Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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Patricia Ryan

175. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the timeframe for introducing a 20 year rule for the release of State papers. [34381/21]

Tourist Accommodation

Jackie Cahill

176. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the building requirements, room dimensions and so on that a self-catering cottage must meet in order to qualify for the welcome standard as set out by Fáilte Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34546/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Carol Nolan

177. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there will be another opportunity later in 2021 for applicants to apply for the live performance support scheme given that there was a short timeframe to apply for this particular grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34580/21]

Departmental Budgets

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

178. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the headings and subheadings under her vote, Vote 33 or any other vote, the €50 million promised to live performance in Budget 2021 is categorised under. [34585/21]

Departmental Budgets

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

179. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the breakdown of the intended recipients of the €59,870,000 allocated in current expenditure to regional museums, galleries, cultural centres and projects under Vote 33 in the revised estimates; and the funding streams and State schemes that are distributing this funding. [34586/21]

Departmental Budgets

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

180. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the breakdown of the intended recipients of the €27,100,000 allocated in capital expenditure to cultural infrastructure and development under Vote 33 in the revised estimates; and the funding streams and State schemes that are distributing this funding. [34587/21]

Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

181. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an dtabharfaidh sí miondealú ar cé hiad atá ceaptha chun dáileadh a dhéanamh ar an €7,650,000 faoin bhfotheideal C.4, Scéimeanna Tacaíochta don Ghaeilge, atá sonraithe sna Meastacháin Athbhreithnithe de chuid Vóta 33, agus ar cé hiad a gheobhaidh an t-airgead sin, agus an dtabharfaidh sí míniú ar an idirdhealú atá idir an maoiniú sin agus an tacaíocht a thugann Foras na Gaeilge do phobal labhartha na Gaeilge. [34588/21]

Scéimeanna Tacaíochta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

182. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an dtabharfaidh sí miondealú ar cé hiad atá ceaptha chun dáileadh a dhéanamh ar an €10,199,000 faoin bhfotheideal C.3, Scéimeanna Tacaíochta don Ghaeltacht, atá sonraithe sna Meastacháin Athbhreithnithe de chuid Vóta 33, agus ar cé hiad a gheobhaidh an t-airgead sin, agus an dtabharfaidh sí míniú ar an idirdhealú atá idir an maoiniú sin agus an tacaíocht a thugann Údarás na Gaeltachta don Ghaeltacht. [34589/21]

Pleanáil Teanga

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

183. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an dtabharfaidh sí miondealú ar cé hiad atá ceaptha chun dáileadh a dhéanamh ar an €5 milliún faoin bhfotheideal C.10 “Próiseas Pleanála Teanga” atá sonraithe sna Meastacháin Athbhreithnithe de chuid Vóta 33, agus an dtabharfaidh sí míniú ar an idirdhealú atá idir an maoiniú sin agus an tacaíocht a thugann Údarás na Gaeltachta agus Foras na Gaeilge don phleanáil teanga. [34590/21]

Coimisiún Logainmneacha

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

184. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén méid san iomlán de mhaoiniú stáit a tugadh don Choimisiún Logainmneacha gach bliain ó bunaíodh é go dtí gur cuireadh deireadh leis. [34595/21]

Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

185. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén méid san iomlán de mhaoiniú stáit a tugadh do Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge gach bliain ó bunaíodh é go dtí gur cuireadh deireadh léi. [34596/21]

Sports Facilities

Thomas Gould

186. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding will be made available for a club (details supplied) to acquire a pitch. [34609/21]

Departmental Policies

Holly Cairns

187. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34862/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Holly Cairns

188. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which these assessments are monitored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34880/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Duncan Smith

189. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason a company (details supplied) was not granted any funding via the live performance support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34944/21]

Tourism Promotion

Robert Troy

208. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when a tourist information office will reopen in Mullingar, County Westmeath. [33969/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Duncan Smith

209. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to issues surrounding the definition of a sporting event during the current Covid-19 measures (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33983/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Richard Bruton

210. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason a company (details supplied) in the events sector has not been able to obtain a grant; and if there will be further opportunities for the company. [34001/21]

Tourism Funding

Louise O'Reilly

211. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has been in contact with tourism groups regarding supplementary funding for a scheme (details supplied). [34165/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

212. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has been in contact with tourism groups regarding the extension of the emergency wage subsidy scheme for significantly affected sectors. [34166/21]

Institutes of Technology

Ged Nash

101. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a building (details supplied) is currently vacant despite the fact that it was purchased by Dundalk Institute of Technology with the support of State moneys; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that an association has been involved in a three-year process with Dundalk Institute of Technology to purchase or lease the only facility of its kind and standard in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33606/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

102. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the current definition of a sporting event in the Covid-19 legislation precludes persons from organising a competitive sporting event that is not affiliated with a national governing body; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33613/21]

Departmental Budgets

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

103. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the breakdown of Vote 33 for tourism, culture, arts, Gaeltacht, sport and media with headings and subheadings for 2021, in tabular form. [33619/21]

Departmental Budgets

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

104. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the breakdown of Vote 33 for culture, heritage and Gaeltacht with headings and subheadings for 2020, in tabular form. [33620/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

105. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the breakdown of the number of applications and the number of awarded grants under the music and entertainment business assistance scheme by county, in tabular form. [33622/21]

Grant Payments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

106. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the person or body who was appointed to adjudicate on applications for the 2021 instalment of the live performance support scheme; the way the panel was selected; and the measures that were put in place to ensure there would be no conflict of interest between those adjudicating on funding awards and those receiving said awards. [33623/21]

Grant Payments

Chris Andrews

107. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason a live performance support scheme application by a company (details supplied) was rejected; and the way the company can appeal this decision. [33630/21]

Culture Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

108. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has a policy to ensure ease of access for the purpose of research and scholarship to the treasures of Ireland’s national cultural heritage held by museums, galleries and third-level institutions in the State, such as the Book of Kells, including for researchers and scholars affiliated with museums, galleries and third level institutions other than those caring for the items of cultural heritage; if she received representations on this issue; and if she raised the issue directly with cultural or third-level institutions or with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. [33632/21]

Cultural Property Inventory

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

109. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has a policy to ensure the ownership and or copyright of treasures of national significance produced by the genius, talent and labour of ancient Gaelic and medieval Ireland, including important works of art and manuscripts held in care by third-level institutions and private bodies in the State remains with the people of Ireland and the State rather than those institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33633/21]

Grant Payments

Pearse Doherty

110. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the application process will open for the €5 million fund of capital supports for the commercial live entertainment sector; the criteria for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33641/21]

Grant Payments

Joan Collins

111. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the decision makers who issue grants and funding to organisations (details supplied); and the reason a company that has contributed to the economy on a large scale in such a short period of time has been declined the opportunity to recover. [33650/21]

Grant Payments

Chris Andrews

112. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason an application for the live performance support scheme by a company (details supplied) was rejected; and the way that the company can appeal this decision. [33651/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

John Lahart

113. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the rationale behind the pilot event held in the Iveagh Gardens, that is, in which patrons tested in advance or subsequently to actually prove or disprove the point of the so-named pilot. [33670/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

John Lahart

114. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a roadmap of the return of the entertainment industry particularly the indoor entertainment industry (details supplied). [33671/21]

Tourism Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

115. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if measures will be put in place to assist registered guesthouses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33833/21]

Grant Payments

Sorca Clarke

116. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of applicants per county to the live performance support scheme in tabular form. [33947/21]

Cúrsaí Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

57. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán uasdátú a thabhairt faoin ról atá aici nó ag an Aire Stáit chun a chinntiú go gcomhlíonfar na spriocanna maidir le stádas agus cur chun cinn na Gaeilge sna Sé Chontae, mar a aontaíodh sa chomhaontú, Deich mBliana Nua, Cur Chuige Nua, agus faoin obair atá déanta acu beirt le déanaí chun na spriocanna sin a chur i gcrích. [33235/21]

Swimming Pools

Duncan Smith

58. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the provision of indoor public swimming pools and public swimming pools in appropriate outdoor settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33220/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

59. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason for the last-minute decision not to use antigen testing as had previously been announced for the pilot test event at the Iveagh Gardens; if any of the pilot live test events will be used to test concert or gig conditions that can be replicated if successful at smaller venues across the State; if she will publish the minutes and research of the return to live events working group; and if lessons were taken from the pilot live test events in December 2020 to ensure the summer 2021 schedule will not be a wasted opportunity to prepare for the wider reopening of the sector. [33236/21]

Tourism Industry

Imelda Munster

60. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on reports of a worker shortage in tourism and hospitality; and her further views on the impact that low pay and poor conditions may be having on labour in the sector. [33256/21]

Arts Policy

Catherine Connolly

61. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Question No. 226 of 20 May 2021, the details of the independent arts evaluation organisation tasked with carrying out the monitoring and evaluation framework of Galway 2020; if the report by this independent arts evaluation organisation which is due by quarter 4 of 2021 will include a detailed audit of the finances of Galway 2020 including a breakdown of the way the moneys were spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33290/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Thomas Gould

62. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to bring forward a fund to get young persons engaged in sports and the arts given the significant impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on youth engagement. [33251/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Steven Matthews

63. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of successful and unsuccessful applications for the music and entertainment business assistance scheme to date; if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of sectoral interests regarding the qualifying criteria for the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33214/21]

Budget 2021

Patrick Costello

64. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the €50 million awarded in Budget 2021 to support the live entertainment sector. [33102/21]

Departmental Bodies

Cathal Crowe

65. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider the realignment of Fáilte Ireland in order that it becomes the parent supporting body for the hospitality sector post-Covid-19. [33139/21]

Tourism Policy

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

66. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans for the sustainable recovery of the tourism sector from Covid-19; the status of her plans to tackle issues of climate action and sustainable development with the tourism recovery plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33243/21]

Sports Funding

Alan Farrell

67. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department will commit to additional funding for the 2021 sports capital and equipment programme in view of record applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33142/21]

Defibrillators Provision

Mark Ward

68. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if it will be made a requirement for defibrillators to be placed in all sports organisations to ensure the greatest chance of survival from sudden cardiac death; and if resources will be provided to such organisations to meet this requirement. [33329/21]

Tourism Industry

Alan Farrell

69. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expected impact of the closure of an airline (details supplied) on tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33143/21]

Gaeltacht Policy

Dara Calleary

70. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the development of the Gaeltacht language planning process including Gaeltacht language planning areas and Gaeltacht service towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33296/21]