Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Traffic Management

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

171. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport what impacts his Department anticipates for a road (details supplied) as a result of the BusConnects scheme roll-out. [53414/23]

Disability Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

486. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a CDNT. [53667/23]

Substance Misuse

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

330. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health what steps have been taken under the National Drugs Strategy to ensure that drugs rehabilitation projects have the capacity and supports required to benefit from the ring-fenced T-coded CE places for those recovering from drug or alcohol addiction; and her views on the issue. [51680/23]

Grúpaí Idir-Rannacha

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

114. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cathain a fhoilseofar na Treoirlínte Pleanála Gaeltachta; an gcinnteoidh sé go mbeidh ionadaíocht don phobal Gaeltachta ar an bhfochoiste idir-rannach atá bunaithe le práinn ag a Roinn agus ag Roinn na Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [48385/23]

Scéimeanna agus Tacaíochtaí Tithíochta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

160. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta an gcuirfidh sé scéim tithíochta shainiúil don Ghaeltacht ar bun, anuas ar (nó lasmuigh de) Croí Cónaithe, scéim amhail is atá leagtha amach sa Phlean Fáis, 2024-2029, cáipéis a bhfuil tacaíocht tugtha ag 138 ngrúpa Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta di, lena n-áirítear Conradh na Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [48386/23]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

197. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of fish kills caused by the Irish Air Corps since 1991 in rivers near Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, County Dublin, in particular the River Camac, and the steps taken to make sure such fish kills never happen again. [48393/23]

Arts Centres

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

580. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how a community should go about trying to secure support from Government to establish a local arts centre; if she is aware of the demand in Athenry, County Galway, in particular; what support she can provide to their efforts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48039/23]

Reachtaíocht Teanga

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

802. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Dlí agus Cirt soiléiriú a thabhairt faoi conas a thug an Rialtas freagra i leith cinntí de chuid na gcúirteanna maidir leis an dá athbhreithniú bhreithiúnacha a bhain leis an gceart aistriúchán comhuaineach a fháil le linn cás coiriúil, agus argóintí an Stáit le linn na hathbhreithnithe sin a fhoilsiú. [47587/23]

Visa Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

830. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on a visa extension application (details supplied) which was submitted on 9 August 2023, over 11 weeks ago; the estimated date for when the application will be processed to completion; if she will make every effort to process it as soon as possible, given the consequences to the employment of the applicant, the financial strain and the distress caused as a result of the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48048/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1277. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48384/23]

Tax Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

197. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 17 October 2023, to name the third party sources used to cost the zero-rating of VAT on e-books and audiobooks in Budget 2024; to provide the third party's estimate for household expenditure used to calculate the €3 million cost figure; and to comment on the due diligence, if any, undertaken by his Department of the third party in question and its figures. [46355/23]

Artists' Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

3. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to comment on the ongoing campaign led by Irish Equity seeking to end the practice of Irish performers and writers facing obstacles such as needing to sign so-called buy-out contracts in order to work in the audiovisual arts, including projects funded by her Department; and if she will ensure that the issuing of funding of cultural certificates by her Department will be contingent on eradicating this practice and supporting performers and writers. [45920/23]

Scéimeanna Teanga

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

24. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil sé i gceist aici Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge a thabhairt ar ais an bliain seo chugainn; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [45591/23]

Departmental Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

56. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to explain where the funding is being repurposed from within her Department's arts and culture programme to fund the increases announced for the Arts Council, Culture Ireland, Screen Ireland, Safe to Create, and Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, given the overall programme budget is only increasing by 0.7% in Budget 2024. [45588/23]

Pleanáil Teanga

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

58. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an dtacaíonn sí leis an bPlean Fáis atá foilsithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [45590/23]

Cúrsaí Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

93. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil sé i gceist aige straitéis a fhorbairt, nó an cás reatha a fhiosrú, maidir le soláthar cúrsaí tríú leibhéal trí mheán na Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [45593/23]

An Teanga Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

122. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil cur chun cinn na litearthachta i nGaeilge mar chuid den Straitéis Litearthachta Fadsaoil do Dhaoine Fásta a sheol sé i mbliana agus ráiteas a thabhairt ar chur chuige an Rialtais maidir le litearthacht a spreagadh sa Ghaeilge. [45592/23]

Tax Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

161. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance to explain how the estimated €3 million cost figure was arrived at in relation to the proposed VAT zero-rating of ebooks and audiobooks in budget 2024, including by outlining the number of ebooks and audiobooks sold annually and the average price of ebooks and audiobooks used in calculating this figure. [44957/23]

General Practitioner Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

507. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health is he aware that as of September 2023 the HSE no longer allocates a GP to medical card holders if they are unable to find in their locality a GP with capacity to take them onto their patient lists; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some case severely ill patients whose existing GP is retiring and who are dependent on GPs to issue their repeat three-monthly prescriptions, will now have to rely on attending hospital monthly to ensure continuation of supply. [44728/23]

Hospital Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

508. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason that St. James's Hospital has ended the GP blood clinic (details supplied). [44729/23]

Health Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

509. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health is he aware that the Limekiln Lane Health Centre, Dublin, has ended its important development checks on two-year-olds; the steps that are being taken to reopen the service which parents of young children were dependent on; and his views on the matter which is causing stress to parents. [44730/23]

General Practitioner Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

512. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the steps a person should take to get medical treatment from a doctor, given that their existing GP is retiring and he has been unable to find another practice in Dublin 8, 10, 12, 20 or 22 that will take them on to ensure continuity of treatment for liver disease and continuity of medication after the current three-month prescription runs out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44737/23]

Film Industry

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

22. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the practice of so-called ‘buy-out’ contracts in the film industry, and the campaign by Irish performers and writers to secure their future residual payments from work on film through stronger implementation of the European Copyright Directive; the action, he plans to take to address their concerns and ensure that Irish performers are not forced to work for worse terms and conditions than performers from other countries working on the same films; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44317/23]

An Teanga Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

50. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Fiontar, Trádála agus Fostaíochta an bhfuil aon dul chun cinn déanta maidir le comhráite idir a Roinn agus an feachtas ar son pacáistiú dátheangach sna siopaí; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [44318/23]

General Practitioner Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

177. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if he will address a mater (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44486/23]

Recycling Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

41. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps being taken to introduce the EU Textile EPR Directive of July 2023 for fashion brands in Ireland; whether retailers and producers will be encouraged to work with social enterprise and charitable companies primarily to deliver on the intention to extend the lifetime of textiles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44068/23]

Recycling Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

42. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress that has been made in relation to the measures set out in the A Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy Ireland’s National Waste Policy 2020-2025 in relation to developing a separate collection framework proposals which would take account of the potential global impacts of the international trade in used textiles and whether any consultation has been had with Ireland’s recycled textile collection operators. [44074/23]

Recycling Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

43. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the regulations that exist to regulate the distribution, location and operation of textile collection banks [44075/23]

Legislative Measures

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

54. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport if the stakeholder engagement relating to horse-drawn carriages has been satisfactorily completed; and when he plans to bring forward legislation to allow local authorities to regulate horse-drawn carriages for hire or reward, the associated insurance, registration, horse welfare and other related issues. [43545/23]

Tax Reliefs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

98. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance where the intellectual property rights of a designated activity company, established for the purpose of section 481 tax relief, go upon the dissolution of the said company. [43580/23]

Tax Credits

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

115. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance his plans to organise the stakeholder forum to discuss how to maximise the benefits of the Section 481 credit for all concerned stakeholders and facilitate discussion of relevant issues, as recommended in the Budgetary Oversight Committee Report on the Section 481 Film Tax Credit; when he expects this forum will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43785/23]

EU Directives

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

158. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason Article 26 of the European Copyright Directive has not been transposed in full; to outline any plans she has to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43579/23]

EU Directives

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

165. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the review, promised within 12 months of its transposition, into the impact of the European Copyright Directive was conducted; if he will publish it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43948/23]

EU Directives

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

166. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the stakeholder consultation forum, promised by the end of Q3 of 2023 on the operation of the European Copyright Directive, has not yet taken place; when it will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43949/23]

Tax Reliefs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

242. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on the progress of the digital games relief under section 481A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43578/23]

Tax Credits

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

248. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to organise the stakeholder forum to discuss how to maximise the benefits of the Section 481 credit for all concerned stakeholders and facilitate discussion of relevant issues, as recommended in the Budgetary Oversight Committee Report on Section 481 Film Tax Credit; when she expects this forum will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43784/23]

Heritage Sites

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

259. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will issue a response to correspondence from a person (details supplied) to his office; if he will outline the efforts, if any, made by his Department to verify the claims put forward; and if he will outline the plans, if any, to conduct upgrade or refurbishment works at Sí an Bhrú in the Brú na Bóinne UNESCO World Heritage Site. [43521/23]

Artists' Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

125. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason that the observation of selection process for the basic income for the arts pilot scheme, commissioned from a company (details supplied) and received by her Department in June 2023, at a cost of €8,462.40, is not due to be published; and if she will reconsider this decision. [42995/23]

Film Industry

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

126. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will agree to include the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Act 2007 and the EU copyright directive among the specifically listed relevant legislation to which production companies must comply on the statement they must sign in order to obtain a cultural certificate for section 481 relief; if she will make the provision of a cultural certificate for section 481 relief contingent on a further assurance, as part of the industry development test, that Irish performers will not be subject to lesser terms and conditions regarding their intellectual property rights in comparison with international performers in similar roles when employed on the same project receiving section 481 relief, in line with recommendations 7 and 8 of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight report on section 481 tax relief; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43031/23]

Postal Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

157. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he would consider the introduction of a postcode capable of being used by An Post in light of recent articles (details supplied) detailing how parcels addressed with Eircode are often returned to the sender as being incompletely addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42691/23]

Middle East

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

27. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what actions he will take given the accelerating illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank of Palestine. [41763/23]

Foreign Conflicts

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

56. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what Ireland's response is to the escalating situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh. [41762/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

204. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify whether or not, in a situation such as that of a person (details supplied), where the 24/7 care of a person is split between their three children, each of whom is working full-time, even one of those three carers could be eligible for carer's allowance; if not, the other financial supports that are in place for such a family; and how they should apply for free incontinence pads. [41960/23]

Care of the Elderly

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

267. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to clarify, in a situation such as that of a person (details supplied), where the care of a person is split between their three children, each of whom is working full-time, how they should apply for free incontinence pads. [41961/23]

Defence Forces

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

61. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of serving military doctors who have been arrested, by either the military police or by An Garda Síochána; the number of times they have been arrested and the reason for the arrests and whether any of them were subsequently charged with an offence; if they were found guilty or not in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40243/23]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

62. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason civilian aeroplane Beechcraft Model 18 tail number G-BSZC overnighted in No2 hangar in Baldonnell in 2004; the precise date of the visit; the name of the pilots, crew and passengers; and the originating airport. [40244/23]

Visa Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

711. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice if she will ensure that a visa application (details supplied) will be processed as a matter of urgency as the delay has cost the person their job and is having a very real and negative impact on their mental and physical health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40552/23]

Passport Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

33. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs given the ongoing delays in the processing of passports, some of which is caused by the delays in managing to get confirmation of signatures of members of An Garda Síochána, if consideration has been given to setting up a system by which a Garda can certify their signature on a passport application contemporaneously via a Passport Office secure portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38014/23]

Cúrsaí Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

567. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Fiontar, Trádála agus Fostaíochta cén fáth nach bhfuil leagan Gaeilge, nó fiú Gaeilge ar bith, ar shuíomh gréasáin na Gníomhaireachta Forbartha Tionscail agus cé na céimeanna atá á nglacadh chun a chinnitú go mbeidh leagan dátheangach den suíomh gréasáin sin ar fáil go luath. [38013/23]

Child Abuse

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

625. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that the victims of abuse in Protestant-ethos institutions are treated equally with victims of abuse in other schools in Ireland, including other religious schools, by changing the terms of reference of her Department’s scoping inquiry to ensure they are pluralist and reflective of a non-sectarian republic. [37924/23]