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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I apologise for not being able to be here yesterday when Deputy Pearse Doherty moved my amendment. It is an important amendment in terms of the film industry, in particular. The amendment proposes that those working in the industry get the same terms and conditions that other actors and those working in the film industry, in particular, get across the European Union. There should be no...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I welcome what the Minister said, and the changes that are being brought about. I am here long enough to remember the 2004 campaign to save section 481. I was one of those on the Opposition benches who supported it at the time. Even way back then, there were questions as to whether we can could carte blanchetax relief and basically forgo tax in such a way without any conditionality. What...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Vótáil.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (7 Nov 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 197. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of fish kills caused by the Irish Air Corps since 1991 in rivers near Casement Aerodrome, Baldonnel, County Dublin, in particular the River Camac, and the steps taken to make sure such fish kills never happen again. [48393/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Centres (7 Nov 2023)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 580. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht how a community should go about trying to secure support from Government to establish a local arts centre; if she is aware of the demand in Athenry, County Galway, in particular; what support she can provide to their efforts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48039/23]

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...