Results 23,961-23,980 of 24,065 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (20 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter on the floor of the House. I will pass on the argument and case he has made to the Minister for Education. As I said, there have been significant advancements, as I think we would all recognise. I laid them out in my earlier reply as well. The implementation of revised salary and annual leave entitlements for school secretaries in the February...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (20 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. It is something he has been relentlessly pursuing to ensure it progresses. I confirm that the Department has received supplementary information from the OPW following a request made under section 7B(4) of the European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Arterial Drainage) Regulations 2019. The Department is making arrangements for a public...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Relief Schemes (20 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter again here this evening and for his continued advocacy on progressing the scheme. While the delays in the delivery of the scheme are a source of frustration for the Deputy's constituents and all in Blackpool, as he is aware it is imperative that the consent process progresses in a manner that is compliant with the relevant regulations. In the period...

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

Charlie McConalogue: Government investment in sport is essential to increasing participation levels in all sports, across all sectors of society. When the National Sports Policy was published in 2018, it set a commitment to double investment in sport to more than €220 million by 2027. The funding allocation for sport this year will be over €230 million. This means that, two years ahead of schedule,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (21 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Ireland’s first National Swimming Strategy was published in August 2024 and it sets out a vision to provide everyone in our country with an opportunity to swim. The working group tasked with developing the Strategy consisted of representatives from my Department, Swim Ireland, Sport Ireland, Active Disability Ireland, Ireland Active and the local authorities. The resultant Strategy...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Broadcasting Sector (22 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. At the outset, I wish to make clear that online news media, as the Senator knows, is not regulated by Coimisiún na Meán but rather falls under the remit of the Press Council, whose membership includes a number of online-only news publications, which subjects these publications to the Press Council’s code of practice. Complaints...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Broadcasting Sector (22 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Senator. As I have set out, the Broadcasting and Other Media Regulation Acts 2009 and 2022 set out the regulatory framework for implementation by Coimisiún na Meán in respect of broadcasters and providers of audiovisual on-demand media services, as well as online safety in respect of user-generated content. While there are important statutory duties and code-making...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (22 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tá taighde ar na féidearthachtaí i dtaobh forbairt uirlisí intleachta saorga – a chuirfeadh le soláthar seirbhísí as Gaeilge don phobal – ar siúl faoi láthair faoi scáth Phlean Digiteach na Gaeilge de chuid na Roinne Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail agus Gaeltachta agus Seirbhísí Poiblí Níos Fearr de chuid na...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (22 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Is comhlacht reachtúil neamhspleách é Údarás na Gaeltachta agus mar sin ní bheadh ??ról ag an Aire mar a bhaineann sé le hoibríochtaí an Údaráis ó lá go lá, lena n-áirítear oibríochtaí na heagraíochta mar a bhaineann sé le feachtais mhargaíochta. É sin ráite, tá...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (22 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to 3,048 community sports clubs and facilities in 2024 from the 2023 round of the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF), formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. In line with previous rounds of the programme, a review of the current...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (22 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards, including the allocation of funding across its various programmes. Sport Ireland does not provide direct funding for clubs or individuals but channels the funding through its network of Local Sports Partnerships...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Rannacha (22 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tá geallta sa Chlár Rialtais nua go dtabharfar Scéim na mBóithre Áise ar ais le linn téarma an Rialtais seo. Caithfear an mheicníocht chuige sin a chíoradh fós. Beidh athbhunú na scéime ag brath, dár ndóigh, ar mhaoiniú a bheith curtha ar fáil chuige sin do na blianta amach romhainn trí Phróiseas na...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Rannacha (22 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Cuireann an Roinn maoiniú de €330,000 sa bhliain ar fáil d'Údarás na Gaeltachta atá freagrach as Scéim na gCampaí Samhraidh a riar thar ceann na Roinne sa Ghaeltacht. Tugann an maoiniú seo deis d'os cionn 6,000 páiste Gaeltachta freastal ar bhreis agus 200 campa faofa sa Ghaeltacht gach bliain. Tá €140,000 curtha ar fáil...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (22 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Cé gur ról tánaisteach atá ag Údarás na Gaeltachta maidir le ceist sholáthar tithíochta sa Ghaeltachta, tá Bord Údarás na Gaeltachta ag féachaint ar bhealaí inar féidir leis an Údarás tacú le soláthar tithíochta inacmhainne i gceantair Ghaeltachta ar fud na tíre. Go deimhin, tá curtha in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (22 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Although Údarás na Gaeltachta, the Gaeltacht development agency currently under the aegis of my Department, has a secondary role in relation to the issue of housing provision in the Gaeltacht, the Board of Údarás na Gaeltachta is looking at ways in which an tÚdarás can support the provision of affordable housing in Gaeltacht areas across the country. Indeed, an...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank Deputy Geoghegan for raising this issue. I was delighted to attend the Federation of Irish Sport annual awards last week and see the great progress that so many of our national governing bodies were doing. The Government is committed to continuing the pathway we have been on, which is significantly increasing funding for sports to the national governing bodies but particularly to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (29 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Funding not exceeding €15,000 was approved in June 2022 to enable Nascadh Uíbh Ráthaigh to prepare a Language Plan for that area of Uíbh Ráthaigh situated outside the official Gaeltacht boundaries and outside the Gaeltacht Service Town of Cahersiveen. This grant was approved in line with the commitment made in the Government’s 2018-2022 Action Plan for the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (29 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 373, 374 and 375 together. The Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) was established to provide exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, typically those requiring investments greater than the maximum available under the Community Sports Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital & Equipment Programme). The first round of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Olympic Council of Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The National Olympic Committee for Ireland is the Olympic Federation of Ireland (OFI) and it is an independent and autonomous organisation. Neither I nor my department have any function in relation to the OFI's engagement with the International Olympic Committee. I have not had any engagement with the OFI regarding the matter raised by the deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Olympic Council of Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: For the Paris Olympic cycle 2021-2024, the Government provided a record-level investment of approximately €89 million towards high performance sport. This was a substantial increase on the €59 million invested for the previous Tokyo Olympic cycle 2017-2020. In line with the Government’s target of delivering €30 million per annum for high performance sport by 2027,...