Parliamentary questions

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

312. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason the minimum amount allocated to the live performance support scheme 4 for 2022 was reduced from €14 million to €10 million in press releases issued by her from 8 December to 20 December 2021; the reason the promise to roll-out the scheme in January 2022 in time to support performances from February has not been kept; and the timeline, structure and final budget allocation envisaged for LPSS 4. [10992/22]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

313. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason artists, performers and producers are still waiting for funding secured under live performance support scheme 3 to reach them; and when they will receive this vital funding. [10993/22]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

314. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the guidelines for the basic income for artists pilot scheme will be published. [10994/22]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

315. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the list of recipients of the commercial entertainment capital grant scheme will be published. [10996/22]

Official Travel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

320. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total cost of her recent official visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai; the number of ministerial staff and departmental officials who joined her on the visit and their job titles; and the cost breakdown for flights, accommodation, dining, transport once there and gifts. [11173/22]

Official Travel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

321. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will detail each international visit undertaken by her and departmental officials at taxpayer’s expense since she took office; and the cost breakdown for flights, accommodation, dining, transport once there and gifts for each visit. [11174/22]

Official Engagements

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

322. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the meaning of more items at the end of the scheduled information for 3 November and 3 December 2021 in the diaries of the Minister and Minister of State in her Department. [11197/22]

Official Travel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

323. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of ministerial staff or Government officials who participated in the visit by the Minister of State in her Department to Chicago from 5 to 8 November 2021; the total cost of the visit broken down by the cost of flights, accommodation, transport and dining for each member of the delegation representing the Government; and the cost of the gifts presented as part of the visit. [11199/22]

Official Travel

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

324. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the meaning of meetings in Carlow Kilkenny that took place on 15 November 2021 according to the diary of the Minister of State in her Department. [11200/22]

Official Engagements

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

325. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the meaning of the various items listed as meeting with a person (details supplied) that took place on 3 December 2021 according to the diary of the Minister of State in her Department. [11201/22]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

332. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the efforts she is undertaking to ensure that artists who have been unable to make a living in the arts as a result of mental health pressures including from depression, anxiety or ADHD which impact on their ability to focus on and complete creative projects, are included in the proposed basic income for artists pilot scheme and that the eligibility criteria do not restrict participation to those who are already able to sustain themselves on arts work alone. [11589/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

417. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 22 February 2022, the naval exercises by foreign navies he was referring to and the dates and duration of all such exercises in the past 20 years. [11347/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

418. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he or his predecessors have given permission to the other countries' warships or submarines to conduct naval exercises within Ireland’s territorial sea in the past 20 years. [11348/22]

Official Engagements

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

442. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence if and the way it was made clear to attendees and representatives of an organisation (details supplied) and other persons that the Minister of State in his Department was not representing his Department in the meetings detailed in his official diary; and if they were given the impression that the Minister of State was attending on behalf of his Department. [11196/22]

Official Engagements

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

443. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the purpose of the meeting labelled in the diary of Minister of State in his Department as briefing with defence involving persons (details supplied) on 2 November 2021. [11202/22]

Disease Management

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

757. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason that persons with Huntington’s disease with the exception of a small number of persons in the late stages of the condition have no specialist services in Ireland; and if he will commit to establishing a working group within six months under the joint auspices of the National Dementia Office and the integrated care programme as a necessary first step to improving care for those suffering. [11540/22]

Scéimeanna Teanga

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an aontaíonn sí gurbh í Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge an uirlis ba chríochnúla a bhí ag an Stát chun tomhais a dhéanamh ar leibhéal úsáide na Gaeilge mar theanga theaghlaigh sa Ghaeltacht, agus go bhfuil neart fianaise ann gur spreag an scéim teaghlaigh chun cloí leis an nGaeilge mar theanga bhaile agus gur chabhraigh sí leis an nGaeilge a bhuanú mar theanga phobail, tábhacht atá aitheanta i bpleananna teanga Gaeltachta a aontaíodh lena Roinn; an aontaíonn sí gur chuir an Stát deireadh leis an scéim seo in aghaidh thoil phobal na Gaeltachta agus in aghaidh chomhairle na n-eagraíochtaí Gaeilge ag an am, lena n-áirítear moltaí an Staidéir Chuimsithigh Theangeolaíoch inar moladh an scéim a mhéadú; an aontaíonn sí go bhfuil gá anois múnla nua den scéim sin a thabhairt ar ais mar chúnamh don phróiseas pleanála teanga agus mar bhealach chun faireachán a dhéanamh ar spriocanna an Stáit maidir le húsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht a bhaint amach; agus an bhfuil sí sásta gníomhú chun a chinntiú go dtarlaíonn sé sin. [10696/22]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

3. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 8 February 2022, the time, date and the details of discussions she and her Department have had with the Minister for Social Protection and her Department specifically on the impact of the proposed basic income for artists pilot scheme for artists with disabilities; and if she will work closely with the Minister for Social Protection to ensure that the needs of artists with disabilities are fully taken into account prior to the roll-out of the basic income for artists. [10697/22]

Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

38. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil dáta nó téarmaí tagartha socruithe do bhunú an Choiste Chomhairligh de réir Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021. [10451/22]

Departmental Schemes

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

60. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of progress relating to the basic income for artists pilot scheme following the stakeholder forum; if she has received the report of the forum’s findings; and if there is a new timeline for delivery of the scheme given that the target of opening the scheme for applications in early quarter 1 of 2022 has now been missed. [10452/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

322. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is a requirement for the superannuation section in local authorities to send a request to the scope section in regard to pension entitlements of an employee if they were employed before April 1995 and paying a class D stamp given that one of the conditions of this staff member when they sign their contract to become a permanent member of staff is that they have no entitlement to a State pension (transition) or to a State pension (contributory). [10645/22]

Disabilities Assessments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

215. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to an assessment of needs will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10188/22]

Census of Population

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

3. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach the changes that will be included in the information being sought in census 2022. [8040/22]

Northern Ireland

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

391. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Maghaberry Jail in which prisoners are being denied open visits despite the fact that Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted in the society outside the prison complex; if he will raise this matter with the authorities to ensure that the visiting regime being currently imposed does not lead to heightened tensions in the jail and that families that have been separated due to Covid-19 are not made to suffer further than needs be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9424/22]

Maritime Jurisdiction

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

396. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Ministers for Defence, Transport or Agriculture, Food and the Marine drew to his attention and that of his Department in the past 20 years the matter of military exercises being carried out in Ireland's exclusive economic zone by foreign armed forces, ahead of, during or after such military exercises; if he had correspondence with the countries involved in relation to Ireland's neutrality, territorial waters and exclusive economic zone, the appropriateness of such exercises and the scope of same; if he or officials from his Department liaised or communicated with each country in relation to the exercises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9653/22]

Health Services Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

673. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need for more acute and community-based podiatrists to help tackle diabetes in communities and to reduce the number of persons having limbs amputated and being hospitalised with foot ulcers as a result of diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9120/22]

Disease Management

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

674. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person with diabetes is 22 times more likely to undergo a non-traumatic lower limb amputation than an individual without diabetes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9121/22]

Driver Test

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

172. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a waiting list of over ten months throughout the country for driving tests for motorcyclists; the steps that are being taken to address this delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8839/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

231. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if local authority workers who were employed pre-1996 and who are paying a D stamp PRSI contributions are being forced to retire with A stamp benefits; if so, the basis for such a change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8928/22]

Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

97. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil sí ar an eolas, in ainneoin an ardaithe breise maoine a fuair Foras na Gaeilge i mbliana, nach ndearnadh an t-ardú ar Scéim Pobal Gaeilge ó €47,000 go €55,000 is gá ionas gur féidir leis na grúpaí sa scéim feidhmiú i gceart; agus an raibh aon chaidreamh idir í féin, a oifigigh agus Foras na Gaeilge faoin gceist sin nó faoi cheist na Scéime Pobal Gaeilge le bliain anuas, agus cad a bhí i gceist leis. [8455/22]

Schools Amalgamation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

145. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education if the amalgamation of schools (details supplied) will not proceed until the new campus and facilities are fully ready to receive the students; when same will occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8690/22]

Childcare Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

171. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that are being taken to ensure that all community after-school services will continue to deliver the vital services in their localities as the national childcare service model and its funding plan is implemented. [8693/22]

Childcare Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

172. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the providers of community after-school services believe that the implementation of the national childcare service funding model of 50c per hour per child will lead to the closure of many such services and thus affect the education and well-being of nearly 500 children in Dublin 8; if there are proposals forthcoming which will help plug the funding gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8694/22]

Childcare Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

173. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure (details supplied) which comprises of projects delivering vital after-school supports within communities to over 500 children from highly marginalised areas which face multiple inequities including educational inequality and poverty that their access to after school services will not be negatively affected by the forthcoming changes in funding model of such services especially with the employment wage subsidy scheme about to conclude in April 2022. [8695/22]

Childcare Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

174. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way the once-off transition fund works for after-school services; if it will be based on the EWSS model; how the core funding will work; the criteria for core funding; what based on capacity rather than attendance means in terms of core funding; and if the services will still get individual payments for children through NCS. [8696/22]

Vaccination Programme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

208. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that there may be, in a very small number of cases between receiving a Covid-19 vaccine and shingles in some studies, likely connected to the stress around receiving the vaccine; if such linkage was shown in Ireland; the additional steps that can be taken to make persons more at ease when they are being administered a vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8460/22]

National Children's Hospital

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

130. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a decision will be made on the purpose and future use of the construction supply depot for the new national children’s hospital on Davitt Road, Dublin 12 when work on the hospital concludes; the future plans for the site of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Drimnagh Road, Dublin 12, when the hospital facilities and staff move to the new national children’s hospital in St. James’s Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6696/22]

Military Aircraft

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

252. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport the dates in the past 20 years for which his Department was informed of military exercises being carried out in the skies above Ireland including above the exclusive economic zone by foreign air forces; the scale of such exercises and the duration of each; the country involved in each case; if Ireland acceded to such a request; if Irish and other airline companies flying through that region were warned by his Department of such manoeuvres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7934/22]

Departmental Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

408. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the dates in the past 20 years about which Ireland was informed of military exercises being carried out in Ireland's exclusive economic zone by foreign armed forces; the size of such exercises and the duration of each; the country or countries that were involved; if Ireland acceded to a request; if the Irish fishing fleet, Irish Coast Guard, marine research, shipping and airline companies operating in that region were warned by his Department of such manoeuvres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7933/22]

Coastal Protection

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

956. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates on which his Department was informed in the past 20 years of military exercises being carried out in Ireland's exclusive economic zone by foreign navies above and below the sea; the size of such exercises; the duration of each; the country or countries that were involved; if Ireland responded to a request in this regard; if the Irish fishing fleet was given advance warning by his Department of such manoeuvres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7932/22]

Caiteachas Ranna

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

53. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta cén méid de bhuiséad na Roinne a chaitear ar chúrsaí nó ar mhúineadh trí Ghaeilge, mar fhigiúr agus mar chéatadá. [6258/22]

Adult Education Provision

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

82. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding allocated for adult literacy courses for 2022. [6259/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

281. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider allocating a portion of the unspent €353,784 Covid-19 cultural support grants to fund or part-fund a unique festival (details supplied) which has been running festival since 2004. [6304/22]

Culture Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

282. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to a small fringe festival (details supplied). [6305/22]

Culture Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

283. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of theatre and festival groups or events that have received funding under the small arts festival and experimental events grant scheme 2022 for the production of plays; and the number that have not received funding for same. [6306/22]

Artists' Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

67. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason she has not taken action to date to improve the situation for artists with disabilities who cannot avail of Arts Council grants or receive fair payment for their art work without risking their stable basic supports, such as the disability allowance or blind pension being taken away; and if she will take action by the end of 2022 to ensure this choice is not forced upon them again and that disability is no longer a barrier to full participation in artistic life. [2637/22]

Planning Issues

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

312. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason that the sum of €353,784 in Covid-19 cultural support grants was returned to her Department since the pandemic began; and the way that this funding was subsequently used by her Department. [4748/22]

Proposed Legislation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

194. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra from RTÉ to the National Concert Hall has taken place prior to the National Concert Hall has taken place prior to the National Cultural Institutions (National Concert Hall) (Amendment) Bill 2022 coming before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and the reason the Bill remains necessary given that the transfer is complete. [4217/22]

Proposed Legislation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

195. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has brought the national cultural institutions (national concert hall) (amendment) Bill to Government yet given her stated expectation that she would do so in September 2021. [4218/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

196. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the way the €8 million allocated to the National Concert Hall to cover the costs of the National Symphony Orchestra in 2021 was spent given that the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra from RTÉ to the National Concert Hall did not take place until 2022; and if a corresponding reduction in funding to RTÉ of €8 million was considered as part of budget preparations for that year. [4219/22]