Parliamentary questions

Departmental Policies

Bernard Durkan

115. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to liaise with urban and rural communities with a view to addressing such concerns as isolation and the ongoing need for services to address the issues arising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53770/22]

Official Engagements

Brendan Smith

116. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on her recent attendance at the OECD rural conference. [49953/22]

Island Communities

Éamon Ó Cuív

117. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will meet a delegation from Inis Oirr to discuss the deficits in infrastructure on the island that need special support from her Department's islands fund including sewerage, piers, roads, electricity, water and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53739/22]

Road Projects

Brendan Griffin

118. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on local improvement scheme waiting lists per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53870/22]

Public Sector Pay

Pa Daly

119. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the remuneration of staff at Pobal. [44811/22]

Departmental Schemes

Richard Bruton

120. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the town centre first initiative; and when a fresh round of calls is planned. [53401/22]

Rural Recreation Policy

Aindrias Moynihan

121. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement that she has had with the stakeholders of a local amenity (details supplied) to include it under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53776/22]

Departmental Funding

Pearse Doherty

122. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if any efforts will be made to provide an organisation (details supplied) based in County Donegal with an alternative source of funding after the foundation has been informed by Pobal that it can no longer avail of the vital funding that it requires. [53605/22]

Recycling Policy

Brian Leddin

123. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the progress of the pilot Bike and E-Bike Upcycling Initiative; if she is considering extending the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53856/22]

Poverty Impact Assessment

Steven Matthews

124. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the instruments being used by her Department to identify and address intergenerational poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50432/22]

Community Development Projects

Brian Stanley

125. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department is working with any county councils to develop the economic model of community wealth-building which has been successful in Ayrshire, Scotland and Preston, England. [53839/22]

Departmental Strategies

Thomas Gould

126. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role that her Department is taking in the National Drugs Strategy. [53843/22]

Flexible Work Practices

Neale Richmond

127. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on her efforts to support remote working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52968/22]

Harbours and Piers

Catherine Connolly

128. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 15 September 2022, if she will provide an update on the development of the pier on Inis Oírr; the expected timeline for the updating of the environmental reports to the standard required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53793/22]

Community Development Projects

Ciarán Cannon

129. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline any findings arising from the recently announced community centres investment fund; and if she intends to continue the scheme in 2023. [53867/22]

Flexible Work Practices

Ciarán Cannon

130. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans for the development of remote working hubs in rural towns. [53866/22]

Island Communities

Claire Kerrane

131. Deputy Claire Kerrane 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. [53706/22]

Rural Schemes

Alan Farrell

132. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the work of the town and village renewal scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53389/22]

Energy Prices

Thomas Gould

133. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the approximate number of community groups that are eligible for the Enhanced Community Group Fund to help with energy costs. [53844/22]

Rural Recreation Policy

Alan Farrell

134. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the efforts that her Department is making in Coillte owned forest parks across the country; her views on the tourism and economic benefits from developing these amenities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53388/22]

Community Development Projects

Holly Cairns

135. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on increasing the annual funding for the Leader programme. [53615/22]

Community Development Projects

Patrick Costello

136. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will extend the place-based leadership development programme to include Cherry Orchard. [53713/22]

Tidy Towns

Emer Higgins

137. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures that are being considered in providing grant assistance to support the important work carried out by local tidy towns committees across the country. [53841/22]

Flexible Work Practices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

138. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work that is being carried out on remote working hubs and broadband connection points; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53090/22]

Departmental Funding

Bernard Durkan

331. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which funding made available prior to or in the course of the recent budget is likely to benefit urban and rural community development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54138/22]

Rural Schemes

Brendan Griffin

332. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a club was put forward for CLÁR funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53962/22]

Departmental Schemes

Bernard Durkan

333. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to address urban and rural community needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54135/22]

Departmental Schemes

Bernard Durkan

334. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to liaise with representatives of urban and rural communities with a view to maximising supports for the various relevant community-based enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54136/22]

Departmental Schemes

Bernard Durkan

335. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to monitor the extent to which support continues to be needed among urban and rural communities for particular modes of support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54137/22]

Departmental Funding

Bernard Durkan

336. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applicants for assistance towards urban/rural community development in the past twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54139/22]

Departmental Funding

Bernard Durkan

337. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which to she can make further provision arising from Budget 2023, to assist with urban/rural community development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54140/22]

Flexible Work Practices

Bernard Durkan

338. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she continues to assist towards the provision of communication hubs at local level to assist in the provision of located-sited enterprises that may be available from major national enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54141/22]

Departmental Funding

Bernard Durkan

339. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of headings under which she proposes to assist towards rural and community development at local level in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54142/22]

Departmental Funding

Bernard Durkan

340. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which supports from her Department in the past year have assisted rural and community enterprises throughout the period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54143/22]

Departmental Schemes

Bernard Durkan

341. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she has received new applications for support from rural and community-based groups which might be affected by inflation or cost of living increases; the extent to which she envisages support for such applicants in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54144/22]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Paul Donnelly

342. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development given the recently produced "iCommunity" policy supported by the Northern Ireland Department for Communities, and by the shared Island Unit in the Department of An Taoiseach, if her Department has given consideration to funding any proprietary works that need to be done to bring communities together, taking into account the regionality, urban- rural differences and a diversity of traditions. [54185/22]

Departmental Meetings

Paul Donnelly

343. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of times there have been direct meetings between her Department and the Northern Ireland Communities Minister (details supplied). [54186/22]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

207. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development in the context of a correspondence item sent to the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (details supplied) by the Secretary General of her Department, if she will clarify whether the national funding platform that she is developing in conjunction with Pobal will be an open source for the public to use; if not, the rationale for that; the amount expended on the project to date; and the progress made on same. [53797/22]

Dormant Accounts Fund

Fergus O'Dowd

208. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide details of the €210,000 that was secured through Social Inclusion Ireland from the dormant funds to fund a full-time mental health post in Mosney, County Meath, on a pilot basis for three years; the date that the moneys were secured; the expected timeline for commencement of the pilot programme; if she will make available any and all other details on the reason for the delays incurred to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53670/22]

Departmental Schemes

Claire Kerrane

209. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when a community support grant funding application decision (details supplied) will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53723/22]

Community Development Projects

Aindrias Moynihan

799. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the new LEADER programme 2023+; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52735/22]

Departmental Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

800. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of persons working in her Department’s press office, communications team and social media team in tabular form. [52787/22]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

801. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacant properties that are owned by her Department; the estimated economic value of the vacant properties; and if she will provide a list of such properties. [52856/22]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

802. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of properties that are being leased by her Department that are currently vacant; and if she will provide a list of such properties. [52874/22]

Ukraine War

Joe McHugh

803. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role that her Department has played in the integration of Ukrainian refugees into communities; if her Department and any agencies under its remit has had an involvement at local or national level in the response; the further steps that they intend taking to ensure that services are provided to assist in this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51656/22]

Departmental Schemes

Thomas Pringle

804. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when successful applicants to the community centre investment fund 2022 will be notified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53014/22]

Community Development Projects

Holly Cairns

805. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will ensure that the three local community development committees in County Cork are allocated proportionate funding in the LEADER 2023-2027 Programme reflecting their size and need. [53273/22]

Departmental Funding

Robert Troy

806. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of Kinnegad library and town park project, previously granted under the rural regeneration fund. [53339/22]

Departmental Funding

Robert Troy

807. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will give favourable consideration for funding for projects (details supplied) in their respective applications under the community centre fund; and the timeframe for announcing funding for same. [53340/22]

Departmental Funding

Jackie Cahill

808. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is her desire to see the community centres fund open for applications again in 2023, given the success and popularity for this fund in 2022, and the need for such funding for many rural communities around Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53370/22]