Parliamentary questions

462. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán i gcomhthéacs an tiomantais atá léirithe sa Chlár Rialtais i leith naisc a chothú agus a leathnú le hollscoileanna fud fad an domhain a dhéanann an Ghaeilge a mhúineadh, an bhfuil aon teagmháil déanta aige le Ollscoil Notre Dame faoin bhfógra go ndéanfar Roinn Teanga agus Litríocht na…

463. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures being taken to support the Irish language and Gaeltacht areas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7313/25]

464. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the Night Time Economy Accessibility Survey that closed for submissions in June 2024; and if he will provide the report of the consultation. [7315/25]

465. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the revised and retitled Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill General Scheme will be published; if he agrees with his Departmental ministerial brief that this Bill will be of particular assistance in planning, introducing and collecting an accommodation levy; and if he will make a statement on…

466. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement; if the external consultation resulted in a report and or recommendations; and the cost of each consultant and or company engaged. in tabular …

467. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures put in place to ensure that output performance measures, key performance indicators or targets will be applied to the eight of his Department’s 14 high-level strategies that did not previously have corresponding output performance measures or targets in the revised estimates; and if he w…

468. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will identify each entity which received funding from the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme, the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund, by name, address, description of project, funding stream, application status, and total grant provided, lo…

469. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the timeframe on the LSSIF funding for a facility (details supplied); when his Department will advise Cork County Council of the exact information needed to progress with the project; the timeframe on progression of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7473/25]

470. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the announcements for the Sports Capital Grants for 2025 will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7480/25]

471. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the maximum grant that will be awarded through the sports capital grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7481/25]

472. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a sports club can make applications through the sports capital grant scheme two years in a row; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7482/25]

473. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department offers funding or grants to encourage women into and to remain in sport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7483/25]

474. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department offers funding outside of the capital grants scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7484/25]

475. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department acted as the contracting authority in each of the past five years, indicating the number of tenders where the final cost was under, on, or over the contract award value a…

476. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total amount spent in excess of the contract award value for all public procurement tenders within his Department and agencies under the aegis his Department of in each of the past five years. [7533/25]

477. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Secretary General of the Department raised the issue of the increased cost of the ICT system of the Arts Council at the Civil Service Management Board;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7573/25]

478. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures his Department is undertaking to encourage more female representation on political TV and radio segments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7683/25]

479. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial briefs provided to Ministers of State of his Department; to outline the duties he intends to delegate by statutory instrument to his Minister of State; and if he will m…

480. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of sports capital grants will be open for applications. [7795/25]

481. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the Ministerial brief will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8020/25]

482. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán maidir le ceann de na príomhspriocanna sa Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge, 2010 – 2030, is é sin an líon cainteoirí gníomhacha Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht a mhéadú, an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú ar an gcomhoibriú idir Údarás na Gaeltachta agus an Roinn chun a chinntiú go bhfuil na gníomhaí…

483. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán i gcomhthéacs an Ráitis Deireadh Bliana, 2024 ó Údarás na Gaeltachta, an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú ar an gcomhoibriú idir Údarás na Gaeltachta agus an Roinn chun a chinntiú go bhfuil an Ghaeilge á nascadh le forbairt na Gaeltachta; go bhfuil caiteachas an Údaráis sa Ghaeltacht ag réi…

484. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding made available to date in 2025 in respect of the digitisation of the 1926 Census records; the percentage of digitisation that has occurred; the company name; and costs to date in respect of the digitisation process. [8101/25]

225. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will undertake to work with Údarás na Gaeltachta to enable that body to provide support and incentives to ensure post office services can be provided sustainably in the Gaeltacht, particularly in the case where such a service would be the only public service within that community. [6959/…

226. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 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. [6980/25]