Results 141-160 of 15,792 for speaker:Dara Calleary

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93, 95 and 105 together. The three letters most feared by my officials are LIS. We are actively reviewing the LIS, looking to make it more effective and to deliver more consistently. It is a is a key support to rural communities in improving non-public rural roads and laneways that are not typically maintained by local authorities. We reintroduced the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Stádas na Gaeilge san Eoraip (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: Is é sin an rud is tábhachtaí faoin gceist seo. Tá dúshláin ann chun iarrthóirí a fháil a bhfuil na scileanna acu chun obair ar chaighdeán teanga an Aontais Eorpaigh. Tá an caighdeán sin tábhachtach. Tá oifigigh i mo Roinn i gcónaí ag obair leis na hinstitiúidí tríú leibhéil ionas go...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Timmins for his question. Our Rural Future is the whole-of-government policy for sustainable rural development in Ireland. More than 170 measures are outlined to support sustainable economic and social development and environmental and cultural well-being across all our rural areas. The delivery of these measures is clearly based on a cross-governmental approach, with a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: I cannot speak specifically to the Airbnb question. As I said, however, my Department has invested significantly in remote work and remote working facilities. We will be publishing a new national hub strategy, which will include measures to underpin ongoing sustainable development. As we discussed here previously, hubs in 2025 are different from what they were in 2020, and we need to make...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: Absolutely, I agree. The cost base of every business is of concern to the Government. With regard to the small rural regionally based builders, we made it very clear that they need to be given support from the banking system to allow them to make the kinds of developments in rural areas the Deputy has spoken about and that we all want to see. The Minister, Deputy Browne, will be writing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scéimeanna Tacaíochta (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: Tuigim go mór cé chomh tábhachtach is a bhí scéim na mbóithre áise le haghaidh mhuintir na Gaeltachta. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta as ucht a cheiste fúithi. Mar a bhí luaite sa fhreagra i mí an Mhárta 2025, tá scéim na mbóithre áise curtha ar fionraí le roinnt blianta anuas. Faoin scéim sin,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scéimeanna Tacaíochta (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: Tá obair bhunúsach déanta ag m’oifigigh sa Roinn. Tá muid ag scrúdú na meicníochta a bheidh muid in ann úsáid chun cuidiú leis na bóithre sin, go háirithe dóibh siúd a bhfuil cónaí orthu ar na bóithre sin nó a úsáideann iad le haghaidh obair feirmeoireachta. Mar a dúirt mé,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scéimeanna Tacaíochta (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: Nuair a thiocfaidh Roinn na Gaeltachta go dtí an Roinn caiteachais phoiblí, is é sin an rud a bheidh muid ag déanamh. Is mian linn go mbeidh deiseanna breise ar fáil do mhuintir na Gaeltachta agus muintir na n-oileán. Tá sé tábhachtach go mbeidh na deiseanna breise sin ar fáil do mhuintir na Gaeltachta amháin agus go mbeidh siad in ann...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Stádas na Gaeilge san Eoraip (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: Tacaíonn mo Roinn le raon tionscnamh chun an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn mar theanga oibre agus oifigiúil de chuid an Aontais Eorpaigh agus chun a chinntiú go mbeidh soláthar leanúnach de dhaoine leis na cáilíochtaí agus scileanna cuí ar fáil do na seirbhísí teanga lena dtacaítear le húsáid na teanga in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Stádas na Gaeilge san Eoraip (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: Aontaím go mór leis an Teachta go bhfuil sár-iarracht ar bun, go háirithe le haghaidh na nGaeilgeoirí sa Bhruiséil. Is iontach a fheiceáil, in gach cathair san Eoraip, agus níos faide i gcéin, go bhfuil muintir na Gaeilge beo agus ag úsáid Gaeilge. Go háirithe sa Bhruiséil, tá dream iontach inti atá ag baint a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foras na Gaeilge (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an mbeirt Teachta as sin. Tá sé an-tábhachtach dúinn teacht ar réiteach ach ní bheidh sé éasca. Nílim ag cur an mhilleáin ar aon duine go pearsanta. Tá na hoifigigh i mo Roinn ag obair go crua agus go dícheallach le hoifigigh na Roinne sa Tuaisceart. Tá siad fós ag déanamh na hoibre sin....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foras na Gaeilge (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: Bíonn slite eile ann i gcónaí. Táim ag coimeád súil ghéar ar an bhfadhb seo agus tá mo chuid oifigeach ag obair go dian leis na hoifigigh sa Tuaisceart. Comhoibríonn na hoifigigh sin an-mhaith le chéile. Beimid ag coimeád súile air sin. Caithfimid airgead breise a fháil. Táim chun é sin a phlé leis an Aire...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputy for her question. Community centres are the cornerstone of community life in towns and villages around the country. The Government recognises the very important role these centres play in bringing people together and facilitating community services and events. Since its establishment in 2022, the community centres investment fund, CCIF, has provided some €110...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: I agree with the Deputy. Where we can colocate community facilities, it is much better for everybody. It is a more cohesive community. I know the Minister, Deputy Foley, who has responsibility under the building blocks scheme, has also expressed an interest in working with the Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer and myself on this. To come back to Deputy McGreehan, as I said, over...