Parliamentary questions

Ministerial Staff

Peadar Tóibín

142. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in her Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by Minister in tabular form. [11393/22]

Commissions of Investigation

Peadar Tóibín

143. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of her Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each commission to date; and the projected costs of each in tabular form. [12559/22]

Legislative Reviews

John Lahart

144. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the inputs and contributions her Department has made to the review of licensing laws; if she is planning to recommend an entertainment licence that would have validity on an annual as opposed to event basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22378/22]

Departmental Funding

Pádraig O'Sullivan

145. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding that is available to a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22396/22]

Defibrillators Provision

Jackie Cahill

146. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the best source of public funding that a community group could apply for in order to purchase a defibrillator for a local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22399/22]

Commemorative Events

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

164. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason for the delay in announcing the venue for the 2022 State commemoration of the 1845-1850 famine; her views on whether it would be prudent to announce the venue for 2023 at the preceding year's National Famine Commemoration, thus allowing the host town time to work with her Department to prepare a full programme befitting such an important national commemorative event; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21776/22]

Departmental Schemes

Fergus O'Dowd

165. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total number of applications received in respect of the live performance support scheme strand I and II by county; the total number of applications refused by county; the total number of appeals that were subsequently submitted by county; the total number of appeals that were successful by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22057/22]

Wind Energy Generation

Aindrias Moynihan

166. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has made any review on the way the planned wind farms in Gougane Barra, County Cork will impact local tourism in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22171/22]

Tourism Industry

Aindrias Moynihan

167. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures being taken to alleviate pressure on hotel availability for tourism given that many rooms will be allocated for emergency accommodation this summer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22172/22]

Departmental Staff

John Lahart

168. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of secondments from her Department to the university third level sector over the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22260/22]

EU Directives

Catherine Murphy

169. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a schedule of fines and totality of the amount paid in respect of fines issued by the EU on her Department for failing to transpose EU directives; if she will include the directive that was not transposed on time; and if she will indicate the directives that are still not fully transposed for the past 25 years to date in 2022. [22335/22]

Tourism Industry

Imelda Munster

170. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to provide support and stimulus to the tourism industry in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22337/22]

Departmental Funding

Jackie Cahill

171. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding can be made available for a club (details supplied) to replace its diesel engine powered golf buggies with electric golf buggies considering the environmental and air quality benefits of such; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22349/22]

Sports Funding

Catherine Murphy

203. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of fees or payments provided to social media influencers, media personalities and retired sportspersons, respectively, by Sport Ireland, in each of the years from 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; the names of the persons who received fees; the amount they received; the analytics and-or online metrics related to each project that such a person was engaged on; and the title of the project they were engaged for. [21521/22]

Departmental Transport

Catherine Murphy

204. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of electric vehicles and-or hybrid vehicles in her allocation of ministerial vehicles; and if she will provide the make and model of all vehicles in her allocation of ministerial vehicles by the year registration. [21615/22]

Sports Funding

Catherine Murphy

205. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to a series of parliamentary questions in respect of a grant for a sports club (details supplied) in County Kildare, if she will provide an update on the situation as of 28 April 2022; and the next steps the club must take in order for funds to be released. [21622/22]

Future of Media Commission

Alan Dillon

580. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the Future of Media Commission; when the findings of the Commission will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19386/22]

Departmental Schemes

Niamh Smyth

581. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will review correspondence (details supplied); the funding opportunities that may be open to this group to fund this trip; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19455/22]

Departmental Staff

Marc MacSharry

582. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide the details of the name, salary, position and roles of persons who are being paid for by her Department for secondment to another public, private or semi-private entity in tabular form following the announcement that the salary of a person (details supplied) being seconded to Trinity College, Dublin will be paid by the Department of Health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19558/22]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Holly Cairns

583. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit run apprenticeship programmes or are directly engaged in the training of apprentices; if so, the number of apprentices involved; the specialties in which they are being trained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19593/22]

Departmental Staff

Carol Nolan

584. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of persons employed by her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department with a rate of pay below the living wage of €12.30; the role that those persons occupy within her Department or relevant body; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19638/22]

Sports Funding

Jackie Cahill

585. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding can be made available to a rural sports club outside of the Sports Capital Grant process in cases in which the club intends to extend its clubhouse (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19678/22]

Departmental Staff

Sorca Clarke

586. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the salaries and expenses paid to advisers, Ministers and or Ministers of State in her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [19755/22]

Departmental Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

587. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of applications for the live performance support scheme 2; the number applications that were refused; the number that were refused on appeal; the specific financial supports that she is putting in place for unsuccessful applicants left with debt due to Government imposed Covid restrictions on their live events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19801/22]

Energy Prices

Christopher O'Sullivan

588. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the hospitality sector is now suffering due to the increased energy costs and is struggling; her views on whether the extension of the VAT rate would help the sector to recovery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19802/22]

Departmental Staff

Mattie McGrath

589. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19878/22]

Sports Funding

Robert Troy

590. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a club (details supplied) will be allowed to appeal it’s allocation of sports capital funding on the basis that it should have been assessed as a regional application rather than as a club. [19982/22]

Departmental Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

591. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19986/22]

Departmental Staff

Holly Cairns

592. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit facilitate internships by students engaged in full-time or part-time further and higher education courses; if so, the number of interns her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit accept annually; if any or all of these interns receive remuneration of any kind; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20016/22]

Departmental Staff

Carol Nolan

593. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of persons currently employed in her Department who have been seconded in from the public sector; the number of Departmental officials seconded where the monies are recouped from the body the person is seconded to or where the Department pays for the person with no recoupment from the other organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20070/22]

Sport and Recreational Development

Duncan Smith

594. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are plans to introduce regulations for the growing e-sports sector in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20139/22]

Broadcasting Sector

Ivana Bacik

595. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current regulatory regime applying to UK broadcasters carrying advertising aimed specifically at the Irish market; if this regime was affected by Brexit; if so, the nature of any changes; if legislation currently before the Houses of the Oireachtas is intended to have an impact on the status of such broadcasters; if there is an opportunity post-Brexit to improve the advertising revenues of indigenous broadcasters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20263/22]

Sports Funding

Seán Sherlock

596. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of appeals received on the current round of sports capital; and when it is expected a decision will be reached for these clubs. [20304/22]

Departmental Funding

Michael Ring

597. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding (details supplied) that has been allocated has been drawn down and spent; if there has been a follow up or appraisal on the funding given under the various programmes or headings; if any of the allocated funding has been recouped or unspent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20404/22]

Rental Sector

Kieran O'Donnell

598. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the timeline for the new short-term letting regulations (details supplied) as outlined in the recent Housing for All plan; the progress that has been made to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20480/22]

Sports Funding

Niamh Smyth

599. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of a sports capital appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20506/22]

Departmental Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

600. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of staff within her Department who availed of a secondment from January 2019 to date on the basis that it was not the intention of the staff member to return to their position within the Department. [20651/22]

Culture Policy

Niamh Smyth

601. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to review the entry fees to cultural institutions and events for persons with a disability and their carers as in the case of a person (details supplied). [20740/22]

Census of Population

Patricia Ryan

602. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the progress being made to digitise the 1926 census; and if provision will be made for its early release. [20784/22]

Regional Development

Alan Kelly

603. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the consideration that has been given to a product development and marketing campaign to promote Lough Derg and it’s environs around counties Tipperary, Clare and Galway. [20836/22]

Departmental Strategies

David Stanton

604. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the situation with respect to the National Swimming Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21050/22]

Forálacha Pinsin

Éamon Ó Cuív

605. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dul chun cinn atá déanta leis an bplé idir a Roinn agus an Roinn Caiteachais Poiblí agus Athchóirithe maidir leis an iarratas go n-aithneofaí tréimhse seirbhíse le Bord na Leabhar Gaeilge mar sheirbhís chun críche pinsin de chuid na seirbhíse poiblí ó freagraíodh ceist ar an ábhar seo go deireadh ar an 19/1/2022 (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [21212/22]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

606. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a piece of surveillance technology (details supplied) is being used by her Department or any agencies under her remit in view of the fact that there are security and privacy concerns associated with the use of same; the data protection policies on the use of artificial intelligence with respect to instances in which this technology is being used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21243/22]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Mairéad Farrell

257. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media , further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 29 March, the details of the licensing to which she refers; the reference number of the planning permission obtained by Údarás na Gaeltachta relating to the external works made to the building at issue; the change of use of the existing building to the hi-tech health laboratories development detailed; the total cost of the interior and exterior development of the existing building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18965/22]

Arts Policy

Patrick Costello

258. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of arts studio spaces that have been made available in Dublin per year since the launch of the last Art Development Plan 2015-2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18971/22]

Sports Funding

Emer Higgins

259. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the length of time it is expected to take for a decision to be made on appeals under the sports capital grant; if she will provide indicative timelines for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18974/22]

Íocaíochtaí Deontas

Éamon Ó Cuív

260. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh ar iarratas ó ghrúpa (sonraí tugtha) atá ag lorg deontais le hathchóiriú a dhéanamh ar fhoirgneamh le fada; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [19017/22]

Departmental Staff

Denis Naughten

261. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of staff within her Department who are based and working with the European Union in Brussels; their present roles and responsibilities; the posts and responsibilities that are currently vacant; the corresponding figures on 23 June 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19042/22]

Defibrillators Provision

Holly Cairns

262. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if defibrillators are installed in all offices and buildings accessible by the public in her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19179/22]

Departmental Contracts

Ged Nash

263. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total value of consultancy contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied) for work with her Department and bodies under the auspices of her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19198/22]