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Thu, 18 May 2023
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Tourism Industry
Bernard Durkan
315. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which hotel bed spaces continue to remain sufficiently available throughout Dublin city and greater areas, with a view to ensuring that tourists and those seeking hotel accommodation are not pressured into paying exorbitant prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23982/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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National Development Plan
Holly Cairns
103. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on all current National Development Plan 2021-2030 projects under her Department being progressed in Cork South West, including the current status of each project and the planned completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23323/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Departmental Bodies
Catherine Murphy
104. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the name, function and establishment date of all organisations and agencies under the aegis of her Department; the number of employees in each; and the salary of each of the CEO in each organisation and agency, in tabular form. [23397/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Tourism Promotion
Catherine Murphy
105. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the recruitment campaign for a new CEO of Tourism Ireland is being carried out just within the State or worldwide; and when she expects a new CEO to be appointed. [23398/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Catherine Murphy
106. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to her Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount paid to each company for such works, in tabular form. [23416/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Tourism Promotion
Catherine Murphy
107. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the status of the St. Andrew’s Street church in Dublin; and if Fáilte Ireland still has an interest in the property. [23429/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Television Licence Fee
Catherine Connolly
108. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has received a report (details supplied) which was set up to examine reform of the TV licence fee, which was expected in Q1 2023; the timeline for the publication of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23435/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Departmental Funding
Catherine Murphy
109. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by her Department under the per cent for art scheme in each of the past five years to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23592/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Tourism Promotion
Catherine Murphy
110. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a schedule of sport-focused journalists, sport-focused personalities, and sport-focused publications, to include print, online and television, engaged by Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the costs per engagement; the metrics achieved for each engagement; and the key performance indicators. [23611/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Tourism Promotion
Catherine Murphy
111. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount expended by Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland on paid-for and or sponsored content on each of its social media channels, including a breakdown of each project and the expenditure on same in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [23612/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Tourism Promotion
Catherine Murphy
112. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a schedule of travel journalists, travel personalities, and travel publications, to include print, online and television, engaged by Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the costs per engagement; the metrics achieved for each engagement; and the key performance indicators. [23613/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Tourism Promotion
Catherine Murphy
113. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a schedule of food-focused journalists, food-focused personalities, and food-focused publications, to include print, online and television, engaged by Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the costs per engagement; the metrics achieved for each engagement; and the key performance indicators. [23614/23]
Wed, 17 May 2023
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Sports Organisations
Aindrias Moynihan
114. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her engagement to date with RTÉ and the GAA in making more GAA games free-to-air; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23651/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
383. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of any contracts or services procured by her Department with frontline security, including any that are subcontracted to frontline security; the value of such contracts since 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22386/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Departmental Expenditure
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
384. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the 2021 and 2022 capital budget allocation to her Department; the percentage of that funding that was actually spent in each of the years in question, in tabular form; the capital budget allocation for her Department in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22387/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Departmental Funding
Mattie McGrath
385. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the full level of Exchequer funding provided to a sporting organisation (details supplied) in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22433/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Sports Funding
Éamon Ó Cuív
386. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a company limited by guarantee, whose primary purpose is the development of sports and leisure facilities in a local area, was eligible to apply under the last Capital Sports Programme; if the company will be entitled to apply under the forthcoming programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22540/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Irish Sign Language
Neasa Hourigan
387. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the progress made to date in respect of implementing the recommendations specific to her Department outlined in the Report on the Operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 to improve the functioning of the ISL Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22772/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Departmental Funding
Seán Sherlock
388. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are any grants or funding available for a school (details supplied) to travel and compete in a competition. [22993/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Social Media
Holly Cairns
389. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the percentage of social media posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2022 and 30 April 2023, inclusive; the percentage of same that feature bilingual translations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23039/23]