Parliamentary questions

Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

106. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide cá mhéad uair a pléadh ina Roinn an Ghaeilge i bhforbairt Re-turn, agus cad iad na coinníollacha a leag sé síos lena chinntiú go mbeadh an Ghaeilge san áireamh i seirbhísí Re-turn.
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Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

107. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Comhshaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide cén fáth nach bhfuil an tseirbhís Re-turn ach i mBéarla amháin, i limistéir Ghaeltachta san áireamh, agus cén fáth gur theip ar Re-turn seirbhís as Gaeilge a chur ar fáil in aon ceann dá innill nó in aon chuid dá mhargaíocht in áit ar bith sa tír, agus an nglacann sé leis go bhfuil sé sin ag teacht salach ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla agus ar an gClár Rialtais maidir leis an nGaeilge a chur chun cinn, ina ngealltar limistéir Ghaeltachta a chosaint agus a chaomhnú lena chinntiú go mbeidh siad i gcroílár na teanga beo i gcónaí, agus cé na céimeanna atá á nglacadh aige chun an cás a cheartú [14596/24]

Road Safety

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

208. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to encourage An Garda Síochána to tackle the dangers of users of e-scooters, motorised bicycles and bicycles not wearing high-vis clothing, having no visible back or front lights, and complying with rules of the road, and generally not being aware of their own safety or other road users while driving/cycling (details supplied). [14261/24]

Special Educational Needs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

476. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) who is 13 years of age has been refused a SENO grant for their school. [14499/24]

Special Educational Needs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

522. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education her views regarding a six-year-old child with special needs who cannot obtain a school placement for junior infants (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14923/24]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

579. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for a list of capital projects funded under Stream E in the past five years; and to detail how much money was allocated to each project. [15057/24]

Departmental Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

580. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what money is available for the development of new artist workspaces. [15058/24]

Departmental Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

581. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what money has been allocated to artist workspaces in the past five years. [15059/24]

Departmental Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

582. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what funding is available to amateur arts in Ireland, including choirs. [15060/24]

Mayoral Election

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

658. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what progress has been made to have an election for a directly elected mayor for the city of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14601/24]

Social Insurance

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

806. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the options available for self-employed persons paying a PRSI S Stamp but with underlying health issues for which insurance companies will not issue with income protection cover, meaning they have no sick pay cover in event of illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15288/24]

Child Protection

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1058. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how Tusla deploys personnel and resources; and if it is per head of population or area-based need. [13618/24]

Child Protection

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1059. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many referrals were received by Tusla for the Dublin 10 area for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and what actions were taken for these referrals. [13619/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1071. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason it is taking so long for a child (details supplied) who is nearly 5.5 years of age to have their AON completed. [13765/24]

Health Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1330. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the growing concern in the Drimnagh area of Dublin 12 regarding the provision of public PHNMs (details supplied). [14212/24]

Defence Forces

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

7. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to list the military equipment, munitions and hardware purchased from Israeli-based or Israeli-owned defence companies in each of the past ten years; the current contracts that are awaiting delivery over the next five years; and the value of each. [13274/24]

heading

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

24. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the decommissioning of the LÉ Eithne is scheduled to proceed. [13273/24]

Road Safety

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

82. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport when he will fund and encourage the Road Safety Authority roll-out a campaign on social media in particular aimed at tackling the dangers of users of escooters, motorised bicycles and bicycles (details supplied). [13272/24]

Bus Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

106. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport is he aware of problems associated with the roll-out of the BusConnects programme which has resulted in a disconnect between the service now offered and that which bus passengers used in the past in the Crumlin area of Dublin; and if he is further aware of the need for a quicker engagement with communities affected to make logical adjustments to routes to cater for those affected. [13271/24]

Foreign Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

127. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the State has never officially recognised the slaughter of Armenians in 1915 as a genocide; and whether he would officially recognise and remember that genocide this year on an appropriate date, such as remembrance day on 24 April. [13430/24]

Road Safety

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

165. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport if he funds the National Transport Authority’s installations of school zones as part of the Safer Routes to School Programme; the process and the funding stream; the progress to date; what schools have engaged in the programme; the schools that have had school zones installed; when the next round of funding/applications will be announced in order that other schools can benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13429/24]

Health Services Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

294. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to list the number of public health nurses covering the Dublin 8, 10 and 12 areas; the catchment population they cover; the length of time there has been a vacancy or absence of cover due to staff holidays, unfilled posts or illnesses in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13398/24]

Health Services Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

295. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health what measures are taken in the case of a vacancy in a local public health nurse's position to address a backlog which has built up when the new person is put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13399/24]

Departmental Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

138. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the originating airport that an aircraft (details supplied) took off from before its initial landing at Casement Aerodrome, County Dublin on 10 September 2004; and the time of this landing and any subsequent landings that day. [12645/24]

Bus Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

149. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that the removal of the 18 bus service has left residents of the Cashel Avenue/Ravensdale Park area in Crumlin without not only a bus connection with Ballyfermot and Palmerstown, but also without one that services Crumlin Village, and that, as a result, many elderly residents now have difficulties attending mass and going to their local Credit Union, Post Office and supermarket; and could the reconnection of this area of Crumlin with Ballyfermot, Palmerstown and, most urgently, Crumlin village, be re-examined. [11533/24]

Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

423. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais anan bhfuil sé ag teacht salach ar chearta páistí go mbeadh an Stát ag brú orthu aistriú ó oideachas trí Ghaeilge go hoideachas trí Bhéarla agus iad ag tosú a saol scoile meánscolaíochta, le heaspa soláthar Gaelcholáistí; an beartas córais iompair scoile ag cur bac orthu in amanna freastal ar an nGaelcholáiste is giorra dóibh; easpa soláthar múinteoirí ar féidir leo ábhair an churaclaim a mhúineadh trí Ghaeilge líofa chuig leibhéal na hArdteistiméireachta; easpa áiseanna múinte agus téascleabhar trí Ghaeilge cothrom le dáta, ag an am céanna agus ar an gcaighdeán céanna is atá a macasamhail i mBéarla; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [12005/24]

Wildlife Regulations

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

670. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a possible increased danger to the public was taken when extending the deer hunting season period to include August which is still the most outdoor popular holiday season (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12673/24]

Wildlife Regulations

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

794. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons injured each year as a result of discharges from licensed firearms by deer hunters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12674/24]

Medicinal Products

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1424. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the growing concern of diabetics regarding the difficulties in obtaining ozempic, some persons are finding it impossible to obtain the drug. [12579/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1537. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the growing concern at the fact that there appears to be currently inordinate delays in accessing blood tests in public hospitals in some cases nine weeks. [13263/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1538. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the increasing length of time it is taking for people to get a public hospital blood test done. [13264/24]

Immigration Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

41. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he was asked for advice ahead of the Minister for Justice declaring additional safe countries of origin in immigration terms recently, and if so, what that advice was based on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10801/24]

Middle East

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

64. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what additional supports have been authorised to the UNWRA since the Israeli's most recent attempt to undermine its work led to the withdrawal or pause of funding from many of the prime donors; what additional steps can be taken to encourage donor countries to re-engage, or new donors to take up the significant shortfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10802/24]

Digital Archiving

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

168. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the plans to make a full-back catalogue of the official Defence Forces magazine, An Cosantóir, from 1940, available online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11266/24]

Defence Forces

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

142. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware of any senior Air Corps officers/members being arrested or charged under recent coercive control legislation; what are the procedures relating to such a case; whether the Defence Forces are required to take any internal disciplinary action against an individual under investigation and pending the conclusion of the civil proceedings; are they required to fully cooperate with An Garda Síochána in such investigations; and are they required to allow gardaí search offices or hand over computers and related items for forensic analysis, and look at the internal disciplinary or complaints record relating an individual as part of an civil authorities investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9949/24]

National Cultural Institutions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

143. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether he has had any recent communication with the Minister for Culture, Tourism, Arts, Sport and Media regarding the setting up of an Irish Naval Museum in Cork Harbour (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10094/24]

National Cultural Institutions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

144. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the steps he and the Naval Service authorities have taken in the past five years since it was agreed to decommission the LÉ Eithne to secure the historical legacy of the Naval Service flagship (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10095/24]

National Cultural Institutions

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

145. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the likely cost or return from the of scrapping the LÉ Eithne and can he point to previous sales, decommissioning or scrapping of Irish Naval Service ships cost effectiveness; to list what occurred and the costs associated in each case for the past 30 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10096/24]

Oideachas Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

308. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cé mhéid airgid a chaitheann an Rialtas in aghaidh na bliana ar an gComhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta & Gaelscolaíochta. [10381/24]

Museum Projects

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

341. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has considered the purchase, or encouraging the owners to make a cultural donation to the State, of Ernest Shackleton's Polar medal, which is being touted for sale so it can be displayed along with other artefacts relating to his and other Irish explorers of the Polar regions over the centuries in an appropriate museum collection in Ireland that is open to the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10024/24]

An Teanga Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

350. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cé mhéid airgid a chaitheann an Rialtas in aghaidh na bliana ar chlár Cholmcille, a chuireann cás Ghaeilge na hÉireann agus cás Ghaeilge na hAlban araon chun cinn. [10382/24]

An Garda Síochána

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

495. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Dlí agus Cirt eolas a thabhairt maidir le comórtais earcaíochta don Gharda Síochána idir 2022 agus 2024, go háirithe líon iomlán na n-iarrthóirí, líon na ndaoine a léirigh suim sa tSruth Gaeilge, líon iomlán na n-iarrthóirí a cháiligh mar Gharda agus líon na n-iarrthóirí ón tSruth Gaeilge a cháiligh mar Gharda. [10587/24]

Departmental Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

550. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hours companies that deliver care in the home to those with a disability that are reimbursed to the HSE annually (details supplied); how the hours are calculated, invoiced and paid for in advance of the knowledge of missed hours being informed to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10098/24]

Health Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

625. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health further to a previous Parliamentary Question, if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if this charge can be made against them. [9991/24]

Health Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

628. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) and their chosen care facility. [10001/24]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

638. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to legislate to bring greater legal clarity in respect of health CBD products [10048/24]

Home Help Service

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

657. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of hours companies that deliver care in the home to the elderly that are reimbursed to the HSE annually (details supplied); how the hours are calculated, invoiced and paid for in advance of the knowledge of missed hours being informed to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10098/24]

An Teanga Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

802. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta cé mhéid airgid a chaitheann an Rialtas in aghaidh na bliana chun tacú le hAcadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge. [10379/24]

An Teanga Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

803. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta cé mhéid airgid a chaitheann an Rialtas in aghaidh na bliana chun tacú le soláthar cúrsaí trí Ghaeilge i bhforais tríú leibhéal. [10380/24]

Defence Forces

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

157. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence why the archive of the official Defence Forces magazine, An Cosantóir, first published in 1940, is no longer online; who took the decision to have it removed; if there are plans to make a full back catalogue, and not just the current edition, available online in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9746/24]