Parliamentary questions

527. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the sport capital grants process will open for new applications. [38958/25]

528. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason a connection for the NBI has been changed for a person (details supplied); if connection will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38976/25]

529. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of applications for the NFL Flag Football programme in 2025; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications; the criteria for selection of successful applicants; if there will be opportunities for unsuccessful applicants to reapply in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…

530. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the up-to-date information on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39161/25]

531. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of WTE forensic accountants employed by Sport Ireland in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [39177/25]

532. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has received any update in 2025 from the GAA integration steering group regarding its work; and if so, if he will outline same. [39312/25]

533. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a list of all dates, and attendees, of meetings he has had since taking office with the GAA integration steering group; the GAA; the Camogie Association; the LGFA; and the GPA. [39313/25]

534. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the up-to-date figures for TV licence renewals and new purchases for Q1 and Q2 of 2025, alongside comparative figures for Q1 and Q2 of 2023 and Q1 and Q2 of 2024; the figures for the periods July 2022 to June 2023 inclusive, July 2023 to June 2024 inclusive, and July 2024 to June 2025 inclusive; the cumulative num…

535. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for a detailed breakdown of Arts Council of Ireland spending for 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39471/25]

536. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the cultural capital scheme application of a group (details supplied). [39485/25]

537. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider providing funding to a theatre (details supplied) as a production created specifically for Leaving Certificate English students across Munster; if he will advise on alternative funding avenues which may be available; and if he will consider funding annual productions in line with the Leaving Certi…

538. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to list all national strategies, action plans or documents that may be described as such, which are currently in operation and under the remit of his Department. [39603/25]

539. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline all funding and grant opportunities available to theatre companies; if he has considered establishing a specific funding stream for productions that are linked to the curriculum of Junior and Leaving Certificate courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39620/25]

540. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport how his Department is working with communications companies to ensure improvement in their infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40278/25]

230. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to ensure that Daniel O'Connell's Birthplace on the outskirts of Cahersiveen town in County Kerry is included in the 250th anniversary celebrations of the liberators birth (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38484/25]

231. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to investigate the reason the records of the departmental council and its working party created during the period 1982 to 1983 relating to the process and agreement for the transfer of civil servants from the former Department of Posts and Telegraphs to An Post and Bord Telecom Éireann are not available in the officia…

232. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to clarify if it is within the scope of the review being conducted into governance and culture at the Arts Council (details supplied) to examine the exclusion of artforms from funding by the Arts Council, considering his statement to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Culture, Communications and Spor…

233. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport what funding is available to marching bands in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38416/25]

234. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will devise a plan in conjunction with Galway County Council to progress a publicly owned swimming pool in Loughrea as a matter of urgency; if he will consider Galway County Council's request for funding for swimming pool project development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38519/25]

235. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details for the past three years and the current year funding allocated or paid out for Departmental employees for legal study programmes including EU law in the past three years, detailing the course title, the course provider, the course fees, grade of employee supported, whether course was in person or online a…

236. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabu…

237. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department plans to expand the basic income for the arts scheme; if so, if he will provide specific information regarding the degree of expansion, such as the number of new artists and level of pay per week which each artist would receive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38629/25]

238. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will report on the working relationship between his Department and the Arts Council in lieu of recent controversy regarding the procurement and handling of a new IT system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38630/25]

70. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the engagement he has had with a campaign group (details supplied) with regard to the ongoing independent review of the night-time economy pilots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37958/25]

71. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to complete installing high-speed fibre broadband to 1.1 million people, including homes, farms, and businesses nationwide as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37960/25]