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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Reachtaíocht Teanga (7 Nov 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 802. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality soiléiriú a thabhairt faoi conas a thug an Rialtas freagra i leith cinntí de chuid na gcúirteanna maidir leis an dá athbhreithniú bhreithiúnacha a bhain leis an gceart aistriúchán comhuaineach a fháil le linn cás coiriúil, agus argóintí an Stáit le...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Nov 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 830. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on a visa extension application (details supplied) which was submitted on 9 August 2023, over 11 weeks ago; the estimated date for when the application will be processed to completion; if she will make every effort to process it as soon as possible, given the consequences to the employment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Nov 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 1277. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48384/23]

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...

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...

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...

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Hear, hear.

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...

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...

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.

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 (17 Oct 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance to explain how the estimated €3 million cost figure was arrived at in relation to the proposed VAT zero-rating of ebooks and audiobooks in budget 2024, including by outlining the number of ebooks and audiobooks sold annually and the average price of ebooks and audiobooks used in calculating this figure. [44957/23]

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

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 507. To ask the Minister for Health is he aware that as of September 2023 the HSE no longer allocates a GP to medical card holders if they are unable to find in their locality a GP with capacity to take them onto their patient lists; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some case severely ill patients whose existing GP is retiring and who are dependent on GPs to issue their...