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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: So does Tralee. What is the problem?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The funding to Tralee was not published either.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: So will we look for the money back again?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: That is grand, okay.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Yes, but the questions are grouped. I will give way to Deputy Gibney.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 and 5 together. I thank both Deputies. The programme for Government commits to assessing the basic income for the arts, BIA, pilot research scheme to maximise its impact. I announced an extension of six months, to February 2026, to allow for further assessment of the pilot data and to engage in stakeholder consultation to provide an evidence base for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will stick with artists for the moment, if that is okay. On the budgetary discussions, I have made it abundantly clear, even in the last line I read out, that I am in favour of the retention of the scheme. However, as Deputy Ó Snodaigh, who has been around a lot longer in this place than I have, knows, I still have to secure a funding source to make sure we have a scheme that can be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The FAI already receives significant amounts of Government funding, which the Deputy did not reference, nor did she reference anything the Government has been doing for the FAI over the past number of years. The 2023 memorandum of understanding between the Government and the FAI provides €5.8 million per annum to the association via Sport Ireland. In addition, the Government pays the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I remind the Deputy that we actually have fulfilled our programme for Government commitment. We paid for the report and the Deputy did not acknowledge that either. Now we are considering it, and we will consider it in the round with every other field sport that is looking for money, including rugby, Gaelic games and everything else. We have a limited amount. If there are suggestions she...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Postal Services (2 Oct 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 commits to providing the nationwide network of post offices with funding to ensure their sustainability and enhance the value they bring to local communities. The Department is working to deliver on this...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Postal Services (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: We have engaged with the postmasters. I represent a rural community. I know probably as well as the Deputy the value of post offices. The earlier reply alluded to the fact that there is a digital risk with the growth in the number of services that are moving online. The reality is that mail delivery services have gone down dramatically. That poses a risk to the company and we have to be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Postal Services (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Any decision on offices and outlets is a matter for the company and has been since the foundation of the company, and they are commercial decisions. That being said, when I meet with An Post, and any time I have met An Post, its representatives are very keen to point out that what it has been doing in the recent past, by virtue of the fact that it has gotten significant financial support, is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The operation of the League of Ireland and its academies is fundamentally a matter for the Football Association of Ireland, which, like all other NGBs of sport is an independent, autonomous organisation responsible for the organisation and development of its own sport. The programme for Government commits to exploring new mechanisms for the creation of football academies and an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Culture Policy (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Pálás Arthouse Cinema Galway was operated by Element Pictures for seven years under a lease from Galway City Council. The cinema closed on 28 February 2025. The cinema operator offered to surrender the remainder of the lease to Galway City Council leaving all relevant moveable assets in place to allow any new operator to have the benefit of existing equipment. In April, GCC...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The National Counter Disinformation Strategy steering committee, chaired by my Department, has so far met on two occasions: 20 June and 4 September 2025. The intention is that it would meet every two months. The terms of reference and minutes of the first meeting are available online on my Department's website. In terms of an implementation plan, the first step was to establish the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The National Broadband Plan is being delivered on time and within budget, a clear example of Government delivering on its promises and ensuring no community is left behind. National Broadband Ireland (NBI) are building an individual wholesale high speed fibre network to serve the NBP Intervention area, which includes 564K premises, equating to connecting circa 1.1 million people across...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sport and Recreational Development (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The participation of women in sport is an important element of both the National Sports Policy 2018-2027 and the associated Sports Action Plan 2024-2027 and represents a core priority for me and my Department. This Government is committed to a "Sport for All" approach aimed at ensuring that all persons can partake equally in sport and physical activity. This commitment is reaffirmed in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Safety (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: Online safety, in particular, protecting children, is a key Government priority. We have established the legislative foundations for Ireland's online safety framework and our online safety and media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, is at the heart of that framework. An Coimisiún was established under the Online Safety and Media Regulation (OSMR) Act, which transposed the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Community Sport Facilities Fund is the primary means of providing Government funding to sport and community organisations at local, regional and national level throughout the country. The Programme aims to foster an integrated and planned approach to the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and assists the purchase of non- personal sports equipment. The Fund...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sport and Recreational Development (2 Oct 2025)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 24 and 50 together. This Government is committed to supporting our sporting ecosystem so more people can participate, reap the benefits of sport and fulfil their potential, from grassroots right up to high performance level. In this regard, Government has invested well over €1 billion in sports infrastructure and development in Ireland since 2018....