Written answers
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Artists' Remuneration
1317. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of initial applicants for the basic income for artists payment; the number of initial applicants rejected... - Telecommunications Infrastructure
1318. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the proportion of the country and the percentage of the population that now have 5G mobile coverage; and if he will... - Telecommunications Services
1320. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide the direct Oireachtas helpline for the Commission for Communications Regulation. [40820/25] - Departmental Legal Services
1321. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total spend by his Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal... - Business Supports
1323. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on the achievements of the State-backed National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) programme in supporting... - Departmental Data
1324. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the data his Department holds on the digital divide in Ireland, including access to high-speed internet across... - Sports Organisations
1325. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are any grant supports within his Department that would apply to an organisation (details supplied) which... - Grant Payments
1326. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the... - Arts Funding
1327. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding options available to a theatre company during the remainder of 2025 (details supplied); and if he will... - Sports Funding
1328. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to establish a large scale sports infrastructure fund grant scheme; to open a round in 2025 and-or 2026; and... - Emergency Planning
1329. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 8 May 2025 and No. 357 of 27 May 2025, if it is the intention of the... - Artists' Remuneration
1330. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider expanding the basic income for artists scheme to all artists, and not confine it to those who have... - Departmental Legal Cases
1331. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 9 July 2025, if the CSSO will confirm to the club concerned that they have... - Telecommunications Services
1339. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a broadband connection will be restored for a person (details supplied); the reason for this disconnection; and... - Sports Funding
1340. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that was last awarded by his Department to support female sports at both national and local... - Telecommunications Services
1343. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the messaging provider downloaded on his Ministerial phone; the details of any provider downloaded; and... - Sports Funding
1344. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Wicklow County Council was not successful in their funding application under the LSSIF to develop a... - Sports Organisations
1345. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if specific funding can be provided for sporting bodies or organisations registered with Sports Ireland to assist... - Broadband Infrastructure
1348. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the roll out of fibre broadband under National Broadband Ireland for the mid-Cork region; the... - Culture Policy
1349. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline his plans for the expansion of the night-time economy action plan outside of Cork city, to include rural... - Departmental Data
1350. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide data on public participation in arts and cultural events over the past three years, detailing the number of... - Departmental Strategies
1352. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to address the significant shortage of swimming instructors nationally to meet the demand... - Artists' Remuneration
1353. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the research being carried out on the basic income for arts pilot scheme; whether a permanent form of... - Arts Council
1355. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how a US-based performance group, which is looking to perform their show in Ireland, may engage with the Arts Council;... - Departmental Funding
1356. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when funding will be approved for a small-scale local festival and summer schools programme 2025 (details supplied);... - Departmental Data
1357. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023,... - Legislative Measures
1358. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the Commission for Communications Regulation “Know Your Customer (KYC) Guidance Document -... - Emergency Planning
1359. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the public warning system. [42565/25] - Broadband Infrastructure
1360. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to accelerate the roll out of high-speed broadband in underserved rural communities; the... - Arts Funding
1361. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider providing support funding for a production (details supplied) at Cork opera house due in October... - Departmental Contracts
1362. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department or any agency operating under its aegis has, in the past five years, used reserved contracts or... - Broadband Infrastructure
1363. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the poor availability of high-speed broadband an area (details... - Departmental Bodies
1364. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a contact list of all State and semi-State bodies connected with his Department; and if he will make a... - Sports Funding
1365. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body under his aegis has... - Departmental Funding
1366. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body under his aegis has... - Post Office Network
1367. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a report and if he has had discussions with a union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Swimming Pools
1368. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made in implementing the National Swimming Strategy; the number and location of pools or swimming... - Sports Funding
1369. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the means by which Sport Ireland’s planned disability lead and associated grants to inclusive clubs will be... - Media Sector
1371. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the plans to expand supports for local and independent media, including changes to the sound and vision scheme, local... - Broadband Infrastructure
1372. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress to date in delivering high-speed fibre broadband to 1.1 million premises by 2026; the measures being... - Culture Policy
1373. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans to introduce a culture card for 16- and 17-year-olds; the intended eligibility, value and... - National Cultural Institutions
1374. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when updated capital allocations for national cultural institutions will be published in the context of the ongoing... - National Archives
1375. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of preparations for the public release of the 1926 Census records by the National Archives; the... - Film Industry
1376. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update following the stakeholders’ forum, and on plans for section 481 to ensure that quality employment... - Social Media
1377. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on social media disinformation and combatting it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43522/25] - Sports Funding
1378. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update and timeline on LSSIF and sports capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43523/25] - Departmental Staff
1381. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of full time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43655/25] - Information and Communications Technology
1382. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether his Department has a policy or goal of better insourcing of IT requirements and needs of the Department for... - Arts Council
1383. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way he will ensure that artists, musicians and arts workers are not negatively impacted by any findings of the... - Arts Policy
1384. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether his Department has plans for the development and promotion of amateur and community theatre; and if he will... - Arts Funding
1385. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure decision-making in the granting of monies directly from his Department to arts festivals and... - Sports Funding
1386. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a timeframe for the opening of the next round of sports capital grants applications. [43975/25]
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