Results 41-60 of 24,015 for speaker:Charlie McConalogue

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...

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...

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...

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

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter and allowing me to clarify the current position in relation to pay and conditions for school secretaries. As we know from our engagement with schools in our respective constituencies, the school secretary is very much at the heart of the school and is the key interface between students, parents, school leaders and other staff. Without them, our...

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: Housing Policy (20 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Deputy. I am happy to take this matter on behalf of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy James Browne. The Deputy made a valid point, and I thank him for raising this matter. On 25 April 2023, the Government approved additional measures under the Housing for All action plan to incentivise the activation of increased housing supply and to help...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Policy (20 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: One-off housing, particularly in rural areas like Roscommon, no more than my own area, is a really important part of housing output. It is important to the vibrancy of rural communities as well. I understand the argument the Deputy is making in respect of how you tie the contribution people are paying directly to a service that is being delivered in return. I have outlined the position...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (20 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I will try to be brief in that case. I thank the Senator for raising this matter. We are trying to improve services in Letterkenny General Hospital as well, so I understand what she is trying to achieve and the importance of insulin pump therapy. I will cut to the chase and speak to the situation with regard to Cavan and Monaghan hospital. As we know, the provision of insulin pump...

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: Sports Funding (15 May 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The club referred to by the Deputy was provisionally allocated €18,000 under the 2020 round of the Community Sports Facilities Fund, formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme. The email confirming the provisional allocation, which issued to the club on 2 March 2022, set out the terms and conditions that must be met prior to formal approval by the Department. The club...