Results 321-340 of 14,473 for speaker:Dara Calleary

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Men's Sheds (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department provides funding to Men's Sheds and Women’s (Sister) Sheds under various funding supports, including:The €7 million Local Enhancement Programme (LEP) 2025 which allowed Men's Sheds and Women’s Sheds to apply for running costs as well as small capital works for the purchase of equipment for their facilities. LEP 2025 has recently closed for applications;The...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Walks Scheme, which is funded by my Department, contracts private landholders to undertake maintenance work on national waymarked ways and other priority trails that traverse their lands. The landholders receive modest payments for maintenance work undertaken in line with agreed work plans. The scheme is managed at a local level by local development companies rather than by local...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Climate Action Plan (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department is committed to meeting its obligations under the Climate Action Plan and Public Sector Climate Action Mandate. Central to this is the development of my Department’s annual Climate Action Roadmaps, which are available at www.gov.ie/en/department-of-rural-and-community-development/ collections/drcd-climate-action-roadmap/. These action plans set out the measures to be...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS), which was introduced in 2016, is one of a number of measures designed to rejuvenate rural towns and villages throughout Ireland. TVRS funding approved in 2024 placed particular emphasis on projects that bring economic and social vibrancy to town centres in line with Government policy, which will encourage more people into town and village centres...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Policy (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (ORIS) provides funding for the development and enhancement of outdoor recreational infrastructure such as walking trails, cycleways, blueways and mountain access routes in rural areas. Last year, funding of over €20.3 million was announced for 221 projects under measures 1, 2 and 3 of the 2023 ORIS scheme. €1.1 million was approved...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Veterinary Services (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department has overall policy responsibility for the Control of Dogs Acts 1986 to 2014. However, local authorities have responsibility for all operational matters under the Control of Dogs Acts. Under the Control of Dogs Acts, local authorities have the power to issue dog licenses, appoint dog wardens, provide dog shelters, seize dogs, impose on-the-spot fines and take court proceedings...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Breeding (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department has overall policy responsibility for the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. The Act provides a robust regulatory framework for the licensing, monitoring and inspection of dog breeding establishments by local authorities and, where a serious and immediate threat exists to public health or animal health and welfare, for the closure of such establishments. The day to day...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Breeding (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department has policy responsibility for the Control of Dogs Act and the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. Local authorities, through the Dog Warden service, have responsibility for all operational matters under the Control of Dogs Acts including enforcement, and are also responsible for all operational activities such as the registration, inspection and regulation of Dog Breeding...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Breeding (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department has overall policy responsibility for the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. The Act provides a robust regulatory framework for the licensing, monitoring and inspection of dog breeding establishments by local authorities and, where a serious and immediate threat exists to public health or animal health and welfare, for the closure of such establishments. The day to day...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Breeding (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Dog Breeding Establishment National Register, containing information for 2024, is available on my Department’s dog control page on gov.ie at the following link: assets.gov.ie/static/documents/dog-breeding-establishment-na tional-register-2024.pdf My officials are in the process of requesting updates for the database from all local authorities for 2025. Once all returns are...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Breeding (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department has policy responsibility for the Control of Dogs Act and the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. Under the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010, local authorities are responsible for all operational activities such as the registration, inspection and regulation of Dog Breeding Establishments, including enforcement activities. My Department has no role in regard to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Animal Breeding (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department has overall policy responsibility for the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010. The Act provides a robust regulatory framework for the licensing, monitoring and inspection of dog breeding establishments by local authorities and, where a serious and immediate threat exists to public health or animal health and welfare, for the closure of such establishments. Following a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department administers a number of schemes and programmes that support communities around the country and details can be found here. In general the schemes administered are competitively assessed with reference to the scheme outline. My Department does not generally support private individuals or households directly. As such, the eligibility requirements set out in the details supplied...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: The CLÁR programme provides targeted investment for small scale infrastructural projects in defined rural areas. The 2025 CLÁR programme was launched on April 4th and is now open to applications. As part of the conditions attached to the CLÁR programme, an applicant must hold a lease for a period of at least 15 years. This condition is in line with many other rural...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: My Department currently has no contracts with the company referenced.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: While the provision of school facilities is a matter for my colleague Helen McEntee, Minister for Education, I am also very aware of the importance of sensory gardens in our communities. My Department supports such facilities through the CLÁR Programme, the Local Enhancement Programme, the LEADER programme, the Community Recognition Fund and the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. In some...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Enterprise Sector (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: Social enterprises are businesses that work primarily to improve the lives of people. Their core objective is to achieve a social, societal, or environmental impact. As outlined in the National Social Enterprise Policy, Trading For Impact, launched last July, social enterprises in Ireland do not take any specific form or legal status. According to the baseline data collection exercise on...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: While the provision of school facilities is a matter for my colleague Helen McEntee, Minister for Education, I am also very aware of the importance of playground facilities in our communities. My Department supports such facilities through the CLÁR Programme, the Local Enhancement Programme, the LEADER programme, the Community Recognition Fund and the Town and Village Renewal Scheme. In...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) is a major capital investment programme which seeks to support large-scale, ambitious projects which can achieve sustainable economic and social development in rural areas. To date, the RRDF has allocated €588 million for 243 projects across Ireland. The Programme for Government recognises the importance of investing in our rural...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Dara Calleary: The Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) was introduced in 2016 and is one of a number of measures designed to rejuvenate rural towns and villages throughout Ireland. Since the launch of the scheme over €177 million has been allocated to almost 1,800 projects nationally. Of this, Kerry has been allocated almost €7 million for projects throughout the county. In line with...