Parliamentary questions

Departmental Meetings

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

79. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the organisations or persons he or the Minister for State have met in the past two years in relation to development plans (details supplied); the number of meeting requests which were turned down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3190/22]

Energy Production

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

185. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason Ireland has no national hydrogen strategy; when work will be completed on ensuring its publication and implementation given that the Climate Action Plan 2019 requires such a policy to be in place to integrate green hydrogen into the gas grid or the electricity network by the start of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3513/22]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

354. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to an issue in the Air Corps (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3211/22]

Straitéisí Ranna

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

70. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén straitéis atá aici i leith nuachtán Gaeilge clóite a athbhunú agus i leith tacaíocht bhreise a thabhairt d'iriseoireacht na Gaeilge agus do sheirbhísí nuachta as Gaeilge ar líne, go háirithe anois ós rud é go bhfuil stádas iomlán ag an nGaeilge in institiúidí an Aontais Eorpaigh agus go bhfuil Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021 rite. [2810/22]

Ceisteanna Craolacháin

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

74. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil sé i gceist aici aon dlí a chur i bhfeidhm sa stát seo bunaithe ar mhúnla an dlí DDADUE sa Fhrainc chun an treoir Eorpach um sheirbhísí meán closamhairc a chur i bhfeidhm ar chaoi a dhéanfaidh cosaint agus cur chun cinn ar earnáil closamhairc agus scannánaíochta na hÉireann agus go háirithe na Gaeilge, agus ráiteas a thabhairt ar an gcomhréiteach socraithe le déanaí idir an Fhrainc agus na comhlachtaí sruthaithe. [2635/22]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

100. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the proposed basic income for artists scheme following the stakeholder forum in December 2021; and when artists can expect to benefit from the scheme given her previous commitment to open applications for the scheme early in quarter 1 of 2022. [2636/22]

Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

121. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén gníomh atá beartaithe aici chun a chinntiú go mbeidh dátheangachas i bhfeidhm i bpacáistiú táirgí de gach saghas anois go bhfuil sé beartaithe ag an gCúirt Achomhairc i gcás duine (sonraí tugtha) go bhfuil daoine i dteideal an Ghaeilge a bheith ar fáil dóibh mar chainteoirí Gaeilge agus mar thomhaltóirí, agus chun a chinntiú nach ndéanfar sárú ar aon treoirithe de chuid an Aontais Eorpach a thuilleadh. [2638/22]

Cúrsaí Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

122. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén teagmháil atá déanta ag a Roinn leis an Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta maidir leis an caighdeáin inniúlachta sa Ghaeilge ar chóir a shocrú agus a mheas i gcás cead pleanála do forbairtí sa Ghaeltacht chun cás sochtheangeolaíoch na Gaeltachta a chosaint; an bhfuil sí sásta aon chomhfhreagras idir an dá Roinn maidir leis an ábhar seo a fhoilsiú; agus an aontaíonn sí gur chóir an caighdeán inniúlachta a shocrú ag leibhéal B2 de réir an Chomhchreat Tagartha Eorpach um Theangacha chun a chinntiú gur féidir le daoine rannpháirtíocht a ghlacadh sa phobal labhartha Gaeltachta ina bhfuil siad ag lorg teach. [2634/22]

Archaeological Sites

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

224. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any archaeological licence under section 26 under the National Monuments Act 1930 were issued in 2021; and the purpose for same. [2791/22]

Archaeological Sites

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

225. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an archaeological licence under section 26 under National Monuments Act 1930 was issued to Dublin City Council to allow it to commence enabling works on the historic Iveagh Market on Francis Street in the Liberties of Dublin; the date application was made and granted; and if conditions were attached. [2792/22]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

251. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the additional supports her Department has made available or will make available to artists with disabilities who cannot avail of Arts Council grants or receive fair payment for their artwork without the risk of losing their stable basic social protection supports such as the blind pension or the disability allowance in order to ensure that disability is no longer a barrier to full participation in artistic life. [2793/22]

An Teanga Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

414. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén gníomh atá beartaithe aici chun a chinntiú go mbeidh dátheangachas i bhfeidhm i bpacáistiú táirgí de gach saghas anois go bhfuil sé beartaithe ag an gCúirt Achomhairc i gcás duine (sonraí tugtha) go bhfuil daoine i dteideal an Ghaeilge a bheith ar fáil dóibh mar chainteoirí Gaeilge agus mar thomhaltóirí, agus chun a chinntiú nach ndéanfar sárú ar aon treoirithe de chuid an Aontais Eorpach a thuilleadh. [2662/22]

Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

443. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an ndéanfaidh sí cóip, mar a bhí geallta, de na dréacht-Chaighdeáin Teanga a ullmhaíodh i gcomhair Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) 2021, agus den ghrinnscrúdú réamhreachtach a bhí déanta ar an mBille sin sular achtaíodh é, a chur faoi mo bhráid, agus cén dáta faoina mbeidh Caighdeáin Teanga forordaithe aici chun an tAcht a chur i bhfeidhm. [2659/22]

An Garda Síochána

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

444. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an aontaíonn sí go mbeidh sé níos deacra an sprioc seirbhís a sholáthar i nGaeilge don phobal sa Ghaeltacht, mar atá leagtha síos in Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021, agus geallta ag an Aire, a bhaint amach anois agus an cinneadh déanta ag an rialtas deireadh a chur le caighdeán ar leith Gaeilge a bheith riachtanach chun post mar sháirsint a bhaint amach sa Gharda Síochána, agus an bhfuil aon iarracht déanta aici an dochar sin a chur in iúl dá comhghleacaí sa chomh-aireacht, an tAire Dlí agus Cirt agus Comhionannais. [2660/22]

Údaráis Áitiúla

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

616. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cén freagra atá aige ar an éileamh a rinne príomhfheidhmeannaigh Chomhairle Contae Chorcaí, Chomhairle Contae Chiarraí, Chomhairle Contae na Mí agus Chomhairle Cathrach agus Contae Phort Láirge ag cruinniú de chuid Chomhchoiste na Gaeilge, na Gaeltachta agus Phobal Labhartha na Gaeilge i mí na Samhna 2021 inar lorgaíodh soiléiriú maidir leis na coinníollacha a bhaineann le pleanáil forbartha tithíochta i gceantair Ghaeltachta. [2666/22]

Immigration Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1216. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice if persons who currently or previously held European Union treaty rights permission to reside in this State or temporary visas while awaiting the results of their application for residency rights will be granted the same certainty and regularisation of residency status that has been afforded to those without any permission who are now eligible for the scheme for undocumented migrants and their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63303/21]

Mental Health Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1647. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health his views on the case of a child (details supplied). [1204/22]

Thalidomide Victims Compensation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1828. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he cancelled a planned meeting on 11 January 2021 with an association (details supplied); if he suggested that he would arrange a new meeting date shortly thereafter; when the meeting will take place given that a year has passed since the commitment was given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1961/22]

An Teanga Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

2033. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Mara an gcinnteoidh sé nach ndéanfar an chosaint dlí a léiríodh i gcás cúirte duine (sonraí tugtha) a laghdú ón 28 Eanáir ar aghaidh, agus an gcinnteoidh sé go gcosnófar cearta teanga agus cearta tomhaltóirí trí rialacháin a dhéanamh á fhorordú go mbeidh lipéid táirgí leighis d’ainmhithe sa dá theanga oifigiúla nó sa phríomhtheanga oifigiúil amháin. [2664/22]

Electric Vehicles

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

20. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport if Ireland has taken a decision to phase out subsidies for hybrid vehicles in favour of all-electric vehicles. [62373/21]

Electric Vehicles

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

63. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport when capacity for recharging of electric vehicles along the motorway network will be increased. [62372/21]

Employment Support Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

424. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn the forthcoming closure of a service (details supplied) and that no service provider has been to date identified to take over that work leaving many of these persons in jobs without the support base they and their employers previously relied on or the others that were due to be placed in employment which is now suspended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62440/21]

Employment Support Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

434. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason clients of a service (details supplied) have not been informed of a new or alternative disability service which will take over their supports when the service closes its doors on 31 December 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62437/21]

Employment Support Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

435. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that have been taken to ensure that an appropriate service provider will take over the large client base of a disability service provider (details supplied) that mentored persons with a disability who were starting or returning to the workplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62438/21]

Redundancy Payments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

436. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if all relevant arrangements have been made in the case of the employees of a service (details supplied) who are being made redundant on 31 December 2021 to ensure that the former employees will not be left waiting for their money. [62439/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

76. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the requirement for a VAT exclusive turnover of €100,000 for at least two of the past three years for eligibility to the Live Performance Support Scheme for seasonal musical theatre/pantomime means a turnover of €100,000 total sum of the turnover for two years, or €100,000 turnover separately for each of those two years amounting to €200,000 overall; and the reason the year 2020 rather than 2017 is included in the three years given that indoor live performances of seasonal musical theatre or pantomime were entirely prohibited for 2020 by health restrictions. [62023/21]

Defence Forces

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

108. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence if allegations of a recent sexual assault on an Irish soldier at an Irish military overseas United Nations mission involving another Irish soldier have been referred to An Garda Síochána. [62044/21]

Defence Forces

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

109. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence his views on whether innocent military personnel who are rotating with the current Defence Forces detachment in the Lebanon should suffer a form of collective punishment with newly imposed restrictions as a consequence of the actions of a member who allegedly sexually assaulted another soldier after drinking alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62045/21]

Tax Code

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

227. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 15 June 2021, if the recent agreement at European Council level on new VAT rules would, when implemented, allow for zero rating on the rental of disability aids. [61843/21]

Tax Code

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

228. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance the additional flexibilities, including options to zero rate goods and services that serve a social purpose, the recent agreement at European Council level on new VAT rules would, when implemented, allow for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61844/21]

Immigration Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

523. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice the residency status of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61915/21]

State Bodies

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

98. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of funding provided to the IDA in each of the past ten years; the number of industries supported; and the amount that was granted to each company in each of the years. [60755/21]

State Bodies

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

127. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of funding for Enterprise Ireland in each of the past ten years; the number of industries supported; and amount that was granted to each company in each of the years. [60754/21]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

232. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the date of the most recent air quality test carried out within the Air Corps main technical stores, Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel and adjoining office complex; and if he will provide the results of this test. [61024/21]

Library Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

382. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on whether public lending right payments to writers for loans of their books through the library system should be made on the loans of ebooks; and if she will amend Statutory Instrument 597 of 2008 accordingly. [61092/21]

Comharthaí Bóthair

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

179. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Iompair cur síos a dhéanamh ar an scéim phíolótach do shíneacha tráchta curtha ar bun cúpla bliain ó shin ag an Roinn maidir le feiceálacht na Gaeilge a chur chun cinn, mar a thagair an tAire Stáit Gaeltachta dó le linn na díospóireachta ar Bhille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2019 sa Seanad le déanaí, agus cén fáth nár leanadh leis an scéim sin. [60177/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

461. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of temporary HSE Covid-19 test centres do not have and cannot have an Eircode; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the HSE has licensed an alternative location code (details supplied) and this has been successfully implemented in the National Ambulance Service's IT system in view of the fact that an Eircode cannot be allocated to temporary dwellings; the reason the HSE is not using a location coding system that it has already paid for, for these temporary sites; and if the HSE has been requested to not use an Eircode by the Department ofthe Environment, Climate and Communications. [59778/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

211. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to temporary HSE Covid-19 test centres using inaccurate and or misleading Eircodes. [59626/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

212. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has been instructed not to use an alternative postcode (details supplied) for their temporary Covid-19 testing or vaccination centres by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. [59627/21]

Education and Training Boards

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

136. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to a project (details supplied) and the fact that an arts programme is now at risk with the recruitment process happening for a new manager and community education facilitator for the centre with no mention of the arts programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59495/21]

Education and Training Boards

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

137. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason the job description for the community education facilitator position to manage a centre (details supplied) was advertised without mention of one of the central parts of that person’s and the centre’s work, namely the performing arts programme including the theatre; and the reason no mention was made of the need for it being desirable for an applicant for the post to have appropriate skills in the arts. [59497/21]

Education and Training Boards

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

138. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a job description for the community education facilitator position to manage a centre (details supplied) was advertised without taking into account one of the key aspects of the region, the adjacent Gaeltacht region and therefore the need for an applicant for the position to have proficiency in Gaeilge to enable them to communicate with and deliver for the Gaeltacht community. [59499/21]

Education and Training Boards

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

139. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Bord Oideachais agus Oiliúna Chiarraí has advertised for a manager and facilitator for a centre (details supplied) without specifying that the person appointed would have any responsibility for ensuring an arts programme is provided as set down when the funding of his Department was used to restore the old school in 2006, including the provision of a 99-seat theatre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59501/21]

Education and Training Boards

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

140. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason the advertisement for a manager and community education facilitator for a centre (details supplied) left ealaíona pobail nó as Béarla community arts out of the title of the centre; if it was, deliberate as a sign of what is to come; if not, if it was in error; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59503/21]

Health Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

187. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty some elderly medical card holders are having receiving chiropodist care due to the additional cost on top of their medical card that they have to pay (details supplied); and if the scheme will be reviewed. [59258/21]

Health and Safety

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

137. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if complaints regarding the health and safety of workers working in a warehousing company (details supplied) were received in November 2021; and the action that was taken to ensure that the dangers posed to workers was addressed. [59032/21]

Defence Forces

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

296. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence if he has responded to or engaged recently with a former member of the Defence Forces in relation to emails sent to his office regarding serious sexual abuse within the Defence Forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59026/21]

Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

298. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cén fáth nár áiríodh inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa bhfógra do phost an Ard-Rúnaí sa Roinn Oideachais a bhfuil an 9 Nollaig mar dháta deiridh. [59024/21]

Earcaíocht san Earnáil Phoiblí

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

361. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais an síleann sí nár mhór Gaeilge a bheith ag Ard-Rúnaí na Roinne Oideachais chun a chuid dualgas i leith na teanga náisiúnta a chomhlíonadh i bhfianaise a lárnaí is atá sí sa chóras oideachais. [59023/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

404. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the financial assistance that can be given to a person (details supplied). [58852/21]