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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Whatever it was, it was not overnight, I can assure the committee of that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: We will discuss that as another topic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Another topic for the committee is how to get rid of the iPhones.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have several questions and points. First, the arts matter. That is an issue we were debating last week. There are votes in this issue. The most intense lobbying I got when I was first elected in 2004 concerned section 481 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. Everyone in the film industry and their brothers, sisters, uncles and neighbours wrote individual letters to me and, I presume,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: They are very courageous people. I presume the issues in the letter emerged from frustration. Had they been raised before? Was there consultation in the 2014 report that was mentioned earlier? Was that the reason it was triggered? Was there a lack of dialogue or miscommunication? One issue concerns the Abbey and the Arts Council. In the presentation it was mentioned that funding of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I asked the Abbey how the absence of three-year funding affected it, and for a commitment in respect of the signatories.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: My final question was about communications and I assumed the problem was down to frustration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Abbey Theatre: Discussion (30 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Hopefully the cry will be heeded and we will be in a much healthier place. I thank everybody and sincerely wish them well on Friday. The transcript and full presentation, including the slides, will be sent to the Minister in order that she is kept abreast of our discussion. When she comes before the committee to discuss the Estimates in March, we hope to persuade her that they are wrong...

No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ba mhaith liom mo chuid ama a roinnt leis na Teachtaí Munster, Mitchell agus Stanley. I got here just as one of the Ministers of State read out a prepared Government script in which he said, "The level of interference proposed by the Bill in the mortgage market is, we believe, both disproportionate and potentially unconstitutional." Let me tell the Minister of State that the level...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Then ours will be the second most expensive hospital in the world.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ours will be the second most expensive hospital in the world.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (29 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 353. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case in which a woman has been denied access to an abortion in the Coombe maternity hospital, Dublin; if he has contacted the hospital on the matter; his plans to ensure this will not happen again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4007/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme Funding (29 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 528. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural community affair, Pobal, regarding CSP funding; and the date of its implementation. [4050/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge (29 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 620. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhféadfadh sí cur leis an bhfreagra a fuair mé ón Aire Oideachas agus Scileanna ar an gceist a chuir mé air (sonraí tugtha). [4052/19]

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Discussion (24 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Where does one start with this issue? I will start with what SOFAs are about. They are not for sitting on; they are in the main basically to grant immunity in the face of prosecution. They are also for things that are perhaps a little more benign, car crashes and the like, for soldiers operating overseas. If we look at how SOFAs have been used by other militaries over recent years, we can...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Discussion (24 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I did not say that.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Discussion (24 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: That is not what the Minister of State said.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Discussion (24 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The more the Minister of State speaks, the more questions pop up in my head. He stated in his first contribution that EU SOFA is covered by the Lisbon treaty and therefore does not require Dáil approval. He then said he could just go to Cabinet. He is being transparent. I welcome transparency on every occasion. Is linking the two together cover for the PfP SOFA? I presume we have...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Discussion (24 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: On the Lisbon treaty, I did not make that accusation on the record and I was making a different point. The Minister of State stated, "I would like to highlight that approval from the Dáil is not required in relation to ratification of the EU SOFA as this is covered by the Lisbon treaty." He went on to state that approval from the Dáil is not needed and that the Cabinet could sign...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ratification of EU and NATO Status of Forces Agreements: Discussion (24 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Exactly. One is cover for the other, therefore, if the two are being linked together.