Questions

265. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if an organ was purchased by the National Concert Hall and the cost; when the organ is expected to be installed given the delays in the planned renovation of the National Concert Hall; the expected cost of storage for the organ until that date; the reason the organ was purchased before the designs for the renovations are finalised;…

474. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 25 November 2025, his plans in relation to the future of core of the Dublin’s Digital Hub Development Agency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69977/25]

477. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if it is his official policy position that comedy should be recognised as an art form; if his response is binding on Culture Ireland as an entity within his Department; and whether his response to this question constitutes a written policy direction for the purposes of section 5(3) of the Arts Act 2003 and a binding request of the …

305. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture; Communications and Sport when a new National Archives Advisory Council (NAAC) will be in-situ, given that the last NAAC expired in July 2022; and the plans to consult professional archive bodies (details supplied) in advance of the establishment of the new NAAC. [68881/25]

477. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if a stream of funding is available that the nearly 120 musical societies in Ireland can apply for to ensure that their community-based arts offering can continue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65691/25]

478. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if funding is available which an association (details supplied) or its member organisations can apply for to continue to run its all-Ireland adjudication scheme for musical societies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65692/25]

479. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if funding is available which an association (details supplied) or its member organisations can apply for to continue its mentoring scheme for secondary schools to encourage emerging young talent and to putt on annual school musicals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65694/25]

480. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Cumarsáide agus Spóirt an fios dó cén céatadán agus cén méid de chiste na stáisiún craolacháin poiblí náisiúnta a tháinig ó dhuaischomórtais a bhí ceangailte le cláracha raidió agus teilifíse chuile bhliain idir 2014 agus 2024; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [65705/25]

481. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Cumarsáide agus Spóirt an bhfuil ról ar bith aige faoin Acht um Rialáil Cearrbhachais, 2024 maidir le cinneadh a dhéanamh nó aird Údarás Rialála Cearrbhachais na hÉireann a tharraingt ar chrannchuir sheachtainiúla a bhfuil duaischistí a bhfuil níos mó ná €200,000 iontu atá á reáchtáil ag grúpa stáisiún raidió tráchtála; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina tha…

483. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps he will take in response to issues facing the Digital Hub Development Agency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65741/25]

1. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of each engagement he or his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) over the past six months; the topics that were discussed; if discussion at any such engagement encompassed the safeguarding of Irish players and compliance with legal obligations in the context of international competitions; and if he …

3. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason the projected costs of the refurbishment of the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork city are now calculated at over three times the original estimate of €28 million in 2020 to now being estimated at nearly €94 million, and with a completion date of late 2028 at the earliest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64624/…

5. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the breakdown of the projected spend of €93 million by the State in hosting seven games of the Euro 2028 soccer tournament; and if additional funding will be given to local soccer clubs to increase participation in the sport and improve facilities in advance of the tournament. [64625/25]

72. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has engaged with the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and the Dublin and neighbouring local authorities to ensure that the city, neighbouring towns, communities and soccer clubs can welcome and host fans of the various international teams competing in the Euro 2028 soccer tournament; the social impact and commu…

74. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the application process for the new basic income for artist scheme will be opened; the work that has been carried out on the criteria and conditions of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64627/25]

156. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps he will take to ensure that the Football Association of Ireland as a national sporting body hosting part of one of the biggest international tournaments, the Euro 2028 soccer tournament, is sufficiently staffed and funded for this huge task; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64630/25]

290. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has made the Arts Council aware in writing of his objective as expressed publicly on a programme (details supplied) that they should support comedy; if so, the date; and if not, if he will do so. [62303/25]

118. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport is it intended for the Irish Government to sign and ratify the UN International Convention against Apartheid in Sports. [60330/25]

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]

955. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding breakdown being allocated under the B6 subhead for 2026 in relation to the night time economy. [58612/25]

965. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 33, including the provisional subhead and programme level allocations. [59535/25]

3. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his plans for the extension or expansion of the basic income for the arts, following the publication of the cost-benefit analysis on the pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52536/25]

4. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm whether he granted funding to a festival on an exceptional basis outside the normal application processes for annual departmental or Arts Council schemes; the amounts and the recipients of such exceptional funding outside the normal applications processes provided by his Department in relation to community festivals and su…

43. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he intends to take on board the recommendations of the joint Oireachtas committee in its pre-legislative scrutiny report on the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill in relation to introducing the audiovisual content levy; when he intends to publish the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52538/25]

70. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to clarify if any advance notice was given by him or by his Department to potential applicants of the first-come, first-served approach to allocating funding under the grassroots music venues support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52542/25]