Questions asked 11 total

• Tourism 4 questions

  • 2022-02-24 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an aontaíonn sí gurbh í Scéim Labhairt na Gaeilge an uirlis ba chríochnúla a bhí ag an Stát chun tomhais a dhéanamh ar leibhéal úsáide na Gaeilge mar theanga theaghlaigh sa Ghaeltacht, agus go bhfuil neart fianaise ann gur spreag an scéim teaghlaigh chun cloí leis an nGaeilge mar theanga bhaile agus gur chabhraigh sí leis an nGaeilge a bhuanú mar theanga phobail, tábhacht atá aitheanta i bpleananna teanga Gaeltachta a aontaíodh lena Roinn; an aontaíonn sí gur chuir an Stát deireadh leis an scéim seo in aghaidh thoil phobal na Gaeltachta agus in aghaidh chomhairle na n-eagraíochtaí Gaeilge ag an am, lena n-áirítear moltaí an Staidéir Chuimsithigh Theangeolaíoch inar moladh an scéim a mhéadú; an aontaíonn sí go bhfuil gá anois múnla nua den scéim sin a thabhairt ar ais mar chúnamh don phróiseas pleanála teanga agus mar bhealach chun faireachán a dhéanamh ar spriocanna an Stáit maidir le húsáid na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht a bhaint amach; agus an bhfuil sí sásta gníomhú chun a chinntiú go dtarlaíonn sé sin. [10696/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 287 of 8 February 2022, the time, date and the details of discussions she and her Department have had with the Minister for Social Protection and her Department specifically on the impact of the proposed basic income for artists pilot scheme for artists with disabilities; and if she will work closely with the Minister for Social Protection to ensure that the needs of artists with disabilities are fully taken into account prior to the roll-out of the basic income for artists. [10697/22]
  • 2022-02-24 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil dáta nó téarmaí tagartha socruithe do bhunú an Choiste Chomhairligh de réir Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021. [10451/22]
  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of progress relating to the basic income for artists pilot scheme following the stakeholder forum; if she has received the report of the forum’s findings; and if there is a new timeline for delivery of the scheme given that the target of opening the scheme for applications in early quarter 1 of 2022 has now been missed. [10452/22]
• Health 3 questions

  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgent need for more acute and community-based podiatrists to help tackle diabetes in communities and to reduce the number of persons having limbs amputated and being hospitalised with foot ulcers as a result of diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9120/22]
  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person with diabetes is 22 times more likely to undergo a non-traumatic lower limb amputation than an individual without diabetes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9121/22]
  • 2022-02-23 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to an assessment of needs will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10188/22]
• Foreign 2 questions

  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Maghaberry Jail in which prisoners are being denied open visits despite the fact that Covid-19 restrictions have been lifted in the society outside the prison complex; if he will raise this matter with the authorities to ensure that the visiting regime being currently imposed does not lead to heightened tensions in the jail and that families that have been separated due to Covid-19 are not made to suffer further than needs be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9424/22]
  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Ministers for Defence, Transport or Agriculture, Food and the Marine drew to his attention and that of his Department in the past 20 years the matter of military exercises being carried out in Ireland's exclusive economic zone by foreign armed forces, ahead of, during or after such military exercises; if he had correspondence with the countries involved in relation to Ireland's neutrality, territorial waters and exclusive economic zone, the appropriateness of such exercises and the scope of same; if he or officials from his Department liaised or communicated with each country in relation to the exercises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9653/22]
• Taoiseach 1 question

  • 2022-02-22 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach the changes that will be included in the information being sought in census 2022. [8040/22]
• Social 1 question

  • 2022-02-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if it is a requirement for the superannuation section in local authorities to send a request to the scope section in regard to pension entitlements of an employee if they were employed before April 1995 and paying a class D stamp given that one of the conditions of this staff member when they sign their contract to become a permanent member of staff is that they have no entitlement to a State pension (transition) or to a State pension (contributory). [10645/22]