Parliamentary questions

95. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund approved for the centre of excellence in Glanmire, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9914/25]

96. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na bearta atá á ndéanamh aige agus ag a Roinn chun an céatadán Gaeilgeoirí sin a ardú. [9974/25]

97. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to give favourable consideration to an appeal by a club (details supplied) to achieve regional status funding under the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme for a full sized fully synthetic artificial grass pitch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10017/25]

98. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad é an moill anois ar Bille Údarás na Gaeltachta (Leasú) 2024 agus cén leasuithe atá i gceist aige a dhéanamh ag staid an Choiste; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [10177/25]

99. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for details of any scheme being proposed to provide financial incentives to teachers who enrol voluntarily to learn Irish and sit language proficiency examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/25]

100. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to detail any EU legislation required to be transposed into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10229/25]

101. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the action he is taking to increase the tourism potential of the north Cork region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10235/25]

102. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on the Plean Teanga for Cork city. [10246/25]

410. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to make the necessary resources available for major commemorations in County Kerry to mark 250 years since the birth of Daniel O'Connell (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9079/25]

411. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will list the recipients of the €15 million live performance restart grant scheme, identifying each recipient that had previously received funding under the live performance support schemes; the amount of the funding that went to previous live performance support schemes recipients; and th…

412. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation for food tourism in each of the years 2011 to 2024, including a breakdown of the costs incurred, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9131/25]

413. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a new food and tourism strategy will be introduced; if the Taste the Island initiative, which was discontinued during the Covid-19 pandemic, will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9132/25]

414. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a detailed breakdown of funding and sponsorship allocated to trade representative organisations by Fáilte Ireland from 2020 to 2024, including the purpose of each allocation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9133/25]

415. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of funding and timelines regarding the commitment on page 22 of the Programme for Government (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9134/25]

416. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil comhlachtaí forordaithe don dualgas chun ainm agus seoladh Gaeilge an duine, síntí fada san áireamh, a úsáid agus a thaifead i gceart, de réir Alt 9A d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 mar a leasaíodh i 2021; má tá, cén comhlachtaí atá an dualgas seo orthu; muna bhfuil, cén…

417. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén fáth nár roghnaíodh dáta go fóill faoina mbeidh oifigigh státsheirbhíse ag feidhmiú trí Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht de réir an amchláir atá leagtha amach in Alt 18E d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003 mar a leasaíodh in 2021; agus an dtabharfaidh sé an dáta faoina roghnóidh sé dáta. […

418. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dáta faoina mbeidh Plean Gníomhaíochta i bhfeidhm a dhéanfaidh seirbhísí a shainaithint agus straitéis a shonrú de réir Alt 18C d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003 mar a leasaíodh in 2021, agus atá geallta sa Phlean Náisiúnta um Sheirbhísí Poiblí Gaeilge a foilsíodh i mí Dheiread…

419. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dáta faoina mbeidh na Caighdeáin Teanga foilsithe de réir Alt 19A d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003 mar a leasaíodh in 2021; an bhfuil na Caighdeáin dréachtaithe go fóill mar a bhí geallta roimh achtú an Achta sin in 2021; agus an mbeidh feidhm fós ag Scéimeanna Teanga na gcomh…

420. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his views on the Careers Oversight Group; the reason it has not met in over two years; if there are plans to reconvene the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9314/25]

421. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date his Department was first made aware of the National Gallery of Ireland’s plans to purchase an x-ray scanner in 2017; if his Department provided sign-off for the expenditure or oversight for the project; if the then-Minister was aware; if she provided sign-off; when the Department and th…

422. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the financial support grants or programmes available to community sports teams (details supplied) travelling abroad for training camps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9561/25]

423. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to publish the research conducted by Coimisiún na Meán into the viability of a content levy. [9720/25]

424. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to introduce the content levy as legislated for in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9721/25]

425. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has engaged with Fáilte Ireland in respect of a building in Dublin city centre (details supplied); the amount expended by Failte Ireland on maintaining the integrity of the building on an annual basis since it closed to-date in 2025; if the OPW has been consulted in respect of the building si…

255. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the data sources his Department has used to estimate the availability of 10,000 properties currently available in the short-term letting market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8818/25]