Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Food Industry

Louise O'Reilly

218. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the meetings held by her Departmental officials from assistant principal level upwards with representatives of the food industry in relation to the issue of infant nutrition in Ireland from 2021 to date, including the issue of banning infant formula advertising in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; the dates, attendees and matters that were discussed at each meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28614/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Brendan Griffin

219. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a capital grant that had been earmarked for a town (details supplied) in County Kerry by her Department in the past remains available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28681/22]

Sports Funding

Brendan Griffin

220. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when he expects the next round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme to open for new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28684/22]

Sporting Rights

Éamon Ó Cuív

221. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps that she has taken to ensure that athletes and sportspersons from all over Ireland can choose to represent Ireland at all major international competitions; the discussions and meetings that she has had with her counterparts in Northern Ireland and in the United Kingdom in order to obtain agreement from the relevant jurisdictions to obtain a united approach to abolishing this rule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28693/22]

Sports Funding

Gerald Nash

89. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the attention of her Department has been drawn to the change in the ownership and company structure at an organisation (details supplied); her views on whether this changed structure means that the organisation is ineligible to draw down the Sports Capital Grant awarded to it in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28203/22]

Sports Facilities

Gino Kenny

90. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department will fund an astro-turf pitch for a football club (details supplied). [28298/22]

Departmental Consultations

Gary Gannon

198. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to list the disability consultative groups and members of these groups that her Department engages with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27503/22]

Broadcasting Sector

Imelda Munster

199. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding that was given to independent productions by (details supplied) in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [27617/22]

Departmental Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

200. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of staff employed in her Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form. [27606/22]

Road Projects

Dara Calleary

201. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to re-introduce funding for the repair of local roads in Gaeltacht areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27648/22]

Tourism Schemes

Imelda Munster

202. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the Make 2023 the Year of the Invitation initiative that was outlined in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27674/22]

Tourism Schemes

Imelda Munster

203. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the Irish Sea Way initiative which is in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27675/22]

Tourism Schemes

Imelda Munster

204. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the Programme for Government initiative to work with the Northern Ireland executive to create a coastal tourist trail linking the Wild Atlantic Way, the Causeway Coastal Route and the area along Ireland’s eastern and southern coasts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27676/22]

Tourism Schemes

Imelda Munster

205. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding that her Department allocated to the Tourism Ireland regional cooperative marketing fund in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27678/22]

Sports Funding

Seán Sherlock

206. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the projects which were successful, unsuccessful and the appeals for the sports capital and equipment programme in tabular form. [27769/22]

Commemorative Events

John Lahart

207. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department will ensure that the exclusion of persons from the National Famine Commemoration Day will not reoccur. [27828/22]

Commemorative Events

John Lahart

208. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason that her Department gave 24 days' notice for the National Famine Commemoration Day 2022 for Irish persons residing at home and abroad (details supplied). [27829/22]

Commemorative Events

John Lahart

209. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the best way that her Department can ensure a respectful, publicly inclusive National Famine Commemoration Day in 2023. [27830/22]

Artists' Remuneration

John Lahart

210. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason that voice coaches are specifically excluded from the new artists subvention scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27854/22]

Child Protection

Chris Andrews

211. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of safeguarding 1 child welfare and protection basic awareness workshop courses that were completed in each of the years 2018 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27980/22]

Sports Funding

Chris Andrews

212. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the grants that were issued to a college (details supplied) over the past five year from the Department; the terms and conditions in the granting of capital grants for sports facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27981/22]

Tourism Promotion

Darren O'Rourke

213. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Tourism Ireland plans to open a new office in Portugal. [28062/22]

Culture Ireland

Darren O'Rourke

214. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocated to Culture Ireland for the promotion of Irish arts globally in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [28063/22]

Oideachas Riachtanas Speisialta

Éamon Ó Cuív

228. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an t-uasmhéid is féidir le Campaí Samhraidh, atá á reachtáil le cúnamh airgid atá curtha ar fáil ag a Roinn, a ghearradh ar thuismitheoirí nó caomhnóirí gasúr atá ag freastal ar na campaí samhraidh a ardú, nó an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an íocaíocht in aghaidh an rannpháirtí a mhéadú i gcomhréir leis an gcostas maireachtála; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [27010/22]

Sports Funding

Paul Kehoe

229. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the process for appealing a refusal on the Sport Capital Grant; when the approved appellants will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27102/22]

National Monuments

Brendan Griffin

179. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the up-to-date position regarding the erection of a State monument in honour of a person (details supplied); if he will provide details of the most recent correspondence within Government in relation to this project; if there is a delay with the project; if so, the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25652/22]

Artists' Remuneration

Michael Healy-Rae

180. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25699/22]

Legislative Measures

Imelda Munster

181. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated timeline for the introduction of the European Union Audiovisual Media Services Directive content-levy in Ireland as currently set out in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25704/22]

Legislative Measures

Imelda Munster

182. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects the first payments to be made to production companies from the proposed content-levy fund as currently set out in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25705/22]

Departmental Bodies

Imelda Munster

183. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the dates of the meetings of the Audiovisual Action Plan steering group in each of the years 2020, 2021 and for the first five months of 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25706/22]

Departmental Bodies

Imelda Munster

184. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the work that her Department is carrying out in relation to each of the recommendations from the Audiovisual Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25707/22]

Legislative Measures

Imelda Munster

185. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if part of the €5.5 million funding allocated to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland for 2022 has been allocated to research to be commenced by the authority on the establishment of the production-funding levy referred to in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; the estimated timescale for the completion of the research; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25708/22]

Government Communications

Pauline Tully

186. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the Ministerial contact details for persons (details supplied). [26125/22]

National Cultural Institutions

Catherine Murphy

187. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are plans to extend the opening hours of the national cultural institutions under the remit of her Department during the summer months. [26146/22]

National Cultural Institutions

Pauline Tully

188. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the job titles of the staff members working in the National Concert Hall whose salary is fully covered by Exchequer funding in tabular form. [26160/22]

Departmental Investigations

Peadar Tóibín

189. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of investigations, internal or external, commissioned by her Department into instances in which departmental documents or information was leaked to the media, which were commissioned or conducted in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; the nature of such leaks and investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26347/22]

Sports Funding

Niamh Smyth

190. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of a sports capital appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26403/22]

Sports Funding

Robert Troy

191. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when submissions will be accepted for the next round of capital sports grants. [26505/22]

Sports Funding

Imelda Munster

192. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a list of the grants or other State supports that are available to sports clubs, including eligibility details for each grant. [26507/22]

Museum Projects

Mairéad Farrell

193. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 17 May 2022, the name of the granting authority for the previous permission of the existing light industrial unit to which she referred; the specific reference number of the previous permission of the existing light industrial unit to which she referred; the name of the previous occupant of the light industrial unit to which she referred; if she will clarify if the An Tulaigh Treatment Plant at the site of Údarás na Gaeltachta Eastát Tionscail na Tulaigh, An Tulaigh, Baile na hAbhann, Contae na Gaillimhe which receives the discharge on site from a laboratory (details supplied) is currently dysfunctional or fully functional in accordance with the specific previously permitted permit to which she referred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26516/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

194. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the allocation for the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland independent productions fund in 2021 and 2022. [26528/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

195. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the full allocation for the new media commission for 2022. [26529/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

196. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of Exchequer funding that was given to RTÉ in each of the years, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26530/22]

Sports Funding

Imelda Munster

197. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding that was allocated to the sports capital programme in each of the years 2021 and 2022; and if she will confirm that this is approximately the level of funding that can be expected on an annual basis going forward. [26531/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

198. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation that is made by her Department to media outlets other than an organisation (details supplied); and if she will list those outlets and the funding each one received in 2021 and 2022. [26532/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

199. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation that was made to the Sound and Vision fund in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26533/22]

Tourism Funding

Imelda Munster

200. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation that was made to Tourism Ireland in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26534/22]

Tourism Funding

Imelda Munster

201. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation that was made to Fáilte Ireland in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26535/22]

Tourism Funding

Imelda Munster

202. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation, if any, that was made to local authorities for tourism purposes in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26536/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

203. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation that was made to TG4 in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26537/22]