Questions

1103. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to consider the serious implications for the tourism industry in County Kerry that a short-term let register will have on established providers in the county (details supplied) and the perception that the register is a new ban on short-term lets in tourist towns such as Killarney and Tralee; if he will consider intro…

1104. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will publish the Coimisiún na Meán viability report into the content levy without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19689/25]

1105. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will publish without delay the Coimisiún na Meán viability report into the content levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19699/25]

1106. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will designate Sliabh Luachra, Castleisland, Gneeveguilla, Kilcummin, Spa, Glenflesk, Killarney, County Kerry as a protected area of culture and arts for traditional music, dance, storytelling, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19722/25]

1107. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if extra funding could be provided to an athletics club (details supplied). [19990/25]

1108. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20014/25]

1109. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will publish the Coimisiún na Meán viability report into the content levy without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20071/25]

1110. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding allocated by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20179/25]

1111. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do not accept or facilitate the use of the fada, in tabular form; the steps being taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20310/25]

1112. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20337/25]

1113. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20355/25]

1114. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20373/25]

1115. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20391/25]

1116. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will report on his efforts to work with EU partners to introduce new tourism specific funding supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20393/25]

1117. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the allocations to Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2016 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20394/25]

1118. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the allocations within his Department in support of tourism in the years 2019 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20395/25]

1119. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his proposals to support regional balance in the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20396/25]

1120. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the tourism related policy and strategy documents his Department are currently implementing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20397/25]

1121. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will report on their efforts to develop the Irish sea way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20398/25]

1122. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will report on their efforts to create a coastal tourist trail, linking the Wild Atlantic Way, the Causeway Costal Route, and the area along the eastern and southern coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20399/25]

1123. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will report on their efforts to support Údarás na Gaeltachta and the development of Gaeltacht tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20403/25]

1124. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date on which the 1925 civil births, 1955 civil marriages, and 1975 civil deaths will be published on a website (details supplied). [20410/25]

1125. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he is considering funding local authorities to provide playing pitches and facilities given the increasing demand for playing pitches throughout the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20622/25]

1126. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will endorse and support the promotion of the Irish language (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20628/25]

1127. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how a finder’s fee from the national museum of Ireland for the finding of historical artefacts is determined; what the criteria are for determining who is entitled to payment and what percentage of payment they are entitled to when more than one party claims to be entitled to the commission; and if he will make a sta…