Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Arts Policy

Emer Higgins

646. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the initiatives in place to scout for local talent in the arts space. [19787/21]

Arts Policy

Emer Higgins

647. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the level of talent-spotting engagement that takes place between RTÉ and the Arts Council regarding, for example, actors, screenwriters, comedy writers or playwrights. [19790/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peter Burke

648. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when a business continuity scheme application by a company (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19791/21]

Appointments to State Boards

Michael Ring

649. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19824/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Emer Higgins

650. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if outdoor drama practice for children can recommence in line with the proposed reopening of outdoor training for under 18s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19828/21]

Appointments to State Boards

Michael Ring

651. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if any person can apply for a position (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19879/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mary Butler

652. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the position regarding supports for the amusement park providers who remain closed as a result of current public health restrictions; her plans to introduce further funding supports for the sector to assist with severe financial issues many are experiencing at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20039/21]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

653. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the plans for St. Andrew’s Church, Suffolk Street, Dublin 2. [20049/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

654. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to revisit the way in which outdoor golf may resume in the context of allowing clubs to permit non-member fee paying visitors to use their courses that live within the county and or within 20km from their home as a matter of urgency in view of the fact that this arrangement will provide immediate potential to raise revenue and mitigate further losses due to not being in a position to facilitate social and society golf; and the reason for restricting the number of persons that can play together per tee time. [20050/21]

Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

655. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil aon obair fiosrúcháin nó pleanáil déanta ag a Roinn mar gheall ar an tionchar is féidir a bheith ag an athrú aeráide ar an nGaeltacht, agus mura bhfuil go fóill, an mbeadh sí sásta tabhairt faoin obair sin go luath. [20235/21]

Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

656. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil aon obair fiosrúcháin nó pleanáil déanta ag a Roinn mar gheall ar an tionchar is féidir a bheith ag an athrú aeráide ar an nGaeilge mar theanga sa tsochaí, agus mura bhfuil go fóill, an mbeadh sí sásta tabhairt faoin obair sin go luath. [20237/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Imelda Munster

657. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding being allocated to the weatherproofing and outdoor dining infrastructure scheme for 2021; and the amount that will be allocated to each individual local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20360/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Imelda Munster

658. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding that has been allocated to outdoor seating and accessories for tourism and hospitality services scheme; and the amount that has been allocated each local authority in tabular form. [20361/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

659. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will extend the inbound agents continuity scheme for the remainder of 2021 and 2022 in view of the fact that the inbound market replies on countries that are now on the prescribed list for mandatory hotel quarantine (details supplied). [20532/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

660. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied) from a representative body regarding the continuation of the inbound agents continuity scheme; and his plans to introduce further supports for this sector. [20533/21]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

661. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad iarratas ar chead pleanála de gach cineál a rinne Údarás na Gaeltachta nó cliant-chuideachtaí dá chuid le cúig bliana anuas, briste síos de réir limistéar pleanála teanga Gaeltachta leis na sonraí seo a leanas: cé mhéad de na hiarratais phleanála a bhí déanta go hiomlán i nGaeilge amháin; cé mhéad acu a raibh na cáipéisí tacaíochta ar fad i mBéarla; agus cé mhéad acu a bhí go hiomlán i mBéarla amháin. [20590/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mary Lou McDonald

662. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the music entertainment business assistance scheme will open in April 2021 as announced by her on the 9 March 2021. [20670/21]

Appointments to State Boards

John McGuinness

663. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the efforts her Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of her Department; if she will set out the changes achieved to date on each; if 50% of the membership of all boards, policy groups or agencies that provide advice to Government on matters of policy will be reserved for appropriately qualified individuals from the private sector in order to achieve a balance between the public and private sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20735/21]

Cúrsaí Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

664. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad airgead atá á chaitheamh ag a Roinn le cúrsaí trí Ghaeilge a sholáthar ag an tríú leibhéal, nach mbaineann leis an nGaeilge mar ábhar nó leis an múinteoireacht, ar nós Dlí, Eolaíochta, Gnó, agus cé mhéad mac léinn timpeall na tíre atá sna cúrsaí seo. [20770/21]

Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta

Pearse Doherty

665. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pearse Doherty den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán faoi aon phlean ag an Roinn faoi láthair maidir le coláistí samhraidh sa Ghaeltacht in 2021; an bhfuil maoiniú curtha i leataobh do mhná agus fir tí mura bhfuil na cúrsaí sin á reáchtáil mar gheall ar Covid-19; an bhfuil an tAire sásta ráthaíocht a chur ar fáil do mhuintir na Gaeltachta a bhíonn ag brath ar na cúrsaí seo go mbeidh cúiteamh ar fáil dóibh mura dtéann na cúrsaí ar aghaidh; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [20803/21]

Grant Payments

Violet-Anne Wynne

124. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if financial supports are available to members of an association (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the business continuation scheme does not include many of its members given they do not meet the criteria of the minimum income threshold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18019/21]

Departmental Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

125. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a list of all 2021 funding schemes will be provided relevant to the arts and culture; the amount allocated to each of these initiatives; the specific number of artists that received support from each of these initiatives; the number of persons in receipt of funding to date by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17662/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Connolly

126. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the analysis her Department has carried out into the financial impact of Covid-19 on lighting, sound and audio visual engineering companies working in the entertainment sector (details supplied); her plans to increase the grant funding levels provided under the music entertainment business assistance scheme in line with the levels offered to comparable businesses under the small business assistance scheme for Covid to take into account the high overheads faced by these companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17732/21]

Meath na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

127. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an admhódh sí go bhfuil géarchéim sochtheangeolaíochta ann sa Ghaeltacht. [17764/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Paul Kehoe

128. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the process for obtaining permission by persons (details supplied) for international travel for the purpose of participating in elite sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17900/21]

Departmental Staff

Claire Kerrane

129. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a breakdown of the higher executive officers, administration officers, assistant principal officers, principal officers and assistant secretaries in her Department by gender in tabular form. [17919/21]

Tourism Funding

Joe Carey

130. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will inform Fáilte Ireland of the need to reopen phase 1 of the tourism business continuity scheme to new applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17955/21]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

131. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a schedule will be provided of the data sets, databases and file types her Department has shared with the Department of Health since 2000. [17981/21]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

132. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of complaints her Department has received from members of the public under the heading of GDPR and data information requests since 2018 to date in 2021; the number of data information requests that have been refused and accepted, respectively; the number of GDPR requests refused; and the basis on which they were declined in tabular form. [18000/21]

Sports Facilities

Brendan Griffin

429. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding the access to physical activity for disabled persons in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16758/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Imelda Munster

430. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated cost of introducing a direct grant for businesses in which food and drink can be consumed on the premises to assist them in adapting their businesses for outdoor dining if a grant of up to €10,000 was available per business. [17616/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Fergus O'Dowd

431. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the actions taken to actively deter short-term holiday lets during level 5 restrictions that have been the subject of social gatherings and parties in direct conflict with level 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16429/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Sorca Clarke

432. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will extend the period for which applications will be accepted for funding under the 2021 live performance support scheme until 23 April 2021. [16514/21]

Departmental Legal Cases

Mairéad Farrell

433. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social clauses in public procurement contracts in each of the years 2017 to 2020. [16602/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Verona Murphy

434. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the specific financial supports her Department is making available for charter fleet businesses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16730/21]

Sport Ireland

Catherine Murphy

435. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the arrangements between Sport Ireland and a person (details supplied) in respect of the governance audit of an organisation; if the role to assist the organisation was advertised by Sport Ireland and or the organisation; the contract that exists between Sport Ireland and the person; if his attention has been drawn to the engagement of a consultant to assist with the review; and if he is satisfied that all tendering for the hiring of a person and engagement of a company is fully compliant with public procurement procedures. [16775/21]

Tourism Industry

Brendan Griffin

436. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if advice regarding funding will be provided relating to a matter raised by a person (details supplied). [16870/21]

Departmental Funding

Holly Cairns

437. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding provided by her Department or agencies under her remit annually to family resource centres; the primary funding streams in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16986/21]

Departmental Projects

Seán Sherlock

438. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects the night-time economy task force to report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17016/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Griffin

439. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17022/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

440. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if eligibility for the live performance support scheme will be limited to ticketed or pay-in events only; if it will be available to fund events that will be free for the public; and if promoters, producers and venues that ordinarily organise or host non-ticketed live events and gigs will be eligible to apply. [17088/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Neale Richmond

441. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to ensure the entertainment and events industry is supported through level 5 restrictions and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17108/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael Ring

442. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to provide restart grants for bed and breakfasts in 2021 in view of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17286/21]

Arts Policy

Bríd Smith

443. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will clarify the position on providing a universal basic income to the arts community; the progress on the work of the arts and culture recovery task force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17296/21]

Irish Language

Joe McHugh

444. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports she plans putting in place to support the Irish language in view of the limited interaction, communication and engagement between persons in the past year and the absence of conversation between persons as Gaeilge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17330/21]

Scéimeanna Tacaíochta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

445. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán maidir leis an gCiste Cobhsaíochta a cuireadh ar fáil chun cúnamh a thabhairt do choláistí samhraidh agus teaghlaigh ósta nach raibh daltaí in ann freastal orthu anuraidh de thairbhe Covid-19, an gcuirfear ar fáil é arís i mbliana, cé mhéad airgid a bheidh i gceist leis, agus cén spriocam atá i gceist le haghaidh iarratais a dhéanamh agus maoiniú a fháil. [17349/21]

Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge

Catherine Connolly

446. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén fáth nach bhfuil an suíomh gréasáin gaillimh2020.ie ar fáil trí Ghaeilge; cén t-achar nach bhfuil an suíomh ar fáil trí Ghaeilge; cén dáta a mbeidh sé ar fáil trí Ghaeilge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17354/21]

Island Communities

Michael Healy-Rae

447. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a cable car; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17400/21]

Departmental Communications

Holly Cairns

448. 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 are meeting obligations under the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17436/21]

Commencement of Legislation

Holly Cairns

449. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of the Acts falling under her Department which have been signed into law but have not been commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17454/21]