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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in rural Ireland. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to increasing Local Link services in rural areas to better connect villages, towns and cities. Under Budget 2025, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in County Tipperary, in the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to increasing Local Link services in rural areas to better connect villages, towns and cities. Under Budget 2025, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in rural Ireland. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continue the roll-out of Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan and to increasing Local Link services in rural areas to better...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in rural Ireland. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continue the roll-out of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan and to increasing Local Link services in rural areas to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State with responsibility for Rural Transport, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in conjunction with the relevant transport operators. In...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (23 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in County Kildare. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continue the roll-out of Connecting Ireland and investment in new town services. Under Budget 2025, the Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (23 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in Counties Kilkenny and Waterford. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continue the roll-out of Connecting Ireland and investment in new town services. Under Budget 2025, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (23 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in Counties Kilkenny and Waterford. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continue the roll-out of Connecting Ireland and investment in new town services. Under Budget 2025, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (23 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in County Kilkenny. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continue the roll-out of Connecting Ireland and investment in new town services. Under Budget 2025, the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in County Cork. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continue the roll-out of Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. Under Budget 2025, the Department has secured a funding...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Data (23 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Over the past number of years my department has been actively engaged in the humanitarian response to the arrival of Ukrainian Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection, as well as International Protection Applicants (IPAs), through services delivered by the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP). The programme is overseen at local level by Local Community Development...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (23 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: My Department operates a wide range of funding schemes to which community and voluntary groups, charities, social enterprises and other such organisations can make applications. Different application timeframes are set for each scheme or programme. Funding schemes operated by my Department are not specifically aimed at seasonal charities. Further information on all schemes and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (18 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: The Local Enhancement Programme (LEP) 2025 provided funding of €7 million to assist thousands of community groups across the country by providing capital and current supports. The LEP is administered locally on behalf of my Department by Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) across the country, with support from their local authority. The relevant LCDC is allocated funding...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Enterprise Sector (17 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I would like to acknowledge the valuable work of social enterprises, and the meaningful impact they have on the lives of people in every community in Ireland. They frequently work to support disadvantaged groups such as the long-term unemployed, people with disabilities, the Traveller community, etc., or to address issues such as childcare, food poverty, social housing, or environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), is our country’s primary social inclusion intervention. SICAP is a national programme that is delivered in both rural and urban areas by Local Development Companies to help those in the greatest need. SICAP is overseen by Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) who are the contracting authority for SICAP. There...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (17 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: My Department's Community Services Programme (CSP) currently supports 446 services via 427 community-based organisations, with a budget of €55.4m in 2025, to provide local services through a social enterprise model. The CSP Programme provides an annual co-funding contribution towards each full-time equivalent (FTE) position being supported, and, where warranted, towards the cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Projects (17 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: The Community Enhancement Programme (CEP) was launched in 2018. Now known as the Local Enhancement Programme (LEP), it has distributed funding of almost €66 million since it began in 2018. The LEP provides funding to assist thousands of community groups across the country with mostly capital supports to help with small capital projects and the purchase of equipment. A number of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (17 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: The provision of library services is primarily a matter for local authorities in their capacity as library authorities under the Local Government Act 2001. Notwithstanding this, investing in our library service is a key priority for me as Minister. The National Public Library Strategy 2023-2027 'The Library is the Place' recognises that public libraries are at the heart of our communities and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (17 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Public Participation Networks (PPNs) were established following the enactment of the Local Government Reform Act in 2014. The PPN is the main link through which each local authority connects with the local community sector. The PPNs' primary function is to provide representation for the community sector in policy-making structures, giving local volunteers a greater say in local government...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: In 2019, my Department published Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities - A five-year strategy to support the community and voluntary sector in Ireland 2019-2024. The implementation of the strategy is being overseen by the Cross-Sectoral Group on Local and Community Development which supports my Department in the prioritisation of objectives and actions to be progressed within the...