453. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the reason the invalidity pension of a person (details supplied) is now being claimed by the HSE; the reason no notice was given to their spouse; and if consideration was given to the fact that they have a joint mortgage that cannot now be met. [46431/26]
438. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the expenditure provided over the past ten years to support Traveller culture, including specifically expenditure relating to support for Traveller and Roma cultural heritage centres and communications media to develop and promote their culture, stories and music of Travellers and Roma, in line with the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [46586/26]
437. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of providing an additional €10,000 to every naíonra in the State; the first year and full year cost of funding a year free of charge at an Irish-medium naíonra for every pre-school aged child living in the Gaeltacht currently availing of a pre-school service funded under the ECCE scheme; and the annual expenditure specifically on Irish medium early years education in each of the past ten years. [46576/26]
347. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of expanding Catherine’s Law to include receipt of the basic income for the arts among scholarships exempt from means-testing for disability allowance and the blind pension; and the analysis that has been conducted within his Department or in consultation with the Department for Culture, Communications and Sport on this since the introduction of the pilot basic income for the arts scheme. [46580/26]
334. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of recruiting one full-time professional archaeologist for every local authority area in the State. [46827/26]
333. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of increasing Heritage Council funding by 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, and by the cost of inflation since Budget 2026. [46826/26]
328. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the analysis that has been conducted within his Department or in consultation with the Office of Public Works on the estimated cost of purchasing the remaining ten properties on the historic Moore Street terrace adjacent to the State-owned properties at the National Monument. [46584/26]
308. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the estimated cost of relaunching the noise mitigation grant scheme at its previous rate; the estimated cost of increasing funding for the night-time economy grassroots venue support scheme by 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, and by the cost of inflation since Budget 2026; and to cover the total number of applicants in 2025. [46648/26]
307. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the estimated cost of expanding the after-hours funding strand for national cultural institutions on a phased basis over five years to allow for the extension of opening hours to 10pm. [46647/26]
306. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the estimated annual increased cost of expanding the basic income for the arts scheme to cover 1,000 additional recipients; to cover twice as many participants; to cover 50% of all eligible applicants; and to cover all eligible applicants. [46646/26]
305. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the annual capital expenditure for each of the past ten years on the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme; and the annual capital expenditure for each of the past ten years on arts or culture spaces and venues, in tabular form. [46645/26]
304. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the estimated cost of increasing Culture Ireland funding and Arts Council funding by 5%, by 10%, by 15%, by 20%, and by the cost of inflation since Budget 2026, and the total additional expenditure which would be required for the Arts Council to meet the demand of 50% of applications and of all applications for funding by artists and arts organisations in 2025. [46644/26]
303. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his Department’s annual expenditure on commemorations for each of the past ten years. [46643/26]
302. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the estimated cost of increasing Screen Ireland current funding and capital funding by 5%, by 10%, by 15%, by 20%, and by the cost of inflation since Budget 2026. [46642/26]
301. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the different estimated revenues which would be accrued annually by adopting the different launch rates proposed in Recommendation 2 of the Feasibility Study of a European Works Levy in Ireland prepared by a company (details supplied) and submitted to him by Coimisiún na Meán; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46641/26]
300. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the annual expenditure spent to fund TG4 news and current programming; and the additional costs or savings expected to result from the transfer of editorial control of this programming from RTÉ to TG4 based on his discussions with RTÉ and TG4. [46640/26]
299. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the additional expenditure which would be required to provide TG4 with the additional annual funding it sought as part of its Post-Covid Vision document for the 2022-2025 period and which has not yet been provided in funding increases since its publication in 2021; the additional expenditure which would be required to provide TG4 with the outstanding portion of additional annual funding it sought in its 2026 pre-budget submission and did not receive; the estimated cost of increasing TG4 funding by 5%, by 10%, by 15%, by 20%, and by the cost of inflation since Budget 2026. [46639/26]
289. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the applications currently being considered for capital funding; the estimated cost and timeframe, by any Irish medium or Gaeltacht school; the estimated cost of updating the Drumcondra Irish language test and expanding the test to all schools in the State; the estimated cost of adding an additional week of immersion in the Gaeltacht to the programme for trainee teachers; the estimated cost of increasing COGG funding by 5%, by 10%, by 15%, by 20%, and by the cost of inflation since Budget 2026; the cost of both the Gaeltacht teaching allowance and the Irish medium teaching allowance in the past years of their full operation; and if her Departments estimated a cost for its restoration for Gaeltacht and Irish medium teachers, respectively, in 2026, in tabular form. [46578/26]
288. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled at each school year through primary school and post-primary school in the State; the estimated cost of restoring the Capitation Grant for Gaeltacht summer colleges at the rate per child of the scheme previously operated by her Department before its abolition; and the estimated cost of restoring the primary school library fund at the rate per child of the scheme previously operated by her Department before its abolition, in tabular form. [46572/26]
270. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the estimated yearly cost of establishing a new annual public holiday. [46581/26]
267. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the annual expenditure on courses for employees of public bodies to learn Irish, from an organisation (details supplied) or any other provider, in each of the past ten years; and the analysis that has been conducted by his Department on ways to increase the provision of such courses across the public sector. [46828/26]
261. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total annual revenue resulting from charges on admission to monuments and heritage sites by the Office of Public Works in each of the past ten years. [46585/26]
254. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual impact on revenue of restoring the full 5% regional uplift, as it was previously constituted, for the Section 481 tax credit for film; the estimated annual impact on revenue of establishing a 5% uplift to the Section 481 tax credit for films produced in Gaeltacht areas and/or in the Irish language; the estimated revenue which would be accrued in the first year by adopting a levy at a rate of 0.5% on ad revenue and 0.5% on subscription revenue earned by on-demand sound streaming services, such as a service (details supplied); the estimated annual impact on revenue of exempting ticket admissions for dance venues from VAT; and the estimated annual impact on revenue of exempting residential properties sold in Gaeltacht areas from stamp duty. [46574/26]
200. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when an applicant (details supplied) will be reimbursed for their cross-Border treatment. [46094/26]
944. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to provide assistance to a family (details supplied) to obtain all relevant medical files under a Request for Freedom of Information Act 2014 for a dependent child for their relative who they are guardians of. [45354/26]
569. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will allocate funding and introduce a national right sizing policy that will allow local authorities re-establish a scheme given that Dublin City Council has had to pause its financial contribution scheme. [45155/26]
567. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in noting that Dublin City Council has had to pause its financial contribution scheme, when will his Department allocate funding and introduce a national right sizing policy that will allow local authorities re-establish this important scheme. [45104/26]
211. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Cultúir, Cumarsáide agus Spóirt an mbunóidh sé seirbhís náisiúnta raidió Gaeilge don óige mar a mhol an Chomhchoiste um Ealaíona, na Meáin, Cumarsáid, Cultúr agus Spórt i moladh 17 den Ghrinnscrúdú Réamhreachtach ar an mBille Craolacháin (Leasú), 2026. [43464/26]
191. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige ar lorg sí nó na hAirí roimpi comhairle ón Ard-Aighne maidir leis an dlisteanacht a bhaineann le cearta oideachais tré Ghaeilge a shéanadh do pháistí scoile; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [44739/26]
188. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige cén slat tomhais atá nó a bhéas á úsáid chun éileamh do Ghaelcholáistí nua a mheas, an é líon na nGaelscoileanna nó na bpáistí scoile ag teacht astu a bheadh ceangailte leis, nó an leanfar ag tabhairt neamhaird ar chearta daoine óga leanúint lena gcuid oideachais tré Ghaeilge ag leibhéal na meánscolaíochta tar éis dóibh freastail ar Ghaelscoil; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [44666/26]
114. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of applications that were received for the basic income for the arts; and when recipients will be informed and begin to receive payment if they are successful. [43460/26]
113. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport cén leasú teicniúil atá molta aige ar an mBille Craolacháin (Leasú) 2026, de réir an fhreagra a thug sé don Chomhchoiste um Ealaíona, na Meáin, Cumarsáid, Cultúr agus Spórt an 13 Feabhra 2026 ar mholadh 14 den Ghrinnscrúdú Réamhreachtach, chun smacht neamhspleách eagarthóireachta TG4 ar a sheirbhís nuachta a éascú, agus cén plean atá aige chun an smacht sin a thabhairt do TG4. [43463/26]
107. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will direct the national cultural institutions not to facilitate events, exhibitions or performances which celebrate, or involve representatives of states accused of genocide and war crimes such as Israel, or who are involved with the military actions of such states. [43462/26]
94. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is aware of the campaign to return the Mount Keefe Chalice currently held at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum to Cork; if he will make representations to support its return; if he has received, or when he expects to receive, the final report of the Advisory Committee on the Restitution and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage. [43461/26]
64. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport cén plean atá ag a Roinn agus ag na hInstitiúidí Náisiúnta Cultúir chun comóradh agus ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar 100 bliain ó tugadh aitheantas oifigiúil don Ghaeltacht den chéad uair. [43393/26]
171. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the supports that are available to businesses or charities to assist migrant workers to learn English or Irish in their workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44313/26]
167. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reasons for the delay in processing family reunification applications; if he is aware of the increasing frustration among the working immigrant community in Ireland at the seemingly endless and increasing delays, the lack of regular and accurate updates on processing times, more transparent communication with applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44271/26]
122. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason that after two years of a temporary closure that there is still no re-opening date for the Natural History Museum; the expected costs of the ongoing works; the spend to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44318/26]
121. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if a date has been selected for the next annual famine commemoration day overseas; if it will be held on the same day as the annual commemoration day in Ireland which is held on the third Sunday of May; and the location at which it will be held in 2027. [44316/26]
82. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige an bhfuil an tOrdú ón Aire a d’eisigh an tAire Joe McHugh fós i bhfeidhm, arbh Ordú é inar treoraíodh gur Gaelscoil a bheidh in aon scoil nua a bhunófar mura raibh Gaelscoil sa Cheantar Pleanála Oideachais cheana, agus sa chomhthéacs sin ar thuig sí agus í ag freagairt cheist 40807/26 ar 28/05/2026 nach bhfuil aon Ghaeloideachas i gCeantar Pleanála Oideachais Bhaile Átha Cliath 10 nó Bhaile Átha Cliath 12. [44229/26]
60. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether it is compulsory for applicants to public service positions to have their own personal computer to sit the exam or is it only for certain position or certain sectors/departments of the public sector; the reason exams for some posts cannot be done on a mobile phone which is the personal computing device which the majority of the public have as in the case recently for executive officer positions. [44303/26]
3. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the issue of a Russian-owned facility (details supplied) has been raised with her; the steps that will be taken to ensure that Ireland and industries in Ireland are in full compliance with EU-imposed sanctions against Russia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44235/26]
2. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action she will take to sanction a Russian-owned facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44234/26]
1. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is intended to ensure that widowed parents do not have to resubmit death certificates for their dead partner for child passport renewal applications subsequent it being initially submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44265/26]