Parliamentary questions

475. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to make the basic income for the arts (BIA) pilot scheme permanent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65384/25]

476. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if full funding will be provided to complete a project (details supplied) which was applied for in 2024; when the project will move to tender stage; and the timeline for construction and completion. [65679/25]

477. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if a stream of funding is available that the nearly 120 musical societies in Ireland can apply for to ensure that their community-based arts offering can continue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65691/25]

478. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if funding is available which an association (details supplied) or its member organisations can apply for to continue to run its all-Ireland adjudication scheme for musical societies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65692/25]

479. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if funding is available which an association (details supplied) or its member organisations can apply for to continue its mentoring scheme for secondary schools to encourage emerging young talent and to putt on annual school musicals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65694/25]

480. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Cumarsáide agus Spóirt an fios dó cén céatadán agus cén méid de chiste na stáisiún craolacháin poiblí náisiúnta a tháinig ó dhuaischomórtais a bhí ceangailte le cláracha raidió agus teilifíse chuile bhliain idir 2014 agus 2024; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [65705/25]

481. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Cumarsáide agus Spóirt an bhfuil ról ar bith aige faoin Acht um Rialáil Cearrbhachais, 2024 maidir le cinneadh a dhéanamh nó aird Údarás Rialála Cearrbhachais na hÉireann a tharraingt ar chrannchuir sheachtainiúla a bhfuil duaischistí a bhfuil níos mó ná €200,000 iontu atá á reáchtáil ag grúpa stáisiún raidió tráchtála; agus an ndéanfaid…

482. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of funding allocated to the sport of association football (soccer) through capital or equipment grants from all Department funding streams for each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65739/25]

483. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps he will take in response to issues facing the Digital Hub Development Agency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65741/25]

484. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the current and planned funding streams to ensure that all sports grounds, clubs, and gyms have access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs); and if he will consider establishing a dedicated national fund to support the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of AEDs in sports facilities; and if he will mak…

485. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those of a similar grade in his Department that have subsequently served on State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66000/25]

486. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in the years 2020 to 1 November 2025, in tabular form. [66074/25]

487. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in the years 2020 to 1 November 2025, in tabular form. [66092/25]

488. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding scheme from which €2 million has been awarded for the detailed design of Buncrana Leisure Centre; if his Department will accept funding applications for design of swimming pool projects in other areas where demand exists such as Loughrea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66185/25]

489. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if certain Departmental records are missing from archives (details supplied); the action his Department has taken to locate these records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66218/25]

490. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he will advocate for Ireland to become a signatory to the International Convention against Apartheid in Sports. [66253/25]

491. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the status of a proposal for a women's museum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66267/25]

492. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has reviewed the Collins Report on a women's museum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66268/25]

493. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the timeline for the establishment of a women's museum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66269/25]

494. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will commit to establishing a women's museum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66270/25]

495. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66345/25]

1. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of each engagement he or his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) over the past six months; the topics that were discussed; if discussion at any such engagement encompassed the safeguarding of Irish players and compliance with legal obligations in the context of international comp…

2. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps An Coimisiún na Meán is taking to promote and enforce safety on social media and combat online harms, with particular regard to vulnerable groups such as children and vulnerable adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64384/25]

3. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason the projected costs of the refurbishment of the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork city are now calculated at over three times the original estimate of €28 million in 2020 to now being estimated at nearly €94 million, and with a completion date of late 2028 at the earliest; and if he will make a statement on …

4. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will support the exclusion of teams representing Israel from international sport in the context of the genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64363/25]