Parliamentary questions

270. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the key measures taken to support postal services during 2025; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73139/25]

271. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the key measures taken to support universal access to high-speed broadband during 2025; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73140/25]

272. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the key measures taken to support broadcasting and media during 2025; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73141/25]

273. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the proposals to reduce the access of children under the age of 16 to social media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73214/25]

530. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if funding will be made available to an organisation (details supplied) [71306/25]

531. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the progress made over the past 12 months on each of his Department's Programme for Government commitments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71634/25]

532. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the contract for the construction of the new National Velodrome and Badminton Centre has been signed; and if so, when his Department expects this work to commence. [71767/25]

533. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the conditions under which a school can apply for sports capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71815/25]

534. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his attention has been drawn to delays in providing fibre broadband in an estate (details supplied); the actions he will take to engage with a provider to ensure that this issue is progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71818/25]

535. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if supports will be given to ensure that a major arts centre in Dublin city (details supplied) in danger of being closed down at short notice, could stay open to ensure tangible economic benefit to the Irish live events sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71986/25]

536. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount his Department has spent on translation services from a company (details supplied) for the years 2020 to 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72063/25]

537. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the progress made on the key recommendations from the report ‘A Safe and Respectful Working Environment in the Arts’, which was produced by the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media in September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72176/25]

538. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of WTE manuscripts that are currently employed by the Department to date in 2025. [72222/25]

539. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of data breaches recorded by Government departments and State agencies, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [72511/25]

423. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when An Post pensioners will receive the increase that is due from January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70920/25]

424. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department, and agencies under the Department’s remit, purchase data on the habits and activities of social media users and other platforms; if so, the reasons for purchasing such data; the amount spent in 2024 and 2025 year to date on such expenditure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the m…

425. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any review ongoing within his Department into the requirement for age verification checks on social media platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70879/25]

426. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any proposals to provide for additional regulations, policies and protections to increase safeguarding of children and young adults online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70880/25]

427. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the support being made available to secure the Complex Arts Centre as a centre for artists. [71120/25]

428. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether any funding streams are available to upgrade accessibility access in an arts centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71230/25]

207. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will give detailed consideration to a report published by a national organisation (details supplied). [70826/25]

208. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a breakdown of all consultants engaged with his Department; the costs associated with their services, by year, and name of consultant, in each of the years 2012 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70433/25]

209. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Ireland's position on the question of whether the European Commission's upcoming proposals for new Digital Networks Acts should take the forms of a regulation or a directive (details supplied); the rationale for Ireland's position on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70506/25]

210. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the main policy achievements of his Department since 22 January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70519/25]

211. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the schedule of payments made to sports journalists and online personalities in respect of paid partnership arrangements for social media content by Sport Ireland and National Governing Bodies in 2024 and to date in 2025; the breakdown, by amount; the name of online account and or platform and or medium the sports …