Parliamentary questions

Industrial Relations

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

249. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she plans to ensure that no State funding goes to employers that engage in union busting practices and anti-worker activities. [22723/21]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

252. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán céard iad na sonraí go beacht a choinníonn Údarás na Gaeltachta i dtaobh cliant-chuideachtaí dá chuid maidir le coinníollacha teanga, go háirithe i gcomhthéacs an fhreagra a tugadh ar cheist 661 ar an 21 Aibreán 2021. [22813/21]

Culture Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

264. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has discussed with the management of the cultural institutions either the need to guarantee full accessibility for persons with disabilities and provide immersive arts experiences for persons with different disabilities or the opportunity to use the current closure of museums, galleries and theatres effectively to implement measures to meet this need when reopening is permitted; if not, if she will do so; and if a policy will be developed on access for persons with disabilities to the arts which cultural institutions could follow or put into force. [23223/21]

Cultural Objects

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

323. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his policy on the growing calls for heritage obtained through plunder or colonialism to be repatriated. [23224/21]

Diplomatic Representation

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

348. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) whose remains continue to be on display in the Hunterian Museum against their expressed dying wishes; and if he has made or will make representations to the British Government and the museum in London to have their dying wish of a sea burial fulfilled or to assist with their repatriation to Ireland. [23222/21]

Oideachas trí Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

401. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cén fáth nach bhfuil aon bhéim ar labhairt na Gaeilge i measúnú T1 an Teastais Shóisearaigh i mbliana; an aontaíonn sí gurb é an dea-chleachtas le blianta beaga anuas béim a chur ar scileanna labhartha na Gaeilge agus daltaí a spreagadh chun an Ghaeilge a labhairt sa chóras oideachais; an bhfuil sé sásúil neamhaird a thabhairt ar dhea-chleachtais oideachasúil; agus an bhfuil sé i gceist aici aon ghníomh a dhéanamh chun cúnamh a thabhairt do na daltaí a bhí ag brath ar an measúnú ar labhairt na Gaeilge sna scrúduithe sin. [23230/21]

Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

484. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Dlí agus Cirt cén fáth nach bhfuil na foirmeacha eadóirseachta (sonraí tugtha) ar fáil as Gaeilge ar líne agus cén dáta faoina mbeidh siad ar fáil ionas go mbeidh iarrthóir in ann eadóirseacht a lorg ar son duine óg trí Ghaeilge, agus an bhfuil sé i gceist aici a chinntiú go mbeidh gach foirm iarratais eadóirseachta ar fáil sa dá theanga oifigiúla ar líne go luath. [23221/21]

Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

485. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Dlí agus Cirt ar labhraíodh Gaeilge ón stáitse nó an raibh tagairt déanta don Ghaeilge, fiú i mBéarla, ag an ócáid bronnta saoránachta ar an 27 Aibreán 2021. [23225/21]

Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

486. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Dlí agus Cirt an ndearna an Stát freastal orthu siúd a bhí ag iarraidh mionn a thabhairt mar shaoránaigh trí Ghaeilge ag an ócáid bronnta saoránachta ar an 27 Aibreán 2021, agus an ndearna an Stát tairiscint ghníomhach do shaoránaigh mholta go bhféadfaidís an mionn a thabhairt trí Ghaeilge. [23226/21]

Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

487. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Dlí agus Cirt ar léadh amach don slua an fógra dílseachta don náisiún agus don Stát go dátheangach, i nGaeilge ar dtús agus ansin i mBéarla, agus an raibh an fhoclaíocht i nGaeilge agus i mBéarla ar fáil do chách roimh an ócáid bronnta saoránachta ar an 27 Aibreán 2021. [23227/21]

Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

488. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Dlí agus Cirt ar tugadh aon aitheantas don ról atá ag an nGaeilge in oidhreacht, i bhféiniúlacht nó i saoránacht na hÉireann ag an ócáid bronnta saoránachta ar an 27 Aibreán 2021. [23228/21]

Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

489. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Dlí agus Cirt ar tugadh aon aitheantas do thraidisiúin iontacha an cheoil in Éirinn sa chur i láthair ceoil a bhí ar siúl ag an ócáid bronnta saoránachta ar an 27 Aibreán 2021 [23229/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

493. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he has considered allowing the restrictions on numbers attending weddings depending on the size of individual venues to be informed by a risk assessment for venues as restrictions begin to ease given the role of Fáilte Ireland in issuing guidance on weddings; and the advice for couples planning a wedding in summer 2021. [22712/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

531. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he has considered allowing the restrictions on numbers attending weddings depending on the size of individual venues to be informed by a risk assessment for venues as restrictions begin to ease; and the advice for couples planning a wedding in summer 2021. [22710/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

532. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he has considered allowing the restrictions on numbers attending weddings depending on the size of individual venues to be informed by a public health risk assessment for venues as restrictions begin to ease; and the advice for couples planning a wedding in summer 2021. [22711/21]

Culture Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

42. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has any plans for funding incentives or policies for cultural institutions to tackle inequality by ensuring increased access and participation for persons on lower incomes and from working class backgrounds. [22447/21]

Culture Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

43. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline her policy to secure the repatriation of items of cultural heritage obtained through plunder and colonialism from the UK authorities to museums here and to repatriate items of cultural institutions from museums here to nations items that were unjustly taken. [22448/21]

Covid-19 Paindéim

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

49. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén pacáiste tacaíochta a bheas ar fáil do na coláistí, do na hallaí pobail agus do na mná agus na fir tí a bheas thíos leis toisc nach mbeidh daltaí dara leibhéal in ann freastal ar choláistí samhraidh Gaeltachta arís i mbliana mar a bhíodh roimh an bpaindéim. [22312/21]

Comhairle Aireachta Thuaidh-Theas

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

56. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil tuairim aici faoin gcruinniú Thuaidh-Theas maidir le cúrsaí teanga a cuireadh ar ceal le déanaí, cathain a reáchtálfar an cruinniú sin an athuair, agus cad atá á dhéanamh aici idir an dá linn chun tacú le hAcht Teanga ó Thuaidh agus comhoibriú uile-oileánda i leith na teanga a chur chun cinn. [21954/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

58. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has conducted research and preparation for the harmful impacts on the music, entertainment and live events sector of the UK sector reopening well ahead of the sector here; and the steps she has put in place to ensure commercial arts workers and businesses are not disadvantaged as a result. [21953/21]

Meath na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

96. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil sí fós sásta go bhfuil gach rud á dhéanamh ag an rialtas chun an Ghaeilge a neartú, mar a dúirt sí ina freagra ar cheist 127 an 1 Aibreán, sa chomhthéacs ina bhfuil bac ar Ghaeilgeoirí clárú do vacsaín Covid-19 nó an líne chabhrach a úsáid gan iompú ar an mBéarla. [21950/21]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

97. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil teagmháil déanta aici le déanaí le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta maidir le beartais teanga a cuid cliant-chomhlachtaí a neartú, chun a chinntiú nach bhfuil maoiniú stáit á thabhairt do chomhlachtaí atá ag diúltú cearta teanga Gaeilgeoirí sa Ghaeltacht, in aon áit eile sa stát nó ó Thuaidh. [21952/21]

Artists' Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

106. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the basic income for artists will be delivered; the stage the proposal is at; and if she will ensure that this provides artists and arts workers with the living wage. [21951/21]

Cúrsaí Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

135. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den an Taoisigh cé hiad na hionadaithe Gaeilge a bhfuil Aonad um Oileán Comhroinnte a Roinne tar éis plé a bheith acu leo, mar atá luaite ina fhreagra ar mo cheist uimhir 9 den 21 Aibreán, uimhir thagartha 18418/21. [22206/21]

Cúrsaí Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

136. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den an Taoisigh na dátaí agus na miontuairiscí den phlé a tharla idir ionadaithe Gaeilge agus Aonad um Oileán Comhroinnte a Roinne a chur in iúl don Teachta seo. [22207/21]

Craoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

364. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad é an difear ó thaobh aschur na seirbhíse nuachta teilifíse i mBéarla agus i nGaeilge ag RTÉ, briste síos ar an líon foirne, ceamraí, amanna craolta, buiséid an réamhthaifead, pá, agus maoiniú iomlán don dá seirbhís teanga. [21848/21]

Craoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

365. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad é an difear ó thaobh aschur na seirbhíse nuachta raidió i mBéarla agus i nGaeilge ag RTÉ, briste síos ar an líon foirne, treallamh, amanna craolta, buiséid an réamhthaifead, pá, agus maoiniú iomlán don dá seirbhís teanga. [21849/21]

Craoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

366. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an ndéanfaidh sí aon rud chun stop a chur leis na ciorruithe suntasacha atá fógartha ag RTÉ ar sheirbhís nuachta na Gaeilge, nó chun a chinntiú go mbeidh nuacht Gaeilge ar RTÉ agus TG4 fós in ann imeachtaí i mBaile Átha Cliath a chlúdach beo. [21850/21]

Craoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

367. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an dtabharfaidh sí tacaíocht ar leith chun iriseoireacht iniúchta trí Ghaeilge a chothú sna meáin, go háirithe RTÉ agus TG4. [21851/21]

Autism Support Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

556. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education the position regarding primary school places for children with additional needs in the Dublin 12 area; the steps each school in Dublin 12 has taken or will take to ensure that in September 2021 there will be sufficient spaces in the schools for ASD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21494/21]

Gaelscoil Issues

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

579. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais conas a fhreastalóidh sí ar an éileamh ar Ghaeloideachas ag an meánleibhéal i ndeisceart Bhaile Átha Cliath sa chomhthéacs ina bhfuil 850 dalta ar a cheann amuigh dó ar Ghaelscoileanna agus ina bhfuil Gaelscoil eile le bunú amach anseo timpeall Choill na Silíní agus ina mbeartaítear go n-osclófar meánscoil ann in 2022. [21756/21]

Carer's Leave

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

699. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider extending carer's leave to support carers who left work to care for a loved one, given the added difficulties due to Covid-19; if consideration will be given to ensure that leave taken during the Covid-19 pandemic for caring purposes is not included in the two years normally allowed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21449/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1096. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to discretionary or new temporary rules that can be applied to persons suffering from long-Covid such as a person (details supplied) to cover the medical costs of the condition. [22303/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1097. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to awarding temporary medical cards to long-Covid sufferers given that Covid-19 is a public health matter. [22304/21]

Shared Island Unit

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

9. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach an bhfuil plé déanta go fóill ag a aonad um oileán comhroinnte maidir le ról na Gaeilge i dtodhchaí chomhroinnte na hÉireann. [18418/21]

Departmental Projects

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

238. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 19 November 2020, when proposals will go to Cabinet following his consideration of the Digital Hub Agency strategic review which was completed early in 2020; when the report will be published; and if he still expects the transfer of the Digital Hub Agency to Dublin City Council to go ahead in 2021 nearly a decade after it was first mooted in 2012. [18872/21]

Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

278. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide an bhfuil aon obair fiosrúcháin nó pleanáil déanta ag a Roinn mar gheall ar an tionchar is féidir a bheith ag an athrú aeráide ar an nGaeltacht, agus mura bhfuil go fóill, an mbeadh sé sásta tabhairt faoin obair sin go luath. [20236/21]

Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

279. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide an bhfuil aon obair fiosrúcháin nó pleanáil déanta ag a Roinn mar gheall ar an tionchar is féidir a bheith ag an athrú aeráide ar an nGaeilge mar theanga sa tsochaí, agus mura bhfuil go fóill, an mbeadh sé sásta tabhairt faoin obair sin go luath. [20238/21]

Tax Code

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

467. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if there are differences in the approach of capital gains tax vis-à-vis inheritance in the case of an adopted person who leaves behind an estate and others; and if a capital gains tax of 44% is imposed on the estate of an adopted person who has left it to a blood relative or in the case of no blood relative being found that the estate becomes a State asset. [18373/21]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

613. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the jurisdictions in which the arts sector has specifically been chosen for universal basic income pilots as she stated it had been in an article (details supplied); and if she will provide citations for studies or reports conducted into these universal basic income pilot schemes that were specific to the arts sector describing their success or otherwise. [18563/21]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

614. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide or cite any evidence or studies upon which she based her statement that universal basic income is proven to encourage entrepreneurship and enhanced creativity in an article (details supplied). [18564/21]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

615. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on whether basic income for artists must be index-linked to take account of inflation. [18565/21]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

616. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on whether basic income for artists must be based on the living wage rather than the minimum wage alone in order to cover basic living costs. [18566/21]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

617. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated annual cost of providing the universal basic income pilot as proposed by the Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce in the A Life Worth Living report published in November 2020 to all workers in the arts sector including those not currently in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment. [18567/21]

Scoláireachtaí Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

620. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dáta faoina mbeidh na treoirlínte d'earnáil na gcoláistí samhraidh atá idir lámha ag a Roinn curtha ar fáil do choláistí samhraidh; cén dáta faoina mbeidh cinneadh déanta go mbeidh nó nach mbeidh na coláistí samhraidh in ann fáiltiú roimh dhaltaí i rith an tsamhraidh; agus an bhfuil airgead curtha i leataobh don chás ina mbeadh ciste cobhsaíochta ag teastáil arís. [18672/21]

Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

655. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil aon obair fiosrúcháin nó pleanáil déanta ag a Roinn mar gheall ar an tionchar is féidir a bheith ag an athrú aeráide ar an nGaeltacht, agus mura bhfuil go fóill, an mbeadh sí sásta tabhairt faoin obair sin go luath. [20235/21]

Gníomhú ar son na hAeráide

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

656. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil aon obair fiosrúcháin nó pleanáil déanta ag a Roinn mar gheall ar an tionchar is féidir a bheith ag an athrú aeráide ar an nGaeilge mar theanga sa tsochaí, agus mura bhfuil go fóill, an mbeadh sí sásta tabhairt faoin obair sin go luath. [20237/21]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

661. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad iarratas ar chead pleanála de gach cineál a rinne Údarás na Gaeltachta nó cliant-chuideachtaí dá chuid le cúig bliana anuas, briste síos de réir limistéar pleanála teanga Gaeltachta leis na sonraí seo a leanas: cé mhéad de na hiarratais phleanála a bhí déanta go hiomlán i nGaeilge amháin; cé mhéad acu a raibh na cáipéisí tacaíochta ar fad i mBéarla; agus cé mhéad acu a bhí go hiomlán i mBéarla amháin. [20590/21]

Cúrsaí Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

664. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéad airgead atá á chaitheamh ag a Roinn le cúrsaí trí Ghaeilge a sholáthar ag an tríú leibhéal, nach mbaineann leis an nGaeilge mar ábhar nó leis an múinteoireacht, ar nós Dlí, Eolaíochta, Gnó, agus cé mhéad mac léinn timpeall na tíre atá sna cúrsaí seo. [20770/21]

Urban Regeneration and Development Fund

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

721. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria for the recent URDF; the reason an application (details supplied) failed to meet this criteria; the person or body that adjudicated on the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18977/21]