Parliamentary questions

Sports Facilities

Jim O'Callaghan

85. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the actions taken to obtain the view of young persons in increasing their participation in sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21803/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Danny Healy-Rae

86. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if additional funding and support for pubs, restaurants and hotels will be provided in order that they can reopen and to ensure that the so-called wet pubs will be included and opened in conjunction with all involved in the hospitality business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21932/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Christopher O'Sullivan

87. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider allowing self-catering hospitality venues to open their doors to in-county guests only in order to allow them to compete with service providers such as a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22001/21]

Arts Centres

Catherine Connolly

88. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans for a permanent civic arts centre for Galway city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21870/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Thomas Pringle

89. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the specific supports that will be available for County Donegal under the Tourism Recovery Plan 2020-2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21492/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pa Daly

90. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the financial supports that have been given to sporting organisations to make up for income lost due to a lack of paying supporters. [21595/21]

Sports Capital Programme

Brendan Griffin

91. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the sports capital programmes, that is, local, regional and large scale projects; the timelines in respect of each in relation to future allocation announcements and opening for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20947/21]

Tourism Industry

Kieran O'Donnell

92. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the recommendations of the Recovery Oversight Group for Tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21968/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Bernard Durkan

93. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which her Department continues to liaise with the stakeholders in the sectors relative to her Department with a view to identifying the way in which she can intervene with assistance throughout the remainder of 2021 recognising the need for recovery and rejuvenation of the sectors under her aegis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11532/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brian Leddin

94. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to support businesses to allocate more public space for outdoor dining establishments to allow persons of all ages to feel safer and to increase the capacity of dining establishments which are trying to recover their businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21869/21]

Tourism Industry

Alan Dillon

95. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a roadmap for the reopening of the tourism sector; the enterprise supports that will be maintained into 2022; the up-to-date work of her Department to support the tourism sector as a result of Covid-19; the status of the recommendations of the Recovery Oversight Group for Tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21972/21]

Meath na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

96. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil sí fós sásta go bhfuil gach rud á dhéanamh ag an rialtas chun an Ghaeilge a neartú, mar a dúirt sí ina freagra ar cheist 127 an 1 Aibreán, sa chomhthéacs ina bhfuil bac ar Ghaeilgeoirí clárú do vacsaín Covid-19 nó an líne chabhrach a úsáid gan iompú ar an mBéarla. [21950/21]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

97. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil teagmháil déanta aici le déanaí le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta maidir le beartais teanga a cuid cliant-chomhlachtaí a neartú, chun a chinntiú nach bhfuil maoiniú stáit á thabhairt do chomhlachtaí atá ag diúltú cearta teanga Gaeilgeoirí sa Ghaeltacht, in aon áit eile sa stát nó ó Thuaidh. [21952/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Emer Higgins

98. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration is being given to allowing theatres to open at reduced capacity in summer 2021; and the level of virus suppression that would be necessary to facilitate the reopening of the sector. [21966/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

99. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans and the provisions she has put in place for tourism, sport and culture to provide for and assist in the safe enjoyment of summer 2021 outdoors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21620/21]

Living Wage

Niamh Smyth

100. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the living wage for artists will be increased. [21488/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Danny Healy-Rae

101. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if all pubs will be included for funding under the outdoor enhancement scheme which was announced recently; the reason wet pubs are not included for this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21935/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joe Flaherty

102. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the work of the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21812/21]

Online Safety

Thomas Pringle

103. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2020; if recent increases in conspiracy theory content is being taken into consideration for any such Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21493/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

104. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide further details in relation to the grant scheme for outdoor and indoor dining; the engagements she has had and planned engagements with local authorities in relation to planning permissions and licensing laws; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21961/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Patrick Costello

105. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the €50 million provided for the arts and culture live entertainment sector in Budget 2021 to survive and recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. [21487/21]

Artists' Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

106. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the basic income for artists will be delivered; the stage the proposal is at; and if she will ensure that this provides artists and arts workers with the living wage. [21951/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul McAuliffe

107. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider a restart type grant for the hospitality sector when it is safe to reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21959/21]

Sports Events

Alan Dillon

108. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if discussions have taken place on the recommencing of sport for all age groups; her plans to allow spectators to attend sporting events; if consideration has been given to the use of antigen testing to assist in the reopening of society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21973/21]

Tourism Policy

Martin Browne

109. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on promoting tourism in towns in County Tipperary such as Cashel, Cahir and Tipperary; her further views on the need for investment in infrastructure that would entice tourists from tourism attractions such as the Rock of Cashel into the towns themselves; her plans to allow for the quick emergence of the tourism and hospitality sector in County Tipperary as restrictions ease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21967/21]

Pleanáil Teanga

Catherine Connolly

110. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán maidir le ceist 16114/21, cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le Plean Teanga Chathair na Gaillimhe; cén dáta a fhoilseofar an plean; cad é cúis na moille maidir le foilsiú an phlean; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [21873/21]

Sports Organisations

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

111. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the action taken to tackle discrimination in sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21810/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Carey

112. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will amend the new outdoor dining enhancement scheme to include all hospitality establishments, including so-called wet pubs in order to ensure equity across the sector in administering the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21826/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Christopher O'Sullivan

113. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the roll-out of the grants for outdoor dining spaces announced in March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21971/21]

National Cultural Institutions

Denis Naughten

114. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to expand the mobility of collections scheme to support loans from the national collections for display in public buildings across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1426/21]

Sports Capital Programme

Matt Carthy

115. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if schools operating under educational training boards can apply to the Sports Capital Programme in a manner which would have scoring criteria applied independently of consideration to grants provided to other schools within the same educational training board region. [21828/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Imelda Munster

116. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to introduce a tourism voucher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21958/21]

National Cultural Institutions

Darren O'Rourke

117. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has considered proposals for the return of the Book of Kells from Trinity College Dublin to Kells, County Meath; if she has engaged with Meath County Council, Trinity College Dublin and other stakeholders in this regard; if she is supportive of such proposals in view of the potential benefits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21490/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul McAuliffe

118. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the progress to date of the Night-time Economy Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21960/21]

Tourism Industry

Joe Carey

119. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans and the measures that will be put in place to assist the recovery of the tourism and aviation sectors, for example, such as The Gathering after the last recession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21827/21]

Tourism Industry

Kieran O'Donnell

120. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to support the coach tourism sector as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21969/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Verona Murphy

121. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the crisis presently facing the charter boat industry here (details supplied); if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that the industry has been decimated due to Covid-19 restrictions and that the sector is unable to fulfil the eligibility criteria of the current financial support schemes; the immediate financial supports she is proposing for the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21086/21]

Artists' Remuneration

Catherine Connolly

122. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the engagement she has had with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment with regard to the recommendation by the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce to pilot a universal basic income scheme for a three-year period in the arts, culture, audio-visual and live performance and events sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21871/21]

Culture Policy

Jim O'Callaghan

123. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the cultural capital scheme 2019-2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21804/21]

Sports Facilities

Paul Murphy

124. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will contact Dublin City Council to convey her support for a Council-owned community sports facility (details supplied) to be kept as a public facility for the use and the sporting needs of local communities and not sold by the Council to private developers. [21875/21]

Tourism Project Funding

Imelda Munster

125. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria for application for the €19 million fund announced for state-of-the-art facilities for water based activities; if local authorities were notified of the funding; if so, when; if local authorities were liaised with ahead of the plan; if local authorities were invited to apply for this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21957/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

330. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Gaeltacht colleges will reopen in summer 2021 for second year secondary students who are booked in from 7 June 2021 for a period of three weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22094/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael Collins

331. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans being put in place to protect the employees of the hospitality sector (details supplied). [22309/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peadar Tóibín

332. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the additional supports her Department has considered implementing to assist the tourism sector here during the summer months. [22311/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Noel Grealish

333. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the financial support and business assistance available for the funfair and circus industry which has not been included in any of the financial support schemes to date, but which has remained closed for most of 2020 and 2021, thus incurring significant losses (details supplied). [21124/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jim O'Callaghan

334. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps being taken to support the return of live performances and events in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21183/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neale Richmond

335. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the sporting activities that qualify as elite as per the Covid-19 guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21185/21]

Product Labelling

Neale Richmond

336. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has considered proposals to introduce a national bilingual packaging policy that would see all packaging contain both Irish and English text; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21186/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Seán Sherlock

337. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if wet pubs are eligible to apply for outdoor seating grants under Fáilte Ireland. [21224/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

338. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when businesses will be able to apply for and draw down funds under the music entertainment business assistance scheme which was launched on 9 March 2021. [21231/21]