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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Department does not hold any records in relation to those who hold formal procurement qualifications (specifically CIPS, or NFQ Level 6 or Higher in procurement). The Learning & Development Unit in my Department work collaboratively with the Procurement Unit and the OGP to deliver regular communications, guidance and training to staff on the procurement process. The Office of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department's Procurement Unit track all contracts in excess of €25,000 (including VAT) and operates a suite of oversight arrangements to ensure compliance with public procurement guidelines to the greatest extent possible. In addition, purchase orders in excess of €20,000 incurred by my Department are published quarterly on my Department's website at...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (24 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department is committed to the open publication of government information. As the Deputy will be aware, the gov.ie website is the key source of information on government and public services. I wish to inform the Deputy that the Gov.ie website underwent a major system upgrade in April 2025 with 183,707 pages migrated, along with 9,737 images and 133,925 documents including those for my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (24 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Government is committed to a sustainable An Post and post office network as a key component of the economic and social infrastructure throughout Ireland. The Programme for Government states that the Government will continue to provide the nationwide network of post offices with funding to ensure their sustainability and enhance the value they bring to local communities. My Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (24 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The National Development Plan 2021-2030 reiterated the Government’s commitment to the continued development of the National Sports Campus. In addition, Government approved the Campus Masterplan in November 2022 and reaffirmed its commitment to the phased delivery of the National Sports Campus. The Masterplan provides a framework for the further development of the campus over the next...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Meetings (24 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: On the week of 2 June 2025, accompanied by Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland and the Department of Foreign Affairs, I led a trade mission to Los AngeLes to meet with Ireland’s creative partners across film, television, animation and gaming. I attended meetings with senior and creative executives of studios, production companies and the gaming sector in order to strengthen...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Projects (24 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department provides funding for initiatives in Arts and Culture, Communications, Media, and Sport. Any such projects currently under construction are broadly on schedule and within budget. Updates on the progress of projects under the National Development Plan can be accessed via '', available from 'MyProjectIreland Interactive Map and Tracker'.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (24 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Creative Europe Desk (CED) Ireland is the national contact point for the EU Creative Europe funding programme for the culture and audio-visual sectors. The Arts Council is a partner of CED Ireland. I have asked the Arts Council to make direct contact and provide the Deputy with the information requested in relation to how organisations in Ireland south can access the Creative Europe...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Local and regional journalism plays a vital role in the provision of valuable public service content to the Irish public. The Future of Media Commission, in examining the challenges faced by the media sector, made a number of recommendations to counter these challenges and to support the provision of public service content. One recommendation was for a new Media Fund to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Healthcare Policy (26 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Online safety for children is a Government priority and a top priority for me as Minister. It’s essential that we make sure children do not see illegal, harmful or inappropriate content while being able to safely avail of all the benefits of the online world. It is my view that robust age verification is essential for keeping children safe online. Last week, I met the main social...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sport and Recreational Development (26 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Increasing participation levels in sport among all cohorts is a key objective of the National Sports Policy 2018-2027 and is a priority for me in my role as Minister for Sport. I therefore welcome the results of the Irish Sports Monitor 2024 survey which revealed that active sports participation has reached record levels, with 49% of the population now taking part in sport on a weekly basis....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (26 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). 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 CSFF, representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Programme for Government commits to supporting the sporting ecosystem so more people can participate, reap the benefits of sport, and fulfil their potential from grassroots right up to high performance level. We will achieve this through a number of measures including maintaining sports funding to get more people participating in all levels of sport, particularly targeting cohorts in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Events (26 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: One of the first major international sporting events held in Ireland was the Grand Départ of the Tour de France in 1998 and I would of course welcome its return to this island at some point in the future. It would be a real showcase for the spectacular scenery all along the Wild Atlantic Way and elsewhere in Ireland. Major international sporting events can play a key role in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: 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), benefitting over forty sports, as well as multi-sport facilities, throughout the country. This represents the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across Ireland. Under CSFF 2023, applicants for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reviews (26 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: In support of Action 19 in the Report of the Night-Time Economy Taskforce and as part of the Department's key role in driving the Night-Time Economy in Ireland, we are funding 9 NTE Advisors in Dublin City, Cork City, Limerick City, Galway City, Kilkenny, Sligo, Longford, Buncrana and Drogheda. The Night-Time Economy pilots are a significant project within the Night-Time Economy policy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (26 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Following extensive service disruption to telecommunications networks during Storm Éowyn, I have met with both mobile and fixed telecoms providers on the necessary measures they are taking to build further resilience into these networks. I made it clear to telecoms providers at the recent Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce (MPBT) that there must be a significant improvement in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (26 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). The LSSIF was established under the National Sports Policy, published on 25 July 2018, to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, typically those requiring investments greater than the maximum...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (CSFF) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). 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 CSFF, representing the largest-ever investment in sports facilities in communities across...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (26 Jun 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Following on from Storm Éowyn there has been a lot of focus on the lessons to be learned to ensure that there is much better coordination between the various stakeholders who have a role to play in making communication networks more resilient for next winter. Resilience actions can include taking actions to harden the networks in advance of storms, such as having extended-life...