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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the evidence that will be required of applicants for the live performance restart grant scheme in order to be successful. [18877/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that no conditions have been attached to the live performance restart grant scheme to ensure this funding is used to stage live performances and trickles down to reach the pockets of musicians and performers themselves. [18878/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that she is taking to ensure that live performance restart grant scheme recipients do not use their grant funding to cover expenditure in areas of their business unrelated to live performance, such as pub activities. [18879/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be no process to ensure that expenditure using live performance restart grant scheme funding is vouched for and that unvouched funding is returned to the Exchequer; the way that this is possible given circular 13/2014 of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform which applies to the scheme. [18880/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of music entertainment business assistance scheme applications that have been approved; the number that have been paid to date; and the date by which all payments should be made. [18874/22]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I acknowledge in the first instance the recognition that has been given by the Minister in his amendments. I welcome the news that he will look again at further amendments. That is good news. One of the reasons I submitted these amendments along with Deputy Conway-Walsh was to try to get a debate around the additional - it should not be a burden - responsibility on the HEA. Without sight...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The section into which this is proposed to be inserted is the one that deals with the functions of An tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas. It sets out in section 9 the functions of An tÚdarás in planning higher education provision and research and it lists a number of functions. They are not as explicit as we would like in its function relating to the Irish language. That is why...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is it part of this group?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome the Minister’s proposal to engage on this. I am not sure where is the best place to insert the amendment, whether it is in section 34 or in this section and I will reflect on that. It is important that this new aspect be covered. As the Minister said, the Bill has been in gestation for quite a long time, as had the Official Languages Act (Amendment) 2021, but it managed to...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 23: In page 16, line 18, after “interests” to insert “, Irish language and Gaeltacht interests”.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 41: In page 20, to delete lines 4 to 6 and substitute the following: “(ii) matters connected to education, including Irish medium education, teaching and learning, research, organisational and financial governance, management, public administration, risk management or language planning.”. I note that the Minister in his amendment No. 42 tries to do...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I think I would qualify on that one.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have absolutely no problem with withdrawing amendment No. 41, given the progress that has been made in the context of amendment No. 42. As regards the other amendments, it is difficult in the context of putting a board together. It is about ensuring that it is captured. We all live in the hope that it will be captured in the way the Minister believes it will by virtue of the inclusion of...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I thank the Minister. We might come back with an amendment for a review mechanism on that at a future date. I will withdraw amendment No. 41.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 50: In page 21, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: “(iv) An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta,”. I will speak on this briefly. Amendment No. 50 seeks to insert "An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta", and amendment No. 72 also seeks "In page 32, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will withdraw the amendment and consider whether this is the most appropriate place for it. If other bodies are being listed, then the COGG, given its very specific function in regard to Irish-medium education, should be included.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I move amendment No. 52: In page 22, line 28, after "education" to insert ", including Irish medium higher education,". This section deals with the corporate plan of an tÚdarás um Ard-Oideachas. Amendment No. 52 seeks to include a specific reference to Irish-medium higher education. Section 20 provides that the corporate plan of an túdarás shall include its...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Apr 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I acknowledge the Minister's point. His amendments have moved the legislation on and these amendments may not capture that. They relate to earlier amendments we brought forward. This section refers to the annual plan and relates to the performance of the functions of an túdarás. I was seeking to ensure those functions were more specific. I will look again at section 9, where...