Parliamentary questions

153. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total amount of employee salaries at ComReg. [30997/25]

154. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of funding ComReg receives yearly from the State. [30998/25]

155. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of cases dealt with each year by ComReg; and the number of those cases for which there is an order against the companies involved. [30999/25]

156. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will extend the basic income for the arts pilot scheme which is due to end in August; if the scheme will be expanded based on the positive findings in the recent report released by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31100/25]

157. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to stop the closure of post offices in rural Ireland. [31109/25]

158. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will implement the call in a recent report (details supplied) and provide Government investment for the post office network by providing funding for a strategic investment of €15 million per year for five years. [31111/25]

159. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilisi…

696. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is aware that many rural and urban postmasters are reporting that their post offices are under threat of closure due to inadequate funding (details supplied); if he will assure postmasters that he will agree to their union’s demands for increased funding to secure the future of post offices and the empl…

697. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is aware of the volume of postmaster’s struggling to keep post offices open due to lack of funding; if any action is being considered or is underway in order to sustain the An Post network given the funding issues present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30686/25]

698. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has had discussions with the Olympic Council of Ireland in relation to the possibility of them making a submission to the international Olympic Council to include Irish dancing or ballroom dancing as a sport in the forthcoming 2028 and 2032 Olympics in Los Angeles and Brisbane respectively; and if he will …

699. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding the Olympic Council of Ireland receive annually and whether consideration has been given to increasing this figure substantially to ensure Ireland can be represented in as many competitive sports in the forthcoming Olympic Games, in the 2028 and 2032 Olympics in Los Angeles and Brisbane respectively;…

700. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for the cost of implementing a night tzar to each county local authority to look after the interests of those involved in the night-time economy. [29035/25]

701. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he last met with the Director of the National Gallery of Ireland and the issues that they discussed. [29369/25]

702. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will take into consideration the major importance of short-term letting to the tourism industry in Kerry; if he will oppose the proposed planning clampdown as it will have devastating financial consequences on Kerry tourism, local businesses and families that depend on this yearly income; and if he will make …

703. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if participants on the basic income for artists pilot scheme will be eligible to participate in the follow-on scheme; to provide a timeframe for when he expects to have a follow-on scheme in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29457/25]

704. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the three-year basic income for artists pilot scheme is due to end in August 2025, despite having commenced in October 2022; if the participating artists have been informed of this anomaly and supported to plan for their financial stability upon its conclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [294…

705. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the new State commemorations committee will include any member with experience of the labour or trade union movement or its history; if this was considered when appointing members; if not, whether he will rectify same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29485/25]

706. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the poor availability of high-speed broadband an area (details supplied); the actions he will take to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29524/25]

707. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he expects the new director of the Arts Council to be appointed. [29726/25]

708. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he was informed that RTÉ had a significant overspend and impairment on a CMS IT project. [29745/25]

709. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason he exercised his power under the Arts Act 2004 to refuse to consent to the proposal by the Arts Council for the reappointment of its Director; if he disagreed with the business case submitted in support of the proposal; if so, the nature of the disagreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […

710. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason for delay in the provision of sports capital equipment funding for a club (details supplied) and when funding will be provided. [29834/25]

711. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to engage with various Ministers to provide a once off stand alone grant to a sports and leisure complex in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29905/25]

712. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures being taken to support the arts and artists in County Kerry; the plans he has to promote and support the arts and artists in the county going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29958/25]

713. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures his Department is taking to introduce more protection to children when they are using online media; if her Department is investigating a social media ban for under-16s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30000/25]