Parliamentary questions

Voluntary Sector

Catherine Murphy

184. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline any plans to develop a successor strategy for the community and voluntary sector, given the expiration of the sustainable, inclusive and empowered communities strategy this year; if she will outline plans in respect of consultation with the sector in the development of the next iteration of this strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8391/24]

Control of Dogs

Brendan Griffin

652. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7652/24]

Community Development Projects

Alan Dillon

653. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the number of applications that have been received per county under the 2023 Community Centres Investment Fund - New Builds Measure; if there will be a new call for this scheme in 2024; and when will the assessment process for 2023 be completed and the awardees announced. [7436/24]

Community Development Projects

Noel Grealish

654. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when applications for the new Community Recognition Fund 2024 will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7502/24]

Control of Dogs

Brendan Griffin

655. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7654/24]

Library Services

Denis Naughten

656. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of number of times the energy kits have been taken out on loan in each library in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7869/24]

Tourism Funding

Danny Healy-Rae

657. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7969/24]

Community Development Projects

Cian O'Callaghan

658. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the application process for the 2024 Community Centres Investment Fund is open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7997/24]

Departmental Funding

Michael Moynihan

659. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide, on a county-by-county basis, in tabular form, the funding provided for community hubs in 2023. [8037/24]

Water Safety

Richard Boyd Barrett

409. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to confirm that Ireland has amongst the worst drowning rates in Europe; whether she intends to remedy this by increasing the number of lifeguards employed, ensuring proper training of all lifeguards, extending the months of the year that lifeguards are employed to cover the whole year, and by providing all lifeguards with the necessary equipment, such as radios, all-terrain vehicles and defibrillators, in line with European best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7110/24]

Rural Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

410. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will support an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7130/24]

Referendum Campaigns

Carol Nolan

337. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures she is taking to ensure that organisations, including State bodies under the aegis of her Department as well as non-governmental organisations and charities that are in receipt of funding from her Department, do not use any portion of such funding to campaign or promote a position in favour or against any outcome of the forthcoming referenda on Articles 41.1.1, 41.2.1 and 41.2.2 of the Constitution, thereby breaching the McKenna principles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6767/24]

Rural Schemes

Jackie Cahill

622. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what funding supports could be provided to a group (details supplied) for the purchase a vital piece of equipment. [6075/24]

Rural Schemes

Dara Calleary

623. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has received an application from a group (details supplied) via the community centres investment fund; if she recognises the importance of the organisation to Ballina and the strength of their funding application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6088/24]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Alan Farrell

624. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications for charitable status submitted to the Charities Regulator for the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6277/24]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Alan Farrell

625. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the average processing time for charitable status applications made to the Charities Regulator for the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6278/24]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Alan Farrell

626. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of staff assigned to charitable status applications within the Charities Regulator in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6279/24]

Library Projects

Seán Sherlock

627. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received any plans to establish a library in an area (details supplied); and if she will detail the costs of same. [6419/24]

Rural Schemes

Thomas Pringle

628. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline, in tabular form, the amount of funding granted under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund to projects in County Donegal, disaggregated by year funding was granted, title of project, amount of funding currently drawn down and estimated completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6437/24]

Rural Schemes

Thomas Pringle

629. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding granted to each county under the local improvement scheme for each year from 2017 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6438/24]

Rural Schemes

Thomas Pringle

630. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware of the severe backlog of applications on hand with Donegal County Council under the local improvement scheme as the annual funding provided to date has not been sufficient to clear it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6439/24]

Rural Schemes

Thomas Pringle

631. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider increasing the overall funding allocated by her Department under the local improvement scheme to assist in clearing the severe backlog of applications on hand with Donegal County Council under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6440/24]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Alan Kelly

632. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of WTE enforcement lawyers employed by the Charities Regulator in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased during 2024. [6609/24]

Community Development Projects

Mark Ward

594. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she can confirm receipt of a request for an extension of the community centre investment fund project allocation from (details supplied) for six months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5077/24]

Community Development Projects

Niamh Smyth

595. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for details on grant aid for capital projects such as building community centres; if she will list the various schemes, deadlines and capital available for each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5200/24]

Community Development Projects

Niamh Smyth

596. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are funding applications with her Department specifically relating to a building in Castleblayney (details supplied); if her Department has had any discussions on this derelict structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5210/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

597. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of times she embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days she spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs incurred by her Department in respect of each trip, in tabular form.. [5248/24]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

598. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5355/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

599. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental and, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5373/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

600. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5391/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

601. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by her Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5409/24]

Community Development Projects

Mairéad Farrell

602. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grants that are currently available for women’s sheds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5640/24]

Library Projects

Ged Nash

391. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total State funding allocated to the new Bettystown library development in County Meath to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4904/24]

Control of Dogs

Patrick Costello

392. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of full-time and part-time dog wardens in each local authority area in the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4688/24]

Departmental Funding

Claire Kerrane

393. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when CLÁR funding will be available in 2024. [4732/24]

Departmental Funding

Claire Kerrane

394. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of funding available to women’s sheds. [4733/24]

Departmental Funding

Claire Kerrane

395. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a women’s shed (details supplied) set up in May 2023, that received its PPN number in November 2023, can avail of funding via the local authority. [4734/24]

Departmental Funding

Claire Kerrane

396. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to advise of any possible funding to complete the set-up of a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4783/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Cathal Crowe

397. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total number of hubs onboarded in each county since the National Hub Network (connectedhubs.ie) was launched; and the total amount of funding in each county towards this, in tabular form. [4833/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Cathal Crowe

398. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total number of broadband connection points installed in each county; and the total number have been installed in schools by NBI in each county, in tabular form. [4834/24]

Rural Schemes

Brendan Griffin

399. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if town and village renewal funding will be provided to a project in County Kerry (details supplied); the anticipated timeline for allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4944/24]

Legislative Reviews

Johnny Mythen

206. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Government is carrying out a full review of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010, as promised under the programme for Government; the current status of this review.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4583/24]

Sustainable Development Goals

Jim O'Callaghan

207. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline her response to the report on the progress on the sustainable development goals 2023, produced by the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands. [4447/24]

Library Projects

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

68. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the need to provide capital funding for new library buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4303/24]

Vacant Properties

Seán Sherlock

69. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of derelict or vacant properties that have been brought back into use and notified to her Department, by county, since 2022, in tabular form. [4028/24]

Offshore Islands

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

70. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to discuss the provision of subsidies for the transportation of freight to the offshore islands, the maximum cost of same and the oversight mechanisms that exist. [4304/24]

Departmental Schemes

Paul Donnelly

71. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the plans that are being put in place to increase funding to CSPs when the new minimum wage legislation is put in place as a lot of projects are struggling to meet the current minimum wage. [4302/24]

Legislative Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

72. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the legislative programme. [3504/24]

Departmental Funding

Colm Burke

73. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how much financial support has been provided by her Department to community and voluntary groups and sporting organisations in Cork in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4013/24]

Community Development Projects

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

74. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the community centres investment fund; and if there is any scope to extend the scheme in the future. [4041/24]

National Development Plan

Peter Fitzpatrick

75. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under her Department being progressed in County Louth, including the current status of each project and the planned completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3827/24]

Community Development Projects

Ruairí Ó Murchú

76. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration is being given to providing an enhanced or additional LIS package for areas, particularly in north Louth, that have been badly affected by recent flooding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4007/24]

Rural Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

77. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what steps her Department is taking to tackle dereliction and vacancy in rural towns and villages. [3978/24]

Community Development Projects

Marian Harkin

78. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the 2023 community centre investment fund, particularly in relation to the application from the Ballymote community centre and regional hub. [1666/24]

Community Development Projects

David Stanton

79. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her policy initiatives, if any, that strive to identify communities with no local community representative structure; the way she is supporting such communities to have a voice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3989/24]

Local Authorities

Peter Fitzpatrick

80. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details on the total amounts of monies awarded to Louth County Council by her Department in 2023; the total monies drawn down and spent by Louth County Council over the same year; if not spent, the total monies that were returned to her Department respectively over the same year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3826/24]

Community Development Projects

Alan Dillon

81. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she will announce successful projects under the outdoor recreation infrastructure fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2749/24]

Departmental Funding

Robert Troy

82. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline what funding options/calls for funding her Department will run this year. [3923/24]

Library Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

83. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on funding for Carlow library. [3921/24]

Departmental Programmes

Bernard Durkan

84. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full extent of supportive measures she has taken in 2023 and proposes to take in 2024 to support urban and rural community issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3982/24]

Rural Schemes

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

85. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the applications received from County Carlow to the town and village renewal scheme. [3922/24]

Departmental Programmes

Christopher O'Sullivan

86. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the CLÁR scheme will open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4011/24]

Departmental Programmes

Bernard Durkan

87. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to remain in contact with various urban and rural community organisations, with a view to identifying to the maximum extent to which she can see potential for supportive measures in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3983/24]

Community Development Projects

Bríd Smith

88. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline the total funding for local community development committees for each of the past five years; if she will commit to significantly increasing it this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4009/24]

Flexible Work Practices

Peter Fitzpatrick

89. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of hubs that have joined the connected hubs network and have been onboarded onto the connectedhubs.ie platform; her future plans for the development of additional hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3830/24]

Departmental Functions

Pauline Tully

90. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what collaboration is taking place between her Department and the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to ensure adequate supports are put in place to support communities who are accommodating asylum seekers and international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3954/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

91. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €50 million community recognition fund, announced in May 2023, that has been spent to date; the projects on which it was spent; the counties in which the money was spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3979/24]

Departmental Strategies

David Stanton

94. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way she is assisting communities across the country to organise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3990/24]

Departmental Funding

Michael Moynihan

95. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline what calls for funding her Department will launch in 2024. [3994/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

96. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding under any scheme under the remit of her Department is being considered for areas, particularly in north Louth, that have been badly affected by recent flooding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4008/24]

Island Communities

Catherine Connolly

97. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 14 November 2023, the status of the monitoring committee for the implementation of the new policy for the islands; the terms of reference of the committee; the membership of the committee; the number of meetings held to-date and the dates of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3980/24]

Community Development Projects

James O'Connor

98. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the community centres investment fund will reopen for applications in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4017/24]

Island Communities

Catherine Connolly

99. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 14 November 2023, for an update on the work of the steering committee tasked with monitoring progress on the development of the piers on Inis Oírr and Inis Meáin; the date of the next meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3981/24]

Departmental Policies

Richard Bruton

100. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she would consider embodying initiatives to promote positive ageing within all the programmes of her Department, wherever practically possible; and if she will outline the specific areas of greatest potential. [4015/24]

Community Development Projects

Paul Donnelly

101. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the community centres investment fund and if there is any scope to extend the scheme in the future. [3991/24]

Departmental Funding

Pauline Tully

102. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the additional funding and resources paid out in County Cavan and County Monaghan in 2023, specifically to support the integration of asylum seekers and international protection applicants into the communities they are being accommodated in, in tabular form; if she has plans to increase this funding and resources in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3953/24]

Community Development Projects

Bríd Smith

103. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is satisfied with the level of resources available to local community development committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4010/24]

Departmental Policies

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

104. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire 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. [4037/24]

Departmental Funding

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

105. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be another round of the Community Recognition Fund in 2024. [4039/24]

Island Communities

Éamon Ó Cuív

106. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made to date with the development of the pier in Inis Meáin, which is urgently needed, following the study carried out by the Marine College in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3955/24]

Departmental Schemes

Michael Moynihan

107. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a new round of Leader funding will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3993/24]

Departmental Policies

Richard Bruton

108. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether the Town Centre First initiative has succeeded in the pilot stage of one per county; if she will indicate the main areas of transformation; and if she will outline her plans over the next five years to extend the initiative. [4014/24]

Departmental Strategies

Thomas Gould

109. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role her Department is taking in the National Drugs Strategy. [3987/24]

Departmental Strategies

Aindrias Moynihan

110. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what measures are being taken to encourage young people to participate in community development initiatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3985/24]

Vacant Properties

Peter Fitzpatrick

111. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being taken to tackle vacancy and dereliction in our towns and villages; the number of local authority requests to date under her Department's building acquisition measure to tackle vacancy and dereliction in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3829/24]

Departmental Funding

James O'Connor

112. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a Tranche 2 of the community recognition fund will open in 2024; if a similar scheme will be rolled out for communities hosting large numbers of international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4018/24]

Departmental Funding

Robert Troy

113. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be a Community Recognition Fund 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3924/24]

Departmental Schemes

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

114. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department will work with local authorities to encourage them to apply for new funding for the town and village renewal scheme; if there will be a minimum submission requirement for each local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4040/24]

Island Communities

Éamon Ó Cuív

115. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the piers on islands and serving islands that are being progressed by her Department in tandem with local county councils towards design and construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3956/24]

Departmental Programmes

Aindrias Moynihan

116. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what new measures are being considered under CLÁR funding for 2024. [3986/24]

Departmental Funding

Thomas Gould

117. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what support is available to volunteers looking to access the community centres investment fund – new builds measure. [3988/24]

Flexible Work Practices

Colm Burke

118. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the Connected Hubs Network and the continued development of remote working facilities by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4012/24]

Departmental Programmes

Paul Donnelly

119. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if extra funding can be provided by Pobal through the community service programme to an organisation (details supplied). [3992/24]

Departmental Funding

Robert Troy

588. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on when the community recognition fund will reopen for applications. [3720/24]

Departmental Schemes

Gary Gannon

589. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she and her Department will consider the purchase of Rawlton House, Sherrard Street Lower, Dublin 1, as part of the community recognition fund to be repurposed as a community centre. [3724/24]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

590. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has availed of services and-or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years to date; if so, if she will provide a schedule of costs and the purpose for which the company was engaged; and if she continued to use services provided by it. [3787/24]

Departmental Funding

Claire Kerrane

591. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will advise what grants or funding streams are available for an organisation (details supplied) affiliated community events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3968/24]

Departmental Programmes

Aindrias Moynihan

592. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will consider establishing a national network of teen sheds, similar to men’s sheds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3971/24]

Departmental Funding

Pauline Tully

593. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications for the CLÁR funding under measure 1 and measure 2 in 2023 from County Cavan; and the number of successful applications under each measure, in tabular form. [3996/24]

Departmental Schemes

Colm Burke

594. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of Women’s Sheds supported by her Department, by county basis; what Government supports have been allocated to Women’s Sheds in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3999/24]