Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

43. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a company (details supplied) and similar rental services are permitted to operate under level 5 restrictions given hotels, camping sites and self-catering cottages are not permitted to operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20877/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

44. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if it will be ensured that any guidelines for the hospitality industry make specific reference to self-catering cottages and houses alongside hotels, bed and breakfasts and guest houses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20878/21]

Tourism Promotion

Niall Collins

45. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address the matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20881/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

John Lahart

46. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she is working on a roadmap for either the return or phased return of the various of strands of the light entertainment industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20960/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Eoin Ó Broin

47. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she plans to announce the details of the music entertainment business assistance scheme for the live music industry. [20997/21]

Transport Policy

Holly Cairns

48. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21061/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Willie O'Dea

602. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider a restart type grant to wet pubs similar to the grant scheme to help restaurant and dry pubs repurpose and provide outdoor seating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20305/21]

Census of Population

Eoin Ó Broin

603. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the 1926 census will be available to the public in digital format. [20662/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Brendan Griffin

604. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding reopening of park runs in a safe controlled setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18120/21]

Sports Organisations

David Cullinane

605. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the process by which a sports club is determined to be in a disadvantaged area or not; if a club can seek to be included in one of the grounds of demographic changes; the way in which a club might make such a case; the regularity with which the classifications are reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18214/21]

Sports Organisations

David Cullinane

606. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a club (details supplied) can or could qualify as a club serving a disadvantaged community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18215/21]

Gaeltacht Policy

Peadar Tóibín

607. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the responsibilities under her Department for the Gaeltacht; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18303/21]

Gaeltacht Policy

Peadar Tóibín

608. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of any changes to the responsibilities for the Gaeltacht under her Department from 2020 to date; the rationale for such changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18304/21]

Gaeltacht Policy

Peadar Tóibín

609. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the rationale for such changes in which responsibilities for the Gaeltacht under her Department have moved to another Department in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18305/21]

Departmental Data

Imelda Munster

610. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed in tabular form. [18340/21]

Departmental Reports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

611. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects the Night-time Economy Taskforce to report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18434/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

612. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if chartered boat companies that take day-trip tourists on off-shore fishing expeditions qualify for supports under the tourism business continuity scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18480/21]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

613. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the jurisdictions in which the arts sector has specifically been chosen for universal basic income pilots as she stated it had been in an article (details supplied); and if she will provide citations for studies or reports conducted into these universal basic income pilot schemes that were specific to the arts sector describing their success or otherwise. [18563/21]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

614. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide or cite any evidence or studies upon which she based her statement that universal basic income is proven to encourage entrepreneurship and enhanced creativity in an article (details supplied). [18564/21]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

615. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on whether basic income for artists must be index-linked to take account of inflation. [18565/21]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

616. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on whether basic income for artists must be based on the living wage rather than the minimum wage alone in order to cover basic living costs. [18566/21]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

617. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated annual cost of providing the universal basic income pilot as proposed by the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce in the A Life Worth Living report published in November 2020 to all workers in the arts sector including those not currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment. [18567/21]

Tourism Industry

Cian O'Callaghan

618. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address an issue raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18614/21]

Irish Language

Cian O'Callaghan

619. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider implementing a policy on bilingual packaging in English and Irish by the end of 2024 on all products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18624/21]

Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

620. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dáta faoina mbeidh na treoirlínte d'earnáil na gcoláistí samhraidh atá idir lámha ag a Roinn curtha ar fáil do choláistí samhraidh; cén dáta faoina mbeidh cinneadh déanta go mbeidh nó nach mbeidh na coláistí samhraidh in ann fáiltiú roimh dhaltaí i rith an tsamhraidh; agus an bhfuil airgead curtha i leataobh don chás ina mbeadh ciste cobhsaíochta ag teastáil arís. [18672/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

David Cullinane

621. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if clarification will be given in relation to underage non-contact outdoor training in pods of 15 and when this will apply to persons over 18 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18699/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neale Richmond

622. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when outdoor dance classes will be allowed to resume for adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18762/21]

Sports Capital Programme

Catherine Murphy

623. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if evaluation has commenced on sports capital grant applications for the next round of funding; the average time it will take to evaluate each application; and if she will set out the evaluation method. [18775/21]

Sports Funding

Richard Boyd Barrett

624. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the criteria in respect to the allocation of funding to Sport Ireland in 2020 used to allocate monies to the different sporting organisations; the breakdown of the funding being awarded across major sporting bodies here by Sport Ireland in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18817/21]

Sports Capital Programme

Catherine Murphy

625. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider matters (details supplied) in respect of the sports capital programme. [18843/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

626. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports available to member owned sports clubs nationally (details supplied) in view of the extended forced closure on public health advice. [18844/21]

Sports Capital Programme

Catherine Murphy

627. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will clarify the position in respect of clubs that have been previously awarded grants; if their chances of receiving a grant in future applications is diminished in view of previous awards (details supplied); if she will provide a guidance note in respect of the application process to this Deputy in order to assist clubs in County Kildare with their application in view of the volume of queries the Deputy receives; and her plans to reform and or simplify the application process [18874/21]

Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge

Éamon Ó Cuív

628. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad é an tsuim airgid iomlán a cheadaigh a Roinn d’Fhoras na Gaeilge in 2020; cén méid den airgead sin a caitheadh in 2020; murar caitheadh ar fad é, cén méid nár caitheadh; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [18881/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Éamon Ó Cuív

629. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to introduce a scheme to support tourist businesses with a turnover of less than €50,000 affected by the Covid-19 crisis in view that the previously announced Fáilte Ireland scheme excluded this sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18890/21]

Sports Organisations

Michael Healy-Rae

630. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of an application by a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18897/21]

Sports Capital Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

631. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when decisions will be made on the 2020 Sports Capital and Equipment Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18938/21]

Sports Events

Brendan Griffin

632. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if legislation will be introduced to regulate road bowling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18956/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Griffin

633. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address a matter regarding an application under the tourism business continuity scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18982/21]

Sports Funding

Joe Carey

634. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if final approval will be given to a grant for a project (details supplied) under the large scale sporting infrastructure scheme in line with the recommendation, by the former Minister of State, that the project would be fully funded following the result of an appeal that concluded in April 2020; if the matter will now be given urgent priority taking into consideration the amount of time that the applicant has waited since the application was made and the merits of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19009/21]

Sports Capital Programme

Seán Sherlock

635. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there has been a determination of invalid applications under the sports capital funding; and if clubs and organisations deemed invalid will be notified in order that they can begin other funding arrangements. [19010/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

636. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide the names and-or composition of the expert group on the return of sport; if she will publish its communications on the return of sport; if she will provide its rationale for recommendations made to her; and if she will set out her engagement with the National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, on her advice on the reopening of outdoor and indoor sport. [19050/21]

Sports Funding

Paul Kehoe

637. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the large scale sport infrastructure fund will reopen for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19060/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Griffin

638. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if an application for the restart bed and breakfast grant (details supplied) will be processed as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19132/21]

Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta

Thomas Pringle

639. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Thomas Pringle den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an mbeidh cead ag na cúrsaí Gaeilge a bhíonn ar siúl i nGaeltacht Thír Chonaill a bheith oscailte i mbliana; an mbeidh teagmháil dhíreach aici le soláthróirí na gcúrsaí agus leis na heagraíochtaí cuí eile le tacaíocht a chur ar fáil don earnáil a thugann maoiniú isteach atá ríthábhachtach do phobail faoin tuath i nGaeltacht iarthar Dhún na nGall; an dtabharfar aon chúiteamh do na mná ‘tí nó do na coláistí a bheas thíos i mbliana muna mbeidh na cúrsaí ar siúl; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [19244/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Dillon

640. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are plans for the return to sport; the engagement that has taken place with sporting organisations on the current public health restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19461/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Alan Dillon

641. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has been in contact with the Minister for Health on the return to sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19462/21]

Tourism Funding

Peter Burke

642. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the case of a business (details supplied) that does not qualify for the Fáilte Ireland grant for limousine tour guides will be examined; the supports in place to aid this business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19534/21]

Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta

Éamon Ó Cuív

643. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh an mbeidh coláistí Gaeilge ar siúl i mbliana; an íocfar cúiteamh leis na mná tí, na coláistí, na hallaí áitiúla agus páirtithe leasmhara eile mura mbeidh siad ar bun [19592/21]

Sports Capital Programme

Robert Troy

644. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if formal sports capital approval will be granted to a club (details supplied) as soon as possible. [19611/21]

International Agreements

David Stanton

645. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the situation with respect to Ireland signing and ratifying the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions, known also as the Macolin Convention, which opened for signature in September 2014 and came into force in September 2019; the implications of same for Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19663/21]