Questions asked 12 total

• Education 5 questions

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that the victims of abuse in Protestant-ethos institutions are treated equally with victims of abuse in other schools in Ireland, including other religious schools, by changing the terms of reference of her Department’s scoping inquiry to ensure they are pluralist and reflective of a non-sectarian republic. [37924/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education what action can be taken to address the failure of the Church of Ireland to thus far properly treat the victims of a cleric (details supplied). [37990/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of confidentiality agreements, otherwise known as 'gagging clauses’, that have been imposed on Church of Ireland-schools, associated institutions, or the church itself, in relation to information regarding victims of abuse claimants in schools run by or associated with the Church of Ireland; if this runs contrary to the announced scoping inquiry by her Department into abuse in schools in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37991/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education if she can confirm if the homes run by an order (details supplied), that also operated as schools, will be covered in the scoping inquiry by her Department. [37992/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education if she can confirm if the child abuse in a school (details supplied) will be covered in her Department’s scoping inquiry of abuse in schools in Ireland. [37993/23]
• Social 2 questions

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection what steps have been taken to ensure that the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection recommendation that the new automatic enrolment pension scheme should be prohibited from investing in fossil fuels or the arms industry is complied with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38016/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection what steps have been taken to implement the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection recommendation that a minimum percentage of the new automatic enrolment pension funds should be invested in Irish renewable energy developments in order to ensure our climate action obligations. [38017/23]
• Justice 2 questions

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice if the policy directive relating to the handling of covert human intelligence sources published on 9 June 2022 has been reviewed; if so, if it is intended to publish that review; if a process is in place to ensure that the tri-annual review set out thereafter is scheduled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38015/23]
  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice if anyone has ever been convicted under section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act 2018, relating to receiving or giving bribes; and the number of officers of An Garda Síochána’s who are in the National Economic Crime Bureau. [38018/23]
• Foreign 1 question

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs given the ongoing delays in the processing of passports, some of which is caused by the delays in managing to get confirmation of signatures of members of An Garda Síochána, if consideration has been given to setting up a system by which a Garda can certify their signature on a passport application contemporaneously via a Passport Office secure portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38014/23]
• Enterprise 1 question

  • 2023-09-11 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Fiontar, Trádála agus Fostaíochta cén fáth nach bhfuil leagan Gaeilge, nó fiú Gaeilge ar bith, ar shuíomh gréasáin na Gníomhaireachta Forbartha Tionscail agus cé na céimeanna atá á nglacadh chun a chinnitú go mbeidh leagan dátheangach den suíomh gréasáin sin ar fáil go luath. [38013/23]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2023-09-11 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans, if any, he has in relation to safeguarding and preserving the built heritage of Aldborough House on Portland Row; and his views on the campaign by the Dublin Civic Trust, the Irish Georgian Society, and An Taisce to have the building saved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37707/23]