Aengus Ó Snodaigh

303. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the progress that has been made to address the significant financial problems caused by the collapse of a service (details supplied) for festival organisers, music promoters, musicians and audiences; the steps which can be taken to ensure all event ticket sellers retain the funds received for tickets and are kept in escrow accounts until the event is over and all liabilities cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48858/26]

304. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on a matter in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48861/26]

336. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige ós rud é go ndúirt oifigigh sa Roinn Oideachais, le linn an Plean Gnímh don Ghaeilge i Scoileanna Meán-Bhéarla a chur le chéile, go gcuirfear beartas amháin le chéile chun an Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta, an Plean Gnímh don Ghaeilge i Scoileanna Meán-Bhéarla agus don Pholasaí don Oideachas Lán-Ghaeilge lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht a chuimsiú, an féidir leis an Aire staid reatha fhorbairt an pholasaí chuimsithigh sin a chur in iúl [48970/26]

337. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige an gcreideann sí gur cheart an aird agus an tacaíocht chéanna a thabhairt do leanaí atá ag foghlaim trí mheán na Gaeilge, go háirithe nuair nach í a bpríomhtheanga í sa bhaile agus nuair a thagann formhór acu ó theaghlaigh nach labhraítear Gaeilge líofa iontu, agus a thugtar do leanaí nach í an Béarla a gcéad teanga faoi chritéir an Bhéarla mar Theanga Bhreise agus cad a dhéanfaidh an tAire chun aghaidh a thabhairt air seo. [48971/26]

338. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige an aontaíonn sí gur cheart na cóimheasa céanna idir daltaí agus múinteoirí a chur ar fáil do Ghaelscoileanna is a gcuirtear ar fáil do na scoileanna DEIS mar gheall ar na dúshláin atá le foghlaim an churaclaim trí mheán na Gaeilge, agus cad a dhéanfaidh sí chun aghaidh a thabhairt ar an gceist seo [48972/26]

411. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige cén fáth nach bhfuil an méadú ar an gcóimheas idir daltaí agus múinteoirí a cuireadh i bhfeidhm i nGaelscoileanna in 2012 ar chúiseanna déine aisiompaithe ó shin, go háirithe anois agus an liúntas do mhúinteoirí bunscoile i nGaelscoileanna a baineadh ag an am sin curtha ar fáil arís; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [49718/26]

553. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average waiting times for the different types of visa applications being made to his Department, for each of the past five years; and the reason the processing time is growing longer specially for Stamp 4 and family reunification visas. [48929/26]

554. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration is he is aware of the difficulties being created by the long wait time for Stamp 4 renewal applications which can lead to the applicant being under severe stress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48930/26]

134. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cé na céimeanna ar leith atá glactha ag a Roinn le 10 mbliana anuas chun an cruachás tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht a éascú do theaghlaigh Ghaeltachta atá ag iarraidh tithe a fháil ar cíos, a cheannach nó a thógaint. [47280/26]

184. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration has been given to making the advertised sale price of houses, the actual maximum price as in France, rather than in most parts of Dublin the sale price being 15-20% above the advertised price of second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47279/26]

322. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta an bhfuil sé tar éis labhairt leis an Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail agus Gaeltachta maidir leis an ráiteas náisiúnta pleanála don Ghaeltacht a fhoilsiú roimh dheireadh na bliana, mar a dúirt Treoraí an tSeanaid ar an gclár The Week in Politics de chuid RTÉ ar an 10ú Bealtaine. [38274/26]

126. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach the estimated cost of establishing a research unit at the CSO consisting of four statisticians based on starting point salary of statistician. [46579/26]

405. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the cost of the basic income for artists for each month to date in 2026. [47873/26]

828. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care and bed days lost from St. James's Hospital, Dublin in each of the years 2023 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47638/26]

927. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of increasing total funding for Údarás na Gaeltachta by 5%, by 10%, by 15%, by 20%, and by the cost of inflation since budget 2026, and of increasing the specific funding for community and language under subhead C7 and the specific funding for capital by 25%, 33% and 50%. [46886/26]

928. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of increasing the board membership of the proposed reformed Údarás na Gaeltachta under the Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2025 to a total of 26 remunerated members. [46887/26]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]