Parliamentary questions

Departmental Bodies

Darren O'Rourke

239. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has received the 2023 Annual Report and 2023 Audited Financial Statement from the National Concert Hall; and if not, when her Department expects to receive same. [20159/24]

Sports Funding

Gino Kenny

240. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are plans by her Department to increase public funding to League of Ireland academy development to support investment into development of youth football in Ireland, as currently Ireland lags behind the rest of Europe with only ten full-time academy staff and youth development is inadequate in regard to local community facilities for football clubs. [20169/24]

Departmental Staff

Carol Nolan

241. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of employees within her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department who are currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations; to outline, in tabular form, the length of time these employees have been under suspension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20324/24]

European Union

Matt Carthy

242. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any receipts from same, by programme or fund, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20365/24]

Sports Funding

Mattie McGrath

243. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an updated timeline on the sports capital funding allocation announcements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20389/24]

Sports Funding

Niamh Smyth

244. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on a sports capital application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20467/24]

Sports Funding

Niamh Smyth

245. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on a sports capital application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20468/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Matt Shanahan

246. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expenditure in each of the individual Gaeltacht areas provided by her Department from 2018 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20518/24]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Matt Shanahan

247. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expenditure in each of the individual Gaeltacht areas approved by her Department from 2018 to 2023 and to date in 2024 by Údarás Na Gaeltachta, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20519/24]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Matt Shanahan

248. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expenditure by Údarás na Gaeltachta in each of the individual Gaeltacht areas from 2018 to 2023 and to date in 2024, and the individual expenditure headings to which this spending was allocated within each individual Gaeltacht area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20520/24]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Matt Shanahan

249. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a detailed charter of Údarás na Gaeltachta in terms of its mission statement, its governance structure, and the responsibilities and KPIs to which it is tasked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20521/24]

Departmental Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

250. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media about a funding request (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20568/24]

Departmental Funding

Michael Ring

251. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding that was allocated to a project (details supplied) was drawn down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20622/24]

Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta

Éamon Ó Cuív

252. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil sé i gceist aici ardú deontais a thabhairt do na teaghlaigh a choinníonn scoláirí faoi Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge i mbliana agus an t-ardú ar an gcostas maireachtála le blianta beaga anuas agus na cúraimí breise a bhaineann le scoláirí a choinneáil á gcur i gcuntas; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [20816/24]

Departmental Data

Michael Healy-Rae

253. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20828/24]

Broadcasting Sector

John Lahart

254. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on the progress of a report on the financial health of the commercial radio sector that she requested from the BAI on 5 December 2022; if she will share the details of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20829/24]

Media Sector

Imelda Munster

169. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of Exchequer funding that was allocated to TG4 in each of the years 2023 and 2024. [19953/24]

Tourism Funding

Imelda Munster

170. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of Exchequer funding that was allocated to Fáilte Ireland in each of the years 2023 and 2024. [19954/24]

Tourism Funding

Imelda Munster

171. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of Exchequer funding that was allocated to Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2023 and 2024. [19955/24]

Tourism Industry

Marian Harkin

172. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the percentage of all Fáilte Ireland registered tourism bed stock that was contracted to the State for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and the most recent up-to-date percentage figure for 2024, per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19966/24]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Matt Shanahan

173. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she can provide the precise amount of funding, in tabular form, which has been provided to Waterford over the past six years by Údarás na Gaeltachta; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20023/24]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Matt Shanahan

174. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how Údarás na Gaeltachta decide where and how their funding is allocated and; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20024/24]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Matt Shanahan

175. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what the key performance indicators are for Údarás na Gaeltachta; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20025/24]

Post Office Network

Matt Shanahan

176. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she is aware of the situation in an area (details supplied) where the village is about to lose its only post office which is integral to the vibrancy of the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20026/24]

Departmental Staff

Cormac Devlin

161. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to detail the arrangements in place for where an employee of the Department and each organisation under its aegis, becomes elected or co-opted to a local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19576/24]

Sports Facilities

Leo Varadkar

162. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the construction of a velodrome at the Sport Ireland Campus. [19671/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

163. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of WTE accountants employed by her Department in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [19794/24]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Brendan Griffin

164. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has received copies of a review (details supplied) concerning bogus self-employment at RTÉ; if not, if she has sought it; if she understands the importance of this review for the future of the national broadcaster; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19829/24]

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Brendan Griffin

165. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will request a copy of the completed Government commissioned report into RTÉ; if she will publish each respective report as they each become available to publish, rather than waiting for both to be published together; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19830/24]

Sports Funding

Brendan Griffin

166. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide details regarding the sports capital and equipment programme in Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19894/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Denis Naughten

372. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total number of copper communication lines within her Department that are currently in active operation and for which her Department is paying for on a monthly basis, inclusive of ISDN, PTSN and copper-based lease lines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18846/24]

Departmental Funding

Mark Ward

373. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what funding is available to national governing bodies of sport to support the implementation of cardiac screening to athletes free of charge funder the age of 18 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18858/24]

Departmental Funding

Mark Ward

374. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of defibrillators located in sports clubs throughout the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18859/24]

Brexit Supports

Catherine Murphy

375. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way in which the €7.75 million allocated to her Department under the 2023 EU Brexit Adjustment Fund was spent; and if she will provide headings and sub-headings and amounts associated with same. [18915/24]

Sport and Recreational Development

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

376. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the support her Department is providing for the proposed water hub in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18935/24]

Sports Funding

Claire Kerrane

377. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide all sports grants available to a football club where the club is leasing ground on a long-term basis (not owned); and the associated timeline for applications to be opened, in tabular form. [18963/24]

Sports Funding

Claire Kerrane

378. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide all sports grants available and the associated timeline for applications to be opened, in tabular form. [18964/24]

Sports Funding

Joe Flaherty

379. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if, following recent press reports that have suggested a new sports capital grants scheme could be launched for schools, she will provide any further details on same. [19078/24]

European Union

John Paul Phelan

380. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by her Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and which were necessitated, either in whole or in part, to transpose or give effect to regulations, directives or other measures passed at European Union level. [19175/24]

Sport and Recreational Development

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

381. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the support her Department is providing for the proposed water hub in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19230/24]

Sports Funding

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

382. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the sports capital funding allocations will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19241/24]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

383. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to her Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, to include the heading of which it was intended for. [19370/24]

Arts Council

Michael Healy-Rae

210. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18608/24]

Film Industry

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

211. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an overview of her Department’s understanding of production activity in the film and audiovisual sector at present; the efforts, if any, she is undertaking to increase the volume of production activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18682/24]

Sports Funding

Chris Andrews

74. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a date has been selected yet for the opening of applications for the next round of sports capital grants. [18234/24]

Sports Funding

Matt Carthy

75. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports available to gymnastics clubs for the purchase of equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18306/24]

Ministerial Appointments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

76. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a list of each State board or council over which she has responsibility for appointments, by the total number of board Members; the number of current vacancies on the board; and if the position of chair of the board or council in question is vacant or occupied in each, in tabular from. [18318/24]

Tourism Funding

Brendan Griffin

77. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on a matter (details supplied); if her Department will provide financial support to an organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18349/24]

Departmental Advertising

Ged Nash

78. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for figures on the total spend for all forms of advertising in the years 2022 and 2023 in her Department; if figures can be provided on each Department’s spend on local media advertising (print and broadcast respectively, and broken down on that basis) for those years; if the Department used/uses an agency to place advertising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18401/24]

Television Licence Fee

Brendan Griffin

79. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the latest figures regarding TV licence renewal and purchase for 2024 versus 2023; the end of year figures for same for 2023 as a whole versus 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18417/24]