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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Projects (1 Dec 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister of State. He is correct that there is supposedly mediation taking place. However, that has been ongoing for quite a long time. Ownership has been disputed since 2018 when the planning permission ran out. The problem is that one of the parties disputing ownership is in fact the local authority, the body that is supposed to protect the building under dispute. I brought...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (1 Dec 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 244. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces Colour Vision Working Group has concluded its review of the colour vision requirements for joining the Defence Forces; if so, the findings and recommendations of same.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59995/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (1 Dec 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in granting a person (details supplied) recognition under the undocumented scheme, given that their residency pass has been out of date since 5 April 2022. [59898/22]

Building Defects: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Dec 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome, as have others, the owners and residents in the Gallery and those who are watching from home, some from my constituency of Dublin South-Central, including residents of The Crescent in Park West, Metropolitan Apartments, the Tramyard and many other apartment blocks and housing complexes. People, not just from my constituency but throughout the country, are facing demands of tens of...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: As many Deputies have joined us, I advise amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 14 is also being discussed. It is in the name of Deputies Duncan Smith and Kelly. Amendment Nos. 1 and 2 to amendment No. 19 are in the name of Deputy Shortall and are included in this grouping. That is for the information of Members as it is not on the groupings list that has been sent around.

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We should not be here discussing this. That is how bad society is that we cannot take it as a given that when somebody, whether a clinician, a medic or even a company, discovers an error or misreading of such a vital test as a cervical smear test that they would immediately inform the patient. That there was an immediacy about that. The problem as we know far too well, and some people know...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will not delay the Ministers too long with my questions. These are questions I have asked in the past without having the exact figure. It is welcome that some funding is being repurposed although not fully in the way I wished and that there is also a recognition of particular problems that sports clubs and organisations have because they are non-funded. They are not businesses and have...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister of State. It is good that there is a fast turnaround. What happens in the case of dual clubs? In many clubs, several sports are being played within the same complex and the sports organisations often share the bills for the same floodlights. Is it the host sporting organisation that applies in such circumstances?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The following may not be a question for today's meeting but-----

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My follow-on question does not relate directly to these Estimates. There must be some type of fund now or in the future to help those who are retrofitting their clubhouses and dressing rooms, and, as the Minister of State mentioned, introducing LED lights. Clubs with floodlights might not have the necessary funding to retrofit but if they did, it would be a saving in the long term. How can...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am talking about the top part.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Yes. It is a smaller cost.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My remaining questions relate mainly to the arts, live performance and broadcasting. I also have a question about funding for the Irish language and the Gaeltacht, to which I will return at the end. There was an allocation of €25 million for the basic income for artists scheme. Much of the savings from that scheme have now been repurposed. A question arose last week and I think...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister. The fact that 9,000 people applied for the basic income for artists suggests the desire to have that basic income. It also indicates the number of people who are struggling. That is why I had assumed the full amount of the savings from a scheme set out for that would have gone directly to the funding of some type of hardship scheme. Given the council or the Department...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My final two questions are on broadcasting. RTÉ is to get an additional €15 million and part of that is obviously recognition RTÉ needs to be funded by the Exchequer. We await some type of funding model that is more sustainable than what RTÉ currently has. Part of it was being allocated to fund the increase in wages given the 3% in the Building Momentum pay agreement....

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: All right.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister. I am disappointed there is no additional funding in this package for the Irish language organisations, given they are also affected by increased electricity prices, fuel costs and the general cost of living. It means if we look at the funding the Arts Council now gets, it has increased even more so as a percentage and the ratio is getting worse again.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ceart go leoir.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This is quite a technical Bill and I am not in opposition to it at all. When these types of Bill come before us, I always wonder if we are increasing the level by enough. Otherwise, we could be back here in five or ten years. Is a cautious approach being taken by moving from €500 million to €750 million? That is just a query because sometimes we pick a figure out of the sky...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I suggest we suspend.