1554. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether consideration is being given to simplifying or streamlining the approval and drawdown process for grants of this scale in order to avoid prolonged delays in the delivery of important community amenity infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24267/26]
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1555. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm that once Gateway approvals are completed the grant of €3 million will be formally approved to allow the local authority to appoint a contractor and commence works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24268/26]
1556. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his/her Department or in agencies under its remit; the purposes for which these tools are being used; whether any departmental guidance or governance structures have been developed to support their responsible use; and if he will make a statement o…
1557. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years.
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1558. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date in 2026; if he will clarify whether his Department was the beneficiary of professional work or services from the company over that same period…
1559. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24633/26]
1560. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the specific datasets, analytical methodologies, and weighting criteria used by his Department to inform geographic allocation decisions under recent rounds of the Community Sport Facilities Fund; and whether these methodologies are formally documented and subject to periodic review. [24671/26]
1561. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department operates any formal oversight or audit mechanism to assess regional equity in the distribution of Community Sport Facilities Fund allocations; and if so, to outline the findings of any such assessments since 2020. [24672/26]
1562. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will commit to publishing draft guidelines for future rounds of the Community Sport Facilities Fund in advance of opening dates; and whether any internal timeline or policy change is currently under consideration in this regard. [24673/26]
1563. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of the adequacy of current grant thresholds for large-scale urban sports infrastructure projects in cities such as Cork; and whether consideration is being given to alternative funding models to address such needs. [24674/26]
1564. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the oversight and regulatory framework in place for parcel delivery services in the State, including the role of the Commission for Communications Regulation in monitoring pricing and market conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24882/26]
1565. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the heatmap being developed by his Department to identify where sports facilities are and are not located around the State. [24934/26]
1566. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the State capital supports that are in place to support the building and development of a new theatre/arts space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24935/26]
1567. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the implementation of the national swimming strategy. [24936/26]
1568. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the planned national cricket stadium; and the way in which cricket is supported around Ireland by the State. [24937/26]
1569. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy or digital skills in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25029/26]
1570. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the level of funding given to Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) in each of the past five years; the extent of the oversight that his Department has relative to how the funding is spent; if there is a formal memorandum of understanding is in place; if his attention has been drawn to the serious disquiet and lack of trust that exists amongst …
1571. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views on the merits of requiring broadband and home phone providers to ensure that vulnerable customers are supported through easily accessible customer service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25377/26]
1572. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views on creating a minimum standard of customers service that all broadband and phone providers would have to adhere to; if this is under review within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25378/26]
1573. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views on the merits of creating harsher penalties for service providers that have been proven to have illegally cut off vulnerable customers from their service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25379/26]
1574. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any regulation that requires and enforces the provision and support for a vulnerable customer register for service providers including phone and broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25380/26]
1575. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25439/26]
1576. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the possible funding opportunities available to an organisation (details supplied) to promote an event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25583/26]
1577. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the possible funding opportunities for the International Rally in February 2027. [25586/26]
1578. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has met formally with the new Chairperson of the National Concert Hall. [25740/26]