351. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will commit to expanding and extending basic income for the arts in Budget 2026, in light of the publication of the two-year report which has confirmed previous findings around the sustained positive impact on recipients’ lives, sectoral retention, and time committed to artistic practice; and if he will make a statement on t…
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352. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he has engaged with the Department of Social Protection on barriers to artists in receipt of disability allowance participating in the basic income for the arts scheme; the means by which this may be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49976/25]
1354. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department is considering measures to expand the basic income for artists scheme in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42290/25]
1381. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of full time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43655/25]
1382. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has a policy or goal of better insourcing of IT requirements and needs of the Department for better cybersecurity, autonomy, and crisis management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43673/25]
1383. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the way he will ensure that artists, musicians and arts workers are not negatively impacted by any findings of the review of the Arts Council; and that funding levels are not decreased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43959/25]
1384. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has plans for the development and promotion of amateur and community theatre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43960/25]
1385. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to ensure decision-making in the granting of monies directly from his Department to arts festivals and organisations is done in an equitable and transparent manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43961/25]
356. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if there have been any funding or grant requests with his Department or bodies under its aegis in the past 12 months for the operation of pop-up pools. [40566/25]
357. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department is aware of any pop-up pools which were funded through capital grants from his Department or Sport Ireland which are not currently in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40567/25]
236. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38613/25]
237. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department plans to expand the basic income for the arts scheme; if so, if he will provide specific information regarding the degree of expansion, such as the number of new artists and level of pay per week which each artist would receive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38629/25]
238. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will report on the working relationship between his Department and the Arts Council in lieu of recent controversy regarding the procurement and handling of a new IT system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38630/25]
82. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has been in contact with the Department of Finance and the Department of Social Protection around the application of the Karshan ruling, in light of recent issues around bogus self-employment in bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38119/25]
83. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has issued any guidance or provided any support to bodies under its aegis regarding bogus self-employment and how to correctly apply the Karshan ruling in their work, given the widespread issues regarding bogus self-employment in the arts, media and communications sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
188. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps his Department is taking to resource community sports clubs, particularly regarding the provision of playing grounds and community multi-code sports pitches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34942/25]
249. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the engagement he has had with large social media companies since he took office on the topic of their ability to monitor online hatred and discrimination and creating safe online communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34943/25]
729. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps he is taking at a policy level to tackle the identification and removal of online bots in Ireland, in light of recent research which highlighted the prevalence of bot activity from Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30721/25]
730. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he has made provisions to continue and expand the basic income scheme for the arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30722/25]
731. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport how he plans to support and continue the work of the Arts Council, whether he is considering a budget allocation increase above the rate of inflation for the Arts Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30723/25]
732. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will review current funding for national sporting organisations; if he is considering a budget allocation increase above the rate of inflation for Sporting Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30724/25]