Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Sports Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

217. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether any contact has been made by Dublin City Council with her officials, or applications made by them to the sports capital grant scheme, in relation to addressing the lack of sports facilities, in particular grass or synthetic full size pitches in the Liberties area of Dublin, as highlighted by the Sporting Liberties collective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4920/24]

Sports Funding

Fergus O'Dowd

218. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she can seek assistance for Irish Ice Hockey for their upcoming trip to the Scotiabank junior hockey tournament in Nova Scotia, Canada in April (details supplied); if the Minister can enquire or advise if any funding would be available to assist the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4929/24]

Tourism Industry

Ivana Bacik

219. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the position regarding plans to regulate platform short-term lets; and if delays imposed on the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill by the European Union have been lifted. [4956/24]

Swimming Pools

Niamh Smyth

220. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on a project (detail supplied); if she will provide the expected timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5150/24]

Tourism Promotion

Pauline Tully

221. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps Fáilte Ireland is taking to promote fishing tourism throughout Ireland. [5190/24]

Sports Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

222. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5203/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

223. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of times she embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days she spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by her Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form. [5251/24]

Tourism Promotion

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

224. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount spent on the Global Greening initiative by Tourism Ireland each year since it was established; and the breakdown of cost, by monument or landmark lit up in green. [5261/24]

Commemorative Events

John Lahart

225. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if it would be possible, given an RTÉ documentary on Spike Island suggesting there are unmarked Famine graves there, that the island be considered as the venue for the 2025 National Famine Commemoration Day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5323/24]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

226. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5358/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

227. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5376/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

228. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5394/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

229. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount spent by her Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5412/24]

Sports Organisations

Sorca Clarke

230. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans she has to reduce the inequalities that exist between male and female players in an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5415/24]

Sports Organisations

Sorca Clarke

231. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the progress that has been made to balance the total number of male and female athletes participating in gaelic games, balanced media coverage, the attendance levels at matches and equal representation across county boards; the amount of funding that has gone towards this in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5416/24]

Olympic Games

Sorca Clarke

232. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of women and men accredited to the Olympic Games and Youth Olympic Games in key network operation centre leadership roles (details supplied) in 2016, and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5417/24]

Sports Funding

Alan Dillon

233. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide emergency State aid, for a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5431/24]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Jim O'Callaghan

234. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the review of the selection/election process in relation to the Board of Údarás na Gaeltachta, as promised in the Programme for Government; and the next steps in the process. [5445/24]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Jim O'Callaghan

235. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason local councillors are ineligible for appointment to the Board of Údarás na Gaeltachta. [5446/24]

Sports Funding

Brendan Griffin

236. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for support on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5490/24]