226. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated cost of expanding the afterhours funding strand for national cultural institutions on a phased basis over five years to allow for the extension of opening hours to 10pm. [28012/25]
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227. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of schools that applied for ‘creative schools’ funding in the year 2024 and to date in 2025; and the amount of funding each individual school receives. [28239/25]
228. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration will be given to continuing the basic income for artists scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28324/25]
229. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide a timeline for when the future of the basic income for the arts pilot scheme will be decided; when a decision will be made on a successor scheme to the pilot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27755/25]
230. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his plans to extend the basic income for artists scheme when the pilot scheme ends in August 2025, with consideration factors expressed in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27779/25]
231. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next call for applications to the shared island fund for tourism projects will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27981/25]
232. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide the additional costs and revenue required on a matter (details supplied). [27983/25]
233. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide the costs of posts and projects (details supplied). [27991/25]
234. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the initiatives that will protect our maritime cultural heritage, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27930/25]
235. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of doubling the funding for the local biodiversity action fund. [28199/25]
236. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans he has to change the regulations for small dwellings, such a portacabins to be built in people’s gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28469/25]
237. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to reevaluate the current funding being given to county councils for the tenant-in-situ scheme, increasing the available funding to allow them to complete agreed upon purchases under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27810/25]
238. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a timeline and expected milestones for the identification and re-zoning of land following his direction to local authorities to reopen development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27842/25]
239. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an audit of underutilised land or zoned but undeveloped land has been carried out in the last 12 months; if not, if such an audit will be commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27843/25]
240. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to raise the income thresholds for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27856/25]
241. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the further steps that are in place to ensure his Department delivers sustainable housing to promote renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27895/25]
242. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the further steps that his Department is taking to increase the number of social houses built across the country as outlined in the Housing Commission Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27896/25]
243. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage that further steps that his Department is taking to support homeownership for people under the age of 30; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27897/25]
244. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline how the targets for the delivery of over 300,000 homes by 2030 will be monitored and enforced; what portion of these are expected to result directly from his direction to local authorities to reopen development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27899/25]
245. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to address the 3.4% increase in average national rent prices between January and March this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27914/25]
246. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to reform the rent pressure zones in order to address high rent prices and supply shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27915/25]
247. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made to date on fully resourcing the Ministerial Action Plan on Planning Resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27916/25]
248. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider correspondence (details supplied) regarding the second hand capital assistance scheme and the need for additional funding to be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27922/25]
249. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the number of prosecutions for wildlife crimes by county for 2024, in tabular form. [27978/25]
250. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a person cannot avail of the tenant-in-situ scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27980/25]