Parliamentary questions

143. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any product or services purchased from Canada by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid. [15338/26]

144. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the efforts being made to protect the availability of cultural spaces in Dublin city; the measures being taken by his Department to limit the loss of cultural spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15375/26]

145. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will facilitate discussions with all relevant stakeholders in athletics across the island of Ireland, to engage in discussions on possibility of derogation from the World Athletics’ 1934 Political Boundary rule that prohibits athletes from the North of Ireland from representing Ireland at European and World …

146. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he last met formally with the CEO of Screen Ireland; and the topics discussed. [15436/26]

147. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on when it is expected further rounds of funding under the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) will be open to applications from sports clubs; the expected levels of supports available to individual clubs from the schemes; and if…

148. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the strategy and development of Ireland’s 6G network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15507/26]

149. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he has implemented a public warning system to send mass alerts to the public in the case of natural disasters such as floods, as required by Article 110 of the European Electronic Communication Code; to explain his choice of technology to deliver this warning system; and whether any tests of the system ha…

150. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his plan to address broadband urban blackspots, as committed to in the Programme for Government; whether he has yet carried out a pilot study; whether he has chosen a method of subsidy to address this issue; when he expects to complete the delivery of gigabit broadband to urban Ireland, given that rural Ireland s…

151. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15611/26]

597. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the role of his Department in supporting the implementation of objectives within a report (details supplied) relating to cultural investment and the development of cultural infrastructure in Dublin city; the funding streams or policy supports which are available to assist delivery of these objectives; and if he wil…

598. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid under these leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14015/26]

599. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a breakdown of the 2,000 recipients of the so-called ‘basic income for the arts’ scheme, by the artistic or creative area or field or sector they work in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14060/26]

600. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an exhaustive list of all departments that have paid flood related compensation from his Department's vote allocations over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14111/26]

601. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has reviewed the unsuccessful applications of the second round of the LSSIF, which commenced in April 2024; if his Department has prepared a LSSIF reserve list; if further opportunities will be provided to fund these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14316/26]

602. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether public funding has been provided through his Department or through Sport Ireland in respect of a centre (details supplied) in the past five years; the amount of any such funding; the conditions attached to that funding regarding community access and participation; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

603. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the oversight mechanisms that apply within his Department to ensure that facilities supported by public funding for sport continue to operate in accordance with national participation and inclusion objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14335/26]

604. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has received representations regarding community or grassroots access to publicly funded sports facilities in Dublin; the policy actions taken within his remit in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14336/26]

605. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the current policy measures and funding programmes within his Department that support participation by girls and women in sport, particularly at grassroots level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14338/26]

606. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he has reviewed the governance and access conditions attached to publicly funded sports infrastructure projects to ensure alignment with national sports policy objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14340/26]

607. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14386/26]

608. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the State agencies within his Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14404/26]

609. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if there are plans to allow Coimisiún na Meán fund media companies that cater for the Irish diaspora abroad [14616/26]

610. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 372 to 377 of 12 February 2026, in respect of the 2.1% pension increase request for members of the Eircom superannuation defined benefit pension scheme received by his Department on 8 August 2025 with effect from 1 July 2025, the date on which advice was formally requested from N…

611. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to set out, in respect of pension increases under the Eircom Superannuation Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, the legal and scheme basis upon which members who retired before January 1984 receive different pension increase outcomes from those who retired after that date; to identify the specific Rule, statutory instrume…

612. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to set out the decision framework applied by him when determining whether to authorise pension increases under section 10 of the Eircom Superannuation Scheme Rules, including whether consideration is given to CPI or inflation indices, public service pay policy benchmarks, actuarial sustainability of the scheme, excheq…