650. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including sports, cultural and communications infrastructure projects funded under the remit of his Department (including under the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund), which have been completed on time and within budget in Longford i…
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651. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will outline the growth in digital connectivity and data usage in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34233/26]
652. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any mechanism in place within his Department that allows for civil servants to transfer on secondment to an equivalent role within the European Union, without negatively impacting their pension and other employment rights; his views on the merits of such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3441…
653. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including sports, cultural and communications infrastructure projects funded under the remit of his Department (including under the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund), which have been completed on time and within budget in Cork Nort…
654. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the National Broadband Ireland rollout for Tallow and surrounding areas in West Waterford; to confirm whether the area is due to be included in mapping in June; the expected timeline for survey, build works and connection availability; and the steps that are being taken to ensure rural communities in West …
655. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has identified areas in Dublin requiring additional public swimming pool capacity as part of future sports and community infrastructure planning; the plans, if any, to support the construction or redevelopment of public swimming pools in Dublin over the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter…
656. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the plans his Department has to support the development of new public swimming pools, particularly in areas experiencing limited access to public swimming facilities; the current number and locations of public swimming pools in Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34867/26]
657. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport on which date Eircom (eir) pensioners will begin receiving their 2.1% pension increase following final Ministerial approval granted in March 2026, including backdated payments effective from 1 July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34891/26]
658. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to consider uploading a photo from the first National Famine Memorial Day in 2008 (details supplied). [34899/26]
659. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to consider permanently changing the name of the National Famine Memorial Day commemoration to Irish Famine Commemoration Day which would be acceptable to the Unionist community and the title would unite the Irish people home and abroad on the 3rd Sunday in May and bring the day into International standard practice one day for an histori…
660. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether there has been an update regarding a lease extension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34965/26]
661. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide a list of all capital projects, including sports, cultural and communications infrastructure projects funded under the remit of his Department (including under the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund), which have been completed on time and within budget in Kildare in eac…
662. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the basis on which the current levy arising from public expenditure overruns is being calculated and applied to his Department’s Vote; whether any categories of expenditure, including pay, pensions or staffing-related costs, are exempt from the levy within his Department; and if he will provide a breakdown of the areas against which the…
663. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps his Department will take to urgently provide a fibre broadband connection to a school (details supplied), which has been without connectivity for over six weeks and cannot be serviced by existing providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35236/26]
664. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the implementation of the EU Birds and Habitats Directive; to detail any enforcement or infringement communications received from the EU on this; to confirm if Ireland is on track to meet these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34568/26]
665. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm that the Commission for Regulation of Utilities already has the legal authority to set enforceable statutory timeframes for Uisce Éireann to issue connection offers and complete connection works; if he will direct the CRU to introduce maximum time limits in line with European norms; and if he will make a state…
666. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider directing the CRU to introduce statutory maximum timeframes, such as six weeks to issue a connection offer and six weeks to complete works, along with automatic compensation for breaches, in order to address chronic delays in water and wastewater connections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34…
667. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of confirmed Asian Hornet nests identified in Ireland in 2025 and to date in 2026; the counties affected; and the actions taken to eradicate them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35323/26]
668. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is grant aid available for septic tanks in close proximity to char habitats, given that char fish are a protected species (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35342/26]
669. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has examined the feasibility of increasing the retirement age for firefighters to 65 years (details supplied), including any engagement with representative bodies and local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35392/26]
670. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all capital projects including social and affordable housing, water services, heritage and local authority-led projects funded under the remit of his Department which have been completed on time and within budget in the Wicklow Wexford Constituency in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and i…
671. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost and the implications that would arise from extending the voluntary extension of the retirement age to 65 for retained firefighters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33994/26]
672. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the establishment and meeting frequency of the five working groups (details supplied) committed to in the October 2024 Ministerial Action Plan on planning resources; if he will list the specific recommendations these groups have made to date regarding immediate staff shortages in local authorities; and if h…
673. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in view of the commitment to 'significant resources in the 2024 Action Plan, to provide a breakdown of the way in which the funding secured in Budget 2025 has been allocated specifically to frontline planning posts in local authorities versus administrative or department-level oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
674. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the latest workforce data for the local government planning sector, specifically identifying the percentage of current senior and executive planners eligible for retirement within the next five years; the way in which the 2024 Action Plan specifically addresses this imminent loss of institutional knowledge; and if he wi…