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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 427. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects to be in position to offer grant assistance to appropriately-qualified groups throughout County Kildare in 2023, with particular reference to the community and voluntary sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62994/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 430. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has identified specific local initiatives in County Kildare worthy of support by her Department since its inception; her ongoing proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62997/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 418. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department continue to have dialogue with urban or rural-based groups, with a view to identifying deprivation or concerns which may need her intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62985/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 419. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full extent of funding allocated to various groups throughout the country under the schemes available through her Department in the past three years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62986/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 425. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community development initiatives funded by her Department throughout the country in the past twelve months; her expectations in this regard in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62992/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Reviews (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 420. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which all regions throughout the country continue to be the subject matter of examination by her Department, with a view to addressing issues of deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62987/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 421. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which various recreational walk schemes throughout the country continue to be expanded by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62988/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regional Development (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 422. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department continue to strive for an even spread of development, job locations and digital hubs throughout the country, in such a way as to ensure the availability of an office setting in areas not previously sufficiently provided for through digital developments; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 423. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department continues to monitor urban and rural community activity, with a view to addressing issues arising from Covid-19 or Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62990/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Isolation (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 424. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department expect to be able to assist those suffering from social isolation in urban or rural settings in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62991/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 426. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the full extent of awards made by her Department under the town and village renewal scheme throughout the country; her expectations in respect of this or similar schemes in the next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62993/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 428. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which, the CLÁR programme has assisted communities throughout the country, including County Kildare, in the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62995/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 429. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has supported various communities throughout the country through the LEADER programme in the past year; her current engagements and future proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62996/22]

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (17 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: One voice, please.

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (17 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Please do not interrupt the Deputy.

Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (17 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: SBO Tax Expenditures: Film Relief Section 481 Tax Credit (resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I wanted to say happy Christmas. I will devote the rest of my attention, for the remainder of the evening, to the vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Report 42 of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Service: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise for arriving late. I had a couple of other issues of business to which I had to attend. I welcome the witnesses, for whom I have a few questions. There was an approval of the award by two Ministers at different times. Were those approvals conditional or were they clear and unequivocal?