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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.

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: Did the Minister of State present it or was it dictated to him?

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 it was simple.

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 because the Germans dictate to us.

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: Germany is dictating to us what happens with an EU battle group if the exercises are in Germany.

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: It is a vote on our participation in an EU battle group. That is what the Minister of State is saying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (23 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I hope everybody had a good break. We are back for the first of many committee meetings, hopefully, in the new year. I ask members to turn off their mobile telephones as they interfere with the sound system. I propose to suspend the sitting for a few minutes to allow the witnesses to be seated before we resume in public session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Why the Arts Matter: Discussion (23 Jan 2019)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe ar fad. Meabhraím do gach éinne na fóin phóca a mhúchadh. I ask witnesses, members of the committee and people in the Public Gallery to turn off their mobile telephones as they interfere with the recording system. If members and witnesses wish to be heard properly and not have their contributions interfered with they...