Questions asked 12 total

• Public Expenditure 5 questions

  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the Minister who is directly responsible for the Office of Public Works (OPW); and the procedures that exist for holding senior management and commissioners at the OPW accountable. [37778/24]
  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the process by which decisions are taken by the Office of Public Works (details supplied); the different stages of proposal development and scrutiny; the relevant organs of the office, or external parties, involved at each stage; the required expertise or qualifications of the relevant officials; and the oversight, if any, provided by him or other Ministers in such decisions, in relation to different types of decisions. [37777/24]
  • 2024-09-26 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total amount spent by the OPW in rent to private property owners for the accommodation of State bodies in each of the past five years; and the breakdown the expenditure to accommodate each State body, in tabular form. [38345/24]
  • 2024-09-26 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total amount accrued by the OPW in rental income from non-State bodies for the use of public buildings and land in each of the past five years. [38346/24]
  • 2024-09-26 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to list the State bodies which are entirely accommodated in State-owned property as of September 2024. [38347/24]
• Tourism 3 questions

  • 2024-09-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department or the Arts Council provide any funding to support competitions, competitive prizes, or festivals in the fields of literature, writing, music, singing, visual arts, architecture, ballet or film. [38039/24]
  • 2024-09-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether or not compliance with employment law, as part of public procurement guidelines, was a condition required to receive grants from her Department such as the live performance support scheme or LPGRS; and the procedure, if any, that was in place to assess compliance in order to ensure such a condition was met. [38051/24]
  • 2024-09-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of recipients of the live performance support scheme, the music and entertainment business assistance scheme, the local live performance programming scheme, and the live performance restart grant scheme, were asked for and/or provided the proof of payment to artists and crews upon which payment was contingent (details supplied); the number of applicants for these grant schemes who were rejected for failure to provide this proof of payment; and the total number of artists and crew workers who benefited as a result. [38052/24]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of each of the driving test centres in the State, in tabular form; the average and longest ongoing waiting times between applying for a test, getting an appointment to book a test, and sitting a test at each centre; and his plans to reduce waiting times. [37622/24]
• Health 1 question

  • 2024-09-24 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if alternative nursing home care will be provided for a person (details supplied). [37411/24]
• Enterprise 1 question

  • 2024-09-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the Workplace Relations Commission's recent ruling in the case of musician (details supplied), and its implications for the music sector; if he has discussed plans to address the specific issue of bogus self-employment in the music industry with the Minister for Social Protection, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media or the Minister for Finance in the context of this ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38050/24]
• Social 1 question

  • 2024-09-25 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the Workplace Relations Commission's recent ruling in the case of musician (details supplied) and its implications for the music sector; if she has discussed plans to address the specific issue of bogus self-employment in the music industry with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, or the Minister for Finance in the context of this ruling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38049/24]