Questions

556. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether a report was ever written on the stakeholder forum for the film industry held in Dublin in February 2024, in line with commitments at the time; and if so, if it has been published and where it can be accessed. [28523/26]

557. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to examine when a location (details supplied) will get access to full fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28556/26]

558. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28653/26]

233. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on each of the nine commitments outlined in the National Counter Disinformation Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27727/26]

234. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to clarify the policy position of National Broadband Ireland ( whereby only one broadband order or line may be allocated per Eircode or associated postal point; the rationale for this restriction, particularly in cases where a single domestic property contains a separate home office or workspace requiring an additional broadband connect…

235. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the process by which a second postal point or commercial postal point may be created through GeoDirectory in order to facilitate an additional NBI connection, including the criteria which must be met (such as physical separation, separate driveway, or supporting photographic evidence); to indicate whether this process is considered prop…

236. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has considered or intends to review the interaction between Eircode, GeoDirectory and NBI systems to ensure that households are not unduly prevented from accessing multiple fibre connections where there is legitimate dual residential and home office usage; whether any flexibility exists within the National Broadba…

259. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of Sports Capital Funding will be announced; and the maximum grant that will be allowable. [27577/26]

260. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the research currently being undertaken regarding adult welfare concerns in local community sports and athletics clubs; the policies and procedures in place for handling adult welfare concerns within such clubs; whether there are plans to introduce or strengthen governance standards for committees of local community sports and athl…

1546. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether the Government has engaged with major social media platforms (details supplied) regarding the availability of creator monetisation or creator fund programmes for Irish-based users, noting that certain schemes operate in neighbouring jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom, but are not available here; if no such engagement ha…

1547. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the agreed increase to Eir pensions will be approved and paid to members of the scheme; if approval will be prioritised in light of increased costs experienced at the current time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24190/26]

1548. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the grants available for a community centre to repair parts of their building (details supplied); if no grants are available if emergency funding will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24230/26]

1549. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reasons for the continued delay in approving the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund grant for the Sallins Amenity Lands project in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24262/26]

1550. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm the current status of the Sallins Amenity Lands project application under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24263/26]

1551. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason approval has not yet been granted under Gateway 1 preliminary business case stage despite the preliminary business plan having been submitted in July of 2025 and further clarifications and additional information having been provided on multiple occasions since then, including a further detailed submission at the end of Fe…

1552. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline the specific issues or concerns that are causing delay in progressing the project to Gateway 2 Tender Stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24265/26]

1553. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm the expected timeline for a decision on Gateway 1 approval and to indicate when the project will be in a position to proceed to tender and subsequent submission of the Final Business Case under Gateway 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24266/26]

1554. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether consideration is being given to simplifying or streamlining the approval and drawdown process for grants of this scale in order to avoid prolonged delays in the delivery of important community amenity infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24267/26]

1555. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm that once Gateway approvals are completed the grant of €3 million will be formally approved to allow the local authority to appoint a contractor and commence works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24268/26]

1556. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his/her Department or in agencies under its remit; the purposes for which these tools are being used; whether any departmental guidance or governance structures have been developed to support their responsible use; and if he will make a statement o…

1557. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24500/26]

1558. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date in 2026; if he will clarify whether his Department was the beneficiary of professional work or services from the company over that same period…

1559. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24633/26]

1560. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the specific datasets, analytical methodologies, and weighting criteria used by his Department to inform geographic allocation decisions under recent rounds of the Community Sport Facilities Fund; and whether these methodologies are formally documented and subject to periodic review. [24671/26]

1561. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department operates any formal oversight or audit mechanism to assess regional equity in the distribution of Community Sport Facilities Fund allocations; and if so, to outline the findings of any such assessments since 2020. [24672/26]