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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I will now address the issue of the dismantling of structures in RTÉ. Different departments are earmarked for "increased commissioning", which is a signal for dismantling or getting rid of some departments. Is it intended, in the future, to close the HR department or outsource its functions? What does RTÉ intend to do with the departments that make religious programmes,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I have a number of questions on the coverage of the genocide in Gaza but there is not enough time. Recently, RTÉ reported an address in Italian by the new Pope in which he called for the release of all hostages. In RTÉ's commentary, this was amended to the release of all Israeli hostages. That is a change in language. My question is on whether the witnesses can assure us that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Foreign journalists are not allowed into Israel.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I specifically asked about Israel.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am looking for a breakdown of the departments from which the voluntary exit programme applications are coming and information on how big the departments will be in the future and what size they were in the past. I am not expecting that information now. Are the witnesses aware of low morale within Raidió na Gaeltachta, especially among those who have been there for a long time and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: At the moment, when a programme is rebroadcast for a second time, RTÉ is going to performers and asking them to sign away their rights for the future with one-off payments. Is Mr. Coady saying that is not happening?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am happy if the information is supplied to the committee at a later stage. I am not expecting it now.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 2. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of establishing a research unit at the CSO consisting of four statisticians based on the starting-point salary of statistician. [28013/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of restoring the full 5% regional uplift, as it was previously constituted, for the section 481 tax credit for film. [28929/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total revenue resulting from charges on admission to monuments and heritage sites by the Office of Public Works in each of the past ten years. [27998/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 149. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual expenditure on courses for employees of public bodies to learn Irish from an organisation (details supplied) or any other provider, every year from 2015 to 2025. [27999/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Priorities (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated yearly cost of establishing a new annual public holiday. [28011/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list every application currently being considered for capital funding, and its estimated cost and timeframe, by any Irish medium or Gaeltacht school, in tabular form. [27992/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of updating the Drumcondra Irish language test and expanding the test to all schools in the State. [27993/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht Policy (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of adding an additional week of immersion in the Gaeltacht to the programme for trainee teachers. [27994/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht Policy (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing COGG funding by 5%, by 10%, by 15%, by 20%, and by the cost of inflation since Budget 2025. [27996/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht Policy (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the Gaeltacht teaching allowance in the last year of its full operation; and if her Department has estimated a cost for its restoration for Gaeltacht teachers in 2025. [28003/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht Policy (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the Irish-medium teaching allowance in the last year of its full operation; and if her Department has estimated a cost for its restoration for Irish-medium teachers in 2025. [28004/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled at each school year through primary school and post-primary school in the State, in tabular form. [28007/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaeltacht Policy (28 May 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring the capitation grant for Gaeltacht summer colleges of €52 per student. [28010/25]