Department of Rural and Community Development

What this means

• The Department of Rural and Community Development is an Irish government body that supports the economic and social development of rural areas and communities across Ireland.[source]
• It runs programmes covering rural development, town regeneration, and community support, making it a key body for people living outside major cities.[source]
• The department is currently working to expand Local Link rural transport services, which connect people in rural areas to public transport.[source]
• It is also tasked with targeting balanced regional population growth, aiming to spread development more evenly across the country rather than concentrating it in cities.[source]
• Both of these commitments are currently in progress, meaning the department can be held to account for delivering on them over the lifetime of the current government.[source]

Direct impact (5)

• owns statutory mandate
  Rural and community development policyMandate
• responsible for commitment
  Expand Local Link rural transport servicesCommitment
• responsible for commitment
  Target balanced regional population growthCommitment
• holds role: Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht
  Dara CallearyOfficeholder
• holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht and at the Department of Transport
  Jerry ButtimerOfficeholder

Indirect impact (8)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• holds role: Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht → holds role: Teachta Dála2-hop via dara-calleary
  Dáil ÉireannBody
• holds role: Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht → holds role: Minister for Social Protection2-hop via dara-calleary
  Department of Social ProtectionBody
• holds role: Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht → responsible for commitment2-hop via dara-calleary
  Extend hot school meals to all primary schoolsCommitment
• holds role: Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht → responsible for commitment2-hop via dara-calleary
  Maintain the State pension age at 66Commitment
• holds role: Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht → responsible for commitment2-hop via dara-calleary
  Significantly increase the Carer's Allowance income disregardCommitment
• holds role: Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht → responsible for commitment2-hop via dara-calleary
  Introduce pay-related jobseeker's benefitCommitment
• holds role: Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht → member of party2-hop via dara-calleary
  Fianna FáilParty
• holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht and at the Department of Transport → member of party2-hop via jerry-buttimer
  Fine GaelParty