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Michael Healy-Rae Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Culture
483. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide details on the delay in having broadband installed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73563/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Culture
484. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline progress on the programme for Government commitment to provide affordable spaces for artists to work and collaborate. [73330/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Culture
485. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on plans outlined in the Programme for Government to improve the Touring of Works Scheme; and the incentives in place for artistic groups and theatre companies to tour regional venues in Ireland. [73331/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Culture
486. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline progress on developing the night-time economy, including his views on reforming licensing laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73333/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Culture
487. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures currently in place, and the measures that are being planned, to encourage philanthropic donations to arts, cultural, community and sporting organisations at local or national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73334/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Culture
488. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline progress on the development of a National Counter Disinformation Strategy. [73335/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Culture
489. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the options that exist for independent media, such as a media outlet (details supplied) and local and community radio, to access public funding for the development and broadcasting of public service programming; if he has future plans to expand such programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73336/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Culture
490. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide his definition of 'public service broadcasting'. [73337/25]
Sean Fleming Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Culture
491. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the dates the final payments were made to an organisation (details supplied) in respect of sports capital grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73396/25]
Sean Fleming Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Culture
492. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the final payments in respect of sports capital grants will be paid to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73398/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Culture
493. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if consideration will be given to officially recognising Darts as a sport; the procedure to have games officially recognised as a sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73456/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Culture
494. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the planned nationwide survey of children about their online experiences will include questions on gambling and gambling-related harm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73587/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Culture
252. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the notice of closure issued to an organisation (details supplied); the engagement his Department has had, or plans to have, with the organisation; the supports available to protect vital cultural infrastructure of this kind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73082/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Culture
253. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been unable to obtain a fibre broadband connection to their home in a location (details supplied), despite fibre infrastructure being located within close proximity; the steps a company (details supplied) and its contractors have taken to resolve access issues relating to …
Malcolm Byrne Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Culture
254. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding that may be available in coming years for the development of a permanent theatre and arts space at Arklow, County Wicklow. [72615/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Culture
255. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to mark the centenary of the commencement of 2RN and radio in Ireland in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72618/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Culture
256. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will ensure that criteria to include greater access to facilities for those with disabilities and special needs will figure highly in the next rounds of the sports capital and LSSIF schemes. [72619/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Culture
257. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will ensure that criteria that recognises areas of rapid population growth and the consequent demand for sports facilities will figure highly in the next rounds of the sports capital and LSSIF schemes. [72620/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Culture
258. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department will consider a dedicated scheme to support water-based recreation infrastructure at lakes in Longford and Westmeath. [72654/25]
Emer Currie Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Culture
259. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the types of online platforms and services that will be subject to the proposed age verification mechanism which is being developed using Ireland’s digital wallet. [72783/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Culture
260. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will review correspondence regarding broadband connectivity (details supplied) and address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72785/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Culture
261. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the results of his Department’s consultation with broadband providers regarding recognised broadband gaps will be available; and the number of locations estimated to exist. [72792/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Culture
262. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of homes in Dún-Laoghaire-Rathdown that are without high-speed broadband and are not covered under the national broadband plan. [72793/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Culture
263. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the processes or plans that will be undertaken to address remaining high-speed broadband gaps. [72794/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Culture
264. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the timeframe for the National Broadband Plan to complete national high speed broadband coverage. [72795/25]