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Holly Cairns Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Culture
148. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30928/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Culture
149. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1million that failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30930/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Culture
150. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide the list of capital projects, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5 million and which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form. [30936/25]
Emer Currie Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Culture
151. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline the supports and guidance currently available to SMEs in relation to implementation of the NIS2 Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30872/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Culture
152. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of employees employed by ComReg yearly. [30996/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Culture
153. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total amount of employee salaries at ComReg. [30997/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Culture
154. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of funding ComReg receives yearly from the State. [30998/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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]
Conor D McGuinness Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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]
Conor D McGuinness Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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]
Aidan Farrelly Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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 utilising their services. […
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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 employees who work in th…
Eoin Ó Broin Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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 make a statement on …
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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; and if he will make…
Paul Donnelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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]
Aidan Farrelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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 a statement on the m…
Mary Lou McDonald Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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]
Mary Lou McDonald Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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. [29458/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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]
Barry Ward Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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]
Alan Kelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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]
Alan Kelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Culture
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]