486. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has assessed the cost to the State and to the communities if the Post Office Network continues to decline due to the lack of structured multi-annual funding. [37536/25]
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487. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will commit to using the Post Office Network as a delivery partner for more public services such as form generation, tourist information, register of electors and enabling all postmasters to become peace commissioners, to ensures that the €15 million investment delivers even greater community and economic impact. [37537/25]
488. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37711/25]
489. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reasons preventing organisations combining Leader and Sports Capital Programme on a single project, notwithstanding there can be different phases and stages in projects and separate funding might be required for each of these stages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37726/25]
490. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the date and location for the international day of famine commemoration in 2025 will be announced; and whether he agrees that from 2026 onwards, it should take place on the same date as the national famine commemoration. [37783/25]
491. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the Counter Disinformation Oversight Group, as committed to in the National Counter Disinformation Strategy, will be established; its future terms of reference; when the associated implementation plan will be developed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37849/25]
492. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport how his Department is working with other Government Departments and public bodies to coordinate a national response to disinformation and misinformation; and if no formal coordination mechanisms are currently in place, when they will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37850/25]
493. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport how his Department is supporting national media literacy initiatives and promoting public trust in reliable information sources in line with the National Counter Disinformation Strategy; and if no new initiatives or funding have been introduced in 2025, whether and when they are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3…
494. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is aware of proposals to use lands, previously identified for a centre of excellence for soccer, as a multi-purpose athletics facility in Glanmire, County Cork; if he will support such a proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37922/25]
495. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the implementation of the Dublin city task force recommendations will oversee regeneration of flat complexes in the south inner city; the actions that are envisaged; the funding allocated; and how these actions will be implemented. [36761/25]
496. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the new agency established to implement the recommendations of the Dublin city task force will cover the entire Dublin City Council area; and how funding is being allocated. [36762/25]
497. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [36998/25]
498. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s expenditure on beauticians, make-up artists or hairdressing professionals, stylists or personal shoppers, specifying if such expenditure was on a contract or retainer fee basis, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [37017/25]
499. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on a review of planning regulations in relation to a new and separate exempted development threshold for stand-alone nutrient storage, in view that the thresholds and conditions associated with the exemption are practical and enable farmers to make the necessary investment to deliver the required nutrient storage…
500. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the position or grade of those availing of training, for example, Minister, Secretary General, principal officer and so on. [37052/25]
501. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's expenditure on media consultancy in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the consultancy firms involved; and the nature of each contract, in tabular form. [37070/25]
502. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the croi cónaithe cities scheme, by a list of the schemes that have or are coming to market under this scheme; the cash value of the CCC subsidy being applied to the purchase of the homes in each of these schemes; and the way in which the grant and attached clawback is being applied. [37084/25]
503. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the considerable expense that homeowners have to incur to be admitted to the pyrite remediation scheme; if he will provide details of any supports available for homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37120/25]
504. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the specific environmental and infrastructural factors that led to the River Tolka’s consideration as a heavily modified water body; whether alternative restoration options will be considered prior to its designation; the reason the river’s ecological potential was assessed as ‘poor’ with ‘medium confidence’; whether furt…
505. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for an ‘above the shop’ living refurbishment grant by topping up the vacant and derelict refurbishment grant so as to help make spaces above retail premises liveable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37171/25]
506. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the cost to the exchequer of the first home scheme (aka shared equity scheme) in each of the years since its creation in 2022, in tabular form; and an estimation of the cost for each year from the last year for which final numbers are available until 2030. [37192/25]
507. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the cost to the Exchequer of the croí cónaithe scheme in each of the years since its creation, in tabular form; and an estimation of the cost for each year from the last year for which final numbers are available until 2030. [37193/25]
508. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the cost to the Exchequer of the housing assistance payment in each of the years since its creation in 2014, in tabular form; and an estimation of the cost for each year from the last year for which final numbers are available until 2030. [37194/25]
509. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to address long waiting times for allocation of social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37195/25]
510. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department is taking to address record homelessness figures across Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37196/25]