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Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
251. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of the capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body for which he has responsibility, for which sporting organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date when a subsequent prospective funding programme or grant is scheduled to be …
Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
252. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to increase funding for high-performance coaching; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53474/25]
Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
253. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the progress of the national broadband plan in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53475/25]
Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
254. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if any additional capital funding will be needed for the national broadband plan beyond the additional €80 million of funding issued in February 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53476/25]
Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
255. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the new public warning text system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53480/25]
Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
256. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when a decision is expected on plans to extend the basic income for artists scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53481/25]
Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
257. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for a breakdown of the cost to date of running the basic income for artists scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53482/25]
Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
258. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on progress made to date and the plans for the future for the expansion of the night-time economy action plan for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53483/25]
Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
259. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the grants available through the Arts Council; the overall cost of these grants for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53485/25]
Emer Currie Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
260. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of grants and the cost of these grants under the latest stream of the cultural capital scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53486/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
261. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if there will be a fund for commemorative events celebrating the history of cultural institutions over the next few years as many institutions celebrate significant milestones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53555/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
262. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any product or service that has been acquired or purchased by his Department from Australia, in the past three years. [53613/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
263. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on a project (details supplied) as of October 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53770/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Culture
264. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the plans to ensure the basic income for the arts scheme is made permanent and expanded beyond the current pilot programme, given the evidence from the recent evaluation that the scheme improves productivity, reduces financial insecurity, enhances well-being and increases community engagement for artists; and if he will make a stateme…
Brian Stanley Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
265. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on Government spending on the long-term housing scheme from the start of scheme to now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52957/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
266. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of the legislation he intends to bring forward during the current Dáil session. [52965/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
267. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the annual expenditure on LIHAF; the total number of homes in each year activated via this measure; the total number of discounted homes delivered each year; and the average value of the discount, in tabular form. [52967/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
268. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any of the properties bought by the Housing Agency under the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme have been sold on to approved housing boards and have been converted to cost-rental tenancies. [52968/25]
Tom Brabazon Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
269. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will consider removing the two-year tenancy rule on tenant in situ applications. [53009/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
270. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the prohibitions that exist preventing local authorities selling Part V, social housing acquisitions and other social homes purchased from the private market under the tenant purchase scheme; and to list each prohibition and provide a summary of its rationale. [53057/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
271. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has calculated the proportion of households by income decile that are priced out of purchasing the average three-bed semi-detached house nationally and in each region, given a website's (details supplied) estimate the average price is €421,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53108/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
272. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has verified the claim by the chairperson of the Land Development Agency that 70% of income earners are priced out of the housing market in terms of both rents and house prices; and if he will publish his Department's own affordability analysis. [53109/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
273. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current ratio of average house price to average disposable household income in each county; the comparable figures in 2015 and 2020; and his Department's assessment of trends in affordability. [53110/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
274. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of second-hand homes currently available to purchase nationally; and the way in which this compares with the 2015-19 average cited by a website (details supplied); and his Department's strategy to increase second-hand stock availability. [53111/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's projection of new housing completions for 2025, by local authority; and the way in which these compare with the underlying annual demand identified by the ESRI and the Housing Commission. [53112/25]