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Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá an leasú seo tábhachtach agus loighciúil mar tá sé déanamh leathnú ar an gcosaint atá ag idirghabhálaithe maidir leis an obair atá á ndéanamh acu sna cásanna seo. Aontaím leis an Aire Stáit go bhfuil sé tábhachtach go bhfuil an indemnity seo atá á ofráil ag clúdach oibre agus go...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 650. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the possibility that someone in receipt of disability benefit can have his or her benefits withdrawn if he or she spends as little as two days in custody; if her attention has further been drawn to the possibility that someone in receipt of carer's allowance can have his or her payment...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (9 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to ensure NCT tests across the country are carried out by suitably qualified testers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55688/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (9 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to reports that a company (details supplied), which currently has a contract with the NCT, has been hiring unqualified workers to carry out the safety tests on vehicles as part of the strategy to reduce car-testing waiting lists thus raising serious public safety concern. [55689/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (9 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will introduce the appropriate safeguards to ensure that all mechanics and NCT inspectors are fully trained and certified before being able to pass cars on their NCT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55690/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (9 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the public was excluded from the 2022 National Famine Commemoration Day on 15 May 2022, when other State events, such as the 1916 Rising commemoration held on 17 April and the earlier St. Patrick’s Day celebrations on 17 March, were all open to the public. [55696/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (9 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date and venue when the 2023 National Famine Commemoration Day events will be held; and if it is intended to proceed with an international-twinning An Gorta Mór day next year as intended before. [55697/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (10 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports that can be given to companies that may be required to repay EWSS or TWSS payments which they received correctly during the pandemic and which are now being recalled, due to a more forensic application of the rules of qualification for such payments, but the repayment of same would lead to the closure and loss of jobs in such companies; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (10 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies in Dublin 6W, 8, 10, 12, 20 and 22 that received the EWSS and TWSS; the number being asked to repay either or both the EWSS and TWSS; the number of employees in those companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53838/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Ghaeltacht (17 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuair sí cóip den phlean infheistíochta don Ghaeilge agus don Ghaeltacht ó 2024 go 2026 de chuid Chonradh na Gaeilge agus an bhfuil a Roinn tar éis an phlean a scrúdú. [57251/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Ghaeltacht (17 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: An bhfaca an tAire Stáit, nó an bhfuair sé, cóip den phlean infheistíochta don Ghaeilge agus don Ghaeltacht? Seo dréacht atá á scaipeadh ag Conradh na Gaeilge faoi láthair mar gheall ar an infheistíocht gur gá chun an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn sa todhchaí.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Ghaeltacht (17 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ní hé go raibh mé ag súil go mbeadh an tAire Stáit ag tabhairt achoimre ar cad atá foilsithe go dtí seo ag Conradh na Gaeilge ach go raibh mé ag iarraidh déanamh cinnte de go bhfuil sé ar an eolas faoi agus, cosúil le gach duine eile, go mbeidh sé ag moladh do dhaoine cuidiú leis an gconradh nó leo siúd atá ag...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Ghaeltacht (17 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Léiríonn an plean seo go bhfuil pobal na Gaeilge ag féachaint ar an todhchaí agus ag iarraidh an Ghaeilge agus an Ghaeltacht a chosaint, cur le líon na nGaeilgeoirí sa tír ina iomláine agus cosaint cheart a thabhairt don Ghaeltacht. Is é sin an fáth go bhfuil plean uaillmhianach de dhíth a leagfadh amach go díreach cén...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (17 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Tá an cheist seo cosúil leis an gceist a chuir an Teachta Munster. This question is similar to that raised by Deputy Munster. It relates to the need for pay parity for Irish language workers in RTÉ and asks the Minister to report on her engagements in that regard.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (17 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as an soiléiriú go bhfuil sé i gceist an tuairisc mar gheall ar na gráid phá in RTÉ a bheith críochnaithe ina iomláine i mí an Mheithimh an bhliain seo chugainn. Is drochlá é, it is a sad day when the State broadcaster has two different levels of pay for the same work. The work of many of those within...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (17 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This issue has not been in gestation for the past year or so; it has been growing for several years, to the frustration of those working within the Irish language media sections of RTÉ. The specific complaint relates to Raidió na Gaeltachta in particular, which is a national broadcaster, yet its workers are treated as second-class workers. Will the Minister, in any of the...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 8. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date of commencement of payment of the basic income for the arts; the number that have started receiving weekly payments; and the number that are still awaiting the processing of payments. [56972/22]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is ceist í seo mar gheall ar basic income for artists, the number of them who are in receipt of weekly payments and the number who are still awaiting processing of payments, given that this was meant to have started in April of this year.

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is very important if you want an experiment. That is why it is a pilot scheme. I wish it well. I have raised points previously and will continue to feed them in. Hopefully, those points will be addressed as the pilot continues. What will happen with the underspend from this year because the introduction was delayed and artists did not receive payment as expected in April? The money...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Departmental Schemes (17 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I understood it was €35 million. I was referring to the funding that needs to be re-purposed and if it will be re-purposed for artists because it was set aside for artists in particular. The Minister knows from the 9,000 plus artists who applied for this that there is a demand so hopefully the Minister will be able to re-purpose and possibly focus on those who were unsuccessful or...