Parliamentary questions

634. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the supports made available by the State to motor sport. [8609/26]

274. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the HSE have been invited to attend or will attend the Government Steering Group to oversee the planning and delivery of a sporting event (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7054/26]

275. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the supports his Department makes available for summer festivals around the country. [7085/26]

276. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will ensure that telecom providers will strengthen and enhance fixed and mobile telecommunications networks; the proposals there is for such investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7274/26]

277. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on plans to allow for State support to amateur drama and musicals;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7288/26]

84. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when An Post pensioners, will receive their delayed since September 2025 payment; the reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6699/26]

85. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he will take steps to allow for the pension increase approved by An Post in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6798/26]

578. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the current status of the An Post pension increase request, submitted in October 2025, within his Department; the timeframe in which he and his Department anticipate the pension approval process to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6318/26]

579. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding schemes administered by his Department for which a club (details supplied) may apply to in order to fully equip their school gym; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5457/26]

580. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5532/26]

581. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under eac…

582. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of WTE digital marketing specialists employed within his Department as of 16 January 2026. [5751/26]

583. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he last met the Chief Executive Officer of the National Concert Hall; the issues discussed; and when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO. [5752/26]

584. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the members of the An Post group of unions (details supplied) and An Post members can expect to receive their pension increase of 7% as agreed in September 2025. [5873/26]

585. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 9 December 2025, if he can provide an update on the response issued to the question. [5910/26]

586. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether a data protection impact assessment has been completed in respect of the proposed use of a State-issued digital wallet or MyGovID for online age-verification purposes; if not, when such an assessment will be completed; and whether it will be published prior to any legislative proposal being brought before the …

587. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has conducted a formal proportionality assessment under Article 52 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in respect of requiring age verification for access to lawful online content by adults; and if not, whether such an assessment will be completed before any pilot or legis…

588. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will confirm that the proposed age-verification system would apply to adult users accessing lawful online content; and whether his Department has assessed the impact of such a requirement on adults’ rights to freedom of expression, privacy, and anonymous or pseudonymous communication. [6063/26]

589. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he intends to place explicit statutory limits on the authority of Coimisiún na Meán to require age-verification measures, including limiting such requirements to specific categories of content; and whether such limits will be set out in primary legislation. [6064/26]

590. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will confirm that no individual will be denied access to lawful online content solely on the basis of declining to verify their age using a State-issued digital identity system; and whether this principle will be explicitly provided for in legislation. [6065/26]

591. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of what is required to secure successful funding under the large-scale sport infrastructure fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6143/26]

592. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund is due to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6144/26]

593. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will enquire with Sport Ireland the reasons, notwithstanding recent funding announcements, some national governing bodies continue not to provide financial assistance to juveniles selected to compete abroad and represent their country (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6258/26…

594. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider introducing minimum standards or funding conditions of grant investment in sports governing bodies, to ensure equitable support for juvenile athletes representing Ireland internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6259/26]

595. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the work of his Department to ensure that the agreed increases for An Post pensioners will go ahead as planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6340/26]