Questions asked 22 total

• Tourism 7 questions

  • 2020-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding allocation for her Department for 2021, by project. [36285/20]
  • 2020-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason the notice seeking nominations to fill the four vacancies on the board of Screen Ireland was posted three days before the closing date of 6 November 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36570/20]
  • 2020-11-19 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to seek a basic income pilot scheme for those working in the arts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37747/20]
  • 2020-11-19 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán míniú a thabhairt ar a laghad maoinithe breise a fógraíodh d’Fhoras na Gaeilge i mbuiséad 2021 chun deontais chuí a dháileadh ar na buneagrais Ghaeilge agus Ghaeltachta chun a dtograí a chomhlíonadh. [37748/20]
  • 2020-11-19 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has considered or will consider using her powers under Part 2, section 5(3) of the Arts Act 2003 to give written direction to the Arts Council requiring it to comply with policies so as to allocate a portion of the additional funding announced in budget 2021 to sectors or persons that would not ordinarily receive or apply for Arts Council funding particularly workers from the commercial live events and music industries that are currently struggling to survive; and her views on the possibility of exercising these powers. [37389/20]
  • 2020-11-19 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 980 of 8 September 2020, the actions she plans to take to ensure the survival and success of Irish dancing through the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied); the steps she will take and the supports that will put in place to enable world class and up and coming dancers to train and to ensure the sector will survive and thrive through the current level 5 restrictions and the Living with Covid Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37388/20]
  • 2020-11-19 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad iad na bearta a dhéanfaidh sí chun a chinntiú go mbeidh coinníollacha cuí maidir leis an nGaeilge leagtha síos ag na húdaráis áitiúla i dtaca le ceadanna pleanála i gcomhair tithíochta sna ceantair Ghaeltachta, agus an ndéanfaidh sí trácht ar an ábhar. [37749/20]
• Health 4 questions

  • 2020-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for gynaecological services for a woman in need of an ultrasound scan in St. James’s Hospital and Tallaght Hospital. [36211/20]
  • 2020-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for gynaecological services for a woman in need of an ultrasound scan in St. James’s Hospital, the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital and Tallaght Hospital. [36265/20]
  • 2020-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied). [36266/20]
  • 2020-11-18 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of admissions to accident and emergency departments as a result of accidents involving delivery vans, trucks, buses, cars, farm vehicles, bicycles, electric scooter, motorbikes; and if those admitted were drivers, passengers or pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37300/20]
• Education 3 questions

  • 2020-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) did not benefit from a decision to extend class size reductions to DEIS band one schools despite being a DEIS band one school. [36242/20]
  • 2020-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education when she will allocate additional funding to DEIS band one primary schools in recognition of the additional burden the schools have to deliver the best educational experience possible for pupils in those disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36243/20]
  • 2020-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education the additional funding she has allocated to DEIS band one schools in budget 2021; the way in which the funding is being distributed; the amount received by each school and college; and the number of pupils in each of the schools chosen. [36244/20]
• Defence 2 questions

  • 2020-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to uninvestigated historic sex abuse within the Defence Forces; the progress he has made on assessing, collating, investigating and addressing the legacy of such historic sex abuse in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36668/20]
  • 2020-11-19 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Defence the average body mass index of Defence Forces personnel broken down by service, that is, Army, Naval Service and Air Corps in each of the years 2015 to 2019. [37509/20]
• Agriculture 2 questions

  • 2020-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made by the Dublin region horse welfare forum on advancing horse welfare, active enforcement and legislation; and if the minutes of the meetings held and the detail of the groups represented will be provided. [36762/20]
  • 2020-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the suggested actions recommended by the LGMA and others at the meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and Marine held on 18 June 2019 that have been followed up on or implemented (details supplied). [36763/20]
• Environment 2 questions

  • 2020-11-19 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he plans to publish the completed review of the Digital Hub Development Agency. [37598/20]
  • 2020-11-19 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a strategy for the land holdings of the Digital Development Agency in the Thomas Street area of Dublin 8 has been decided; if consideration was given to the use of the lands for urban regeneration for the benefit of the host community; if not, if the land will be retained for the future expansion of the Digital Hub; and if these issues were considered by the strategic review team tasked with examining whether to complete the transfer of same to Dublin City Council as planned. [37599/20]
• Social 1 question

  • 2020-11-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 866 and 867 of 3 November 2020, the details of the way in which the arrears sum was arrived at, for example, the dates of payments and so on; if consideration will be given to allowing the person to repay the amount at a lower rate of €30 a week from their social welfare payment in view of the financial hardship caused (details supplied). [36229/20]
• Children 1 question

  • 2020-11-18 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children in care; the total number in short-term and long-term care, respectively; if he will provide a summary of the postal districts they are from originally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37301/20]