Parliamentary questions

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]

Home Care Packages

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

655. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the assistance being given to a person (details supplied) whose care service provider withdrew their services. [58847/21]

Home Care Packages

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

656. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortage in home care providers and the impact this is having on ability for families to care for their loved ones in the home. [58848/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

713. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to problems with the close contact notification system of the HSE in that it does not recognise foreign mobile numbers and therefore many migrant workers in factories around the country who often retain their home phone numbers could be oblivious of the fact that they may have been in contact with someone who had contracted Covid-19 and the need for them to have a PCR test themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59033/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

714. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that migrant workers flying into Ireland are being made fully aware of the Covid-19 health guidelines being their employers, their agencies and their hosts; the checks that are being carried out by HAS or HSE Covid-19 compliance staff to ensure that the guidelines in factory settings especially are being complied with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59034/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

72. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the problems facing artists with disabilities as highlighted by a campaign (details supplied), arising from the means testing of the blind pension and disability allowance; and the measures she plans to introduce to ensure artists with disabilities are not forced to choose between earning from their work and maintaining their vital stable social protection support as is currently the case. [57939/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

83. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to undertake an independent external analysis of the impact of the pandemic unemployment payment on different sectors, particularly the arts sector, given the proposals to introduce a basic income pilot scheme in that sector, and the potential relevant feedback from the experience of the pandemic unemployment payment as a basic income guarantee for workers unable to work due to Covid-19 restrictions. [57938/21]

An Garda Síochána

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

130. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Dlí agus Cirt cén fáth nach bhfuil freagra aici go fóill dom ar mo cheisteanna faoin ísliú stádais a thug sí don Ghaeilge sa Gharda Síochána, go háirithe Ceisteanna Parlaiminte uimhir 536 agus 537 a cuireadh uirthi an 9 Samhain 2021, in ainneoin go raibh an tAire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán in ann eolas a thabhairt dúinn maidir leis an gceist chéanna ina freagra ar Cheist uimhir 308, a cuireadh uirthi an lá céanna; an bhfreagróidh sí na ceisteanna sin anois; agus cén fáth a bhfuair sí réidh le riachtanas Gaeilge don Gharda Síochána agus do Choimisinéir an Gharda Síochána, tar éis di a admháil go bhfuil gá cur leis an nGaeilge san eagraíocht, tar éis gur sháraigh siad an dlí de réir tuarascála ón gCoimisinéir Teanga a leagadh faoi bhráid Thithe an Oireachtais. [57953/21]

Local Authorities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

281. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council has agreed to long-term leasing of homes with a British arms manufacturer (details supplied); and his views on whether local authorities should be engaged in long-term leasing with pension funds or vulture funds in this way. [57235/21]

Local Authorities

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

282. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Dublin City Council has agreed to the long-term leasing of six homes from a British arms manufacturer (details supplied); his views on whether contracts between the city council or another local authority should be bound by ethical guidelines and that such companies should not be allowed wash war profits through building property portfolios in Ireland; if he will request the Council to withdraw from the completion of lease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57236/21]

Hospital Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

227. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the strategy in place increase the number of neurology nurses from its current low base to 100 and in the case of St. James’s Hospital from four to ten which would be the international recommended number based on the hospital’s catchment area. [56313/21]

Hospital Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

228. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that investing in more neurology nurses in the health service is a cost efficient way of improving the efficiency of outpatient clinics, reducing waiting times and ensuring that patients have access to the specialist support they need to manage their conditions; and his views on the current low numbers employed in the hospital network. [56314/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

89. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimate and outturn for each of the financial votes that he must account for in each of the past five years; the estimate for 2022; the percentage of each vote that is for capital or current expenditure; and the percentage each year spent on salaries and pensions within the current spend. [53523/21]

Digital Hubs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

147. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure that section 15(6)(c) of the Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003 will be observed and that a representative of the local community be appointed by him with immediate effect to replace the previous representative whose term expired on 2 June 2021 (details supplied). [55629/21]

Regeneration Projects

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

290. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress on the regeneration of the St. Michael’s site, Emmet Road, Inchicore, Dublin 8 including the finances allocated, the proposed loan from the EIB and other ways that the Government can subsidise this project in order to ensure that the rents are realistic and truly affordable while not compromising on the quality of design. [55930/21]

Medical Cards

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

594. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been denied to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55823/21]

Vaccination Programme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

595. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason holders of full medical cards are not automatically eligible for the flu vaccine given that many of those in possession of a medical card have it on the basis of low income and therefore would find it difficult to afford the €20 to €25 cost of the flu jab in a pharmacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55824/21]

Vaccination Programme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

597. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the initiative has been taken to increase the level of the HPV vaccine take up among older teenagers that did not or could not avail of the school based immunisation programme when in first year in school; if consideration has been given to a free or low cost vaccination drive to encourage girls that would have been due to have their HPV injections in the years 2015, 2016 or 2017 when the take-up dipped below the 80% annually before those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55864/21]

Vaccination Programme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

598. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the regional take up of the HPV vaccination programme for each year since it first rolled out for schoolgoing girls and later boys by percentage and numbers. [55865/21]

Vaccination Programme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

599. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if there has been costings prepared in relation to the possibility of a vaccination programme for the cohort of school going of girls who missed their HPV school based vaccination appointment during the previous years of the programme, given that the cost of having the vaccine administered from the person’s doctor can be a deterrent to be vaccinated, which is at odds with the aims of the programme to eliminate the virus among the population. [55866/21]

Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

106. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil sí ar an eolas faoin easpa teiripeoirí urlabhra le Gaeilge a bhféadfadh measúnú a dhéanamh ar Ghaeilgeoirí óga sa Ghaeltacht; gur i mBéarla amháin atá seirbhísí ríthábhachtacha ar nós Childline agus iad á maoiniú ag an Stát agus ar sheirbhísí iad nach féidir freastal ar Ghaeilgeoirí óga sa Ghaeltacht nó lasmuigh di, go háirithe iad siúd gan mórán Béarla acu; faoin easpa deiseanna do Ghaeilgeoirí leanúint ar aghaidh leis an oideachas lán-Ghaeilge tar éis na bunscoile toisc easpa Gaelcholáistí agus spásanna iontu a bheith in easnamh; an bhfuil cás na Gaeltachta agus na Gaeilge pléite aici go fóill leis na hAirí eile atá freagrach as na seirbhísí sin; agus mura bhfuil, an bhfuil sí sásta, mar Aire atá freagrach as an nGaeltacht agus as cur chun cinn na teanga náisiúnta, bualadh leo nó scríobh chuig na hAirí eile chun a chur ina luí orthu an drochthionchar atá ag an gcur chuige sin ar chearta agus ar dhea-bhail phobail labhartha na Gaeilge agus ar dhaoine óga sa Ghaeltacht atá faoi bhrú iompú ar an mBéarla chun bunseirbhísí a fháil. [55414/21]

Departmental Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

111. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the funding provided by the Ulster-Scots Agency to a festival (details supplied) was used to organise centenary celebrations of partition and of the creation of a sectarian statelet in the North of Ireland; her views on the appropriateness of this use of State funds by a Good Friday Agreement body; and her further views on whether it appropriate for a Good Friday Agreement body to be co-financing and endorsing a festival, which she acknowledged in response to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 2 November 2021 involved a living history component celebrating the sectarian B-Specials. [55155/21]

Income Inequality

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

152. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the position regarding her plans to introduce a basic income pilot for artists given the delayed tender to facilitate stakeholder engagement; if that stakeholder engagement has taken place to date; if not, when it will take place; and if she will direct the Arts Council to introduce a hardship fund in the meantime given that the basic income pilot is still being developed to ensure artists struggling to pay bills and repay mortgages as a result of the impact of pandemic restrictions on their work are adequately supported until such time as the industry can fully recover. [55154/21]

An Garda Síochána

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

308. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán ar cuireadh a Roinn ar an eolas sular glacadh an cinneadh ar an 13 Iúil 2021 fáil réidh leis an dualgas ar ábhar Sáirsint an grád 50% a fháil sa Scrúdú Inniúlachta Béil sa Ghaeilge; an dtagann an cinneadh sin salach ar thiomantas an rialtais an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn sa státseirbhís mar atá ráite ag an Aire agus an Aire Stáit, agus an impeoidh sí ar an Aire Dlí agus Cirt dul siar ar an gcinneadh sin a dhéanfadh dochar don Ghaeilge sa Gharda Síochána. [54511/21]

An Garda Síochána

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

536. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Dlí agus Cirt cén fáth ar dhearbhaigh sí, ar an 13 Iúil 2021, nach bhfuil dualgas a thuilleadh ar ábhar Sáirsint an grád 50% a fháil sa Scrúdú Inniúlachta Béil sa Ghaeilge mar cheann de na cáilíochtaí chun ardú céime a fháil go céim an tSáirsint, agus an Garda Síochána lochtach cheana féin ó thaobh na Gaeilge de, de réir an Choimisinéara Teanga. [54509/21]

An Garda Síochána

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

537. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Dlí agus Cirt ar labhair sí leis an Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán faoi chás na Gaeilge sa Gharda Síochána sular ghlac sí an cinneadh ar an 13 Iúil 2021 gan dualgas a bheith ar ábhar Sáirsint a thuilleadh an grád 50% a fháil sa Scrúdú Inniúlachta Béil sa Ghaeilge mar cheann de na cáilíochtaí chun ardú céime a fháil go céim an tSáirsint. [54510/21]

Rail Network

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

117. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport the progress that has been made on the Luas extension to Lucan; the timeframe for the delivery of the Luas; and when communities along the chosen route will be consulted and informed of the plans. [53591/21]

Rail Network

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

148. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport the timeframe for Metro North; when the railway order for same is expected to be issued; the reason for the delay in the delivery of same to date; if the service will be built in tandem with Metro South; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53592/21]

Health Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

351. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will consider allowing a person (details supplied) to remain in the care of a service. [53774/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

122. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the meetings or consultations that took place between his Department and representatives of the live performance and nightlife sector, including workers and businesses, in the week prior to the announcements on 19 October of the plans to ease restrictions on the sector. [53306/21]