Results 281-300 of 357 for speaker:Conor McGuinness

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 389. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if any independent evaluations of the LEADER programme’s value for money have been commissioned since 2020; if so, to provide the main findings; and if further reviews are planned in the current programme cycle. [21886/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 390. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total value of LEADER rural development funding allocated in each of the past ten years, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21887/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 391. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total annual allocation to the social inclusion and community activation programme for each of the past five years; and if he will comment on any trends in funding levels over that period. [21888/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 392. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of individuals and groups supported under the social inclusion and community activation programme each year since 2020; and if he will provide a breakdown by county. [21889/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 393. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the criteria used to assess the performance and impact of SICAP-funded initiatives; and if he will publish the latest programme evaluation findings. [21890/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 394. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to ensure the social inclusion and community activation programme is fully aligned with national anti-poverty and social inclusion strategies over the period 2025 to 2030. [21891/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 395. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of local improvement scheme funding allocations, by local authority area, for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21892/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 396. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current criteria used to assess applications under the local improvement scheme; and if he will outline any planned changes to eligibility requirements or prioritisation measures for 2025 and beyond. [21893/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 397. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of LIS projects completed annually since 2020; and if he will provide details of the average funding awarded per project. [21894/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 398. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of eligible local improvement scheme, LIS, applications that remain unfunded in each local authority area as of the latest available date; and if he will outline his plans to address this backlog. [21895/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 399. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he accepts that the Our Rural Future rural development strategy failed to adequately prioritise rural housing delivery; the specific measures being taken to address this failure in the next rural development framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21896/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 400. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his assessment of the impact of Our Rural Future on rural community safety, policing levels and public service provision in rural areas; and if he will acknowledge the concerns raised by rural communities regarding ongoing deficits in these critical areas. [21897/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 401. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which the public consultation process on the successor to Our Rural Future will address shortcomings in the current policy, including issues of rural depopulation, housing, policing and access to essential services; and if he will ensure that the next rural strategy includes binding targets and timelines for delivery....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (1 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 402. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will detail the actions taken under Our Rural Future to retain young people in rural areas through job creation and education initiatives; if he will outline whether these efforts have been successful; and if he will indicate how youth retention will be prioritised in the next rural development strategy. [21899/25]

Europe Day: Statements (7 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Europe Day should be a moment for us in Ireland to reflect on our place in the European Union, on what we have achieved as part of the European Union but also what we have failed to achieve and what has been stilted through our membership and through some of the policies of the European Union. We have seen some real benefits to rural areas from our membership of the EU over the decades,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Hear, hear.

Parental Choice in Education: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Education is the foundation of any progressive society. It shapes our children's futures, reflects our values and must adapt to the needs of a changing Ireland. For too long our education system has failed to keep pace with the diversity of modern Ireland. We need real diversity in school patronage which respects freedom of religion and finally puts parents and children at the heart of our...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (29 Apr 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned that Israeli activity in Gaza and the northern part of the West Bank forms a new wave of ethnic cleansing and land-grabbing; if he will condemn this illegal activity; the steps he will take to address it internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20096/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (29 Apr 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 215. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the definition of antisemitism given by an organisation (details supplied) was accepted by the Government in January of this year. [20186/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (29 Apr 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade who lobbied the Government to implement an organisation's definition of antisemitism (details supplied), both within Ireland and externally. [20187/25]