569. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of an issue (details supplied) impeding teachers using digital resources in the classroom; if her Department has plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37941/26]
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570. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for the basic income for the arts scheme; the steps that can be taken to support their application and ensure that applicants in such circumstances are given full and fair consideration under the scheme. [37717/26]
571. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he recognises the role of the proposed AgoraEU programme in supporting culture and independent media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37754/26]
572. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has engaged with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, or the Department of Children, Disability and Equality regarding Ireland’s negotiating position on AgoraEU and related democracy and civil society funding streams; and if he will make a state…
573. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether an assessment has been carried out of the potential impact on Irish civil society organisations, cultural organisations, equality bodies and media organisations if the AgoraEU programme is not substantially strengthened within the next EU budget cycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37757/26]
574. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the development of the new national velodrome and badminton centre. [36839/26]
575. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will assist a facility (details supplied) to access the Community Sport Facilities Fund 2026; if he will confirm that registering on the online sports capital register will allow the centre to apply when the formal call opens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37146/26]
576. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department would consider allowing for a portion of the sports capital grant to go towards expert consultants to manage procurement, planning and other related activities in order to help deliver the awarded project, similar to the Department of Education and Youth summer works and emergency works schemes; and if he will make a st…
577. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has any usage policy on, or if it sanctions for official purposes, the use of messaging apps (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37197/26]
578. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a comprehensive update on the delivery of high-speed broadband under the national broadband plan in County Mayo, having regard to the thousands of additional homes, farms and businesses expected to gain access by the end of 2026; the current progress of network construction in all active deployment areas in the county; to p…
579. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he is aware of any engagement his Department has had in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37422/26]
580. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of additional staff employed or who will be employed by his Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026. [37448/26]
581. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the person or body a member of the public can contact in relation to a complaint in respect of a call operator on the 999 emergency call answering service; the way a member of the public can obtain a transcript of their specific phone call and the operator's remarks to the caller during that phone call in circumstances where that mem…
582. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the data collected as part of the administration and evaluation of the basic income for the arts scheme relating to survey questions on whether the provision of venues and facilities in the place in which recipients live and work impacts on their artistic practice, disaggregated by county (details supplied); if he is able to share the …
583. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Ireland's strategy around attracting major international sporting events and developing the necessary infrastructure; and if consideration could be given in the long-term future to hosting or co-hosting a Summer Olympic Games. [37824/26]
584. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the development of the national velodrome. [37825/26]
585. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of craft apprentices registered in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37360/26]
586. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No.698 of 28 April 2026, if his Department plans to make the Local Authority Regional Homelessness Financial Reports, published on his Department's website, available in future in machine-readable formats (details supplied), in line with open data standards; and if he will make a statement on the m…
587. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount expended in respect of the legal costs incurred by An Coimiúsín Pleanála in 2025 and in 2024; the individual amount paid out to solicitors and barristers representing ACP; and the amounts paid to solicitors and barristers representing third parties in 2025 and 2024, in tabular form. [36627/26]
588. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount paid out by ACP in legal costs to named solicitors and barristers concerning High Court judicial review cases the ACP has conceded in 2025 and the 2024; the name of the plaintiffs in each case; and the date ACP conceded the cases, in tabular form. [36628/26]
589. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether national building regulations or technical guidance documents prescribe minimum toilet provision ratios for men and women in public buildings including theatres, restaurants and entertainment venues; and if he will provide details of the applicable standards and enforcement mechanisms. [36663/26]
590. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Galway City Council will be given its homeless allocation for 2026; if he will address the increased demand for homeless services in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36681/26]
591. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered increasing HAP payments in Galway; if he has considered increasing the homeless HAP flexibility from 35% to 50% in Galway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36682/26]
592. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the grant system for the repair and conservation of thatched buildings was last reviewed or updated; whether the scheme applies solely to domestic dwellings or if commercial heritage buildings such as hotels, pubs, guest houses or tourism-related properties are eligible for support; if he will consider expanding eligibility an…
593. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the rationale for excluding commercial heritage buildings such as pubs, B and Bs, restaurants, hotels and tourism properties from eligibility under thatching grant schemes; when this policy was last reviewed; if he will consider expanding eligibility in light of the urgent need to sustain demand for the craft; and if he will make a…