realm improvements scheme for the enhancement of the River Barrow in Bagenalstown, County Carlow, due to be completed under the town and village renewal scheme. [9022/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Peadar Tóibín

32. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received correspondence for representatives of the agricultural sector related to a recent EPA report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8425/23]

Departmental Policies

Claire Kerrane

33. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the towns first policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8976/23]

Offshore Islands

Éamon Ó Cuív

34. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when work commenced on the development of an Island Plan or Policy; when it is now hoped to publish it; the reason for the delay in doing this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9176/23]

Departmental Policies

Willie O'Dea

35. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures her Department is taking to address poverty and social exclusion across Ireland. [9253/23]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Connolly

36. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 14 December 2022, the status of the 2023 community centres investment fund which will be targeted for new build community centres; the details of the funding that will be allocated to new build community centres under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9086/23]

Vacant Properties

Colm Burke

37. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the purchasing of vacant and derelict properties for future development as community assets by Cork City Council and Cork County Council under the building acquisition measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9256/23]

Legislative Reviews

Pádraig O'Sullivan

38. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has met with the Working Group established to review the Control of Dogs Act 1986; if a timeframe for the completion of the review has been established; her views on the composition of the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8797/23]

Departmental Policies

Thomas Gould

39. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role her Department is taking in the Town Centres First policy initiative. [9263/23]

Departmental Schemes

Colm Burke

40. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the rural regeneration and development fund to date; if she will provide an update on the list of all projects which are scheduled for completion in Cork in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9255/23]

Offshore Islands

Catherine Connolly

41. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 19 January 2023, the status of the examination of the draft Islands policy by her Department; when she expects to bring the approved policy before Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9082/23]

Harbours and Piers

Catherine Connolly

42. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 14 December 2022, if she will provide an update on the development of the pier on Inis Oírr; the status of the CPO process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9085/23]

Departmental Funding

Paul McAuliffe

43. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to provide grants to community centres in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9239/23]

Departmental Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

44. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available to community groups facing rising running costs due to inflation and energy price increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9021/23]

Flexible Work Practices

Willie O'Dea

45. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if remote working hubs could be provided in rural areas. [9254/23]

Departmental Strategies

Holly Cairns

46. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the islands strategy; when the strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8587/23]

Rural Schemes

Bernard Durkan

47. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline her programme for rural and community development throughout the country in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9178/23]

Departmental Schemes

James O'Connor

48. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the building acquisition measure for a property (details supplied) in Mitchelstown. [9272/23]

Control of Dogs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

49. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will expand the dog warden service in Cork city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8796/23]

Departmental Schemes

Rose Conway-Walsh

50. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the very short application window for the community recognition fund 2023, launched on 14 February, with a closing date for submission of expressions of interest of 24 February 2023; how such a short timeframe is considered acceptable for applications to a fund offering a minimum of €25,000; her further views on whether such a short timeframe could be considered exclusionary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9276/23]

Departmental Bodies

Denis Naughten

51. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date of the last meeting of the mobile phone and broadband task force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2038/23]

Departmental Schemes

Cathal Crowe

52. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will consider increasing the funding under the local improvement schemes allocated to County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9041/23]

Departmental Communications

Brian Stanley

53. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the interaction her Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) and other stakeholders to consider the role and development of co-operatives in rural communities. [8944/23]

Departmental Data

Paul Donnelly

54. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what a service that was formerly provided by a company (details supplied) will look like under the direction of her Department; and if she will give a commitment that the information available will be easily accessed and not restricted. [9236/23]

Ukraine War

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

55. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support made available by her Department for communities in order to respond to the accommodation of people arriving from Ukraine or for International Protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9044/23]

Departmental Schemes

Brian Leddin

56. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the proactive steps her Department is taking to work with the Department of Transport to explore and realise the potential of e-bikes for rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9230/23]

National Broadband Plan

Richard Bruton

57. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has assessed the potential of the high-speed broadband network to create potential for rural development and the number of projects emerging for support from her Department’s programmes which utilise its potential. [8132/23]

Offshore Islands

Claire Kerrane

58. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department is supporting island-specific projects within the development of local development strategies under stage 2 of the LEADER programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8975/23]

Departmental Schemes

Brendan Griffin

59. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding that has been provided to County Kerry in recent years under the local improvement scheme; the amount that was requested by Kerry County Council each year versus the amount allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9269/23]

Departmental Strategies

Claire Kerrane

60. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the forthcoming Islands strategy; when the strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8973/23]

Departmental Communications

Paul Donnelly

61. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has had any interaction with a project (details supplied) that provides a blueprint for advanced skills and training in the social economy; and if a commitment will be given to work with the project. [9237/23]

Community Development Projects

Alan Farrell

62. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the community recognition fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8490/23]

Departmental Schemes

Claire Kerrane

63. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development in relation to the announced allocation of €12.5 million to the local improvement scheme for 2023, if further funding is being considered for this scheme given the demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8974/23]

Rural Schemes

Bernard Durkan

64. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she continues to fund infrastructure throughout the country, in such a way as to encourage the retention of jobs and the attraction of investors in jobs throughout the regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9177/23]

Departmental Programmes

Holly Cairns

65. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on increasing the annual funding for the CLÁR programme. [8585/23]

Harbours and Piers

Éamon Ó Cuív

66. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to date in improving the pier facilities in Inis Oírr and at an Caladh Mór, Inis Meáin; the next steps in progressing each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9175/23]

Local Authorities

Alan Farrell

67. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views in relation to expanding the number of community recreation officers within local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8491/23]

Offshore Islands

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

68. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands; its expected date for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9043/23]

Departmental Strategies

Alan Dillon

69. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps her Department is taking to support the development of walking and cycling trails, greenways and outdoor swimming facilities under her Department's Embracing Ireland's Outdoors Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9227/23]

Departmental Schemes

Michael Collins

308. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be an increase in local improvement scheme funding in the budget for 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9427/23]