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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Oct 2023)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 509. To ask 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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 512. To ask 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...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (19 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 3. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (19 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I ask the Minister to comment on the 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 before they can get any work and the associated loss of earnings.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (19 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This has been an ongoing issue. In recent days and weeks two sets of email pleas have inundated my email account. One has to do with the slaughter in Gaza by the Israelis; the other pertains to this question of creatives, as the Minister calls them, that is, performers and writers, and their families demanding that Irish performers be paid fairly for their work, in line with what is common...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (19 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I can tell the Minister from having met many creatives, some in my family, that only up the road there are better terms and conditions for those creatives who are on film sets in the North than there are for those in this State. Yet with the section 481 relief the Government facilitated the industry once again in the budget. I am not arguing about that - there is a vital need for section...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (19 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister for that. I agree, and I hope the process will have a very short timeframe to ensure that it is delivered. We are in a cost-of-living crisis and a housing crisis. Those creatives, as the Minister calls them, deserve to live and to see the benefit of their work in the same way as in other countries. Will the Minister try to accelerate the process to ensure that there...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Gabhaim buíochas. Ar dtús báire, leanfaidh mé leis an téama a bhí á lua ag an Teachta Burke, is é sin ag gabháil buíochas leo siúd atá ag obair go dian dícheallach sa chóras sláinte, ag tabhairt cúram d'othair agus dóibh siúd a bhíonn go minic in ísle brí nuair a shroicheann siad an...

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Hear, hear.

Capital Support for Sports Facilities: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Táimid anseo ag caint ar spórt agus an gá infheistiú a dhéanamh ann. Bhí sé i gceist agam clár fichille a thabhairt isteach liom le meabhrú do dhaoine gur spórt é ficheall. Is ceann de na seanspórt ársa é. Déanann daoine dearmad go minic agus deireann siad nach spórt ceart atá ann toisc go bhfuil gach...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scéimeanna Teanga (19 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (19 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtacaíonn sí leis an bPlean Fáis atá foilsithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [45590/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cúrsaí Gaeilge (19 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: An Teanga Gaeilge (19 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (24 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 197. To ask 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...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (25 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: De réir Airteagal 21 den Chonradh ar an Aontas Eorpach, ní mór do ghníomhaíochtaí an Aontais thar lear a bheith lárnaithe i bhforlámhas an dlí idirnáisiúnta, uilíocht na gcearta daonna agus dlúthpháirtíocht. Is léir go bhfuil fadhb bhunúsach ann le seachtain anuas, mar cá bhfuil an...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Council's official conclusions reaffirm the EU's "unwavering support for Ukraine" and "its inherent right of self-defence against the Russian aggression". It is a pity that the same logic was not followed through when it came to Palestine. The communiqué, as well as rightly condemning Hamas's 7 October attack, referenced international humanitarian law to assert Israel's right to...