579. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of Community Sports Facilities Fund will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16897/25]
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580. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department has any scheme or grant available to assist schools at primary and post primary level who wish to teach students how to play the traditional Irish harp; if any agencies receiving funding from his Department are active in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16927/25]
581. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he is aware of the concerns about the geoblocking of BBC Sounds that includes Radio Ulster for listeners in this State considering that a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the British Secretary of State for Culture and the Minister for Communications in February 2010 which provided for the widespread availab…
582. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will examine a list of proposed actions in respect of the Irish language and the Gaeltacht (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17003/25]
583. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when his Department will approve a 2024 sports capital application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17020/25]
584. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17064/25]
585. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of his departmental budget that is set aside to fund artists, entertainers, musicians, poets and performers who promote or use the Irish language through their art; and if ring-fencing a specific percentage of the budget for this purpose has been considered. [17291/25]
586. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the proposals there are to further the marketing of the tourism potential of the ‘Hidden Heartlands’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17342/25]
587. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length of time they have been derelict, in tabular form; and his plans to bring any vacant or derelict buildings back into use. [17487/25]
588. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the basic income for the arts scheme will be extended past 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17489/25]
589. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide an update on his work on the Programme for Government commitment to assess the basic income for arts pilot scheme to maximise its impact. [17490/25]
590. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social …
591. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of landowners whose land appears on the annual map for 2025 residential zoned land tax published on 31 January 2025 requested to change the zoning to reflect the economic use of the land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17626/25]
592. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cause of a death of a hippo in Dublin Zoo (details supplied); and the steps that have been taken by the zoo to avoid this reoccurring. [16546/25]
593. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an independent investigation will be carried out into the condition of hippos in Dublin Zoo after contact by an organisation (details supplied); if the results of that investigation will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16547/25]
594. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to respond to the call by an organisation (details supplied) to phase out the keeping of elephants in Dublin Zoo; whether he accepts the evidence provided; and whether he will announce a phase out of elephants from Dublin Zoo, starting with a prohibition on breeding and a ban on the import of elephants to Ireland. [16548/25]
595. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the rollout of the scheme to address the remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16552/25]
596. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to lower the voting age to 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16597/25]
597. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding allocated to Tipperary County Council for the tenant-in-situ scheme for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16603/25]
598. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a full update on the Cork Events Centre project; the key next stages and estimated timelines; and the exact amount of public funding, from all sources, spent on the project to date. [16047/25]
599. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to provide a timeline for when local authority homes can avail of the pyrite scheme, considering the urgency of the situation for those living in such houses; if he would address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16626/25]
600. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress that has made on including 'meanwhile use' as an exempted development under the Planning and Development - Exempted Development Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16661/25]
601. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the funding allocated to each local authority under the void scheme for refurbishing vacant local authority homes, from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16668/25]
602. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the current housing assistance payment limits; his views on whether these are appropriate taking into account rising rental costs; if he plans to make changes in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16670/25]
603. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations under the aegis of his Department since 1 January 2020; the total project cost of projects in excess of €500,000, or of any other capital projects below this that have come to his Department's att…