Conor McGuinness (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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387. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to list all the agencies and other bodies under his aegis; and to detail the total budget, or part thereof, funded by the Exchequer in 2024 for each, in tabular form. [6955/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently four agencies under my Department’s remit: the Western Development Commission, Pobal, Irish Water Safety, and the Charities Regulator.

The Western Development Commission, Pobal and Irish Water Safety each receive an Exchequer budget and details can be found under Vote 42 in the Revised Estimates Volume 2024 at the link below.

Pobal is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee with charitable status and administers a number of programmes for multiple Government Departments to support social inclusion and local and community development. While they do not receive an annual Exchequer budget, they receive administration and service fees for each programme they manage and support from Exchequer sources. This varies by programme.

In 2024 my Department paid Pobal €13,209,059 to deliver a wide range of programmes including the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), the Community Services Programme (CSP), the Community Centre Investment Fund (CCIF), LEADER, the Senior Alerts Scheme and others.

Conor McGuinness (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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388. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to list all the agencies and other bodies under his aegis for which he has responsibility for appointing board members or directors; and to provide the current board vacancies for each, in tabular form. [6956/25]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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Officials in my department work with the Public Appointment Service (PAS) who have responsibility for managing an open, accessible, rigorous and transparent system to support Ministers in making appointments to State boards. Board positions are advertised and recruited via www.stateboards.ie

Detailed below are the current board vacancies in the agencies and bodies under the aegis of my Department.