Questions asked 11 total

• Health 4 questions

  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked 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 repeat three-monthly prescriptions, will now have to rely on attending hospital monthly to ensure continuation of supply. [44728/23]
  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason that St. James's Hospital has ended the GP blood clinic (details supplied). [44729/23]
  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health is he aware that the Limekiln Lane Health Centre, Dublin, has ended its important development checks on two-year-olds; the steps that are being taken to reopen the service which parents of young children were dependent on; and his views on the matter which is causing stress to parents. [44730/23]
  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the steps a person should take to get medical treatment from a doctor, given that their existing GP is retiring and he has been unable to find another practice in Dublin 8, 10, 12, 20 or 22 that will take them on to ensure continuity of treatment for liver disease and continuity of medication after the current three-month prescription runs out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44737/23]
• Tourism 4 questions

  • 2023-10-19 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 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 cultural certificates by her Department will be contingent on eradicating this practice and supporting performers and writers. [45920/23]
  • 2023-10-19 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán 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]
  • 2023-10-19 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 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 2024. [45588/23]
  • 2023-10-19 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an dtacaíonn sí leis an bPlean Fáis atá foilsithe ag Conradh na Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [45590/23]
• Further and Higher Education 2 questions

  • 2023-10-19 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta 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]
  • 2023-10-19 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta 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]
• Finance 1 question

  • 2023-10-17 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked 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]