580. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5532/26]
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581. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each category; the annu…
582. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of WTE digital marketing specialists employed within his Department as of 16 January 2026. [5751/26]
583. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he last met the Chief Executive Officer of the National Concert Hall; the issues discussed; and when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO. [5752/26]
584. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the members of the An Post group of unions (details supplied) and An Post members can expect to receive their pension increase of 7% as agreed in September 2025. [5873/26]
585. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 9 December 2025, if he can provide an update on the response issued to the question. [5910/26]
586. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether a data protection impact assessment has been completed in respect of the proposed use of a State-issued digital wallet or MyGovID for online age-verification purposes; if not, when such an assessment will be completed; and whether it will be published prior to any legislative proposal being brought before the Houses of the Oireac…
587. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has conducted a formal proportionality assessment under Article 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in respect of requiring age verification for access to lawful online content by adults; and if not, whether such an assessment will be completed before any pilot or legislative measure proce…
588. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will confirm that the proposed age-verification system would apply to adult users accessing lawful online content; and whether his Department has assessed the impact of such a requirement on adults’ rights to freedom of expression, privacy, and anonymous or pseudonymous communication. [6063/26]
589. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he intends to place explicit statutory limits on the authority of Coimisiún na Meán to require age-verification measures, including limiting such requirements to specific categories of content; and whether such limits will be set out in primary legislation. [6064/26]
590. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will confirm that no individual will be denied access to lawful online content solely on the basis of declining to verify their age using a State-issued digital identity system; and whether this principle will be explicitly provided for in legislation. [6065/26]
591. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of what is required to secure successful funding under the large-scale sport infrastructure fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6143/26]
592. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund is due to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6144/26]
593. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will enquire with Sport Ireland the reasons, notwithstanding recent funding announcements, some national governing bodies continue not to provide financial assistance to juveniles selected to compete abroad and represent their country (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6258/26]
594. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider introducing minimum standards or funding conditions of grant investment in sports governing bodies, to ensure equitable support for juvenile athletes representing Ireland internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6259/26]
595. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the work of his Department to ensure that the agreed increases for An Post pensioners will go ahead as planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6340/26]
596. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the current status of NAAC; and the plans to consult professional archive bodies such as a body (details supplied). [6346/26]
597. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason he has not approved the agreed An Post pay increases to pensioners in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6361/26]
598. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he expects to sanction the agreed pay increases for the An Post pensioners in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6362/26]
599. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the sports capital funding programmes administered by his Department that support the development or refurbishment of public swimming facilities; whether any application has been received under these programmes in respect of a proposed public swimming facility (details supplied); the stage reached in the assessment of any such applica…
600. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to significantly increase the disabled persons grant allocation to County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7019/26]
601. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has assessed the impact of enhanced security of tenure provisions on properties that may be required to be sold within a short timeframe due to obligations under the nursing home support scheme or estate administration; and if he will publish any such assessment. [5433/26]
602. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he accepts that the requirement to sell properties with tenants in situ may significantly diminish the value of estate assets, thereby placing executors in breach of their fiduciary duty to protect the value of estates; and whether this issue will be addressed in the context of tenancy law reform. [5434/26]
603. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department will issue clear guidance for families and executors managing properties subject to nursing home support scheme loans, to ensure that compliance with tenancy legislation does not prevent compliance with legal obligations to repay State loans or distribute estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
604. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will commit to a review of residential tenancy legislation as it applies to properties tied to nursing home support scheme loans and estate administration, with a view to introducing targeted exemptions or safeguards for affected families; and the timeline for such a review. [5436/26]