Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development

Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht

2:00 am

Photo of John Paul O'SheaJohn Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)

There is ongoing consultation on the rural Ireland strategy for 2026 to 2030. There has been engagement online and in-person. I attended the recent public engagement process in Charleville in north Cork, as did the Minister of State. The Minister has been involved in a number of such meetings. Looking back, Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 showed that if you have a good strategy, you can get very good outcomes. I am looking forward to seeing the process materialise over the next number of months. I look forward to having the Minister before the committee again to discuss that issue when time allows.

I missed Deputy McGuinness's point earlier about the review of CLÁR. Does the Minister have a timeframe for the review of that programme?

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