Parliamentary questions

74. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department is addressing the challenges facing local radio given increasing costs in broadcast levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44556/26]

75. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on TV licence sales for each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43818/26]

76. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the government supports for clubs in a league (details supplied); to outline how they can access this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44464/26]

77. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to urgently address the mobile phone blackspots across County Kerry. [44571/26]

78. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the successor scheme to the basic income for the arts will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44454/26]

79. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider measures to strengthen the sustainability of local and regional media outlets serving rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44114/26]

80. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views on creating a minimum standard of customer service that all broadband and phone providers have to adhere to; if this is under review within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43423/26]

81. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the engagement his Department has had with an organisation following a report (details supplied); the measures which are being taken to support clubs in rural areas experiencing population decline and challenges in sustaining participation, as well as clubs in rapidly growing urban areas where demand for playing facili…

82. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if An Post, in the past twelve months, has sought approval from him to dispose of any land, buildings or other material assets owned by An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44552/26]

83. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline his most recent engagements with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43469/26]

84. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the level of funding allocated by his Department to arts organisations and cultural venues in Mayo over the past three years, by amount given and group/organisation, in tabular form; the further supports planned for rural arts development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44113/26]

85. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the way in which grassroots clubs that do not own their own land or are in a long-term lease can access sports capital grants to become established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44463/26]

86. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will develop and publish a long-term, cross-sectoral strategy to address gender inequality across the cultural, communications and sporting sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43694/26]

87. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the level of funding earmarked for the development of grassroots football academies and player development; if he will commit to fully funding the budget request this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43447/26]

88. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update in relation to the provision of funding for the next round of the LSIF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44455/26]

89. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether the application process under the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF) will be simplified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44613/26]

90. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has engaged with relevant bodies under his aegis over the financial implications of the cancellation of the Ireland Israel fixtures or refusal to broadcast them should they go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44494/26]

91. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the expected timeline for the opening of the next Community Sports Facilities Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44522/26]

92. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport given the new era of long-term remote working and the need for ever increasing broadband speeds, if he will commit to delivering minimum standard speeds of 500Mbps-1Gbps in all areas of the State and provide a definitive timeline for this delivery, as some areas are currently stuck in broadband limbo; and if he will m…

93. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department will commit to a multi-annual funding model for regional and local arts centres to ensure their continued development and growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44492/26]

94. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is aware of the campaign to return the Mount Keefe Chalice currently held at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum to Cork; if he will make representations to support its return; if he has received, or when he expects to receive, the final report of the Advisory Committee on the Restitution and Repatriation o…

95. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department will work alongside Kildare County Council to deliver a swimming pool for north Kildare now that the next stage of the project is underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44555/26]

96. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if research has been done or is planned on the promotion of the huge influence of Irish monks in Europe in the early medieval period and their huge role in spreading Christianity education and literacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44535/26]

97. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF) will become open for applications; whether the cap on local grants will be increased from €200,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44612/26]

98. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on when he expects the latest round of Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large-Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) to open for applications. [44495/26]