The Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Irish: An Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe, Pobail agus Gaeltachta) is a department of the Government of Ireland.

It is led by the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht.

The headquarters and ministerial offices of the department are on Leinster Street South, Dublin.

The departmental team consists of the following: Agencies and bodies under the department: Rural: Town and Village Renewal scheme, Rural Recreation Infrastructure Scheme, Rural Walks Scheme, Rural Development Fund, CLÁR, LEADER programme, Tidy Towns competition, Dormant Accounts Fund (also supporting disadvantaged urban communities).

The Department of Rural and Community Development was created by the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2017 as part of the reorganisation of governmental departments in the government of Leo Varadkar.