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Shane Moynihan Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Culture
133. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of funding provided to the Irish Martial Arts Commission and Kickboxing Ireland by the State in each of the years 2021 to 2024, in tabular form. [36596/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Culture
134. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport If he will provide an overview of the support provided to international competitors on behalf of the Irish Martial Arts Commission and Kickboxing Ireland by the State in each of the years 2021 to 2024. [36597/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Culture
135. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport If he will provide an overview of the engagement between his Department and the Irish Martial Arts Commission and Kickboxing Ireland in each of the years 2021 to 2024. [36598/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Culture
417. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation regarding the pension scheme of retired An Post workers (details supplied); and the outcomes of this discussion. [35153/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Culture
418. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has received the interim report of the Advisory Committee on Restitution and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage; if not, when he expects to receive this report; if he will publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36158/25]
Brian Stanley Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Culture
419. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department will look into the issues around very poor broadband and phone services in rural parts of Laois, particularly in Errill and Rathdowney; the stage that the National Broadband Programme is at for this region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35201/25]
Martin Daly Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Culture
420. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if there is a strategic plan in place to support small to medium-sized post offices from December 2025 onwards, following the conclusion of the current three-year funding arrangement under which €10 million per annum is being provided to An Post (2023-2025) to stabilise the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Culture
421. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for his Department, or other State bodies in the past five years; the value of each contract; the length of term of each; the expiration date of each contract; and whether any contract was discontinued during it…
Peadar Tóibín Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Culture
422. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of people employed at management level in An Post, for each of the of the past 20 years. [35686/25]
Joe Neville Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Culture
423. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps his Department is taking to move to a more permanent support system for members of the creative community who were in receipt of the basic income for the arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35732/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Culture
424. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the plans to improve artistic workspace and residency programme opportunities in Meath. [35773/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Culture
425. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will ensure that any future basic income for artists scheme allows access for new working artists. [35774/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Culture
426. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if sports capital grant approval to allow an organisation (details supplied) to award the tender and start works will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35933/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Culture
427. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on an issue relating to a sports capital grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35934/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Culture
428. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the level of available film and television studio space in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36227/25]
Joanna Byrne Oral 26 Jun 2025 · to Culture
125. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his position on the redevelopment of the landmark Ulster GAA stadium, Casement Park; and the steps his Department is taking to support the project to construction phase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34632/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Oral 26 Jun 2025 · to Culture
126. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he expects to receive the findings from the independent review of the night-time economy pilots; and if he anticipates these findings will recommend the appointment of night-time advisers across all local authorities. [35189/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Oral 26 Jun 2025 · to Culture
127. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the process undertaken for deciding on successful grant applicants for the grassroot music venues support scheme funding; if regional dispersal of the awards was considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34955/25]
Paul Murphy Oral 26 Jun 2025 · to Culture
128. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will abolish the TV licence and replace it with a tax on big tech companies to fund public service broadcasting. [35187/25]
Peadar Tóibín Oral 26 Jun 2025 · to Culture
129. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department plans to expand the basic income for the arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34053/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Oral 26 Jun 2025 · to Culture
130. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total budget and allocations for elite sport athletes; his plans to enhance that amount in the lead up to the next Olympic Games; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34959/25]
John Connolly Oral 26 Jun 2025 · to Culture
131. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the progress made towards meeting the programme for Government commitment to support local authorities in the acquisition of new lands for parks and playing pitches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34641/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Culture
132. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to explore a mandatory under-16s ban on social media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34635/25]
Noel McCarthy Oral 26 Jun 2025 · to Culture
133. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures his Department is taking, or plans to introduce in the future, to support the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30269/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Oral 26 Jun 2025 · to Culture
134. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on his plans for a successor scheme for the basic income for the arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34834/25]