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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I welcome everyone to their first meeting of the Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport. I am quite conscious that several members are at their first-ever committee meeting. They are especially welcome. Some of us have been around a little longer. We have received no apologies. One or two members are caught at other committee meetings, which often happens at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I thank members for their remarks. As I said earlier, several members will probably come in late. There are several committees meeting at the same time. I thank everyone for their good wishes. I am delighted to be chairing this committee. Google obviously delivered results for Deputy Byrne's history search. My drama and acting skills have probably evolved since I was in the junior...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I thank the Senator. We now need to deal with a range of housekeeping issues I flagged earlier, so with members' agreement we will go into private session.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: Will you meet Cara?

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: I know the Minister for children is a very decent person. There are tens of thousands of families affected by what we are talking about, my own included. I deal with this issue every day. In my clinic recently, nine out of 17 appointments concerned issues experienced by people with autism. I have probably been involved the longest with Cara Darmody and with her father and mother in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken formally with the Chinese ambassador to Ireland to date in 2025. [25352/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit Lithuania during quarter three of 2025. [25353/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Diplomatic Representation (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget allocated to the Irish Embassies based in Ankara, Pretoria, Wellington and Kuala Lumpur, in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [25354/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of doubling the funding available for heating control grants based on 2024 figures. [25359/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 257. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the ages of horsebox vehicles currently in use by Defence Forces equitation school; if funding is available in 2025 for the purchase of additional horsebox vehicles. [25356/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 258. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount the Defence Forces spent on replacement of musical instruments for the Defence Forces school of music in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; the name of the company that was awarded the contract to supply musical instruments to the school. [25357/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of installation of a bike stand with capacity for 30 bicycles and 30 bikes to be installed in Tipperary similar to the Dublin Bus scheme. [25347/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria used by National Transport Authority and Bus Éireann to determine the routes prioritised for the deployment of additional buses in response to capacity needs. [25348/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 332. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be generated by introducing a second home tax charge of €750. [25346/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 356. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE chefs directly employed by the Office of Public Works, as of 13 May 2025. [25370/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces available in ASD units in post primary schools within north Tipperary; the number of those filled, by school, in tabular form. [25364/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Meetings (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 516. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for the dates and attendance list of all meetings his Departmental officials, advisors or both has had with the National Concert Hall in 2025, distinguishing physical or virtual meetings, by date and attendees, in tabular form. [25355/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 517. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital and current funding provided to the Irish Arts Centre in New York in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25363/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 596. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year costs to recruit one additional WTE medical examiner for his Department. [25358/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (20 May 2025)

Alan Kelly: 646. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason investment has gone into roads policing by An Garda Síochána in the past five years. [25130/25]