Parliamentary questions

Radio Spectrum Management

Ivana Bacik

94. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the decision by RTÉ to cease the broadcast of long-wave radio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21894/23]

Irish Language

Cathal Crowe

95. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the recently published report on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; and the impact it will have on the Irish language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking community. [22136/23]

Commemorative Events

Paul Murphy

309. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on whether it would be appropriate to organise the national and international famine commemoration days on the same day, the third Sunday in May. [21066/23]

Information and Communications Technology

Ciarán Cannon

310. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if officials from her Department are using an application (details supplied) to conduct business; if her Department has had official meetings regarding the use of the application by officials; if her Department has assessed the risk of using the application by Department officials and the input of Government-related data into the application; if her Department is using or is considering using other forms of artificial intelligence; if her Department is considering banning the use of the application by Department officials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21093/23]

Gaeltacht Policy

Pearse Doherty

311. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he is aware that the increase from 12 to 16 in the number of students that Mná Tí can house has resulted in households being unable to access insurance cover; if so, the action that has been taken to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21128/23]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Mairéad Farrell

312. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will detail the consent permit required to transfer raw sewage from one Údarás na Gaeltachta facility to another; the competent authority with the statutory function to grant such consent; the reference number and date of issue of the consent permit granted to Údarás na Gaeiltachta to transfer raw sewage from its industrial estate at An Tulach, County Galway, to a discharge to sea facility licensed to Údarás na Gaeltachta at Ros a' Mhíl, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21176/23]

Legislative Reviews

Carol Nolan

313. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will list all reviews of Acts carried out by her Department in line with the provisions of the Act in question from 2000 to date; if a summary will be provided of any substantive amendments of the Act in question that occurred on foot of each review and the amending legislation, if any, in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21193/23]

Tourism Promotion

Darren O'Rourke

314. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Tourism Ireland plans to open new offices abroad; and, if so, where. [21283/23]

Sporting Rights

Willie O'Dea

315. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on whether it is appropriate for an organisation (details supplied) to have many high-profile games exclusively available on a paid for subscription service; her further views on whether as a non-professional sporting organisation in receipt of significant Government funding, the organisation should provide all its matches on free-to-air television; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21581/23]

Tourism Policy

Holly Cairns

316. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking regarding the lack of accessibility at a publicly funded tourist attraction (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21686/23]

Tourist Accommodation

Sorca Clarke

317. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the engagement she has had with representatives of the hotel industry regarding room availability; and her views on whether this matter will present difficulties during the tourist season. [21872/23]

Departmental Schemes

James Lawless

174. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will examine a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20830/23]

Sports Funding

Catherine Murphy

175. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has or plans to engage with the Ministers for Finance and Agriculture, Food and the Marine in respect of accessing the revenues raised from the betting duty and betting intermediary duty for his use in the context of funding sport, sport Ireland, the sports capital grant scheme and the large-scale infrastructure scheme. [21028/23]

Artists' Remuneration

Violet-Anne Wynne

185. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will extend a scheme (details supplied) for new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20383/23]

Artists' Remuneration

Violet-Anne Wynne

186. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will report on the success of a pilot scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20384/23]

Sports Funding

Chris Andrews

187. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of applicants for the previous two rounds of the sports capital programme who were granted funding but did not draw down the grants fully, setting out for each round of the sports capital programme the number of grants fully outstanding, the number of grants partially drawn down, the number of grants fully drawn down and the total number of grants allocated, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20444/23]

National Cultural Institutions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

188. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the status of all capital development plans, as provided for under the National Development Plan, Project 2040, in respect of each of the national cultural institutions; if there are any delays in securing sanction for any of these projects at the level of her Department or other Government Department; the projects she expects to see fully completed before 2030; the projects she envisages will not be commenced in the next three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20469/23]

National Cultural Institutions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

189. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her Department’s expected capital funds draw down for 2023, 2024 and 2025, in respect of projects relating to the national cultural institutions, as provided for in the National Development Plan, Project 2040; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20470/23]

National Cultural Institutions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

190. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the exact stage of development approval each of the national cultural institutions (details supplied) capital development plans are at; the number that are awaiting approval by her to proceed to the next stage; what that stage is in respect of each institution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20471/23]

National Cultural Institutions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

191. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount that has been spent on each national cultural institution’s capital development under the National Development Plan from 2018 to date; the amount that has been spent in each year to date; the anticipated spend in each year to 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20472/23]