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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Pléitear ceist na tithíochta ag cruinnithe rialta idir feidhmeannaigh an údaráis agus feidhmeannaigh na Roinne agus tuigtear dom go bhfuil obair leanúnach ar siúl ag foireann an údaráis leis na geallsealbhóirí ábhartha eile. Mar a thuigim ón údarás, cheadaigh bord an údaráis €250,000 d'obair...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Tá an freagra sin faighte agam faoi thrí anois. Nílim ag cur an locht air an Aire ach tá a fhios aige go bhfuil géarchéim uafásach ó thaobh cúrsaí tithíochta sna Gaeltachtaí. Is é sin an fáth gur chuir muid brú ar Údarás na Gaeltachta trí ceisteanna a chur anseo go leanúnach le rud éigin a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Maidir le tithíocht go ginearálta, tá fadhb tithíochta ar fud na tíre agus tá fadhb tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht. Caithfimid an fhadhb ghinearálta a réiteach agus tá a lán oibre ar siúl ag an Rialtas chun é sin a dhéanamh. Tá spriocanna sáraithe againn chun tithe a thógáil; ina measc sin tá tithe...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Ag tosnú leis sin, is fadhb ollmhór iad na tithe saoire sna Gaeltachtaí. Tá líon na dtithe thar a bheith ard. Is íorónach an scéal é go bhfuil an méid sin tithe saoire ann agus go bhfuil tithe folmha sna Gaeltachta fhad is atá géarchéim tithíochta ann. An dtabharfaidh an tAire dáta dom maidir le cén uair a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Maidir le hacmhainní don údarás, táimid i gcónaí ag plé na gceisteanna seo leis an Roinn caiteachas phoiblí agus go háirithe in aimsir na cáinaisnéise tá na cainteanna sin ar siúl. Táimid ag iarraidh níos mó airgid a fháil do chúrsaí Gaeilge agus do chúrsaí Gaeltachta. Táimid, an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (19 Sep 2024)

Sport and Recreational Development

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (19 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 10. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on funding provided for the women in sport programme; the measures her Department has taken to increase participation of women in sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36872/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (19 Sep 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: I am sure the Department is aware as it has been doing work on it, that we struggle to maintain the participation of women and girls in sport. Despite improvements, there is a still a significant drop-off rate, especially of younger women in sport. What measures has the Department taken and will it take to increase the participation of women and girls in sport?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I thank Deputy Hourigan for raising this issue. It is an important question. The women in sport funding was first established in 2005. Since then, more than €30 million has been invested through the national governing bodies of sport and local sports partnerships. In June this year, Deputy Hourigan's colleague, the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, and I announced record funding...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (19 Sep 2024)

Claire Kerrane: There is a supplementary question from Deputy Ó Murchú.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (19 Sep 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: We all welcome the creation of Coimisiún na Meán and the necessity of an online safety code. We all want the Digital Services and Digital Marketing Acts in operation. We know that not only individual states like ourselves have to take action; we also need to see the European Commission take action. Let us be clear. Whether we are talking about X, Meta or TikTok, as Deputy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyberbullying Issues (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: Coimisiún na Meán obviously recognises that recommender systems can have significant harmful impacts on users, especially children. Under its online safety framework, an coimisiún will be best able to tackle the potential dangers of recommender systems through the implementation of the Digital Services Act. Under this EU regulation, very large online platforms and search...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (19 Sep 2024)

Tourism Industry

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (19 Sep 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 8. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the proposed changes to the Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022 will impact traditional bed and breakfast-style businesses that only provide accommodation and breakfast; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36992/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (19 Sep 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: My question relates to the registration of short-term tourism letting legislation and how traditional bed and breakfasts will be impacted by that. The owners of bed and breakfasts right across Ireland are looking for clarity on whether they will be impacted in any way by the legislation.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: The Government’s housing policy, Housing for All, commits to the development of new regulatory controls requiring all short term lettings to register with Fáilte Ireland, with a view to ensuring that housing is used to best effect in areas of housing need. The proposed short-term letting and tourism Bill will provide the statutory basis for the establishment of a short-term lets...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (19 Sep 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: The purpose of the question is to get clarity on the traditional bed and breakfasts that we have all stayed in and that have been the backbone of the tourism sector for decades. They are planning compliant and pay commercial water bills and rates. These family-run businesses have been doing everything right for decades. There is a fear out there that they will get caught up in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: As I said, the self-catering and wider short-term letting sector is an important element of the tourism ecosystem. The tourism sector must coexist and develop in a way that recognises and is complementary to the wider needs of local communities. The long-term sustainable growth of tourism requires that appropriate balance is achieved between the short- and long-term rental sectors. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Industry (19 Sep 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I understand the self-catering element of this and the reference to self-catering bed and breakfasts, Airbnbs etc., but the bed and breakfasts to which I referred in my initial question are not self-catering but rather accommodation where people are welcomed into a family home. Further clarity is needed on that. On the overall legislation, it is a fine balancing act that the Minister's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Martin: The Deputy will not be waiting and waiting. The general scheme of the Bill will be introduced this autumn as a single, comprehensive Bill. The Bill must address a number of key recommendations as well as the assignment of the C and AG, and that is my intention. We are at the final stages of the drafting of the general scheme. A core measure in the Bill is the assignment of the C and AG as...