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Thu, 19 Nov 2020
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Schools Extra Curricular Activities
Neale Richmond
156. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the engagements her Department has had with the Department of Education on the recommencement of inter-school sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37689/20]
Thu, 19 Nov 2020
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Olympic Games
Neale Richmond
157. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the engagements her Department has had with an association (details supplied) as it relates to the preparation and exemptions that may be required by the Irish women's hockey team to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37690/20]
Thu, 19 Nov 2020
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Swimming Pool Programme Status
Neale Richmond
158. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the swimming pool grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37691/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Sports Funding
Mark Ward
68. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total sports budget for each of the years 2007 and 2020, in tabular form; the breakdown of the areas the funding was allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37170/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Sports Facilities
Louise O'Reilly
69. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Portmarnock swimming pool and swimming pools in general will be allowed to operate at set times to allow elite swimmers preparing for future Olympic and European competitions to train given that elite athletes such as elite swimmers are allowed to train and to operate under level 5 restrictions but cannot do so without access to swimming pools [37250/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Marian Harkin
70. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if swimming lessons will be re-instated during level 3 Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will take into consideration correspondence from a group (details supplied) on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37291/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Brexit Issues
Cormac Devlin
71. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on whether Brexit will have a positive impact on any policy area or sector under the remit of her Department; and if the details of same will be provided. [37187/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
Niamh Smyth
72. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will request the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to provide additional sound and vision funding to the sector covering the period September 2020 to February 2021 similar to the scheme rolled out in April 2020. [37215/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Louise O'Reilly
73. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason Fáilte Ireland is informing shopping centres that they are eligible for the Covid-19 adaptation fund only to discover upon submission of application that they are not. [37247/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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National Lottery Funding
Aindrias Moynihan
74. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent of capital or current funding provided for sporting or cultural activities in County Cork in each of the past four years both from proceeds of the national lottery and other sources; the intended future expenditure from each source for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37340/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Údarás na Gaeltachta
Brendan Griffin
75. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports Údarás na Gaeltacht can provide to small businesses in Gaeltacht areas that want to start up or expand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37353/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Richard Boyd Barrett
321. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason for not allowing children's swimming lessons under level 3 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36549/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Richard O'Donoghue
322. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the matter of individual training at gyms and non-contact sports will be reviewed in view of the mental health impact and winter weather; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36822/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Broadcasting Sector
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
323. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way in which the €2 million allocation for capital expenditure for TG4 was spent in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36959/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Budget 2021
Ged Nash
324. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of additional ring-fenced funding to be provided to domestic violence services under budget 2021 in order that services can respond adequately to increased incidence of domestic violence through Covid-19 and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37138/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Budget 2021
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
325. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation for her Department for 2021, by project. [36285/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Sport Ireland
Neale Richmond
326. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason Fingal County Council did not receive direct funding through the €85 million allocated by Sport Ireland to address the existential threat to national governing bodies, their club networks, local sports organisations and the local sports partnership small grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36297/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Ministerial Meetings
Michael Healy-Rae
327. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a meeting will be arranged with a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36319/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Pádraig O'Sullivan
328. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider reviewing the national framework for living with Covid-19 level 5 restrictions to allow for pools and gyms to reopen on a limited basis which would have mental and physical health benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36323/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Budget 2021
Fergus O'Dowd
329. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the additional ring-fenced funding to be provided by her Department to domestic violence services in budget 2021 in order that services can respond adequately to the shadow pandemic of domestic violence through Covid-19 and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36352/20]