Parliamentary questions

227. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the annual funding from the State to organisations (details supplied); and the way it has been broken down or ringfenced over the past five years. [6860/25]

228. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when he plans to open applications for the next round of the Community Sports Facilities Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6901/25]

229. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of…

103. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of the spend over the past five years by each public body on the procurement of services to develop or maintain digital and IT systems, in tabular form (details supplied). [6448/25]

104. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of the private service providers who have received contracts from State agencies to develop or maintain digital and IT systems over the past five years, in tabular form (details supplied). [6449/25]

105. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of the spend over the past five years by each public body on the procurement of services to develop or maintain a website, in tabular form (details supplied). [6450/25]

106. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of the private service providers who have received contracts from State agencies to develop or maintain a website over the past five years, in tabular form (details supplied). [6451/25]

107. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil teoireann ann ar an méid gur féidir le duine tuilleadh faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [6457/25]

108. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he is aware of any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department or by any State or semi-State body under the aegis of his Department in each of the past five years; if so, the number and extent of any such overspends, in tabular form; to outline the plans t…

109. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide details of any planned changes to remote working arrangements applying to staff in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6700/25]

110. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if an off-the-shelf IT solution an option as part of the tender for the Arts Council IT scheme or if bespoke solutions were the only systems considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6779/25]

111. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the timeline for the external review into culture and governance at the Arts Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6785/25]

112. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps being taken to address issues relating to oversight, monitoring and reporting arrangements within the Arts Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6786/25]

113. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding provided for the Arts Council from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6787/25]

114. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the failed IT system of the Arts Council will be replaced with a different one; the level of funding that will be provided for it; who the contract would be awarded to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6788/25]

388. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for a progress report on the expansion of Gaeilge 365. [5566/25]

389. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current and capital funding provided to each national cultural institution in 2025, in tabular form. [5479/25]

390. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the engagements his Department has had with the government of Australia and/or any state body of the government of Australia in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [5480/25]

391. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to continue with the basic income pilot scheme for artists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5534/25]

392. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International Development for the period 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5658/25]

393. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the international An Gorta Mór day took place in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5675/25]

394. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5862/25]

395. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of appeals lodged against the sports capital grant allocations made in 2024; and the status of all appeals. [5870/25]

396. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if plans are in place to save Pálás cinema and arts centre in Galway, which received significant public funding, and is a key cultural institution in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5879/25]

397. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the timeframe for the assessment of the basic income for artists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5977/25]