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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I apologise for being late. One of the joys of being here is being dragged from pillar to post. I have not read all of the opening statements but I heard some of the comments made. I have dealt with the OPW, the Heritage Council and other bodies over the last number of years in regard to some high-profile sites. I will not dwell on Moore Street today, so they need not worry. That is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Some are to the Heritage Council. The OPW might have a view on the number of monuments in the care of the local authorities.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the council officials.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: What about the OPW and my query on the number of monuments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It is only about the number.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is the OPW looking to take on a greater number of national monuments? At the moment, 1,000 or so are mentioned. We can all list different ones in different areas that are in danger or are neglected. Is there a strategy to pursue the purchase through CPO or negotiation for additional national monuments given how small the number is? There is also the additional onus on the State to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank Ms Collier. My second question was to the IPI.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will try to be brief but I cannot always guarantee that. This question is in some ways in respect of funding because recently the restoration of the Magazine Fort, for instance, was announced and it is welcome. I have written a small piece for History Ireland welcoming this development. It is often when projects such as this are announced that a budget is set aside. Sometimes, however,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Monuments and Archaeological Heritage Bill: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: It did, yes.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (24 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of progress relating to the basic income for artists pilot scheme following the stakeholder forum; if she has received the report of the forum’s findings; and if there is a new timeline for delivery of the scheme given that the target of opening the scheme for applications in early quarter 1 of 2022 has now been...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (24 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil dáta nó téarmaí tagartha socruithe do bhunú an Choiste Chomhairligh de réir Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021. [10451/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pensions (24 Feb 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is a requirement for the superannuation section in local authorities to send a request to the scope section in regard to pension entitlements of an employee if they were employed before April 1995 and paying a class D stamp given that one of the conditions of this staff member when they sign their contract to become a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason windows and doors are the only energy upgrade items to be excluded from the individual energy retro fit scheme despite being included in the deep retrofit option with a one stop shop; if his attention has been drawn to the cancellation of orders for window and door retrofits that has been caused and that is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Mar 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 250. To ask the Minister for Finance when the list of recipients of the Covid restrictions support scheme will be published. [10995/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (1 Mar 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 251. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the impact of spiralling public liability insurance costs, together with increasing requirements placed on venues by insurance companies obliging all individual performers to have their own public liability insurance in addition to that of the venue, is having on artists and performers struggling to emerge from almost two...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (1 Mar 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 266. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has discussed or plans to discuss the spiralling public liability insurance costs for artists and venues with the Ministers for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and Enterprise, Trade and Employment; and his views on whether this problem could hamper the recovery of an industry that is already in difficulty and will drive talented...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Mar 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 252. To ask the Minister for Finance the circumstances or regulations that allow other European Union member states (details supplied) to apply a reduced or super reduced VAT rate or VAT exemption to the supply of services by writers, composers and performing artists or to the royalties due to them as is permitted under section 9 of Annex III of Directive 2006/112/EC but prohibits this State...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Mar 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 267. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland has the right to implement a reduced or super reduced VAT rate or VAT exemption for the supply of services by writers, composers and performing artists or to the royalties due to them, but chooses not to implement same; and if he discussed or will discuss the way such options regarding VAT which are permissible under European Union law could...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (1 Mar 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total spend of the €20 million allocated to the live performance support scheme 3 to support events planned for December 2021 and January 2022; and the amount of the allocation that was not spent. [10990/22]