Questions

1010. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department or Sport Ireland intends to undertake a feasibility study into the provision of an Olympic-size swimming pool in Cork, including potential locations, costs and projected usage levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43766/26]

1011. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number and location of Olympic-size 50-metre swimming pools currently available to the public in Ireland; the measures being taken to address the lack of such a facility in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43767/26]

1012. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the assessments that have been carried out of the potential benefits of an Olympic-size swimming pool in Cork for high-performance sport, swimming clubs, schools, disability sport and community participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43768/26]

1013. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the requirements for an entity to be granted national cultural institution status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43898/26]

1014. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the benefits and legacy that will be delivered to the country from hosting the Women's Champions League Final in Dublin in 2029; the projected cost to the State; and the financial and social benefits that will come from the project. [44098/26]

1015. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the benefits and legacy that will be delivered to the country from hosting the Ryder Cup in Ireland in 2027; the projected cost to the State; the financial and social benefits that will come from the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44099/26]

1016. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding broadband; if he will outline the plans in place to include the area in the National Broadband Plan rollout; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44118/26]

374. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures being taken to improve digital connectivity and public service access in rural communities with limited broadband coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40914/26]

375. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of sport related grant funding allocated that remains unspent and the year those funds were allocated, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40929/26]

376. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide a report on the progress made implementing the Programme for Government commitments within his remit and on the achievements since the formation of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41381/26]

377. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 15 January 2026, for an update on the plans to provide a 50 metre swimming pool for Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41404/26]

110. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the events in development as part of the presidency cultural programme associated with Ireland's presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40393/26]

111. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details supplied) and/or its subsidiaries; the value of each; the type and/or name of each project; if any project has been abandoned, paused, put on hold and completed; if any projects over ran on cost and deliver…

112. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will outline all additional powers and functions being given to Coimisiún na Meán under the provisions of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40552/26]

113. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to clarify if Coimisiún na Meán have or will have powers to conduct three-yearly appraisals of the funding needs of RTÉ and TG4; to set performance targets for these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40553/26]

114. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer or to licence fee payers of the new three-yearly public service content reviews and the operation of funding schemes under Ciste na Meán; the number of additional staff Coimisiún na Meán expects to recruit for these new functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40554/26]

115. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide the criteria that Coimisiún na Meán use to define “public service content”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40555/26]

116. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will confirm that Coimisiún na Meán will be responsible for selecting members of the audience councils for both RTÉ and TG4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40556/26]

117. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to clarify if he intends to increase the scope of information-gathering powers for Coimisiún na Meán particularly as they relate to the Digital Services (Levy) Act 2024, media service codes and the Terrorist Content Online Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40557/26]

118. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will confirm whether Coimisiún na Meán will have the power, subject to Ministerial approval, to increase the mandatory percentage that RTÉ must pay into the independent programmes account above 25% of its public funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40558/26]

119. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide a full list of the existing powers and functions of Coimisiún na Meán and detail any additional powers and functions he intends providing to the Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40559/26]

120. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total number of regulatory functions Coimisiún na Meán will hold once the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2026 is enacted, including functions relating to funding, content, online safety and public service media oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40560/26]

121. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will confirm if any proposals around three-yearly reports and funding recommendations produced by Coimisiún na Meán will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40561/26]

122. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department will confirm if his engagements with media commissioners in Coimisiún na Meán were minuted; and if he will publish any existing minutes relating to this engagement in the wake of the April fuel protests. [40697/26]

123. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he made further contact with Coimisiún na Meán to seek investigations relating to the April fuel protests (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40698/26]