Written answers
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Department of Rural and Community Development
Departmental Meetings
Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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1594. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings that she or officials from her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department have had with an organisation (details supplied) including its representatives from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12746/24]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Details regarding engagements by my Department with the organisation referred to by the Deputy are set out in the table below.
| DRCD Unit where Minister of State/Department Unit's Officials engaged with the National Women’s Council of Ireland. | Number of engagements | Online meetings, webinars, briefings or in-person meetings | Context of engagement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural Strategy and Social Enterprise Unit | 1 - Conference | 1 – Online Meeting, to finalise Conference details | Rural Strategy supported the NWCI to host their Annual Conference in 2022 in Co Monaghan, to coincide with International Rural Women’s Day on 15 October.Minister Humphreys opened the Conference and two officials from the Unit also attended.The Conference provided a forum for rural women around the country, to gather and discuss topical issues of relevance and importance. |
| Community and Voluntary Supports and Programmes Unit | 20 | My officials have met with the PPN National Advisory Group 20 times since 2019. | One member of the National Women’s Council of Ireland sat on the Public Participation Network (PPN) National Advisory Group until end 2023, representing the Community & Voluntary Social Pillar. |
| Community and Voluntary Supports and Programmes Unit – Community & Voluntary Pillar | 9 | 2 in-person meetings in 2019. 7 online meetings from 2020 to 2023. | The Pillar formally meets with my officials twice a year, with individual members also contributing separately as part of wider Departmental policy engagement. |
There are four agencies under my Department’s remit: the Western Development Commission, Pobal, Irish Water Safety, and the Charities Regulator. They are all independent legal entities responsible for managing their own corporate affairs in compliance with their statutory obligations. The details of the Oireachtas contact point for each of the agencies, who would be in a position to provide the Deputy with the requested information in respect of their organisation, are set out in the table below:
| Agency | Contact details |
|---|---|
| Pobal | oireachtasqueries@pobal.ie |
| Charities Regulator | oireachtas@charitiesregulator.ie |
| Water Safety Ireland | oireachtas@wsi.ie |
| Western Development Commission | oireachtas@wdc.ie |
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