Parliamentary questions

398. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the sports capital and equipment programme and large-scale sport infrastructure fund will open for new applications for much-needed funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5982/25]

399. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether he will be providing funding for the development of the GAA’s Casement Park in Belfast; and if so, the amount and when. [6053/25]

400. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for a full breakdown of what grants and funding is available for festivals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6127/25]

401. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in the wake of storm Éowyn, if his Department will take measures to further support local and community radio who played a vital road in the dissemination of information to the public during periods of poor weather and electricity blackouts recently, particularly given the increasing regularity and s…

402. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6240/25]

403. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6257/25]

404. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has spoken formally with either the GAA Director General and or the GAA President since his appointment as Minister. [6284/25]

405. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within her Department in 2024, 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of her Department currently makes use of artificial intelligence; if she will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated…

198. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the position regarding the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5290/25]

170. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has considered Galway city as a location for a pilot project for the roll out of a tourist bed-night tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4860/25]

171. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the annual payment by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4965/25]

172. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason the 2023 annual report for the Arts Council has not been published or laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will do so without delay. [5202/25]

173. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when his Department was first made aware of the overspend by the Arts Council on a digital transformation programme; to confirm that this overspend amounts to €7 million; the original estimated cost was for this digital transformation programme; if he is aware of the reasons for the overspend; i…

174. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when his Department was first made aware of a statement in February 2024 by the Director General of RTÉ that RTÉ would “be bankrupt overnight” if it were to compensate workers for bogus self-employment; if this potential for bankruptcy was discussed between the Director General and his Departmen…

327. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are any plans for Údarás na Gaeltachta to be given statutory powers and resources for it to establish a housing section, to enable it to purchase land, obtain planning permission and provide necessary services in order to develop housing for Irish speakers. [4549/25]

328. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding will be made available annually to the Department of Rural, Community Development and the Gaeltacht to operate the Gaeltacht housing grants scheme again, pursuant to the Houses (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act 2001, to provide support for Irish speakers who would like to build or renovate a hou…

329. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are plans to develop a Gaeltacht population and housing strategy for each Gaeltacht language planning area with clear, measurable targets to ensure the sustainable growth of the Gaeltacht communities and to ensure an appropriate supply of housing to support that growth. [4552/25]

330. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund is due to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3994/25]

331. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details of what is required to secure successful funding under the large-scale sport infrastructure fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3995/25]

332. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén uair a íocfar duine i gcomhair na hoibre a rinne sí i gcoláiste samhraidh i gContae na Gaillimhe i mbliana (sonraí tugtha). [4016/25]

333. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding given to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2024; and what conditions have been put with the funding each year, in tabular form. [4084/25]

334. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4100/25]

335. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason an application for the sports capital programme by a community centre (details supplied) in October 2024 was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4108/25]

336. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of the Oireachtas the Bill was initiated; the number of ministerial or Government amendments submitted at each legislative Stage of the Bill…

337. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the grants available for students to assist with the costs of going to the Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4292/25]