927. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure sufficient youth services and spaces in an area (details supplied) given the local need for such amenities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60134/25]
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928. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has conducted any condition assessment, structural survey, or capital review of the Mayfield Sports Complex in Cork City, which was established in 1975 under a joint Departmental and local authority agreement; if she will publish any such reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60139/25]
929. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department remains a financial stakeholder or co-funder of the Mayfield Sports Complex under the original 1975 partnership agreement between the then Department of Education and Cork Corporation; if she will confirm whether this agreement remains in force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60140/25]
930. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding allocated to Mayfield Sports Complex in each of the past ten years; the purposes for which such funding was provided; and if she will outline any future capital investment planned for the facility. [60141/25]
931. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider a dedicated capital grant or inclusion in the 2026 school-community sports infrastructure programme for the refurbishment and redevelopment of Mayfield Sports Complex in light of its age, DEIS location, and community importance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60142/25]
932. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the nature and extent of State support provided to fee-paying schools in relation to the establishment and operation of special classes; the level and criteria of staffing supports such as teachers and special needs assistants; the availability and scale of any capital or ICT grants for such provision; any formal agreements or frameworks governing …
933. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the establishment of the committee for a root and branch review of the workload being placed on teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60182/25]
934. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on establishment of a sub committee on the use of AI in our schools, as per the senior cycle redevelopment support measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60183/25]
935. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the ring fenced SEN hours, as agreed in the ring fenced senior cycle redevelopment support measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60184/25]
936. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has signed off on a circular in relation to one year CID; if not, when she plans on doing so; if those who entered into a school this year will be entitled to a one year CID; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60185/25]
937. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the delays in the delivery of extra classrooms in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the new building will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60186/25]
938. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has been consulted on proposed changes to the oversight structure or governance framework of RTÉ following the recent discovery of additional irregular payments; and if he will support reforms to bring RTÉ fully under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General for all financial operations. [59253/25]
939. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if provision has been made within the National Development Plan or any capital allocation framework for the renewal or redevelopment of community sports facilities established under 1970s-era Department of Education partnerships, including Mayfield Sports Complex in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60147/25]
940. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the conditions attached to the funding provided by his Department and its agencies to music, culture, arts and sports organisations regarding the use of Irish and the promotion of their activities through the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57852/25]
941. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have submitted reports or other documentation outlining the way in which the funding has been spent, in tabular form. [57991/25]
942. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if a date has been announced for the Annual Famine Commemoration Day overseas; if it will be held on the same day as the annual commemoration day in Ireland which is held on the third Sunday of May; and the location which it will be held in 2026. [58055/25]
943. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his Department’s view of potential broadband blackspots that are unviable for commercial operators and outside the current scope of the National Broadband Plan. [58195/25]
944. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department plans to fund a major, one hundred years commemoration in 2027 of Charles Lindbergh's reaching landfall at Portmagee, County Kerry during his world renowned first non-stop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58355/25]
945. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if a leisure centre (details supplied) which received moneys to progress detailed design in the 2024 round of LSSIF funding will be eligible for consideration for funding from the increase in LSSIF announced as part of budget 2026. [58419/25]
946. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in each case. [58452/25]
947. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58488/25]
948. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58506/25]
949. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to intervene urgently to prevent the collapse of a women’s sporting organisation (details supplied). [58527/25]
950. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport regarding the basic income for artists, the measures he will take to ensure that there is no gap between the end of the pilot basic income for artists scheme and the new, permanent scheme, so that artists can continue working in their profession without their eligibility for the basic income for artists scheme lapsing by default…
951. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the means by which the Government will ensure sustained and increased investment in Gaelic games infrastructure, particularly in rural and underserved communities, to maximise their social and economic impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58545/25]