Rural and community development policy

What this means

• The Department of Rural and Community Development is an Irish government department responsible for supporting rural areas and communities across the country.[source]
• Its core job is to promote the economic and social development of rural areas and communities through targeted programmes and funding.[source]
• The department runs programmes covering rural development, town regeneration, and community support, affecting people living outside major urban centres.[source]
• Its legal basis comes from the Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924, which sets out how Irish government departments are established and given their powers.[source]
• Accountability matters here because public funds are directed at reducing inequality between rural and urban areas, making oversight of spending decisions important.[source]

Direct impact (1)

• duty held by body
  Department of Rural and Community DevelopmentBody

Indirect impact (4)

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

• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-rural
  Expand Local Link rural transport servicesCommitment
• duty held by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-rural
  Target balanced regional population growthCommitment
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht2-hop via dept-rural
  Dara CallearyOfficeholder
• duty held by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht and at the Department of Transport2-hop via dept-rural
  Jerry ButtimerOfficeholder