Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
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Leathanach 113 de 116
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
497. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if under level 5 restrictions a qualified strength and conditioning coach that operates a personal training facility can continue to offer personal training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32729/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Christopher O'Sullivan
498. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if gyms that provide for minimum attendees and appointment only sessions can reopen with strict social distancing and hygiene guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32749/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
James Browne
499. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the position regarding a practice (details supplied) and the current Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32797/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Seán Sherlock
500. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the process by which gyms could remain open and facilitate individual training [32834/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Departmental Projects
Patricia Ryan
501. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the progress of the proposed national velodrome at Abbotstown, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32891/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Jackie Cahill
502. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider the requests of the Irish Gold Tour Operators Association for direct and immediate government supports in the golf tourism sector, in the region of €5 million in order that many of the 16 IGTOA companies will survive and not have to cease trading, as this would have a catastrophic effect on the inbound tourism industry that needs to retain its resources in order to facilitate the return of this high value sector of the industry in 2022 and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32910/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Danny Healy-Rae
503. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if gyms will be deemed an essential service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32930/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Willie O'Dea
504. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons involved in power lifting have won dozens of world and European champions titles in addition to competing at professionals level; if power lifting is considered an elite sport which can continue under level 5 restrictions in particular for athletes that have represented Ireland at international level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32944/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Departmental Funding
Carol Nolan
505. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the call of an organisation (details supplied) for a substantial increase in the business continuity fund for coach tourism to reflect the real and actual damage done to the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32983/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Johnny Guirke
506. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the evidence and decision-making process employed when deciding to close gyms under level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33019/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Johnny Guirke
507. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the evidence and logic employed when deciding to close down an outdoor and controllable sport such as golf under level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33020/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
508. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if an organisation (details supplied) can continue to train with up to 15 children during level 5 restrictions. [33023/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Michael Collins
509. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there will be a reduction on the television licences in public houses in view that these businesses are closed for the most part of 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33060/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Fergus O'Dowd
510. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if activities such as individual training in gyms will be reviewed under level 5 restrictions in order to allow persons to get much needed physical activity for mental health and well-being reasons; if she will be engaging with an organisation (details supplied) in respect of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33089/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Claire Kerrane
511. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the grounds on which it was deemed necessary for golf courses to close under level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33244/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Seán Canney
512. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will amend the lockdown regulations to allow persons to attend gyms and golf clubs while adhering to all Covid-19 requirements and social distancing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33356/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Christopher O'Sullivan
513. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will reconsider restrictions on solitary and socially distanced sports and sporting clubs such as tennis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33428/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Neale Richmond
514. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration has been given to allowing individual music lessons outside of school to be held in person for levels 3 and 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33430/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Brian Stanley
515. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will review the requirement in level 5 Covid-19 restrictions for golf courses to be closed and to allow reopening of courses but not clubhouses in order to continue to protect public health. [33616/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Fáilte Ireland
Christopher O'Sullivan
516. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Fáilte Ireland adaptation grant of €2,500 is available only to restaurants and cafés that sell alcohol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33619/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Ged Nash
517. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if clarity will be provided relating to the stated concerns (details supplied) of private and community music and drama schools; his views on their request to parity relating to the Plan for Living with Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33634/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Thomas Gould
518. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has given the final sign-off on guidance for indoor sport at level 3, if not, when she will sign off on these guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33862/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Census of Population
Catherine Murphy
519. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the preliminary work that has taken place with respect to the publication of the 1926 Census of Population; the lead in time needed to enable publication in that year; if funds have been made available to complete the project; the work already undertaken to achieve the release of the data; and if a release date earlier than 2026 is possible. [33907/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Fáilte Ireland
Michael McNamara
520. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive the restart grant for non-registered bed and breakfasts from Fáilte Ireland. [32387/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Fáilte Ireland
Michael McNamara
521. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the restart grant plus for bed and breakfast establishments will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32388/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Imelda Munster
522. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports available to free local newspapers under level 5 restrictions in order to ensure that they can survive the lockdown period in view that advertising is the sole income available to newspapers of this type and advertising revenue will collapse under Level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32523/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Seán Sherlock
523. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if individual dance classes can proceed under level 5. [32532/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Departmental Expenditure
Richard Boyd Barrett
524. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria for qualification to the now extended live performance scheme whose fund has been provided through the budget, amounting in €50 million; the person or body that will decide on eligibility; the person or body that will administer same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32541/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Michael Fitzmaurice
525. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the guidelines for teaching of music within a group and individual setting respectively under level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32568/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Michael McNamara
526. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will suspend the reimposed BAI levy which averages at €2,500 per month for a local radio station (details supplied); if she will consider providing the reintroduction of another BAI Sound and Vision scheme to support Covid-19 related programming on the station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32579/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Departmental Expenditure
Marian Harkin
527. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding available to musicians as announced in budget 2021; the process to access the funding and closing dates for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32618/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Joe O'Brien
528. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if specific gyms or training centres have been nominated to facilitate ongoing training for professional and elite sport under the current level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32622/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Seán Sherlock
529. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if parents can travel outside 5 km to drop children to sports training that is outside their 5 km limit. [32659/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Martin Browne
530. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports her Department has put in place for sports clubs and groups such as marching bands that have rent on halls and related costs to pay but have been closed for the majority of 2020; and if there is assistance available to these clubs to ensure they are not forced to close for good. [32736/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Neale Richmond
531. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason elite athletes have an exemption that allows them to travel for their sporting matches and not restrict their movements for 14 days upon their return; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32819/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Ged Nash
532. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the impact Covid-19 level 5 restrictions will have on advertising revenue for local newspapers; if her Department will consider developing a specific package of financial supports to address the particular and unique challenges faced by local print media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32827/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Steven Matthews
533. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the sports in which school-age children can participate under level 5 restrictions with the caveat on group size and non-contact requirement accepted; and if the position will be clarified for the less mainstream sports that include but are not limited to horse riding and archery amongst others. [32830/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Imelda Munster
534. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if additional funding will be available for clubs that are struggling financially due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33092/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Tourism Industry
Jennifer Whitmore
535. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the aspects of Budget 2021 which relate to tour operators taking into account the decline in tourism activities here particularly under level 5 Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33130/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Departmental Funding
Patrick Costello
536. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the financial support provided by her Department to the St. John’s Ambulance service for 2020; and the estimated support for 2021 [33135/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Mattie McGrath
537. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if extracurricular music education classes are allowed to continue during level 5 restrictions; if she will provide details on the guidelines relating to musical education under level 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33190/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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National Orchestras
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
538. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the areas in which the €8 million additional funding promised in Budget 2021 to transfer the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall will be spent; if the National Symphony Orchestra had been in receipt of State funding prior to the transfer; if so, the amount; and if the €8 million promised to the National Symphony Orchestra is entirely new State funding or is a transfer of its existing funding allocation within her Department. [33200/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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National Orchestras
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
539. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason the €8 million allocated to the National Symphony Orchestra for 2021 is categorised as Covid-19 contingency funding in view of the fact the transfer of the orchestra to the National Concert Hall is unrelated to the pandemic; if this categorisation makes the €8 million a one-off allocation; and if it will affect the core funding allocation upon which future allocations will be based. [33201/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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National Concert Hall
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
540. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the National Concert Hall will receive an additional funding in 2021 separate from the funding for the National Symphony Orchestra. [33202/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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National Cultural Institutions
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
541. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way in which the €3 million additional funding promised to the National Cultural Institutions in Budget 2021, separate from the National Symphony Orchestra transfer, will be allocated. [33203/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Departmental Expenditure
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
542. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has raised the issue of live events businesses not being eligible for the Covid restrictions support scheme due to their lack of business premises with the Minister for Finance or the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment; the steps she suggests to ensure live events businesses are not disadvantaged by this ineligibility and can survive while restrictions prohibit the holding of live events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33204/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Arts Council
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
543. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the additional funding for the Arts Council announced as Covid-19 contingency funding in Budget 2021 is a one-off allocation for 2021 alone; and if there will be an increase made to the core funding upon which future budget allocations will be based. [33206/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Ruairí Ó Murchú
544. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of community music and drama schools under level 5 of the Plan for Living with Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33238/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Sports Capital Programme
Claire Kerrane
545. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if an organisation (details supplied) can register for funding under the sports capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33245/20]
Máirt, 3 Samh 2020
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Departmental Contracts
Seán Sherlock
546. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of contracts approved in her Department in 2019 and to date in 2020 without competitive tender; the details of the contract; the company awarded the contract; and the full value of the contract in tabular form. [33281/20]