Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Departmental Staff

Matt Carthy

442. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if any former Secretary Generals are seconded from her Department; the locations of same; the purpose of the secondment; the remuneration they are in receipt of from her Department or additional allocation to the agency or institution to which they are seconded arising from the secondment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29273/22]

Sports Facilities

Dara Calleary

443. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the financial support or grants that are available for a rural school to build a small all-weather sports facility on its grounds for the use of its students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29344/22]

Grant Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

444. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of a sports capital grant payment for a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29403/22]

State Bodies

Imelda Munster

445. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an exact figure for her Department’s allocation to Fáilte Ireland in 2022. [29456/22]

State Bodies

Imelda Munster

446. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an exact figure for her Department’s allocation to Tourism Ireland in 2022. [29457/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Imelda Munster

447. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the breakdown of spending in her Department in the Revised Estimates for 2022; the breakdown of A.5. tourism marketing fund; and the amount of funding under that heading that goes to Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, respectively. [29458/22]

State Bodies

Imelda Munster

448. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 200 of 24 May 2022, the details of the heading or headings under which the entirety of the €91,782,000 allocation to Tourism Ireland falls. [29459/22]

Departmental Schemes

Imelda Munster

449. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the bursary scheme for community and local radio stations will be introduced in the near future; if she will provide details of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29507/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

450. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding that an organisation (details supplied) has received from the Exchequer in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29508/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Imelda Munster

451. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the allocation that her Department made for outdoor dining in 2022. [29514/22]

Grant Payments

Paul Kehoe

452. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason that a club (details supplied) in County Wexford was unsuccessful in its appeal to the sports capital grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29631/22]

Television Licence Fee

Imelda Munster

453. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a breakdown of the number of television licences paid by households and businesses; and the number of television licences paid by the Department of Social Protection household benefits package. [30055/22]

Television Licence Fee

Imelda Munster

454. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of revenue collected from the television licence fee in 2021; and a detailed numerical breakdown of the proceeds allocated to RTÉ, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Sound and Vision and An Post. [30056/22]

Caiteachas Ranna

Éamon Ó Cuív

455. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad airgid a cuireadh ar fáil do Chlár na Leabhar Gaeilge gach bliain ó 2008 ar aghaidh; an bhfuil i gceist aici méadú suntasach a dhéanamh ar an liúntas seo an bhliain seo chugainn chun cuidiú le forbairt na hearnála seo [30359/22]

Culture Policy

Alan Dillon

456. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way that she plans to support the appointment of night-time economy advisers; the role this will entail; the body that will fund the role; the eligibility criteria for local authority selection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30408/22]

Departmental Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

457. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on a meeting with officials from her Department regarding the live performance support scheme (details supplied). [30847/22]

Arts Council

Michael Ring

458. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding that was provided to each county under each funding scheme from an agency (details supplied) for each of the past five years from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31001/22]

Radon Gas Levels

Jennifer Whitmore

217. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of offices operated by her Department that are in high-risk areas for radon; the number that have been tested for radon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28583/22]

Food Industry

Louise O'Reilly

218. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the meetings held by her Departmental officials from assistant principal level upwards with representatives of the food industry in relation to the issue of infant nutrition in Ireland from 2021 to date, including the issue of banning infant formula advertising in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; the dates, attendees and matters that were discussed at each meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28614/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Brendan Griffin

219. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a capital grant that had been earmarked for a town (details supplied) in County Kerry by her Department in the past remains available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28681/22]

Sports Funding

Brendan Griffin

220. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when he expects the next round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme to open for new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28684/22]

Sporting Rights

Éamon Ó Cuív

221. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps that she has taken to ensure that athletes and sportspersons from all over Ireland can choose to represent Ireland at all major international competitions; the discussions and meetings that she has had with her counterparts in Northern Ireland and in the United Kingdom in order to obtain agreement from the relevant jurisdictions to obtain a united approach to abolishing this rule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28693/22]

Sports Funding

Gerald Nash

89. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the attention of her Department has been drawn to the change in the ownership and company structure at an organisation (details supplied); her views on whether this changed structure means that the organisation is ineligible to draw down the Sports Capital Grant awarded to it in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28203/22]

Sports Facilities

Gino Kenny

90. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department will fund an astro-turf pitch for a football club (details supplied). [28298/22]

Departmental Consultations

Gary Gannon

198. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to list the disability consultative groups and members of these groups that her Department engages with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27503/22]

Broadcasting Sector

Imelda Munster

199. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding that was given to independent productions by (details supplied) in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [27617/22]

Departmental Staff

Mary Lou McDonald

200. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of staff employed in her Department by gender and by civil service salary scale in tabular form. [27606/22]

Road Projects

Dara Calleary

201. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to re-introduce funding for the repair of local roads in Gaeltacht areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27648/22]

Tourism Schemes

Imelda Munster

202. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the Make 2023 the Year of the Invitation initiative that was outlined in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27674/22]

Tourism Schemes

Imelda Munster

203. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the Irish Sea Way initiative which is in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27675/22]

Tourism Schemes

Imelda Munster

204. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the Programme for Government initiative to work with the Northern Ireland executive to create a coastal tourist trail linking the Wild Atlantic Way, the Causeway Coastal Route and the area along Ireland’s eastern and southern coasts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27676/22]

Tourism Schemes

Imelda Munster

205. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding that her Department allocated to the Tourism Ireland regional cooperative marketing fund in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27678/22]

Sports Funding

Seán Sherlock

206. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the projects which were successful, unsuccessful and the appeals for the sports capital and equipment programme in tabular form. [27769/22]

Commemorative Events

John Lahart

207. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department will ensure that the exclusion of persons from the National Famine Commemoration Day will not reoccur. [27828/22]

Commemorative Events

John Lahart

208. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason that her Department gave 24 days' notice for the National Famine Commemoration Day 2022 for Irish persons residing at home and abroad (details supplied). [27829/22]

Commemorative Events

John Lahart

209. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the best way that her Department can ensure a respectful, publicly inclusive National Famine Commemoration Day in 2023. [27830/22]

Artists' Remuneration

John Lahart

210. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason that voice coaches are specifically excluded from the new artists subvention scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27854/22]

Child Protection

Chris Andrews

211. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of safeguarding 1 child welfare and protection basic awareness workshop courses that were completed in each of the years 2018 to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27980/22]

Sports Funding

Chris Andrews

212. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the grants that were issued to a college (details supplied) over the past five year from the Department; the terms and conditions in the granting of capital grants for sports facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27981/22]

Tourism Promotion

Darren O'Rourke

213. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Tourism Ireland plans to open a new office in Portugal. [28062/22]

Culture Ireland

Darren O'Rourke

214. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocated to Culture Ireland for the promotion of Irish arts globally in 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [28063/22]

Oideachas Riachtanas Speisialta

Éamon Ó Cuív

228. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an t-uasmhéid is féidir le Campaí Samhraidh, atá á reachtáil le cúnamh airgid atá curtha ar fáil ag a Roinn, a ghearradh ar thuismitheoirí nó caomhnóirí gasúr atá ag freastal ar na campaí samhraidh a ardú, nó an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an íocaíocht in aghaidh an rannpháirtí a mhéadú i gcomhréir leis an gcostas maireachtála; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [27010/22]

Sports Funding

Paul Kehoe

229. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the process for appealing a refusal on the Sport Capital Grant; when the approved appellants will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27102/22]

National Monuments

Brendan Griffin

179. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the up-to-date position regarding the erection of a State monument in honour of a person (details supplied); if he will provide details of the most recent correspondence within Government in relation to this project; if there is a delay with the project; if so, the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25652/22]

Artists' Remuneration

Michael Healy-Rae

180. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25699/22]

Legislative Measures

Imelda Munster

181. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated timeline for the introduction of the European Union Audiovisual Media Services Directive content-levy in Ireland as currently set out in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25704/22]

Legislative Measures

Imelda Munster

182. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects the first payments to be made to production companies from the proposed content-levy fund as currently set out in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25705/22]

Departmental Bodies

Imelda Munster

183. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the dates of the meetings of the Audiovisual Action Plan steering group in each of the years 2020, 2021 and for the first five months of 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25706/22]

Departmental Bodies

Imelda Munster

184. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the work that her Department is carrying out in relation to each of the recommendations from the Audiovisual Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25707/22]

Legislative Measures

Imelda Munster

185. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if part of the €5.5 million funding allocated to the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland for 2022 has been allocated to research to be commenced by the authority on the establishment of the production-funding levy referred to in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; the estimated timescale for the completion of the research; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25708/22]

Government Communications

Pauline Tully

186. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the Ministerial contact details for persons (details supplied). [26125/22]

National Cultural Institutions

Catherine Murphy

187. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are plans to extend the opening hours of the national cultural institutions under the remit of her Department during the summer months. [26146/22]

National Cultural Institutions

Pauline Tully

188. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the job titles of the staff members working in the National Concert Hall whose salary is fully covered by Exchequer funding in tabular form. [26160/22]

Departmental Investigations

Peadar Tóibín

189. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of investigations, internal or external, commissioned by her Department into instances in which departmental documents or information was leaked to the media, which were commissioned or conducted in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; the nature of such leaks and investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26347/22]

Sports Funding

Niamh Smyth

190. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of a sports capital appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26403/22]

Sports Funding

Robert Troy

191. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when submissions will be accepted for the next round of capital sports grants. [26505/22]

Sports Funding

Imelda Munster

192. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a list of the grants or other State supports that are available to sports clubs, including eligibility details for each grant. [26507/22]

Museum Projects

Mairéad Farrell

193. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 278 of 17 May 2022, the name of the granting authority for the previous permission of the existing light industrial unit to which she referred; the specific reference number of the previous permission of the existing light industrial unit to which she referred; the name of the previous occupant of the light industrial unit to which she referred; if she will clarify if the An Tulaigh Treatment Plant at the site of Údarás na Gaeltachta Eastát Tionscail na Tulaigh, An Tulaigh, Baile na hAbhann, Contae na Gaillimhe which receives the discharge on site from a laboratory (details supplied) is currently dysfunctional or fully functional in accordance with the specific previously permitted permit to which she referred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26516/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

194. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the allocation for the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland independent productions fund in 2021 and 2022. [26528/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

195. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the full allocation for the new media commission for 2022. [26529/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

196. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of Exchequer funding that was given to RTÉ in each of the years, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26530/22]

Sports Funding

Imelda Munster

197. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding that was allocated to the sports capital programme in each of the years 2021 and 2022; and if she will confirm that this is approximately the level of funding that can be expected on an annual basis going forward. [26531/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

198. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation that is made by her Department to media outlets other than an organisation (details supplied); and if she will list those outlets and the funding each one received in 2021 and 2022. [26532/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

199. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation that was made to the Sound and Vision fund in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26533/22]

Tourism Funding

Imelda Munster

200. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation that was made to Tourism Ireland in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26534/22]

Tourism Funding

Imelda Munster

201. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation that was made to Fáilte Ireland in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26535/22]

Tourism Funding

Imelda Munster

202. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation, if any, that was made to local authorities for tourism purposes in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26536/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

203. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation that was made to TG4 in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26537/22]

Departmental Reports

Imelda Munster

204. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the Future of Media Commission report will be published. [26538/22]

State Bodies

Imelda Munster

205. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expected timeline for the creation of coimisiún na meán. [26539/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

206. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the allocation that was made by the Exchequer to the Sound and Vision Fund in 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26540/22]

Departmental Funding

Imelda Munster

207. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide details of the funding that was provided by the Exchequer to community radio in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [26541/22]

Legislative Measures

Imelda Munster

208. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects the two levies provided for in the online safety and media regulation Bill to be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26542/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

231. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under her Department’s control for the past five years to date in 2022. [25596/22]

Culture Policy

Carol Nolan

70. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will investigate the possibility of categorising turf-cutting and turf use as protected cultural practices under such instruments as the Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, otherwise known as the Faro Convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24997/22]

Information and Communications Technology

Denis Naughten

273. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the protocol that is in place for the re-use of computer hardware when it is replaced or upgraded within her Department and the bodies under the aegis of her Department; her plans to ensure that this complies with the forthcoming Circular Economy and Waste Management (Amendment) Act 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24146/22]

Sports Funding

Thomas Gould

274. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding that is available for a person looking to establish a tennis court in Cork city. [24189/22]

Equal Opportunities Employment

Holly Cairns

275. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way that her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit meet their obligations for reasonable accommodation under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015. [24316/22]

Artists' Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

276. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views that many artists with disabilities may not have applied for the basic income for the arts as a result of the lack of assurances that their basic disability supports, including allowances, pensions, medical cards and other material supports would not be taken away as a result of the impact on their means tested income; and if she has plans to provide those artists discouraged from applying with another opportunity to do so following the closure of the scheme’s general application window, given her determination to resolve any outstanding issues with the Department of Social Protection. [24362/22]

Tourism Funding

Paul Donnelly

277. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way that the extra €35 million funding for tourism marketing fund will be spent in 2022. [24406/22]

Museum Projects

Chris Andrews

278. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the Natural History Museum, Merrion Street, Dublin 2 will reopen. [24422/22]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Mairéad Farrell

279. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 7 April 2022, the details of the effluent, sewage and discharge systems permitted specifically catering for the new cell and gene therapy and clean room facilities at the hi-tech health laboratories for which construction commenced in recent months at the Údarás na Gaeltachta Eastát Tionscail na Tulaigh, An Tulaigh, Baile na hAbhann, Co. na Gaillimhe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24443/22]

Departmental Funding

Michael Ring

280. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding is available from her Department under any programme for a centre (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24471/22]

Fuel Sales

Matt Carthy

281. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the engagements that she has had with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications and the steamer groups regarding the impact of a proposed ban on the sale of coal on the use of steam engine vehicles on tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24661/22]

Rental Sector

Joe Carey

282. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the timeline for the introduction of the proposed short-term letting regulations as outlined in section 20.4 of the Housing for All plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24917/22]

Artists' Remuneration

Gary Gannon

188. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the meeting between her Department and a representative from an organisation (details supplied) on 3 May 2022; the learnings that were derived from this meeting; the actions that will follow from the meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24020/22]

Wildlife Conservation

Holly Cairns

100. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that provide shelter and habitat space for wild species such as, but not limited to, insect hotels, bat boxes, nesting towers and beehives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23865/22]

Tourism Policy

Éamon Ó Cuív

300. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the proposed changes being mooted in relation to short term lets of self-catering properties; if these changes will include rural holiday areas or be confined to urban areas; the process of consultation that will be involved in any changes planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23478/22]

Commemorative Events

Paul Murphy

301. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason that the National Famine Commemoration Day 2022 will not be open to the public (details supplied). [22579/22]

Sports Funding

Bernard Durkan

302. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which it is anticipated to assist the sporting sector by way of grants or other means given the need to assist in their recovery notwithstanding Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22602/22]

Arts Policy

Bernard Durkan

303. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which she continues to support the arts in each county and at national level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22604/22]

Sports Funding

Bernard Durkan

304. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which sport and recreation in terms of facilities continues to be supported by her Department in such a way as to assist in their recovery that has to follow notwithstanding Covid-19’s continued prevalence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22605/22]

Tourism Policy

Bernard Durkan

305. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which she and her Department can assist tourism-related businesses that were negatively affected by Covid-19 to the extent of their closure or dramatic reduction in business; if an audit has been carried out of the number of such businesses affected throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22606/22]

Tourism Policy

Bernard Durkan

306. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of hotels and or restaurants that have permanently closed arising from Covid-19 in Dublin city and throughout the country; the extent to which it is proposed to offer assistance towards their reopening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22607/22]

Culture Policy

Bernard Durkan

307. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which she can promote the various historic houses or sites throughout the country in such a way as to develop increased interest in Ireland’s culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22608/22]

Departmental Policies

Bernard Durkan

308. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which she and her Department continue to monitor developments in the media with particular reference to the need to ensure that local print media and radio stations are not endangered by unregulated entities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22609/22]

Tourism Policy

Bernard Durkan

309. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which enterprises throughout the country have been seriously damaged during Covid-19 lockdowns to the extent of there being a difficulty with recovery with particular reference to the sectors covered by her Department; the means by which a particularly targeted assistance can be made available in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22610/22]

Culture Policy

Bernard Durkan

310. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which her Department continues to encourage and generate interest in Irish culture from the primary and second-level school system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22611/22]

Sports Facilities

James O'Connor

311. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration will be given to an integration plan between sporting venues and transport infrastructure here in order to strengthen Ireland’s capacity to host international sporting events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22806/22]

Sports Funding

James O'Connor

312. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans for the next round of funding for the Sports Capital Fund; the date that the appeals for the projects will be processed by; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22807/22]