Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Ring

547. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reasoning behind commercial music and drama teachers being prevented from teaching even on a one to one basis during level 5 restrictions when a person that is funded by the local authority can teach groups of up to six; if her attention has been drawn to the discrimination this creates against the commercial and private operators as compared to the publicly funded sector; if she will address the anomaly that exists in the guidelines that have issued for the performing arts education sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33339/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Ring

548. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason students cannot be taught under level 5 restrictions even though the schools are open in relation to the commercial and private teachers that teach students preparing for the music practical component of the junior cycle, music and leaving certificate music examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33340/20]

Scéim na mBóithre Áise

Michael Healy-Rae

549. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33389/20]

Sports Capital Programme

Jackie Cahill

550. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when applications for the sports capital grant will be opened for the next round of funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33492/20]

Fáilte Ireland

Michael Healy-Rae

551. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the Fáilte Ireland adaptation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33654/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

552. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the names of golf clubs that have availed of grants during the Covid-19 crisis administered by an organisation (details supplied); and the amount received by each club in tabular form. [33742/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

553. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the names of boxing clubs that have availed of grants during the Covid-19 crisis administered by an association (details supplied); and the amount received by each club in tabular form. [33743/20]

Data Protection

Mary Lou McDonald

554. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of data protection breaches identified within her Department in 2019. [33854/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Creed

555. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the position regarding the agreement to proceed with elite GAA championship matches; if it was planned in this approach that second teams, that is, intermediate teams in inter-county championship under the banner of the GAA would find their competitions cancelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33877/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Creed

556. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the position regarding level 5 Covid-19 restrictions and music education in particular the requirement for music instruction to follow the guidelines for youth work; her views on the communication from her Department that such music instruction cannot resume under levels 3 or 4 lockdown; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that much of this instruction is conducted on a one-to-one basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33878/20]

Fáilte Ireland

Éamon Ó Cuív

557. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason cafés, without alcohol licences, were excluded from a recent scheme funded by her Department for which her Department provided €26 million through Bord Fáilte; if it is planned to provide further funding for such restaurants or to extend the scheme to include such restaurants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33924/20]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Matt Shanahan

558. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide all disbursements of capital spending above €20 million on completed projects for each year since 2016 by name of project, Department or body responsible for delivering project, county, NUTS3 region, type of investment, construction commencement, completion year and actual cost in tabular form. [34188/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Gould

73. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if gyms can remain open for individual training under level 4 restrictions as per the Living With Covid-19 Roadmap; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32212/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Griffin

74. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32213/20]

Sports Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

75. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the funding announced mid-year for swimming pools will be open by an organisation (details supplied) for applications; the discussions she has had with the organisation relation to the delay in making this funding available; her plans in providing extra funding for this purpose in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32171/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

76. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if theatres such as the Abbey Theatre can continue with rehearsals for their planned online monologues on 21 November 2020 to commemorate the Bloody Sunday killings of 1920 or other planned theatrical productions during the current Covid-19 restrictions of stage 3 or if the city or country move to stage 4, 5 or variations of same. [32200/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael McNamara

72. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a group of musicians can continue to do an online session from home in circumstances in which it is their sole income in view of the fact it has been indicated that tradesmen can continue to work in private homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31798/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jennifer Whitmore

73. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide clarity regarding yoga studies and the current guidelines for this sector under level 3 Covid-19 restrictions and the way in which they can operate in the course of the current pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31808/20]

Sports Funding

Duncan Smith

74. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the special Covid-19 grants will be paid by Sport Ireland; the amount and value of the grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31824/20]

Sports Capital Programme

Duncan Smith

75. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the position regarding sports capital grants; when she expects to be able to announce a new round of same; and the amount that will be available to clubs under such an announcement. [31825/20]

Arts Centres

Peadar Tóibín

76. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason sexually explicit, graphic and inappropriate content such as (details supplied) is part of the programme for children at the National Youth Theatre. [31841/20]

Arts Centres

Peadar Tóibín

77. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the oversight and procedures in place to monitor the content being utilised in youth programmes such as the National Youth Theatre, and ensuring children are not exposed to sexually graphic and inappropriate content. [31842/20]

Arts Funding

Michael McNamara

78. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding that has been allocated for dance schools following the announcement of Budget 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31871/20]

Arts Funding

Peadar Tóibín

79. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the breakdown of the €50 million provided for the live entertainment sector in Budget 2021; the way in which this funding will be used; the way in which live entertainers can avail of support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31907/20]

Sports Capital Programme

Paul Kehoe

80. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of the sports capital fund will be announced; the expected duration of the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31935/20]

Arts Council

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

81. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the increase to baseline core funding for the Arts Council separate from specific Covid-19 contingency funding for 2021. [31982/20]

Departmental Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

82. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding announced in budget 2021 for her Department which is to be made available or spent before 31 December 2020. [31983/20]

National Cultural Institutions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

83. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way in which the €11 million additional funding for the national cultural institutions will be distributed. [31984/20]

Audiovisual Sector

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

84. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way in which the €9 million additional funding for the audiovisual sector will be distributed. [31985/20]

National Cultural Institutions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

85. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is a cost associated with the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra to the National Concert Hall as outlined in Budget 2021. [31986/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

86. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there remains unallocated Covid-19 contingency funding from her Department which could be used in the event of a worsening Covid-19 situation or continued lockdown restrictions affecting the sectors under its remit. [31987/20]

Arts Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

87. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of the €50 million in additional funds announced for the live entertainment support scheme which will be available for workers and businesses in the industry if Covid-19 restrictions continue to prohibit indoor gatherings and therefore events. [31988/20]

Arts Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

88. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of additional funding for the arts and culture sector as a whole, the Arts Council, the live entertainment support scheme, the audiovisual sector and the national cultural institutions which is specifically new funding when compared with the amounts provided for in the revised estimates for 2020. [31989/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

89. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the support available for businesses such as those in the live events, arts and entertainment sectors that do not own their own premises other than the Covid restrictions support scheme.. [31991/20]

Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

90. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén fáth an bhfuil gearradh siar déanta ar chaiteachas caipitil sa Bhuiséad in earnáil na Gaeltachta. [31999/20]

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

91. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad atá i gceist san airgead breise atá fógartha sa Bhuiséad le haghaidh na Straitéise 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010 – 2030. [32000/20]

Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

92. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán conas atá €4 mhilliún sa bhreis i leith chaiteachas caipitil an Údaráis fógartha sa Bhuiséad céanna ina bhfuil €2.5 mhilliún gearrtha siar as airgead caipitil na Gaeltachta; agus cárb as a dtagann na €6.5 mhilliún de ghearradh siar atá ag teastáil chun na €4 mhilliún sin a fháil. [32001/20]

Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

93. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil aon ardú ar bhunlíne maoinithe earnáil na Gaeltachta, Fhoras na Gaeilge, agus Údarás na Gaeltachta, nó an ardú aonuaire amháin atá i gceist sa Bhuiséad chun dul i dtaithí le Covid-19. [32002/20]

Foras na Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

94. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cá mhéad airgid sa bhreis a bheidh Foras na Gaeilge ag fáil sa €1.77 milliún atá fógartha don Fhoras Teanga, agus cén fáth a bhfuil €2 mhilliún bhreise fógartha dóibh sa Tuarascáil Chaiteachais. [32003/20]

Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

95. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén fáth nach bhfuil aon airgead breise chun deileáil le Brexit fógartha don Ghaeltacht. [32004/20]

Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

96. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén fáth nár thug sí na €4.1 mhilliún a bhí de dhíth ar TG4 dar le hÚdarás Craolacháin na hÉireann dóibh sa Bhuiséad seo. [32005/20]

Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

97. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cárb as a bhfuil an €1.9 milliún ag teacht chun róchaiteachas TG4 a íoc roimh dheireadh na bliana. [32006/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Griffin

98. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the restart plus grant will be extended to bed and breakfast operators that have deferred their opening until 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32081/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jim O'Callaghan

252. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if teenagers and young persons can be permitted to play sports without spectators present during level 3 due to the important role that sport plays in their development and mental health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31018/20]

Wild Atlantic Way Project

James Lawless

253. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the review on the Wild Atlantic Way that was carried out approximately two years ago (details supplied). [31583/20]

Sport and Recreational Development

Duncan Smith

254. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will support efforts to provide sporting outlets for those over 35 years of age to keep them active and interested in sports in view of a number of examples (details supplied); her views on the idea; and if her Department will consider grant aiding such efforts. [30978/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

255. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department will work with the arts, entertainment and events community to help, financially and logistically establish socially distant concerts as Ireland lives with Covid-19 for the foreseeable future. [31024/20]

Departmental Schemes

Brendan Smith

256. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when it is expected that details of a grant scheme will be announced (details supplied); the level of funding to be provided for the scheme nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31063/20]

Action Plan for Rural Development

Catherine Murphy

257. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated full-year cost if the budget for Tourism Ireland's regional co-operative market access scheme was doubled. [31181/20]

Radio Broadcasting

Christopher O'Sullivan

258. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide additional sound and vision funding to the radio sector covering the period September 2020 to February 2021 similar to the scheme rolled out in April 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31457/20]

Departmental Offices

Holly Cairns

259. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of dedicated spaces for breastfeeding and expressing breast milk in workplaces assigned to her Department in percentage and absolute terms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31750/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Seán Canney

137. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to introduce specific grants and supports for the live events section of the economy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25985/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Sorca Clarke

138. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the restrictions that apply to yoga studios, dance classes and stage schools in view of level three Covid-19 restrictions. [30634/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Niamh Smyth

139. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if support will be provided to a leisure facility (details supplied); the supports open to this facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30653/20]

Freedom of Information

Éamon Ó Cuív

140. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date on which a freedom of information request (details supplied) sent to her Department on 2 September 2020 will be replied to; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30807/20]

Sports Capital Programme

Brendan Griffin

141. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date on which the next round of the sports capital programme will open for applications; the budget of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30808/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Niall Collins

142. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Covid-19 grant assistance is available for a group (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30839/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Kehoe

143. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason restaurants that do not sell alcohol have been excluded from the Covid-19 adaption fund; her plans to open the fund up to these restaurants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30846/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neale Richmond

144. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the level to which boxing clubs can operate under Covid-19 restrictions; the engagement she has had with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30859/20]

Irish Language

Cian O'Callaghan

145. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if additional supports and resources will be provided for Foras na Gaeilge, Údarás na Gaeltachta, TG4 and Raidió Rí-Rá in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30870/20]

Regional Aid

Louise O'Reilly

146. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the value of regional aid granted under the regional aid guidelines granted by her Department or agencies under the remit of her Department in each of the past seven years; the value by county or lowest possible NUTS level over the period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30907/20]

Television Licence Fee

Brian Stanley

128. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of revenue collected in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, from the television licence fee. [30391/20]

Arts Funding

Jennifer Whitmore

129. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to allow creative technicians (details supplied) apply for Arts Council grants; the reason new applicants cannot apply for funding from the Arts Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30415/20]

Sports Funding

Emer Higgins

130. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports being put in place for sport and sporting organisations, that is, national governing bodies, particularly in respect of women's sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30427/20]

Sporting Rights

Joan Collins

131. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the provisions of the Broadcasting Act 2009 could be extended to allow for Nations League matches to be shown live on terrestrial television as is the case for the European Championships and the World Cup. [30482/20]

Swimming Pool Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

132. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to provide extra funding for municipal swimming pools to keep them open in view of the effect Covid-19 is having on their income and their importance socially and medically; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30527/20]

Swimming Pool Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

133. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if all of the €2.5 million provided by her to support the reopening of swimming pools has been allocated; the organisations that were approved funding; the amount allocated to each one; the amount of funding expended to each to date; her plans to make further funding available to support swimming pools in view of the continued Covid-19 crisis and restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30538/20]

Sports Facilities

Claire Kerrane

116. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding is available to a local authority in the case of a facility that it owns that is at risk of closure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30140/20]

Irish Language

Darren O'Rourke

117. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the findings of a study (details supplied) and its follow-up reports; the steps she is taking to address the linguistic emergency in intergenerational transmission of Irish and its use in social networks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30284/20]

Sports Funding

Brendan Griffin

118. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29594/20]

Public Procurement Contracts

Chris Andrews

119. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the process for the appointment of a recruitment firm (details supplied) as the search partner for the selection of independent directors to a new 12-person board; and if this contract was put out to public tender. [29641/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jennifer Whitmore

120. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to address the concerns of tour operators undergoing difficulties as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29646/20]

An Clár Rialtais

Pearse Doherty

121. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad iad na pleananna atá ar bun ag an Roinn chun cúiteamh a thabhairt do chuideachtaí bus agus cuideachtaí eile sa Ghaeltacht a chaill amach ar ioncam de bharr na coláistí samhraidh sa Ghaeltacht a bheith curtha ar ceal i mbliana da bharr Covid-19; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [29663/20]

Sports Funding

Neale Richmond

122. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider allocating increased funding to community sports clubs due to the decrease in revenue in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29703/20]

Arts Council

Brendan Griffin

123. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to increase funding to the Arts Council in 2021; if she will provide details of the final Arts Council budget for 2020; if she is continuing to seek additional funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29768/20]

Culture Ireland

Brendan Griffin

124. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to increase funding to Culture Ireland for the international promotion of writers from Ireland through translation, podcasts and virtual festivals providing new opportunities and income to writers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29769/20]