Parliamentary questions

Rural Schemes

Paul Murphy

26. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has plans to support rural information support services and assist those in rural communities to access supports they are entitled to. [50088/21]

Rural Schemes

Alan Dillon

27. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the walks scheme in respect of new projects in County Mayo; the funding that has been allocated to these projects; the likely timeline for the development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50111/21]

Library Services

Paul Murphy

28. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on plans for a new location for the Limerick city centre library. [50086/21]

Rural Schemes

Darren O'Rourke

29. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the specific funds available from his Department to provide for the delivery of public greenspace, public parks and playgrounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45843/21]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Denis Naughten

30. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce is set to meet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48282/21]

Rural Schemes

Michael Ring

31. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is satisfied with the uptake of the rural regeneration scheme; the number of the schemes that have been completed; and when she expects to have the next round of the rural regeneration scheme. [50031/21]

Rural Schemes

Catherine Connolly

32. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the promised €2 million scheme to fund the development of town masterplans; the details of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50136/21]

Rural Schemes

Martin Browne

33. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being taken to ensure that Leader funding will be maintained at the current level as part of Ireland’s Common Agriculture Policy Strategic Plan. [50157/21]

National Broadband Plan

James Lawless

34. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the roll-out of broadband connection points across Ireland. [50160/21]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Denis Naughten

35. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the date of the last meeting of the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48281/21]

Telecommunications Infrastructure

Ruairí Ó Murchú

36. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the expected timeframe for the establishment and operation of the mobile and broadband taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50164/21]

Community Development Projects

Violet-Anne Wynne

37. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the capital scheme for the rejuvenation of community centres as announced in the National Development Plan will be available to each local authority; the total sum of the scheme’s allocation; when applications for the scheme will open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50109/21]

Community Development Projects

Fergus O'Dowd

38. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of supports provided to community-based organisations in counties Louth and Meath that provide vital services such as cancer care transport services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50155/21]

Island Communities

Dara Calleary

39. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the work of the interdepartmental committee for the development of the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50161/21]

Rural Schemes

Seán Canney

40. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she expects to announce the next round of allocations from the rural regeneration development fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49404/21]

Rural Schemes

Niamh Smyth

41. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of playgrounds funded under the CLÁR scheme in each county both through community organisations and through schools. [49905/21]

Rural Schemes

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

43. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration has been given or will be given to reintroducing the additional 30% grant for Rapid and CLÁR areas under the sports capital grant. [47794/21]

Community Development Projects

Joe Carey

44. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the criteria her Department and Pobal have adopted for awarding grants and funding for units of an organisation (details supplied); if she will consider introducing a funding scheme for capital projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49535/21]

Social Enterprise Sector

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

45. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received to date for the Awareness Raising Initiative for Social Enterprise, ARISE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49764/21]

Rural Schemes

Claire Kerrane

46. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the progress made in the 2021 Work Programme for Our Rural Future; the number of measures which have been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49836/21]

Rural Schemes

Seán Canney

47. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to increase funding for local improvement schemes in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49402/21]

Rural Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

48. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the dates on which LIS funding for 2021 was allocated to local authorities in 2021; the amounts allocated; the amount of expenditure to date by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49843/21]

Flexible Work Practices

David Stanton

49. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of support to be provided by her Department in 2021 for the development of remote working hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50048/21]

Rural Schemes

Brendan Griffin

50. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of town and village funding will issue; if she will provide details of all County Kerry applications in the current round; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50132/21]

Rural Schemes

Brendan Smith

51. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when additional funding under the transitional programme for the Leader programme will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50083/21]

Rural Schemes

Niamh Smyth

52. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the next round of CLÁR funding will allow primary schools to apply for funding to develop playgrounds on their school grounds that can also be used by the wider public; the reason such developments have been excluded from the past two rounds of the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49904/21]

Island Communities

Claire Kerrane

53. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department plans to share the draft policy strategy for the islands with representatives as requested by an organisation (details supplied) to ensure island communities can engage with the policy development process and provide insights to the strategy focus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49834/21]

Community Development Projects

Thomas Gould

54. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available from her Department to community groups and organisations that have obtained staff through various social protection schemes but now want to retain these staff permanently given their important role in community development. [50097/21]

Rural Schemes

Catherine Connolly

55. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the development of the rural proofing model promised in Our Rural Future – Rural Development Policy 2021–2025; the status of the assessment of international best practice in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50139/21]

Island Communities

Alan Dillon

56. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a project (details supplied); when the project is likely to proceed to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50110/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Claire Kerrane

57. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the number of remote working hubs now up and running and available for use of the initial 400 that were identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49833/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Colm Burke

58. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding for remote digital hubs provided for in Budget 2021 that has been disbursed; if additional remote working hubs will be considered going forward in view of the fact that these facilities are vital for both urban and rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50014/21]

Dormant Accounts Fund

Seán Canney

59. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the value of the dormant accounts fund that is to be available in 2022 to support community development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49405/21]

Rural Recreation Policy

Holly Cairns

60. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will employ additional rural recreational officers and ensure they are allocated according to the work plans being operated by the local development companies. [50123/21]

Island Communities

Catherine Connolly

61. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the new policy for the islands; when she expects to publish the policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50135/21]

Library Services

Paul Murphy

62. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has plans to support a local library for the City West area. [50089/21]

Rural Schemes

Brendan Griffin

63. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next tranche of rural regeneration funding will be announced; the status of the application for Killorglin, County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50131/21]

Rural Schemes

Seán Canney

64. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department plans to make funding available under the rural regeneration development fund for the installation of municipal waste water treatment plants in towns and villages in which no such services exist and development cannot progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49401/21]

Rural Recreation Policy

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

65. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme funding for walking infrastructure in County Carlow for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50159/21]

Rural Schemes

Brian Stanley

66. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding that has been provided to counties Laois and Offaly through the LEADER programme in 2019 and 2020. [49416/21]

Community Development Projects

Brendan Smith

67. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided for the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme which is delivered by local development companies and is of great importance to many individuals and organisations in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50084/21]

Rural Schemes

Cathal Crowe

68. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has received an application for town and village renewal made by Clare County Council in respect of Clonlara Village, County Clare. [49950/21]

Rural Schemes

Catherine Connolly

69. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the work of the interdepartmental group which was established to develop a town centre first approach; the number of times the group has met to date; when the group will bring forward its recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50137/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

70. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of support for remote working hubs; the amount of 2021 funding that has been disbursed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49949/21]

National Development Plan

Bernard Durkan

71. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address issues affecting rural life in the context of the National Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50129/21]

Rural Recreation Policy

Holly Cairns

72. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of her engagement with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the employment of additional rural recreational officers. [50122/21]

Rural Schemes

Seán Sherlock

73. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the formal personal engagement she has had with communities and LEADER providers on the rural development element of the CAP pertaining to her Department in view of the national CAP consultation undertaken by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine. [50092/21]

Rural Schemes

Cathal Crowe

74. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has received an application for town and village renewal made by Clare County Council in respect of Drumgeely Neighbourhood Centre, Shannon Town, County Clare. [49951/21]

Rural Recreation Policy

Neale Richmond

75. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she plans to expand the walks scheme to include walking trails in the Dublin mountains; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49454/21]

National Broadband Plan

Pádraig O'Sullivan

76. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the roll-out of broadband connection points in north central areas of Cork city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50121/21]