Parliamentary questions

Departmental Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

365. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the specific projects and feature-length films funded by her Department through Screen Ireland funding in 2019 as referred to in the Public Service Performance Report 2019; and the amount in State funding given to each project. [21915/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

366. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the specific structural protection or assistance projects funded by her Department through historic structure fund and built heritage investment scheme grant schemes in 2019 as referred to in the Public Service Performance Report 2019 and the first six months of 2020; and the amount provided to each project. [21916/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

367. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the specific digital hubs funded by her Department in the Gaeltacht in 2019 referred to in the Public Service Performance Report 2019; and the amount provided to each hub. [21917/20]

Tourism Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

368. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the visitor figures to cultural institutions in 2019 referred to in the Public Service Performance Report 2019 by cultural institution. [21918/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

369. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the specific heritage education initiatives funded by her Department in 2019 referred to in the Public Service Performance Report 2019; the amount provided to each initiative in funding; and the number of children engaged by each initiative. [21919/20]

Heritage Projects

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

370. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the specific historic towns engaged in programmes of heritage-led regeneration by her Department in 2019; and the amount provided to each town in funding. [21920/20]

Island Communities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

371. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the specific contracts agreed to ensure ferry, cargo and air services to the offshore islands; and the specific per month number of passengers or tonnage carried by each contracted service in 2019. [21921/20]

Arts Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

372. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the reason the target set by her Department for events with Irish artists abroad in 2019 was not met; and the steps she has taken to ensure future targets are met. [21922/20]

Value Added Tax

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

377. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if the case has been made by her officials to the Department of Finance for labour for arts and entertainment to be treated equally to other services in terms of VAT. [22281/20]

Commemorative Events

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

378. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht her plans for the Decade of Centenary State commemorations between 2021 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22284/20]

Commemorative Events

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

379. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht the funding which is allocated to Decade of Centenaries commemorations and other commemorative events by her Department for 2020. [22285/20]

Local Authority Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

380. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if her Department contributes funding to local authorities to allow them to employ an arts officer in each council; and the funding provided to run arts and culture programmes during the year. [22287/20]

Cúrsaí Oidhreachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

382. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Meán, Turasóireachta, Ealaíon, Cultúir, Spóirt agus Gaeltachta cad iad na pleananna atá ag an rialtas chun comóradh a dhéanamh ar 1500 bliain ó rugadh Naomh Colmcille agus ar an ról lárnach a bhí aige mar nasc idir oidhreacht na hÉireann, na hAlban, agus na hEorpa; cén tacaíocht a thabharfaidh an rialtas don chlár Colmcille 1500 atá á eagrú ar bhonn comhpháirtíochta ag Foras na Gaeilge agus Bòrd na Gàidhlig in Albain. [22469/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

648. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department and the Department of Social Protection have estimated the cost of maintaining the pandemic unemployment payment at the previous €350 a week for workers in the entertainment and arts sectors shut down and restricted by Covid-19 health measures by each month that will be required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22279/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

725. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the arrangements and restrictions in place for education and training for participants of social protection programmes such as community employment, Tús and so on; and if classes and other activities must be restricted to six participants. [22006/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

746. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of artists and those working in the entertainment industry that were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment at €350 a week in June 2020; and the number in September 2020 on the reduced rate of the payment. [22280/20]

Community Training Centres

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

838. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the venues used by community education providers that deliver courses and training, for example, community employment schemes can be regarded as education facilities in order that numbers in the classroom can be over six persons; and the maximum number of persons which some of the local community venues utilised to deliver the courses are insisting on being complied with. [21880/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

980. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason Irish dancing lessons and similar cultural pursuits for young persons are restricted to five students maximum regardless of venue in view of the fact 50 persons can congregate in gyms and school classrooms of more than 30 students face no such restrictions; the action she plans to take to ensure the survival and success of Irish dancing through the Covid-19 pandemic. [22283/20]

Community Training Centres

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1274. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if the venues used by community education providers that deliver courses and training, for example, community employment schemes can be regarded as education facilities in order that numbers in the classroom can be over six persons; and the maximum number of persons which some of the local community venues utilised to deliver the courses are insisting on being complied with. [21881/20]

Special Educational Needs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

14. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken to establish a special school at a school (details supplied). [19032/20]

Special Educational Needs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

35. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the communications she has had in relation to the need to establish a special school for children with learning disabilities in the Dublin 12 committee. [19033/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

54. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has had discussions with the Minister of Media, Culture, Tourism and Gaeltacht regarding the need to protect artists, those working in the events business and musicians with a continuation of the higher Covid-19 payments until such time as the sector can recommence in full. [18996/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

73. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she will take to protect artists, those working in the events business and musicians with a continuation of the higher Covid-19 payments until such time as the sector can recommence in full. [18997/20]

Curaclam Scoile

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

179. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le conas a dháilfear pointí bónais i dtaca leis an gcúrsa Gaeilge úr atá á fhorbairt ag an gComhairle Náisiúnta Curaclaim agus Measúnachta (NCCA) chun a chinntiú go roghnóidh daltaí, cainteoirí dúchais agus siad súid a bhfuil Gaeilge líofa acu ach go háirithe, an cúrsa úr dúshlánach, mar chuid dá n-ábhair scrúdaithe don Ardteistiméireacht amach anseo. [19252/20]

Waterways Ireland

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

311. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider giving additional funding to an organisation (details supplied) to allow it to enhance the Grand Canal from Harold’s Cross Bridge to Park West Bridge. [19166/20]

Waterways Ireland

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

312. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider giving additional funding to an organisation (details supplied) so that in conjunction with Dublin City Council it can enhance the tow-paths along the Grand Canal from Harold’s Cross Bridge to Blackhorse Bridge to make it more secure on both sides of the canal, to develop a continuous cycleway linking to that from the Grange in County Dublin to Blackhorse Bridge and to upgrade the existing paths for pedestrians. [19167/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

313. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the taskforce on the recovery for the arts sector post-Covid-19 will be set up; and the membership and remit of same. [19168/20]

Project Ireland 2040

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

314. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific projects funded under the Project Ireland 2040 capital plan; the amount committed to each project pre-Covid-19 and as a result of emergency funding. [19174/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

315. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist aici dul i gcomhairle leis na páirtithe leasmhara sula bhfoilsíonn sí an plean cuimsitheach tarrthála i ndiaidh Covid-19 go luath. [19175/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

316. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta chun na hallaí pobail atá tar éis cúnamh airgead a fháil de thairbhe ar Covid-19 I mbliana, agus luach an deontas sin. [19176/20]

Middle East Peace Process

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

408. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to give official recognition to the State of Palestine. [19173/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

418. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the stock of PPE held in reserve by his Department in anticipation of a second wave of Covid-19 or another health emergency requiring all Defence Forces and Civil Defence personnel to be issued with same on a 24-7 basis. [19171/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

557. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Skills the stock of PPE held in reserve by her Department in anticipation of a second wave of Covid-19 or another health emergency requiring all teachers and school personnel to be equipped with same 24-7. [19170/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

822. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the stock of personal protective equipment, PPE, held in reserve by her Department in anticipation of a second wave of Covid-19 or another health emergency requiring all members of An Garda Síochána, the Probation Service, prison staff and other related services to be equipped 24-7 with same. [19172/20]

Hospital Appointments Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

928. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation. [18143/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1094. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the stock of PPE held in reserve by his Department and the HSE in anticipation of a second wave of Covid-19 or another health emergency requiring all medical staff to be equipped 24-7 with same. [19169/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

13. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén uair a bheidh plean cuimsitheach tharrthála iar-Covid-19 foilsithe aici don Ghaeilge agus Gaeltachta. [17297/20]

Arts Plan

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

18. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she will publish a comprehensive Covid-19 recovery roadmap for the arts. [17292/20]

Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

25. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén tacaíocht atá curha ar fháil aici do na hallaí pobail san Ghaeltacht atá i mbaol dúnadh go h-iomlán toisc an teip ar a ioncam i mbliana toisc an pandemic, agus an ardú árachas atá á bhuaileadh anois. [17294/20]

Maoiniú Údarás na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

26. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén céimeanna atá glactha aici chun cuidiú le Údarás na Gaeltachta teacht tríd an géarrchéim Covid-19 agus an easpa maoine atá ortha le breis is 10 mbliana. [17296/20]

Maoiniú Údarás na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

48. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist aici tacaíocht a thabhairt don athchomarc atá á lorg ag Comhchumann agus muintir Rath Chairn i gcoinne cead pleanála a bhronn An Bord Pleanála do tithe agus lóistín bheith tógtha san Ghaeltacht acu gan coinníollacha teanga láidir bheith ceangailte leis. [17295/20]

Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

56. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén uair a fhoilseoidh sí Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla athuair; agus an bhfuil sé i gceist aici deileáil le na bearnaí ollmhór aithinte san dréacht a d'fhoilsigh an Rialtas deirí. [17293/20]

Oideachas Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

255. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta ar lorg sí athbhreithniú ar an gcinneadh sláinte nach n-osclófar campaí samhraidh Muintearas srl i mbliana ach amháin iad siúd a bheidh amuigh faoin aer, ionas go ligfear dóibh siúd ag a raibh hallaí nó ionaid phobail srl a bhí mór go leor a bheith istigh ar feadh cuid de na campaí samhraidh [17407/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

256. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional supports given the film industry to help it overcome the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. [17408/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

257. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional supports provided to musicians and the music industry to help overcome the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. [17409/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

258. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional supports provided to visual artists and the Arts Council to help overcome the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. [17410/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

259. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional supports provided to actors and those working in drama and producing plays to help overcome the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. [17411/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

260. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional supports provided to singers and the music industry to help the overcome the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. [17412/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

261. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional supports provided to organisations (details supplied) and those associated or working with the traditional Irish music sector to help them survive and overcome the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. [17413/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

262. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the additional supports provided to local theatres and arts venues to help the overcome the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. [17414/20]