Questions

351. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will commit to expanding and extending basic income for the arts in Budget 2026, in light of the publication of the two-year report which has confirmed previous findings around the sustained positive impact on recipients’ lives, sectoral retention, and time committed to artistic practice; and if he will make a statement on t…

352. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he has engaged with the Department of Social Protection on barriers to artists in receipt of disability allowance participating in the basic income for the arts scheme; the means by which this may be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49976/25]

353. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider making permanent the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50004/25]

354. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures he is taking to accelerate the roll out of high-speed broadband in underserved rural communities; the means by which his Department is coordinating with the National Broadband Plan to ensure timely delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50124/25]

355. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if it is a requirement for the local authority to own the building they apply for the artist workspace scheme for; or if there is a requirement for the building to be leased for a certain period of time; whether Donegal county council have submitted an application to the scheme; if applications are still being accepted; if a list of a…

356. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department will consider increasing the player welfare grants available to inter-county GAA players; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50278/25]

357. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the available supports to inter-county GAA players; if he intends increasing the supports available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50279/25]

358. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport in view of the recent disappointing outcome of the football fund performance programme in Northern Ireland which did not award any funding to clubs in the North West, if his Department is considering any funding to help football teams upgrade their facilities through capital funding; and if this will also be open to any clubs operating…

359. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he supports the findings of a report (details supplied); the steps he can take to implement the recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50373/25]

360. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items (details supplied) not stored in his Department on annual basis. [50486/25]

361. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the waiving of local authority section 48 development contributions and the refunding of Uisce Éireann water and wastewater connection charges provided construction is completed prior to December 2026 if fully accounted for within the expenditure and revenue projections contained in the Annual Progress Report; if not, if addit…

362. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he accepts that the requirement to sell with tenants in situ significantly reduces the market value of rental properties in developments such as Sirius Wharf; and whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment of this provision. [49763/25]

363. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the implementation of banding and grading in Waterways Ireland; the retrospection of pay for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50178/25]

364. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide clarity on the tenant-in-situ scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50548/25]

365. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49611/25]

366. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding any product or service that has been acquired by his Department from an Occupied Palestinian Territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49629/25]

367. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the qualification criteria of the built heritage scheme; whether the scheme applies to all buildings; if there are any restrictions based on the ownership of the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49678/25]

368. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the application of the derelict sites register in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area; his views on the progress in bringing sites on this register back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49679/25]

369. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a review of existing local authorities' rates for retailers is being considered to reflect the lower level of footfall in towns and villages due to the proliferation of online shopping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49680/25]

370. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has carried out any review of the way in which local authorities are handling county councillors’ questions (details supplied) for written reply; and if he will establish a monitoring mechanism to ensure consistency and compliance across all councils. [49693/25]

371. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that 53 families in Sirius Wharf, Cobh, will face eviction notices by February 2026 as landlords exit the rental market; and the emergency provisions that will be put in place locally to prevent homelessness in this case. [49760/25]

372. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has assessed the impact of the March 2026 legislation, which prevents landlords with more than three units from selling with vacant possession, on the supply of rental properties in Cobh and in Cork city and county. [49761/25]

373. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific measures being planned for Cobh to protect families facing eviction as a result of the March 2026 legislation. [49765/25]

374. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the assistance or supports currently available to assist a person to downsize their home; the steps he will take to assist those willing to make their larger homes available for more suitable family sizes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49774/25]

375. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1177 of 8 September 2025, which stated that funding remains, if he will clarify the tenant-in-situ scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49780/25]