Parliamentary questions

144. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will outline the supports available through his Department, and bodies under its aegis, such as Sport Ireland, to support darts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4798/26]

145. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport how he ensures that all websites operated by his Department are accessible to the visually impaired. [4812/26]

146. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if any website or other platform operated by his Department uses an AI-enabled chatbot; if there are plans to use chatbots; in what circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4830/26]

147. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total sums spent for each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive of advertising, by his Department on social media or online platforms, including identifying separately payments to influencers on such platforms; and to set out the annual totals for that period to each specific platform, including but not limited to m…

148. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views on the lack of payment options in a sport Ireland campus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4970/26]

130. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total amount of both LSSIF and CSFF funding drawn down in 2025; the list of all groups that received funding, in tabular form; if, in light of the arduous grant applications process and difficulties organisations have found with the LSSIF-CSFF process, he has recognised this difficulty, resulting in future rounds…

131. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he accepts that safeguarding in sport must extend beyond child protection to include clear and enforceable adult safeguarding standards; the steps taken by his Department and Sport Ireland to ensure consistent adult safeguarding policies across all sports organisations; and if he will introduce a requirement …

132. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps he will take to ensure stronger oversight, better value for money and improved transparency in the use of public funds across the arts, culture, and media sectors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4110/26]

133. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he will publish the report of Professor Niamh Brennan into governance and culture at the Arts Council; and the timetable for the implementation of the recommendations within that report. [4113/26]

134. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has had engagement with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the use of AI to generate harmful and illegal content on the platform, the dissemination of same on the platform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3728/26]

135. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department is aware that areas in rural Ireland, including Mountbellew in County Galway, continue to experience significant gaps in mobile phone coverage and effectively remain dead zones for cellular reception; if he will provide an update on measures being taken to address these coverage deficits; and if he w…

136. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the second stage of Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund will be announced; if it will include funding for a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68399/25]

137. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm that the connection timeframes anticipated will be met on the NBI roll-out for deployment areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4128/26]

138. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the initiatives his Department is undertaking to ensure that people with disabilities have equal opportunity to participate in sport. [3713/26]

139. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of sports capital applications will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4116/26]

140. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the sports capital programme will be open again for applications; the other funding streams available for sports facilities, including those in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4101/26]

141. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline his investment in public swimming pools; the new pools that will be opened in 2026 and 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3342/26]

142. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to improve sports and recreation facilities in west Wicklow in particular a sports centre for Baltinglass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4090/26]

143. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is concerned by the lack of space for arts and culture in Dublin city centre; the efforts, if any, and his plans to support a space for arts and culture in the area in light of recent developments affecting The Complex venue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4121/26]

144. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the engagement his Department has had with Dublin local authorities regarding their experience of acquiring land for the development of new playing pitches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4078/26]

145. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures he is taking to support sport and sports clubs in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4064/26]

146. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has engaged with the Department of Finance in relation to the reduction of VAT for gym and leisure centre memberships, and classes to encourage greater participation numbers across the younger cohort of society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4059/26]

147. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to consider creating a school's stream within the sports capital grant, in which schools can individually apply for sports capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4117/26]

148. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount that was spent by his Department in supporting sports clubs and organisations in Cork in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4119/26]

149. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to detail the Department’s engagement with Coimisiún na Meán regarding regulatory enforcement in respect of digital platforms that do not adequately address harmful or misleading content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4055/26]